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Waller Family Coat of Arms

Print of the Waller family coat of arms. Painted by Odine Mhoon. Odine was married to Sam Rayburn's nephew Morris Lightfoot in 1956. They divorced and Morris eventually remarried. The ivory colored paper displays the Waller coat of arms in shades of brown, black, gold, gray, white, blue, green and red. A shield at center shows three gold walnut leaves between two silver bands. At the top is a walnut tree with a pendant shoing three fleurs de lis (the arms of France) with the motto above, "… more

Date: 1850/1969

Creator: Odine Mhoon

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Invitation to inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson]

An invitation that Governor E.M. Pease received to the inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson.

Date: January 19, 1856

Creator: Jackson Monument Association

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bust portrait of William Ryon]

Bust portrait of William Ryon. The photograph is a copy from a book. William, who is dressed in a three piece suit, white shirt, and black ascot, has thinning hair that curls up over his ears. The picture has a thin black line bordering it. The photograph was placed in page 1 (top) of Mamie George's photo album.

Date: [1858..1875]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Frame with pressed edelweiss]

Image of a frame with pressed edelweiss. The frame is an oval shape painted royal blue with gold gilded flourishes and outer rim. On the inner rim of the frame are raised gilded dots. Inside the frame are three pressed edelweiss flowers which have stems that have been discolored with time. At the top is a label for ownership. Mrs. N. H. Dole is likely Helen B. Dole who was one of the translators of the novel "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri from German to English. On the paper backing is illegible, fad… more

Date: [1857..1944]

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Escapement for Timekeepers.

Patent for the improvement in the escapement of the watch for a "more regular and less liable to get out of order" through wear (lines 23-24), including illustration.

Date: October 12, 1858

Creator: Bishop, Josiah

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department