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Map of the United States: showing the Principal Botanical Divisions.

Description: Map shows the United States divided into regions based on primary vegetation and then into geographical subdivisions; state boundaries and major cities. Includes explanation of colors and key to letters and Roman numerals. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:13,100,000]. Partial text on the back provides a botanical description for the forest region -- including the Appalacian province and the southern province -- and the first part of the Florida region.
Date: 1873
Creator: Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Tree in a Boulder]

Description: Photograph of a tree growing through a boulder, with the boulder cracked midway. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Tree splits a granite boulder near Marble Falls, TX, Llano County 1879."
Date: 1879
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Drawings. Selected and Executed by T. V. Munson

Description: Bound blank book containing 16 illustrations of plants, insects, sea shells, and a bird that are identified by Latin binomial nomenclature, often with a common-name label as well. The images are a mix of color and pencil-only and each one has a tissue page to separate it from the previous page. Two images include more information, indicating that they were drawn in 1872.
Date: 1872~
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
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Partner: Dallas Historical Society

Scuffle-Hoe

Description: Patent for a garden hand tool for destroying weeds and stirring, or aerating, soil. Used for garden crops.
Date: March 25, 1879
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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