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[Letter from John Dowell, April 20, 1876]

Description: Letter from John Dowell notifying the recipient of the new legislation on pensions for the soldiers or volunteers of the war between Texas and Mexico. Dowell is offering his services if the recipient believes that he qualifies for the pension.
Date: 1876-04-20~
Creator: Dowell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Goliad Fort]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the restoration and archaeology of Presidio La Bahia, known also as Fort Defiance, near Goliad; The fort was founded in 1749 by Spanish Royalists, and has been occupied variously by Spanish, Mexican, Texans, Mexicans, etc., and was the site of the March 27, 1836 Palm Sunday massacre of James Fannin and nearly 500 prisoners by the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution.
Date: November 29, 1964
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: San Jacinto Battle]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 21, 1992, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: San Jacinto Monument]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the cleaning and upkeep of the San Jacinto Monument; The 570 foot tall stone obelisk commemorating the winning of the battle for Texas independence from Mexico in 1836 is being sand-blasted to clean the exterior, and will be coated with a water sealant to help preserve the structure, which was opened to the public on April 21, 1939.
Date: November 23, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Goliad Fort]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the restoration and archaeology of Presidio La Bahia, known also as Fort Defiance, near Goliad; The fort was founded in 1749 by Spanish Royalists, and has been occupied variously by Spanish, Mexican, Texans, Mexicans, etc., and was the site of the March 27, 1836 Palm Sunday massacre of James Fannin and nearly 500 prisoners by the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution.
Date: November 29, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Lone Star Sesquicentennial - audio presentations by Fehrenbach and guest panelist]

Description: Sound recording of panelists at the Lone Star Sesquicentennial conference held by the University of Texas at Austin. First panelist: T.R. Fehrenbach, presenting, "The Texas Revolution in Perspective"; Second panelist: unknown. Fehrenbach's speech is cut off and the recording proceeds in the middle of the second presentation.
Date: November 7, 1985
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 10 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Location: 30.290196 -97.740780
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: First brewery attracts tourists]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ruins of the first brewery in Texas, built in La Grange by German Immigrants in 1855. The ruins, situated next to the Monument Hill burial site commemorating the soldiers of the Texas Revolution, are becoming a tourist attraction in their own right.
Date: December 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Lone Star Sesquicentennial - audio presentations by Pinson, Pohl, and Sibley]

Description: Sound recording of panelists at the Lone Star Sesquicentennial conference hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. First panelist: Margaret Sweat Pinson; Second panelist: James Pohl, reading, "Battles and Leaders of the Texas Revolution"; Third panelist: unknown; Fourth panelist: Dr. Marilyn McAdams Sibley, reading, "Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War." Clip 1 begins in the middle of Pinson's presentation and ends after Pohl's lecture. Clip 2 begins in the … more
Date: November 8, 1985
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Location: 30.290196 -97.740780
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Rally 'Round: Art and icon in a landmark historic flag exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, or Flag Parade: Art and icon in a landmark dflag exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Description: Draft of an article about the Texas Flags exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston that was published in the March 2002 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2002-03~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 29.725623 -95.390533
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ezekiel Cullen House: A Timeless Gem of Greek Revival Architecture in San Augustine, Texas]

Description: The Ezekiel Cullen House, a distinguished property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, stands as a testament to Greek Revival architecture. Commissioned by Ezekiel Cullen and completed in 1839 by Augustus Phelps, this grand residence boasts a single-story central hall flanked by elegant rooms on each side. Thanks to the dedicated restoration efforts by Raiford Stripling and the generous donation by Hugh Roy Cullen, the house is now cherished by the Ezekiel Cullen Chapter of the … more
Date: June 1994
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.528383 -94.108087
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Cabin Book; or, Sketches of Life in Texas.

Description: This is an English translation of the German text, which is a historical novel about the creation of the Republic of Texas. It consists of a series of sketches that depict the new Republic of Texas as a land of opportunity for immigrants.
Date: 1844
Creator: Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Description: Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 1837
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Military Maps of the Texas revolution

Description: Relief shown by hachures. "To accompany Texas independence by Col. A.J. Houston." NTSU copy classed 976.4 H818t. Combat near the Mission Concepción -- The siege of Bexar -- Refugio Mission -- Ground plan of Fort Defiance -- Map of Texas, with Coahuila, in 1835-36 -- Military map of Texas and Coahuila, as Mexican territory, 1835-36 -- The Alamo -- Siege of the Alamo -- Fannin's fight -- Map of the battlefield of San Jacinto.
Date: 1938
Creator: Houston, Andrew Jackson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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