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[Current Literature Club]

Description: Pamphlet of the Current Literature Club of the North Texas State Teachers College, outlining a course of study for the 1924-25 school year, studying short stories. It includes information about the group, such as membership, motto, and constitution, as well as the course outline.
Date: 1924
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College. Current Literature Club.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Izetta Sparks Scrapbook]

Description: Izetta Sparks's scrapbook circa. 1920 - 1925. This scrapbook features, photographs, receipts, clippings, correspondence, study activities, commencement programs, envelopes, certificates, and other ephemera.
Date: [1920,1925]
Creator: Sparks, Izetta
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Izetta Sparks' scrapbook]

Description: Leaf 16 from Izetta Sparks' scrapbook with clippings on first side 1) concerns the Current Literature Club's hike; 2) "Recipe for a Kiss Cake;" 3) a portrait of "Coach Beulah A. Hariss." The second side has a Christmas card. Scrapbook in general depicts life at UNT and in Denton in the 1920s.
Date: [1920..]
Creator: Sparks, Izetta
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[36th National Guard Private's wool jacket, , World War I]

Description: Photographs of 36th National Guard Private's wool jacket from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. This jacket was worn by George N. Rucker who was stationed at Camp Travis in San Antonio, Texas, during World War I. The first image shows an arrowhead patch with the "T" in the center represents the 36th infantry division of the Texas Army National Guard, which was made up of Texans and Oklahomans. The silver chevron patch lower on the sleeve represents stateside service of at least six … more
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Artillery shell casings, World War I]

Description: Photographs of artillery shell casings from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the brown rusted bullets from the bottom, one is closed and the other one hollow. Image 2, bullet laying down. The bullet is long and thin.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[German sword and scabbard, World War I]

Description: Photographs of a German sword and scabbard from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the word in its scabbard, which is a dark rusted metal. The handle has lined indents with a handle on it. Image 2, closeup of swords handle.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[U.S. Army ammunition belt, , World War I]

Description: Photographs of a U.S. Army ammunition belt from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The light brown belt has five areas of pockets with a small button on each of them. The middle has a small metal handle, the strap seen on the left side. Image 2, utility belt extended out. On the left side the five pockets are seen and on the right the inside of the belt.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[U.S. Army Brodie helmet, World War I]

Description: Photographs of U.S. Army Brodie helmet from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The helmet is a brown rusted color with a circular shape an a visor all around. Image 2, side view of the brown rusted helmet. Image 3, inside view of the helmet, showing that the inside is lined in black material with a faded brown strap across the inside.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[U.S. Army garrison cap, World War I]

Description: Photographs of U.S. Army garrison cap from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The brown wedge cap is folded up with a crease in the middle and a black button that says "US 67" on the side of it. Image 2, inside of garrison cap showing its folded inside.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[U.S. Army officer's visor hat, World War I]

Description: Photographs of a U.S. Army officer's visor hat from World war I, held by UNT Special Collections. The faded brown hat is circular with a leather brown visor and brown strap on the front. Image 2, front of brown visor hat with the brown leather strap resting on the visor.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[U.S. Army wool jacket, World War I]

Description: Photographs of a U.S. Army wool jacket from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is a closeup of the collar of the brown jacket, two buttons on each side of the collar, one of the with the words "U.S. 36." Image 2, front of the light brown jacket, a breast pocket on each side and four buttons going down the middle. There are also two pockets on each side of the bottom. Image 3, back of light brown jacket, two buttons and straps on each shoulder.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Beulah Harriss in cap and gown]

Description: Portrait of Beulah Harriss wearing college regalia, visible from the chest up. The image is in a card frame; handwritten text on the back says, "Beulah A. Harriss, B. A. degree, May 1914, Uni[versity]. of Nebr[aska]." On the front of the image is the photographers signature, "Townsend, Lincoln, Neb."
Date: 1914
Creator: Townsend
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, TX]

Description: Photograph of Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, TX. A paved road divided by a white line runs across the bottom of the photo and is separated from the courthouse's lawn by a sidewalk. A white car is parked in front of the sidewalk, towards the center of the photo. To the left of the car, in the courthouse's lawn, grows a leafless tree. The courthouse itself is made of red bricks and white stone, constructed in a rectangular shape with a flat roof lined with railing and a shiny, gold dome… more
Date: February 12, 1972
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Austin County Courthouse in Sealy, TX]

Description: Photograph of Austin County Courthouse in Sealy, TX. Leading up to the courthouse is an intersection, with one road extending from the bottom edge of the photo to a stop sign positioned between two other signs saying "No left turn" and Holland". Below the signs, two white lines painted onto the road extend across it to denote a walkway. Next to this walkway, near the left edge of the photo, is a sign with an arrow saying to "Keep right" while a yellow tilted square dotted with red circles sits … more
Date: April 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bailey County Courthouse in Muleshoe, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Bailey County Courthouse in Muleshoe, Texas. The courthouse is a wide building with two rows of windows spanning the width of the side facing the camera. Each row of windows begins and ends with a single pane window, with the top row having five double pane windows between them. The second row of windows has two double pane windows on either side of a set of double doors, totaling four windows for that row. The doors also have a small pediment supported by pilasters attached to th… more
Date: February 26, 1972
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bastrop County Courthouse in Bastrop, TX]

Description: Photograph of Bastrop County Courthouse in Bastrop, TX. The lawn of the courthouse fills the foreground of the photo, filled with trees growing from yellowing grass. Near the bottom left corner of the photo sits a small stone slab with a laurel wreath inscribed near its top along with "Major Joseph O. Sayers" written underneath. Farther into the photo, near the corner where the front and side of the courthouse meet, stands a white obelisk with a picture on each of its visible sides: a pair of c… more
Date: April 1970
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bell County Courthouse in Belton, TX]

Description: Photograph of Bell County Courthouse in Belton, TX. A fire hydrant emerges from the bottom edge of the photo, sitting in front of a road that a white car drive onto from the left side of the photo, its image in the photo blurring as it moves. Across the road, a sidewalk sits between the pavement and the courthouse's lawn, turning into a corner near the right side of the photo as two sides of the courthouse meet near the center of the image. Positioned close to the corner of the sidewalk is a st… more
Date: April 1972
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Beulah Harriss scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook of photographs belonging to Beulah Harriss, a 1914 graduate of the University of Nebraska, who came to Denton to teach at the North Texas State Normal College. She was the first woman to be hired into the athletics department of the school, coaching women's basketball among other sports. Harriss also organized the first Denton Girl Scouts troop in 1919, founded the Green Jackets Club in 1926, and was one of 13 professors from North Texas State Teachers College who started the Denton… more
Date: 19XX
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Borden County Courthouse in Gail, TX]

Description: Photograph of Borden County Courthouse in Gail, TX. The building is rectangular in shape with a flat roof and large width, constructed with yellow bricks except for pale grey rectangles above the windows and doors. These rectangles have decorative elements to them with downward arrow patterns in the ones above the windows, vertical lines in ones positioned on either side of the building's entrance, and a motif reminiscent of a shining sun in a wide rectangle above the doors leading into the cou… more
Date: August 1981
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian, TX]

Description: Photograph of Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian, TX. A parking lot full of vehicle of various shapes and colors sits in front of the courthouse, a building made of white stone three sections projecting out from the main part of the building. The central section has a large clockface at its top, along with 1886" carved below it, while the two other sections occupy the two visible corners of the building. Across the three sections and the thin walls between them are two rows of arched windows,… more
Date: October 1972
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bowie County Courthouse in Boston, TX]

Description: Photograph of Bowie County Courthouse in Boston, TX. A paved road runs in front of the green lawn the courthouse sits on, faint yellow lines indicating parking spots in front of the road's curb. A sidewalk leads up to the entrance of the courthouse, which faces the left side of the photo. A short set of stairs lead up to the dark front door of the courthouse, which is a square building with off-white walls and a roof covered in dark shingles. Three rows of windows span the width of each side of… more
Date: June 1975
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Brazos County Courthouse in Bryan, TX]

Description: Photograph of Brazos County Courthouse in Bryan, TX. A building with a flat top and a silvery gray border hanging from the edges of its roof, supported at regular intervals by white rectangular columns, sits across the street from the camera. A line of black windows runs along the walls just under the roof's edge while green bushes line the base of the structure's walls. The side of the building facing the camera, its widest side, has a large window the same height as the wall positioned right … more
Date: July 1971
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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