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Sparks: Fire Prevention Rhymes, Stories and Playlets

Description: Educational book for young readers containing rhymes, poetry, and brief stories intended to improve reading skills and comprehension while teaching students fire safety and prevention.
Date: 1926
Creator: Hobbs, Valine
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fort Davis Photo Album]

Description: Album of various images taken during the 1890s in the Fort Davis, Texas area, with handwritten identifications and notes. Most of the images are of the landscape in the area, as well as people and some buildings. A handwritten letter at the front identifies this as a Christmas gift for "Papa Carpenter" from Billie, Lee, and David. The album cover is red with a decorative gold pattern around the edges and the word "SNAPS" printed in the center.
Date: 1962~
Partner: Fort Davis Overland Trail

Mexican Traditional Toys and Miniatures

Description: Book discussing an exhibit of traditional Mexican children's toys. The book includes a description of the exhibit, a catalog of the pieces, and photos of several of the pieces in the exhibition.
Date: 1996
Creator: Rivera, Juan Coronel & Kahlo, Cristina
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

Luz Jiménez, símbolo de un pueblo milenario 1897-1965

Description: Catalog for the exhibition, "Luz Jiménez, símbolo de un pueblo milenario 1897-1965," including a biography of Jiménez, descriptions of the art pieces in the exhibit, and other information about the series. The installation was at the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo in Mexico City (November 1999-January 2000) and at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas (May-June 2000)
Date: 2000
Creator: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
Location: 30.266850 -97.742781
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

Young Latino Artist

Description: Book discussing the Mexic-Arte Museum's exhibition "Young Latino Artists," including the program for the gallery opening event, a list of featured artists, artist statements, and a curator's statement.
Date: 1997
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Location: 30.266850 -97.742781
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

Camões' Feast

Description: Book discussing the art installation, "Camões Feast,"originally exhibited at the Mexic-Arte Museum in YEAR. The book also includes biographical information on Luís Vas de Camões, Sérgio de Castro Pinto, Caetano Veloso, Olga Savary, Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, Frederico Barbosa, Haroldo de Campos, Manoel de Barros, Antonio Cícero, and Regina Vater.
Date: December 2001
Creator: Vater, Regina; McMillan, Megan; Stampleman, Suzel; Glasgow, Thays & Mieli, Mario
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

How the Changarrito Came to Mexic-Arte Museum

Description: Picture book discussing the development of Maximo Gonzalez's idea, "Changarrito" as an informal exhibition and sale for local artists and how the Mexic-Arte Museum's Changarrito program started.
Date: 2015
Creator: Orozco, Sylvia; Aparicio-Gamundo, Claudio & Shaffer, Caity
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Texas Electric Railway Board of Directors Minutes: 1927-1929]

Description: Minutes documenting the meetings of the Texas Electric Railway Board of Directors including members present, discussions and decisions, and supplementary documentation, such as the text of annual reports.
Date: 1927/1931
Creator: Texas Electric Railway
Partner: Interurban Railway Museum

[Texas Electric Railway Executive Committee Minutes: 1926-1929]

Description: Minutes documenting the meetings of the Texas Electric Railway Executive Committee including attendance and proceedings, as well as annual reports and other relevant supplemental documents.
Date: 1926/1929
Creator: Texas Electric Railway
Partner: Interurban Railway Museum

Housing Assistance Plan for the City of Dallas

Description: From Introduction: "Briefly, the Housing Assistance Plan describes how the City [of Dallas] proposes to meet the housing needs of its lower income residents, what type of housing units--new, existing, or rehabilitated--can be utilized for this purpose, and where such units can be located" (p. 1). It includes assessments of community needs with goals and recommendations.
Date: February 1975
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Department of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

West is Best!: Local Community History 1850-2015 [Teacher's Guide]

Description: Booklet describing the history of West, Texas for students along with individual activities, group projects, and suggestions about online resources for additional research. This teacher's guide also includes introductory information and sections related to the activities ("What's in it for the kids?") and to the implementation of the curriculum as it relates to TEKS ("13E.10. Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, Elementary, Beginning with School Year 2011-… more
Date: 2015~
Creator: Davis, Margie Mashek
Partner: Private Collection of M. M. Davis

[Murchison Lodge, No. 80: Membership, 1854-1873]

Description: Book containing the membership directory, ledger of dues and other financial expenses of Murchison Lodge, No. 80, and meeting minutes. The beginning of the book lists the lodge members in alphabetical order, and the financial records for dues payments and lodge expenses are in the second part of the book followed by meeting minutes.
Date: 1854/1873
Creator: Muchison Lodge, No. 80
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

Plow-Horse Cavalry

Description: Book discussing the Civil War as experienced by the Thirty-Fourth Texas Cavalry, in particular the soldiers from Caney Creek, Texas.
Date: 1974
Creator: Weddle, Robert S.
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

[Murchison Lodge #80 Minutes: 1892-1907]

Description: Minutes of the Freemason Murchison Lodge documenting news and activities within the group, officers present at meetings, and other events of note.
Date: 1892/1907
Creator: Freemasons. Murchison Lodge No. 80 (Hallettsville, Tex.)
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

The History of Leonard, Texas: Volume 2

Description: Book discussing the history of Leonard, Texas including descriptions of the main institutions, major events, lists of families living in the city, photographs, and lists of the graduating classes of Leonard High School.
Date: 2005
Creator: Leonard Preservation League
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

[Photo Album of the Hogge Family]

Description: Album of portraits and family photographs of Hogge and Herring family members. The people are identified under each photograph with a handwritten note.
Date: unknown
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Check Receipt Book: 1920-1921]

Description: Booklet of check stubs listing information about each check that was written and account balances.
Date: 1920-12/1921-12
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Copy Book of Letters by J. J. Click]

Description: Book containing handwritten copies of letters written by J.J. Click as well as various items that were collected in the book including newspaper clippings, photos, and notes on scrap paper. Most of the pages in the book are blank.
Date: 1898~
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Accounts and Personal Notebook: J.J. Click]

Description: Small ledger book containing personal notes and financial records, including lists of expenses, calculations, grocery lists, sketches, and other information.
Date: 1888~/1891~
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Fannin County Home Demonstration Clubs' Cook Book, 1933

Description: A cookbook compiled by the members of various Home Demonstration Clubs across Fannin County, Texas. It contains recipes for baked goods, soups, salads, sandwiches, desserts, cheese dishes, pickles and relishes, beverages, vegetables, meats, and egg dishes, along with several advertisements.
Date: 1933
Creator: Home Demonstration Clubs (Fannin County, Tex.)
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

The Leslie Line: Ancestors of Five Leslie Brothers

Description: A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of five generations of a single Leslie family line beginning in America with George Leslie (1734-1775). Chapters describe the Leslie origins in Scotland, biographical information on George Leslie, Samuel Leslie , James Leslie, and John T. Leslie, as well as the kinsmen of Agnes Allison Leslie, and E. A. Atkins Leslie.
Date: 1990
Creator: Barrett, Ruth Leslie
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History
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