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Black-White Relations in Texas, 1874-1896

Description: "This thesis proposes to investigate the theory posed by Comer Vann Howard in 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow.' Woodward claims that complete physical segregation of Negroes was not legally established in the Southern states until the turn of the century. He further contends the period from Reconstruction until the 1890s was an era when Negroes participated in many activities with whites. This work investigates Woodward's theory in its applicability to Texas between 1874 and 1898. The study beg… more
Date: December 1970
Creator: Irvin, Bobbye Hughes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

Boots

Description: Pair of boots or "High Button Shoes" of ivory kidskin leather. The shoes, designed with slightly rounded toes, button closed along outer side, with 8 domed leather-covered buttons on each shoe. Edge along buttons is scalloped, as is the upper edge of the boot. The The low, stacked heels are rounded at sides and back, and are curved at front, and taper slightly to base. Left Shoe markings: "Excelsior"
Date: 1874
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Chautauqua Culture

Description: Text for a sidebar about the presence of the Chautauqua movement in Waxahachie, Texas that was published in the June 2001 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2001-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, 1874

Description: American Newspaper Directory includes lists of newspapers and periodicals published in the United States, Territories, Canada, and British Colonies arranged by town, county, circulation rates, subject, and languages, as well as a Newspaper Directory Advertiser, and indexes. General Index starts on page 7; Index to Advertisements begins on page 883; Index to Advertisements of Printing Material and Miscellaneous Business begins on page 896.
Date: 1874
Creator: Geo. P. Rowell & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Gideon Lincecum's Sword: Civil War Letters From the Texas Home Front

Description: Compilation of letters written by Gideon Lincecum, a natural scientist and philosopher living in Texas, discussing various events and his experiences during the Civil War as a proponent of the Confederacy. The collection includes editorial notes and commentary. Index starts on page 373.
Date: 2001
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan; Phillips, Edward Hake & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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[Letter from George Wilson]

Description: A letter from George Wilson of Livingston, TN to Charles B. Moore. The sender is a cousin by marriage to Charles Moore. The letter itself remits news of Mr. Moore's family.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Wilson, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Harriet C. Griffin]

Description: A letter from Harriet C. Griffin of Olathe, KS to Charles B. Moore in response to a letter he had written her bringing up a potential marriage between them.
Date: June 2, 1874
Creator: Grffin, Harriet C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Helen Duncan]

Description: Letter from Helen Duncan to Charles B. Moore declining to consider marriage with him because he is an old bachelor. The letter sends news of the family and includes a "warning" story about another old bachelor who married a widow.
Date: December 8, 1874
Creator: Duncan, Helen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Mrs. C. Snelling]

Description: Letter from Mrs. C. Snelling of Olathe, KS to Charles B. Moore in regards to a missed visit, and his correspondence with Ms. Harriet C. Griffin. A note on the enveloper reads: "Mrs. C. Snelling; Recvd Sept 16th; 1874."
Date: September 7, 1874
Creator: Snelling, Mrs. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[List of Names with Receipt on Back]

Description: The front page of this object has a list of names with corresponding cities, counties, and states. The back is a note of payment received for $1 from the secretary of Moore to P.M. Bryam of Texas.
Date: August 1, 1874
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Main Street, Dyersburg, Tennessee]

Description: Photograph of an old street scene in Dyersburg, Tennessee with men standing in front of and hanging out of the windows of buildings. One of the named businesses James D. McClerkin's Drug Store. To the right of the drug store is Hall, Williams, & Co. Merchants, where Byrd Williams, Sr. would soon become the sole proprietor.
Date: [1874..1886]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Missed Opportunity]

Description: A singer has a conversation with a dove. He asks it for love so he can leave descendents. He then realizes he was asleep. On the other side, the author says he can't sleep and is having a hard time dealing with the present. The author is disappointed in not getting married and having kids.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Negro in Texas Politics, 1865-1874

Description: "The theme of this work centers around the Negro and his association with the Radical Republican party. For eight years this party controlled the state government of Texas and, the Negro's participation during this period cannot be overlooked. The Negro possessed, at this time, two valuable assets, the right of suffrage and a strength in numbers. It was through the careful coordination of these two assets that the Radicals were able to gain and maintain control of Texas politics."--Leaves iii-i… more
Date: January 1963
Creator: Fennell, Romey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

Oral History Interview with Harold Salfen, February 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Harold Salfen, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from O'Fallon, Missouri. Salfen discusses his hometown and family background, his childhood and education, working in St. Louis, attending the University of Missouri, joining the Army Air Force and training, operating a ground radar in the European Theater, liberating Buchenwald Concentration Camp, the end of the war, and returning home. In appendix is a biography/resumé of Salfen's.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: February 14, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Salfen, Harold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Portal to Texas History Newspaper OCR Text Dataset: San Antonio

Description: Dataset of OCR text from The Portal to Texas History and the Texas Digital Newspaper Program. This dataset includes titles from San Antonio Texas from the years 1874 to 1920. Titles included in this dataset include: San Antonio Daily Express, San Antonio Daily Light, San Antonio Express, The Daily Express, and The San Antonio Light. In all there are 6,866 issues comprised of 130,726 pages of text.
Date: November 12, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Dataset
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Postcard from John C. Barr]

Description: Postcard sent from John C. Barr in Jerseyville, IL to Charles B. Moore giving a brief overview of recent events. Mr. Barr notes a visit from a friend and the ripening of fruit plants. Two notes on the front of the card read: "Received May 8 1874" and "4th. 1 inch rain last night."
Date: May 3, 1874
Creator: Barr, John C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Racial Turmoil in Texas, 1865-1874

Description: "The primary concern of this work is to present a clearer picture of the Reconstruction period in Texas, particularly as it relates to the black. Little consideration is given to those blacks elected to public office; rather concern is placed on those outside the then 'Establishment.' To view the black in terms of those elected to public office only presents a distorted picture and negates the influence blacks had on electoral politics. In the main, evidence presented by most historians writing… more
Date: December 1971
Creator: Keener, Charles Virgil
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Sheriff's Fee Book, Cooke County, 1873-1874]

Description: Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing a list of fees owed to the sheriff. Information typically includes the service rendered, the indebted party, whether or not the fee was paid, and the amount due.
Date: January 23, 1873
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Tables of Spectral-Line Intensities: Part 2 - Arranged by Wavelengths

Description: From Preface: "This new edition of the NBS Tables of Spectral-Line Intensities incorporates three improvements on the original edition of 1961. In the original edition only about 25 000 of the 39 000 lines in the tables had been classified. In the ensuing thirteen years, about 8500 more lines (chiefly rare-earths) have been classified and the new classifications are here incorporated."
Date: May 1975
Creator: Meggers, William F.; Corliss, Charles H. & Scribner, Bourdon F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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