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2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2001
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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"But a Mournful Remedy": Divorce in Two Texas Counties, 1841-1880

Description: Little scholarship has been dedicated to nineteenth-century Texas family life and no published scholarship to date has addressed the more specific topic of divorce. This study attempts to fill that gap in the historiography through a quantitative analysis of 373 divorce actions filed in Washington and Harrison Counties. The findings show a high degree of equity between men and women in court decisions granting divorces, and in property division and custody rulings. Texas women enjoyed a relativ… more
Date: May 1999
Creator: Pruitt, Francelle LeNaee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Class and Freedom of Choice in the Marriage Patterns of Antebellum Texas Women

Description: Little scholarly analysis has been devoted to the hypothesis that antebellum Texas women generally married within their own socioeconomic (slaveholding) class, and thus had only limited choice in the selection of marriage partners. This quantitatively based investigation suggests that the popular image should be carefully qualified. This study reveals that although a majority of Texas women who married during the early 1850s chose men who had the same slaveholding status, a significant minority… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Brown, Lisa (Lisa Christina)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Cookie display in bakery]

Description: Photograph of a cookie display resting on a counter inside of High Cotton Baking located in Brenham, Texas. High Cotton Baking offers its gourmet cakes, cookies, and other baked goods at a retail shop on Brenham's courthouse square. A customer is seen in the background eating at the counter. The photo is a close up of the cookies.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.146198 -96.414266
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cookies on display in bakery]

Description: Photograph of a glass case filled with fresh baked cookies resting on a High Cotton Baking's counter in Brenham, Texas. High Cotton Baking offers its gourmet cakes, cookies, and other baked goods at a retail shop on Brenham's courthouse square. A customer is visible eating in the background.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.146198 -96.414266
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Couples on float at Maifest celebration in Brenham, Texas

Description: Photograph of three couples riding a white and gold parade float with a throne at the back. The couples are dressed in festival or pageant attire to celebrate the Brenham Maifest, with the young women in voluminous gowns in pink and yellow and the young men in white jackets with black bow ties and slacks. The woman at the far right, Harriet Williams, wears a yellow dress created by Lilli Wolff and Mati Driessen. In the background is a crowd of parade watchers.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Couples on float at Maifest celebration in Brenham, Texas

Description: Photograph taken from an aerial perspective showing three sets of young people riding on a rectangular float with bunting and a throne at the back. The six figures are dressed in pageant or festival attire celebrating the Brenham Maifest, the young women in voluminous debutante dresses and the young men in white jackets with black bow ties and black slacks. The young woman at the back left in the float is Harriet Williams, who is wearing a dress by Lilli Wolff and Mati Driessen. At the side … more
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Discover the Birthplace of Texas Independence: Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site]

Description: The Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site holds immense historical significance as the place where the Convention of 1836 adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence, marking Texas' bid for freedom. Spanning 293 acres, this site features three main attractions: Independence Hall, Barrington Living History Farm, and the Star of the Republic Museum. Visitors can explore the replica of the meeting place, experience life on a mid-19th-century farm, and delve into the Texas Revolution throu… more
Date: 2007
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.325911 -96.155111
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Doc Rhuman featuring Purina]

Description: Photograph of a sign that reads "F.A. Weimann Brenham, Texas" including information about livestock. In the background, there is a projector screen and displays for Purina products.
Date: February 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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

[High Cotton Baking Co. shop]

Description: Photograph of the interior of High Cotton Baking Co. in Brenham, TX. High Cotton Baking offers its gourmet cakes, cookies, and other baked goods at a retail shop on Brenham's courthouse square. There is a table seated with three women as a server stops by to fill their glasses of water.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.146198 -96.414266
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Line of couples at Maifest celebration in Brenham, Texas

Description: Photograph of a line of couples in pageant outfits at a Maifest celebration in Brenham, Texas. Creating a diagonal line across the image, on the left is a line of debutants in voluminous dresses, at the front is Harriet Williams wearing a dress created by Lilli Wolff and Mati Driessen. On the far right is a young man wearing a white jacket, black bowtie, and black slacks, presumably with a row of young men following behind him and also holding the arms of the young women next to them.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection of information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Maifest dress

Description: Maifest ballgown of lemon yellow organza, polonaised. Fitted princess-line bodice with narrow shoulder straps and shaped neckline. Decorative shoulder straps of gathered mustard green and moss green velvet ribbon. Floral accent over the left breast consisting of a pink rose and blue cornflower with lemon yellow velvet and organza leaves. The velvet shoulder straps extend to the overskirt. As they cross the bodice they follow the princess seams and are encased in ruched lemon yellow organza. The… more
Date: May 1958
Creator: Wolff, Lilli & Driessen, Mati
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: July 13, 1974]

Description: Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on Saturday, July 13, 1974 at the Gay Hill, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order and presided over by President Red, when the meeting was adjourned the members were delighted to a lunch prepared by Mrs. Red.
Date: July 13, 1974
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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