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[Letter from Jo S. Wallace to Josephus C. Moore, February 7, 1864, forwarded by Charles Moore with addendum to Ziza Moore via Josephus, March 15, 1864]

Description: Letter from Jo S. Wallace to J. C. Moore regarding Wallace's difficulty finding an engineering job in California and other news. Charles Moore has written an addendum to the letter and sent it and another letter onward to Ziza Moore and Josephus.
Date: February 18, 1864
Creator: Wallace, Jo S. & Moore, Charles B., 1822-1901
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Transcript of letter from Jo S. Wallace to Josephus C. Moore, February 7, 1864, forwarded by Charles Moore with addendum to Ziza Moore via Josephus, March 15, 1864]

Description: Transcript of a letter from Jo S. Wallace to J. C. Moore regarding Wallace's difficulty finding an engineering job in California and other news. Charles Moore has written an addendum to the letter and sent it and another letter onward to Ziza Moore and Josephus.
Date: February 18, 1864
Creator: Wallace, Jo S. & Moore, Charles B., 1822-1901
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 4

Description: List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person.
Date: 1883
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Letter from Sam E. Wanford to Charles B. Moore, November 29, 1883]

Description: Letter from Sam Wanford saying he likes Selma California less than Modesto. Talks about visiting Yolo and how irrigation was a problem. He recommends that a cousin of his from Yolo would like to go to Texas and be a teacher. He highly recommends her and says he will accompany her to Texas if they think they can find a place for her. He says she is "a boss on music," but can also assist in teaching school or even pick cotton. He misses going to the dances at their house. Says he is well and… more
Date: November 29, 1883
Creator: Wanford, Sam E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

Description: A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.
Date: 1887/1963
Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

Description: This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seell… more
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Late Volcanic Eruption in Northern California and its Peculiar Lava

Description: Synopsis: The Lassen Peak, Volcanic Ridge, which connects the northern end of the Sierra Nevada in California with the Coast Range and separates the upper portion of the Sacramento Valley from the great interior basin, is composed chiefly of lavas from many volcanic reuptions.
Date: 1891
Creator: Diller, J. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Earthquakes in California in 1890 and 1891

Description: A paper which records all of the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton, and all of those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter; as well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes as occurred in the state during that year.
Date: 1892
Creator: Holden, Edward Singleton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Death Valley Expedition: A Biological Survey of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, Part 2

Description: Collection of reports on Death Valley, the bordering region of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Reports include birds, reptiles and Batrachians, fishes, insects, mollusks, trees and shrubs, cactuses and yuccas, and list of localities in the reports.
Date: May 31, 1893
Creator: Fisher, A. K.; Stejneger, Leonhard; Gilbert, Charles H.; Riley, C. V.; Stearns, R. E. C.; Merriam, C. Hart et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Earthquakes in California in 1893

Description: A report about recorded shock waves observed or felt on Mount Hamilton, and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes that occurred in California during that year.
Date: 1894
Creator: Perrine, Charles D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[West coast seascape]

Description: Photograph of the Cliff House restaurant in San Francisco. The building is designed in a Victorian chateau style with ornate details and a great number of windows. The building is set against the sea which has some small waves.
Date: [1896..1907]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Earthquakes in California in 1896 and 1897

Description: A report that contains the records of all the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes.
Date: 1898
Creator: Perrine, Charles D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Lava Flows of the Western Slope of the Sierra Nevada, California

Description: From introduction: The field relationships of the rocks described in the following paper were studied during the summers of 1895 and 1896, while I was engaged in geologically mapping portions of the Sonora and Big Trees quadrangles, under the direction of Mr. H. W. Turner.
Date: 1898
Creator: Ransome, Frederick Leslie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bridge Construction Over Water

Description: Two photographs on a negative strip showing images in Los Angeles. The left image shows men building a bridge over the water; the image on the right is a vertical frame showing metal scaffolding.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bridge construction site]

Description: Photograph of men working on the construction of a bridge. The men are standing on pieces of wood that have been laid across the beams of the bridge and they are all wearing hats with overalls. The bridge is being built over water and there are boats visible in the background. A sign on the left side of the bridge reads "Los Angeles Berth 232."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Diptych of a port in Los Angeles]

Description: Two photographs on a negative strip, showing images in Los Angeles. The image on the left shows many men building something at the ship yards, and a sign in the background reads "[City] of Los Angeles Berth 232". The right frame shows two docked ships, a large one in the background and a much smaller one in the foreground.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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