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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, July 1941 - April, 1942

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 401.
Date: 1942
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 447.
Date: 1944
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 607.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Certificate of Honorary Membership in the Young Democratic Club of Nueces County, Texas

Description: Certificate given to Sam Rayburn by the Young Democratic Club of Nueces County, Texas. Mr. Rayburn was given an honorary membership in the club on November 19, 1949. The document is printed on standard size ivory paper. The text of the certificate reads: "CERTIFICATE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE YOUNG DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT SAM RAYBURN IS HELD IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM BY THE MEMBER- SHIP OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT IT HAS ELECTED TO CONFER UPON HIM THE F… more
Date: 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6788

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Liability of Nueces County for payment of the court stenographer's fee for transcript of testimony taken in a forcible detainer suit to which the county was not a party.
Date: September 12, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6379

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Comptroller of Public Accounts should pay the salary of the Judge of the 94th Judicial District Court of Nueces County after April 9, 1945 or July 1, 1945, and another question.
Date: January 9, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-53

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the House of Representatives may seat a delegate elected as the "Representative from Nueces County."
Date: February 27, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-314

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of the use or possession of nets in or on the water of Nueces Bay in Nueces County for taking fish and shrimp.
Date: July 26, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-574

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Article 2802j-2, V.C.S., appropriating State-aid to Corpus Christi Junior College at Corpus Christi.
Date: May 13, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-747

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of Nueces County to erect branch county office buildings in Robstown and Bishop.
Date: December 20, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of two little girls playing in a sandbox]

Description: Photograph of two little girls playing in a sandbox. On the left, a young girl with short, fair hair sits on the edge of the wooden sandbox and digs one hand into the sand. She wears a dress with short, puffy sleeves and sneakers. A younger girl sits across from her and turns her head to face the camera. She wears a dress over a white, collared shirt with puffy sleeves. Another child is partially visible on the far right, also reaching into the sand. A small tree grows next to the sandbox. A bu… more
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an anniversary cake]

Description: Photograph of a decorated cake on a table. The cake is iced and decorated with flowers and a curly ribbon. "5th Anniversary Greetings" is piped onto the cake. It sits on a lacy doily on a small, square table covered in a table cloth. A stack of saucers, metal cream and sugar containers, and a stack of napkins sit behind the cake. A serving knife rests to the left of the cake, while forks are arranged in front of it.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a couple with a cake]

Description: Photograph of a woman and a man posing in front of a cake. The woman stands on the left with her arms crossed in front of her and looks off to the right, away from the camera. She wears a white, satiny top tucked into dark pants. Her dark hair is loosely curled and she wears a watch on one wrist. A man stands next to her, holding her waist. He wears a dress shirt tucked into pleated slacks and smiles at the camera. A decorated cake sits on a doily on a small covered table in front of them. Some… more
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an old man in a chair]

Description: Photograph of an older man sitting in a chair. He rests his arms on the chair's armrests and looks off to the left, away from the camera. He wears glasses and a suit with a vest and a necktie. Books fill a tall shelf, which stands against the wall behind him.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a couple with a cake, 2]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman posing in front of a cake. The man stands on the left with one hand in his pocket and the other arm wrapped around the woman standing next to him. He wears a dress shirt tucked into pleated slacks and smiles at the camera. She wears a white, satiny top tucked into dark pants. Her dark hair is loosely curled and she wears a watch on one wrist. A decorated cake sits on a doily on a small covered table in front of them. Some utensils, small plates, and teacups on sa… more
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Irene Stiles and Doris Stiles Williams sitting by a Christmas tree]

Description: Photograph of Irene Stiles and Doris Stiles Williams sitting in cushioned armchairs in a living room. Doris sits on the right in a patterned chair, wearing a dress. Irene sits in the chair next to her, wearing a gingham print dress. A Christmas tree, decorated in round ornaments, bells, and metallic tinsel, stands to their left in front of a window covered with lace curtains. Many presents wrapped with ribbons and patterned paper are arranged under the tree.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a woman and a child sitting outside]

Description: Photograph of a woman and a child sitting on a bench outdoors in Corpus Christi, Texas, taken from above. They sit in a grassy area, which slopes up behind them, and look out towards a beach. A paved walkway runs past the bench, separating the beach and the grassy area.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a park overlooking a beach]

Description: Photograph of individuals in a park overlooking a beach in Corpus Christi, Texas. Groups of individuals gather at benches, which stand along a dirt road facing the beach, that is out of the camera's frame. A row of tall palm trees grows behind the benches. A patch of thick trees grows in the background beyond the open grassy area in the foreground. Some houses stand across a street on the far left.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a couple walking through a neighborhood]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman walking down a sidewalk in a neighborhood, their backs to the camera. The woman stands on the left and wears a mid-calf length dress. The man wears a striped shirt tucked into belted pants. Two automobiles drive down the street to their right. Some houses are partially visible across the street, through the trees that grow along the sidewalk.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a young man and woman sitting on a couch]

Description: Photograph of a young man and woman sitting on a couch. The man sits on the left, wearing a short-sleeved shirt with broad horizontal stripes and plaid pants. He holds a hairbrush in one hand. The woman next to him holds up one hand and smiles at the camera. She has dark, curly hair and wears lipstick. She wears a plaid, short-sleeved, button-down dress. Frilly curtains hang on the wall behind the couch.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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