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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

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Arnulfo A. Zamora - 1947-03-13]

Description: Onoinskin carbon copy of a letter sent by John J. Herrera to Arnulfo A. Zamora in Laredo, Texas. The letter was in regards to Felix H. Morales and his Federal Communications Commission application for a radio station in the Houston area. Herrera is seeking assistance from Zamora to prove discrimination in the application process.
Date: March 13, 1947
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell and Ernest A. Vernon - October 19, 1943]

Description: A letter addressed to Thomas N. Carswell and Ernest A. Vernon, Webb County Local Board No. 2, Mirando City, Texas, from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C. Policy Supervisor, State Headquarters for Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, dated October 19, 1943. Fellbaum instructs Carswell and Vernon to address a letter from the clerk of Hidalgo County Local Board 2 regarding the instructions given regarding 4-F registrants.
Date: October 19, 1943
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Hotel Iturbide, Monterrey]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of the front of Hotel Iturbide on Calle Zaragoza in Monterrey, Mexico with mountains in the background as well as people and automobiles in the street. It was sent to Rochester, Minnesota with this handwritten text: "Sun. P. M. Dear Matt: arrived here yesterday (Saty.) leaving right now, the weather has been unusually cold. Laredo, on the border, had 2" snow the Mexican kids sure were having fun with it. So long, Mel"
Date: January 24, 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 25.667649 -100.310830
Partner: Laredo Public Library

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3575

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Is web county liable for jury service fees under the circumstances presented?
Date: 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Affidavit of Support from Manuel Urbina]

Description: Affidavit submitted by Manuel Urbina, and witnessed by Alfonso Pena, in Webb County, Texas. The affidavit states that Urbina is able to support his wife, Irene Salce de Urbina, and their children, and he would like them to live with him in the United States, as they are currently residing in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Date: March 13, 1946
Creator: Urbina, Manuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4220

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Right of office of the present Board of Directors of Webb County Conservation and Reclamation District.
Date: October 23, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texian Stomping Grounds

Description: Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 1941
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[Letter from T. N. Carswell and E. A. Vernon to Hidalgo County Local Board No. 2 - October 22, 1943]

Description: A letter addressed to the Local Board No. 2, Selective Service, Hidalgo County, Mission, Texas, from T. N. Carswell and E. A. Vernon, Clerical Audit Supervisors, Mirando City, Texas, dated October 22, 1943. Carswell replies to the letter of October 18, 1943 from the Board which was written to L. M. Fellbaum regarding classification forms.
Date: October 22, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood) & Vernon, Earnest A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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