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[Affidavit of Bascom Giles, November 3, 1939]

Description: Affidavit sworn by Bascom Giles listing the details of several papers regarding a property in Hemphill County, Texas filed with the General Land Office of the State of Texas.
Date: November 3, 1939
Creator: Giles, Bascom
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain to J. H. Collet]

Description: Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain, comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas to J. H. Collet, agent for H. C. Hendrick. The deed states that Swain published in the Dallas Weekly Herald his intent to seize and auction the lands listed due to unpaid taxes and that the listed lands were purchased at the auction by J. H. Collet on behalf of H. C. Hendrick. There's a statement signed by Hiram Park stating that this document is a correct copy of the deed in the Deed Reco… more
Date: November 9, 1939
Creator: Swain, William J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Land Sale Record from James H. Mathews to Barry Gillespie]

Description: Official filed record of Sheriff James H. Matthews auctioning off and selling land from the suit of Owen O'Brien vs. Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to the highest bidder, Barry Gillespie.
Date: July 6, 1847
Creator: Matthews, James H.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Petition In Intervention]

Description: Petition in intervention filed by C. K. Richards to the District Court of Travis County, Texas. The petition pertains to the court law suit of Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company versus the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Date: 195X
Creator: Richards, C. K.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Affidavit of Mica England

Description: Mica England's affidavit from the anti-discrimination lawsuit she filed against the Dallas Police Department, England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas.
Date: January 3, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Deed for sale of Woodlawn]

Description: The deed for the sale of Woodlawn from James B. Shaw to E.M. Pease.
Date: June 13, 1859
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Cause Number 39,613. Brief for Appellee, The State of Texas

Description: Legal brief compiled by the district attorneys for the State of Texas in preparation for hearings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals regarding the decision of Texas v. Jack Ruby. It includes excerpts of transcripts and exhibits from Ruby's previous trial, with legal analysis, and citations for previous cases and Texas laws.
Date: May 1966
Creator: Douglas, Leon; Wade, Henry; Alexander, William F.; Watts, Frank W.; Alsup, Al & Williamson, James M.
Partner: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Cause Number 37,900. Amicus Curiae Brief for Appellant, Jack Ruby

Description: Photocopy of a legal brief compiled for Jack Ruby and filed by his defense attoneys in preparation for hearings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. It is split into two volumes: (1) excerpts of transcripts and exhibits from Ruby's previous trial, with legal analysis, citations for previous cases and Texas laws, and (2) exhibits A-D providing other documentation. An index to topical arguments and other information for the first volume is at the start of the document.
Date: June 15, 1966
Creator: Tonahill, Joe H. & Colvin, Emmett, Jr.
Partner: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Land Grant Deed

Description: Land grant made out to Marshall B. McKeever.
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Texas
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin.

Description: This book contains the text of Austin City ordinances which were revised and adopted in 1908. Subject index begins on page 351.
Date: 1908
Creator: Austin (Tex.)
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879

Description: Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams. Catherine Johnson was Lizzie's mother, and this loan of 1000 dollars was to Lizzie and her husband, Hezekiah, for the purchase of of the land of the Johnson Institute, founded by Catherine's husband and Lizzie's father, Thomas Jefferson Johnson.
Date: July 12, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Elizabeth Ellen (Lizzie); Johnson, Hezekiah & Johnson, Catherine
Partner: Southwestern University

[Exemption Certificate, July 16, 1947]

Description: Exemption certificate, dated July 16, 1947, allowing the Lutheran Concordia College exemption from sales tax for the International Business Machines.
Date: July 16, 1947
Partner: Concordia University Texas

[Texas sodomy laws legal document]

Description: A legal document to do with Texas sodomy laws - The State of Texas v. Linda Morales, Tom Doyal, Patricia Cramer, Charlotte Taft, and John Thomas.
Date: unknown
Creator: State of Texas
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Application for State Aid: Rural and Small Town Schools - Scholastic Year 1919-1920

Description: An application for state aid funding filled out by C. C. Cox for the Splendora school in Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15. The application includes detailed information about the school's employees, students, grounds, sanitation, library, and other relevant information.
Date: August 18, 1919
Creator: Texas. State Board of Education.
Partner: Private Collection of the CC Cox Family
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