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[News Script: Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about damages to many north central Texas and east Texas cities following tornadoes and high winds.

Date: April 29, 1971, 12:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

Date: September 29, 1847

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Mechanical Movement

Patent for a mechanical movement. This invention is intended to producing more power. Illustration included.

Date: December 29, 1903

Creator: Stevens, Samuel David

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Extinguisher

Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.

Date: December 29, 1914

Creator: Parker, Howard R.