TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Agency History
Scope and Contents of the Records
Organization of the Records
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
County histories, 1912, 1935-1937, 1956-1958, undated,
bulk 1935-1936,
City and town historical materials, 1903, 1914-1916,
1931-1955, undated,
Hands That Built America materials, 1941-1942,
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Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of
Texas:
An Inventory of Texas Writers' Project Records at the Texas State
Archives, 1903, 1912-1916,
1931-1958, undated, bulk 1936-1942
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Writers' Program of the Work Projects
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Texas Writers' Project
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Dates: | 1903, 1912-1916, 1931-1958, undated |
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Dates (Bulk): | bulk 1936-1942 |
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The Works Progress Administration
(WPA), later known as the Work Projects Administration, was a federal relief agency
established on May 6, 1935, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
as part of the New Deal. The Texas Writers' Project, directed by James Francis (J.
Frank) Davis was part of the Federal Writers' Project, a national WPA initiative.
The Project employed researchers and writers to compile guides to the state and its
regions focusing on cultural, geographic, and historical points of interest for
eventual publication. Records date 1903, 1912-1916, 1931-1958, undated, bulk
1936-1942, and consist primarily of unpublished research materials and manuscript
drafts as well as transcriptions of items dating 1715-1941, created and compiled by
the Texas Writers' Project, District 9, Work Project No. 16206, Official Project No.
165-1-166-109. |
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Quantity: |
4.5 cubic ft. |
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Language: |
These materials are written
predominately in English, with
scattered Spanish
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Texas State
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Sponsor: |
This EAD finding aid was created in cooperation with
Texas Archival Resources Online. |
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal relief agency established on
May 6, 1935, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the
New Deal. In Texas, the WPA helped 600,000 people provide subsistence for themselves
and their families through employment in a wide variety of projects based on local
needs and workforce skills. In Texas, this included construction, vocational
training, childcare, garment manufacturing, gardening and food production,
healthcare, libraries and archives, recreation, and the arts. The name of the agency
was changed to the Work Projects Administration on July 1, 1939, when it was placed
under the supervision of the Federal Works Agency, an umbrella agency, although its
purposes and operations continued as before. Due to falling unemployment during
World War II, the WPA began phasing out operations in Texas in 1942, and the agency
was dissolved on June 30, 1943.
Major archival and literary programs of the WPA in Texas included the Texas
Historical Records Survey and the Texas Writers' Project, both organized in 1935.
The Historical Records Survey hired historians, lawyers, teachers, and clerical
workers to prepare inventories of historical materials.
The Texas Writers' Project, directed by author and newspaperman James Francis (J.
Frank) Davis, employed researchers and writers to compile guides to the state and
its regions focusing on cultural, geographic, and historical points of interest. Its
best-known publication was Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star
State (1940), cosponsored and copyrighted by the Texas State Highway
Commission for tourism development. Costs associated with the publication of these
guides were usually underwritten by sponsors. Areas of Texas were assigned as
Writers' Project districts, and researchers visited local libraries, archives,
museums, historical societies, and community members to collect information
including folklore and folkways, legends, and local events and customs. The Writers'
Project also researched the histories of Texas towns and cities, transcribed old
newspaper articles, wrote essays on business, industry, architecture, and other
topics, and created walking tours of historical sites. Writers also worked on a
regional series and suggested for publication such titles as America Eats (on the culture and traditions associated with regional
cuisine; to include recipes); Hands That Built America
(a history of handicrafts, sometimes also referred to as Hands
that Built the Nation); and The Western Range: The
Story of the Grasslands (in cooperation with the Texas Historical Records
Survey project). The University of Texas Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences
sponsored the project after the federal government withdrew full funding in 1939;
after the program ended, the bulk of its manuscript materials were deposited in the
University of Texas at Austin archives.
(Sources include: Johnson, John, G, "Texas Writers' Project," Handbook of Texas Online;" Works Projects Administration," Handbook of Texas Online; Randle, Mallory B, "Records of the Works Projects
Administration," Administrative History, National Archives,
all accessed August 2, 2016; and the records themselves.)
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The Texas Writers' Project was a federal relief program of the Works Progress
Administration (WPA, renamed the Work Projects Administration on July 1, 1939),
directed by James Francis (J. Frank) Davis. The Project employed researchers and
writers to compile guides to the state and its regions focusing on cultural,
geographic, and historical points of interest for eventual publication. Records date
1715-1958 and undated and consist of materials relating to District 9, Work Project
No. 16206, Official Project No. 165-1-166-109. County
histories, dating 1912, 1935-1937, 1956-1958, undated, bulk 1935-1936,
consist of transcriptions of published materials such as newspaper articles, book
excerpts, and court records; also present are unpublished interviews, research
notes, and manuscript drafts compiled by Writers' Project researchers, as well as a
thesis, newspaper clippings, and postcards. City and town
historical materials dating 1903, 1914-1916, 1931-1955, and undated, are
primarily transcriptions made during the Writers' Project along with manuscript
drafts, newspaper clippings, non-WPA publications, illustrations, and photographs.
The transcriptions, made between 1938 and 1941, include newspaper articles, history
essays, archival documents, and court records originally dating 1731-1941; dates of
the transcribed items are noted where possible. Hands That
Built America materials concern research for a national publication on
the history of handicrafts that was never completed and include outlines,
transcriptions, translations, and research notes, dating 1941-1942; dates of the
transcribed items are noted where possible. Items dating post-1942 may have been
added to these records while they were in the custody of the Secretary of State, but
no documentation is present.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to
delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate
of dates covered, and to determine record types.
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Organization of the Records |
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The records are organized into three series: |
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County histories, 1912, 1935-1937, 1956-1958, undated, bulk 1935-1936, 0.75
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City and town historical materials, 1903, 1914-1916, 1931-1955, undated, 3.5
cubic ft. |
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Hands That Built America materials, 1941-1942,
0.25 cubic ft. |
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Restrictions on Access
Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room.
Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also
include materials received by, not created by, state agencies.
Under the Copyright Act of 1976 as amended in 1998, unpublished works are protected
for the life of the author plus 70 years. The term of copyright for published
material varies. Researchers are responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law
(Title 17 U.S.C.).
Technical Requirements
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the State Archives when reviewing
photographic materials.
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The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The
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Corporate Names: |
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United States. Work Projects
Administration. |
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Writers' Program of the Work Projects
Administration in the State of Texas. |
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Subjects: |
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Archival surveys--Texas. |
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County
government--Texas--History. |
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Municipal
government--Texas--History. |
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Places: |
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Texas--History. |
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Texas--Social life and
customs. |
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Bell County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Burleson County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Falls County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Fayette County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Gillespie County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Kleberg County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Milam County
(Tex.)--History. |
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San Saba County
(Tex.)--History. |
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Ballinger (Tex.)--History. |
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Bastrop (Tex.)--History. |
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Beaumont (Tex.)--History. |
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Bryan (Tex.)--History. |
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Castroville
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Corpus Christi
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Corsicana (Tex.)--History. |
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Dallas (Tex.)--History. |
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Denton (Tex.)--History. |
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El Paso (Tex.)--History. |
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Fort Worth (Tex.)--History. |
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Gatesville (Tex.)--History. |
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Gainesville
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Galveston (Tex.)--History. |
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Greenville (Tex.)--History. |
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Houston (Tex.)--History. |
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Marshall (Tex.)--History. |
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Palestine (Tex.)--History. |
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Paris (Tex.)--History. |
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San Angelo (Tex.)--History. |
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Sherman (Tex.)--History. |
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Tyler (Tex.)--History. |
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Uvalde (Tex.)--History. |
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Waco (Tex.)--History. |
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San Antonio
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Document Types: |
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Research
notes--Texas--History. |
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Clippings (information
artifacts)--Texas--History. |
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Drafts
(documents)--Texas--History. |
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Reports--Texas--History. |
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Publications--Texas--History. |
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Transcriptions
(documents)--Texas--History. |
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Photographs--Texas--History. |
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Postcards--Texas--History. |
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Theses--Texas--History. |
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The following materials are offered as possible sources of
further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the records. The
listing is not exhaustive. |
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Texas State Archives |
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Texas
Planning Board, Works Progress Administration studies, 1929-1937, undated, bulk
1935-1937, 2.31 cubic ft., 53 maps |
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Governor James V. Allred records, 1931-1939, bulk 1935-1938, 54.05 cubic
ft. |
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Texas
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel records, 1938-1941, undated, bulk 1939-1941, 73.79
cubic ft. |
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Texas
State Parks Board Civilian Conservation Corps drawings, 1905-1974, undated, bulk
1933-1945, 28.17 cubic ft. |
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Texas
Planning Board records, 1914-1939, undated, bulk 1934-1939, 19.43 cubic feet, 3
scrapbooks, 366 maps, 48 photographs |
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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
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Works
Progress Administration Records, 1933-1943, 928 ft., 10 in. |
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Fort
Worth (Texas) Narrative, 1812-1939, 6 ft., 5 in. |
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Works
Progress Administration Records: Slave Narratives, 2 ft., 4 in. |
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La
Villita Corporation Records, 1939-1966, 2 ft. |
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Allen (Winnie) Papers |
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Culberson County Churches WPA |
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Dallas (Tex.) Historical Narrative |
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Federal Archives Report |
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Galveston (Tex.) WPA Guide Illustrations |
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Galveston (Tex.) WPA City Guide Transcripts |
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Galveston County (Tex.) Records Survey |
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Haley (James Evetts) Papers |
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Wichita Falls (Tex.) Historical Survey |
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The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
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Writers'
Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth
City Guide and History Draft Records, 1932-1954, bulk 1936-1941, 13.3 linear
ft. |
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Publications |
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Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas;
Texas State Highway Commission. Texas; a guide to
the Lone Star State. New York, Hastings House,
1940. |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Writers' Project records. Archives
and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission.
Accession number: 1962/218
These records were transferred to the Archives Division of the Texas State
Library and Historical Commission from the Texas Secretary of State on July 19,
1963.
Processed by Susan Floyd, August 2016
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County histories, 1912, 1935-1937, 1956-1958, undated,
bulk 1935-1936,
0.75 cubic ft. |
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The Texas Writers' Project, part of the WPA's Federal Writers' Project,
employed researchers and writers to compile guides to the state and its
regions focusing on cultural, geographic, and historical points of interest.
The Project's county history files, dating 1912, 1935-1937, 1956-1958,
undated, bulk 1935-1936, consist mostly of typescript reports dealing with
eight counties: Bell, Burleson, Falls, Fayette, Gillespie, Kleberg, Milam,
and San Saba. Each includes a bibliography and narrative history compiled
from original research and interviews in 1935-1937. Also present is a
transcription of a thesis on Kleberg County dating 1931, newspaper clippings
for Bell and Milam counties dating 1956-1958, and postcards of La Grange in
Fayette County dating 1912 and undated. |
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These records are arranged alphabetically by county and then by topic. |
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(Identify the item), County histories, Texas Writers' Project records.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Bell County: |
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Part I: Indians, topography, geology, history; Part II: Towns
and villages, education, music, health, recreation, growth and
development, Brazos River, fauna and flora; newspaper clippings,
1936, 1956-1958 |
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Burleson County: |
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Accommodations, 1935 |
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Drama, 1935 |
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Education, 1935 |
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Fauna, 1935 |
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Flora, 1935 |
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Folk festivals, pageants, and celebrations,
1935 |
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Geology, 1935 |
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Growth and development, 1935 |
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History, 1935 |
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Libraries, 1935 |
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Manufacturing and industry,
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Parks, 1935 |
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Points of interest, 1935 |
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Products, 1936 |
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Religious institutions and structures,
1936 |
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Societies and associations,
1935 |
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Topography, 1935 |
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Transportation, 1935 |
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Falls County: |
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Accommodations, 1936 |
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Annual events, 1936 |
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Archaeology, 1936 |
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Art, 1936 |
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Chilton, 1936 |
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Conservation, 1936 |
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District neighborhood architecture and housing,
1936 |
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Domestic experimentation,
1936 |
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Drama, 1936 |
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Education, 1936 |
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Ethnography, 1936 |
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Fauna, 1936 |
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Flora, 1936 |
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Manufacturing and industry,
1936 |
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Marlin, 1936 |
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Missionaries, 1936 |
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Mooreville, 1936 |
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Geology, 1936 |
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Growth and development, 1936 |
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Health and social work, 1936 |
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History, 1936 |
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Libraries, 1936 |
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Literature, 1936 |
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Lott, 1936 |
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Music, 1936 |
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Natural resources, 1936 |
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Otto, 1936 |
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Parks, 1936 |
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Perry, 1936 |
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Points of interest, 1936 |
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Products, 1936 |
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Reagan, 1936 |
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Recreation, 1936 |
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Religious institutions and structures,
1936 |
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Rosebud, 1936 |
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Societies and associations,
1936 |
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Topography, 1936 |
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Transportation, 1936 |
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Fayette County: |
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Flatonia, La Grange, and Schulenberg, 1912,
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[Includes three photographic postcards of La
Grange, 1912 and undated (about 1912).] |
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Fauna, 1936 |
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Flora, 1936 |
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Geology, 1936 |
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Growth and development, 1936 |
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History, 1936 |
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History and accommodations,
1936 |
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Industries, 1936 |
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Points of interest, 1936 |
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Products, 1936 |
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Recreation, 1936 |
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Topography, 1936 |
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Transportation, 1936 |
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Gillespie County: City of Fredericksburg
map brochure, Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce,
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Kleberg County: Transcription, A History of
Kleberg County, thesis by Stirling Wesley Bess,
written in 1931, transcribed in 1936 |
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Milam County: |
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History, newspaper clippings,1936, 1937,
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Topography, Geology, Fauna and flora, Towns and villages;
Missions and churches, Schools, Literature music, and drama, Health
and recreation; Industries: agriculture, manufacturing, businesses,
1936 |
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San Saba County: Topography, geology; History; Towns and
villages; Industries and products; Fauna and flora,
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City and town historical materials, 1903, 1914-1916,
1931-1955, undated,
3.5 cubic ft. |
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The Texas Writers' Project, part of the WPA's Federal Writers' Project,
employed researchers and writers to compile guides to the state and its
regions focusing on cultural, geographic, and historical points of interest.
The city and town historical materials within the Texas Writers’ Project
records consist mostly of typed transcriptions of previously published
works, along with some original materials, dating 1903, 1914-1916,
1931-1955, and undated. These are comprised mainly of newspaper articles,
though primary source archival documents and excerpts from published works
(including histories, biographies, theses, and dissertations) are also
present. The transcribed material dates from 1731 to 1941; dates listed in
the inventory reflect the creation dates of the original articles and
excerpts transcribed. The transcriptions themselves were made by the
Writers' Project from 1938 to 1941. This series also includes outlines,
notes, and drafts of the WPA-funded original works Fiesta!, dating 1940, and La
Villita, dating 1939-1940, both focusing on San Antonio; and
typed transcripts of county court and related records, dating 1755-1927,
1938, and undated, where San Antonio is especially well represented. Various
non-WPA publications (magazines, reports, city guides) dating from the 1910s
through the 1950s are scattered throughout, along with newspaper clippings
dating 1903, 1906, 1939-1941, the 1950s, and undated; illustrations removed
from books, dating 1879 and about 1892; photographs of the Alamo and
immediate environs dating 1916; and a photograph of Mission Concepción,
undated. Materials written in both English and Spanish are present,
especially within the San Antonio transcriptions, in which a good portion of
the transcriptions are of Spanish language documents. |
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(Identify the item), City and town historical materials, Texas Writers'
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Library and Archives Commission. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Ballinger, Bastrop, Beaumont, Bird's Point, Bryan: transcriptions
and publication, 1844-1934 |
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[Includes Bryan: The City of Schools, 1931.]
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Concho, Corpus Christi, Corsicana: transcriptions and news
clippings, 1841-1937, 1940, 1955 |
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1857-1863 |
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1864-1867 |
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1868-1869 |
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1870-1871 |
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1872 |
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1873 |
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[Includes Dallas Weekly Herald, Dallas Daily Herald,
and Dallas City Guide research.]
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1874-1875 |
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[Includes Dallas Daily Herald and Dallas City Guide research.]
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1876 |
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[Includes Dallas Morning News and Dallas Weekly Herald.]
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Dallas: transcriptions, 1876 |
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[Includes excerpts from Dallas City Guide research
material and transcriptions, Weekly Democratic Statesman, Austin.]
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Dallas: transcriptions and biography, 1836-1905 |
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[Includes Miscellany;
The Herald's old and new homes; The
medicine man in Texas; Stages; list of missing dates of some early newspapers in
files of State Library; and excerpts (minor) from Austin
Daily Statesman.]
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Dallas: newspaper clippings, 1941, 1955 |
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Denton: transcriptions, before 1856-1911,
1931-1933 |
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[Includes transcriptions relating to John B.
Denton, Indian raids, and the history of Denton.] |
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Denton: transcriptions,
1909-1930 |
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[Includes bibliography.] |
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El Paso: Long, Grace. The Anglo-American
Occupation of the El Paso District,
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[Chapter headings: The Coming of Americans, The
Episode of the Civil War, Civil Disorder and Political
Strife.] |
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El Paso: Military Area Guides: Fort
Bliss, 1942 |
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Fort Worth: transcriptions, before
1860-1874 |
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Fort Worth: transcriptions,
1875-1886 |
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Fort Worth: transcriptions,
1887-1894 |
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[Includes newspaper clipping, 1955.] |
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Fort Worth: transcriptions, 1894-1909,
1931 |
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[Includes transcriptions relating to early settlers
– biographies and stories; Fort Worth city charters; and a
bibliography.] |
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Gainesville: transcriptions, 1862-1910, 1915,
1931 |
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[Includes: Barrett, Thomas, The Great
Hanging at Gainesville, Cook County, Texas;
excerpts from Catalogue of Texas Synodical Female
College, Gainesville, Texas; Gunter,
Lillian, Research in history of Gainesville; The Gainesville Circus.]
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Galveston: newspaper clippings, publications, and transcriptions,
1840-1865, 1879, 1897, 1906, 1950,
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[Includes newspaper clippings, 1955;
Galveston Isle magazine, 1950; The
Galveston Daily News, January 5, 1906;
transcriptions, including Galveston's New Year showing, from Galveston Daily News, January 1, 1897; Quality Ridge; and illustrations removed from Rev. Homer S.
Thrall's A Pictorial History of Texas,1879: Oleander Grove, Tremont Street, Post-Office, Lafitte, Ruins
of Lafitte's Port.]
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Gatesville: transcriptions, 1849-1889, 1983,
1935 |
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[Includes Records of County Reveal Some
Interesting History and Incidents, from The
Messenger, Gatesville, Texas, October 20,
1935; Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls,
Bell, and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893; and a
bibliography.]
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Greenville: transcriptions, 1881, 1886-1894, 1931,
1933, 1937, undated |
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[Includes "Greenville," from Encyclopedia of the
New West, 1881; a sketch of M.H. Wright, Founder of Greenville;
"Hunt County metropolis shows great
progress since start in 1844," from
Dallas Morning News, August 13, 1933;
"Judge Bowman tells of pioneer days
of Hunt County," from the Wolf
City Sun, November 27, 1931;
Greenville, by Robert M. Hayes, from
the Dallas Morning News, April 11,
1937; "Looking
backward," by C.W. Goff, from the
Greenville Herald, April 9, 1931;
"Early history and growth of
Greenville Public Schools," from the
Greenville Herald, September 10, 1933;
"An early lynch court," manuscript, University of Texas Archives;
"Social changes in Hunt County: The
decade 1920-1930," by James Tull
Richardson.]
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Houston: transcriptions,
1837-1849 |
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[Includes transcriptions from the
Telegraph, Weekly Times, Houstonian,
The Morning Star, and other newspapers,
along with Republic of Texas Acts Passed by Congress at Houston, the
Lamar Papers, and illustrations removed from Rev. Homer S. Thrall's
A Pictorial History of Texas, 1879:
Bird's-Eye View of Houston, Market House, and Masonic Headquarters
of State.]
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Houston: transcriptions, 1864 |
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[Excerpts from the Houston Telegraph.]
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Houston: transcriptions,
1850-1863 |
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[Excerpts from the Houston Telegraph.]
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Houston: transcriptions, 1866 |
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Houston: transcriptions, 1867 |
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Houston: transcriptions,
1868-1870 |
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Houston: transcriptions,
1871-1873 |
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Houston: transcriptions,
1874-1886 |
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Houston: transcriptions,
1907-1925 |
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Houston: transcriptions, 1894 |
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[Excerpts from Industrial Advantages of
Houston: The City of Houston.]
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Houston: transcriptions, 1936 and
undated |
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[Memoirs, by Francis
Richard Lubbock, undated; and The City of Houston from
Wilderness to Wonder, by Dr. O.F. Allen,
1936.]
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Houston: transcriptions and city guide research, 1915,
1924, 1931, 1938, 1940, and undated |
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[Includes summary of Factors in the economic
development of Houston, thesis, University of
Texas, by William Barrington Shelton, 1931; transcriptions relating
to the Houston Ship Channel; Houston City Guide research on churches
in Houston, the Houston fire department, Houston Public Library,
Cotton Exchange building, and Ellington Field; and a
bibliography.]
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Houston: bibliography and typescript,
undated |
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[Includes bibliography titled Houston in the
University Library, by Sara Lacy of Austin and a
newspaper transcription relating to fires in Houston from The
True Issue, La Grange, Texas, both
undated.]
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Houston: newspaper clipping and publications, 1936,
1953, 1955 |
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[Includes newspaper clipping, Houston
Chronicle, 1955; Houston, 1836 - 1936,
Chronology and Review, by Clarence Perkins Dunbar
and William Hunter Dillard; and Houston
magazine, October 1953.]
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Marshall: transcriptions, 1840-1889,
1927 |
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[Includes transcriptions from the Texas
Republican, Weekly Harrison Flag, and various other newspapers; Marshall and
Harrison County During the Civil War and Reconstruction Period, by Eudora Earle Coleman, undated; The
Shooting of Maurice Barrymore, by Clifton Seymore,
1927; and legal notices, 1840, 1846.]
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Marshall: transcriptions,
1849-1854 |
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[Includes transcriptions from the Texas
Republican and the Star State
Patriot.]
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Marshall: transcriptions,
1855-1859 |
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[Includes transcriptions from the Texas
Republican and the Harrison Flag.]
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Marshall: transcriptions,
1863-1867 |
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[Includes transcriptions from the Texas
Republican, the Harrison Flag, and various other newspapers.]
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Palestine, Paris, Peters Colony: transcriptions,
1841-1894, 1925, 1934, 1937 |
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San Angelo: transcriptions, 1869-1914, 1923, 1927, and
undated |
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[Includes excerpts from various newspapers,
transcriptions relating to Fort Concho, 1869-1914; transcriptions of
feature articles Twin Mountains by
Curtis Vinson, from The Dallas Morning News, 1923; "The
Mystery Woman of Ft. Concho", by J.
Marvin Hunter, from Frontier Times Monthly, 1927; and a bibliography, undated.]
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San Antonio: transcriptions, 1755-1927, and
undated |
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[Includes transcriptions of court records and
miscellaneous typescripts.] |
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San Antonio: transcriptions, 1731-1875, 1938, and
undated |
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[Includes transcriptions of court records and
miscellaneous typescripts.] |
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San Antonio: transcriptions, 1740-1871, and
undated |
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miscellaneous typescripts.] |
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San Antonio: nine photographs of downtown San Antonio, missions,
and Alamo, 1916 |
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San Antonio: transcriptions, 1817-1937,
undated |
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[Includes compiled research reports and
transcriptions relating to the Spanish Governor's Palace, the
missions, early families, and the Texas Revolution.] |
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San Antonio: publications and transcriptions,
1839-1859, 1892, about 1920s, 1940, 1947,
1953 |
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[Includes Appler-Klappenbach Street Guide
and Traffic Laws of San Antonio and Texas, 1940;
San Antonio Facts (brochure), 1947;
True Romance of the Alamo, by Jane Maury
Maverick, about 1920s; transcriptions, 1839-1859; illustrations
removed from History of Texas, by J.H.
Brown, about 1892: Ruins of the San Hose Mission, Mission of San
Jose, Former Military Headquarters, Storming of the Alamo, The
Ursuline Convent, Cathedral San Fernando, The Old Concepción
Mission, View of San Pedro Springs, View of San Antonio in 1878, and
View of Commerce Street; photograph, First Mission Front
View (Mission Concepcion), on cardboard
backing, undated; and a newspaper clipping, Austin
American, 1953.]
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San Antonio: transcription, Interesting
Dates in the History of San Antonio,
1890 |
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[Taken from San Antonio de Bexar, by William Corner, 1890, as reprinted in the
San Antonio Express, May 10,
1918.]
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San Antonio: Fiesta! typescript,
1940 |
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[Includes table of contents, calendar, and
description of major festivals, 139 pages, 1940.] |
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San Antonio: newspaper clippings and transcriptions,
1924, 1935-1940, undated |
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[Includes newspaper clippings, 1939 and undated;
Jules A. Appler's Map of San Antonio, Tex., and Suburbs (fragment),
undated; The Romance of San Antonio's Water
Supply and Distribution, by Bert J. McLean, 1924; and
transcriptions relating to the history of San Antonio's acequias,
missions, La Villita, mills, and early water company, 1935, 1940,
and undated.] |
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San Antonio: transcriptions and oral histories,
1937-1941 and undated, about
1937-1941 |
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[Includes transcriptions and oral histories
relating to La Villita.] |
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San Antonio: transcriptions and oral histories, 1771,
1818, 1836-1876, undated |
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[Includes interview by Jessie Micklejohn with Miss
Adina de Zavala, Mother M. Loyola, Superior, and Mother Francis,
Assistant, of Ursuline Academy and Miss Mamie Florian, typescript
report, undated; interview with Miss Mamie Florian regarding the
convent, the Ursuline Academy, undated; and transcriptions,
primarily Bexar County court records, 1771, 1818,
1836-1876.] |
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San Antonio: Early Days of San Antonio or
La Villita, by James B. Farley, Research Assistant, Federal
Writers' Project, 1939-1940 |
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[Includes manuscript pages 1-343, typescript
research notes, drafts, related correspondence, and
memos.] |
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San Antonio: Early Days of San Antonio or
La Villita, by James B. Farley, Research Assistant, Federal
Writers' Project, 1939-1940 |
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[Includes manuscript pages 344-726, typescript
research notes, and drafts.] |
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San Antonio: Early Days of San Antonio or
La Villita, by James B. Farley, Research Assistant, Federal
Writers' Project, 1939-1940 |
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[Includes manuscript pages 730-1001, typescript
research notes, and drafts.] |
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Sherman: transcriptions,
1868-1913 |
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newspapers.] |
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Sherman: transcriptions, 1894, 1910, 1932, 1934, and
undated |
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[Includes various transcriptions, 1894, 1910, 1932,
1934, and undated; a transcription of Preston Bend's Paul
Revere was a lady, by Elizabeth Lucas, undated;
research report, A History of Grayson County, by Aileen Abrams, undated; and a bibliography,
undated.]
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Tyler: newspaper clipping and transcriptions, 1850-1877
and undated |
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[Includes a news clipping, undated, and
transcriptions of excerpts from various newspapers,
1850-1877.] |
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Tyler: transcriptions, 1881-1931,
undated |
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[Includes excerpts from various newspapers,
1881-1893; a letter from Judge O.M. Roberts to J.N. Dodson, 1861; a
history of Smith County, undated; Tyler's history goes back
to April 11, 1846, from the San Antonio
Messenger, 1930; Bryan, Thomas Ludwell,
The old stockade, undated; Battle
ground where famous Chief Bowles lost his life is located by Tyler
physician, from the Houston
Chronicle, 1931; Description of Tyler, from
the Teacher's Bulletin, undated;
Reconstruction days in Tyler, essay by
Tyler high school student, undated; Tyler, from The Encyclopedia of the New West, undated; and a bibliography, undated.]
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Uvalde: transcription, 1880 |
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[Transcription from Carthage, Mississippi,
newspaper on first settlement of Uvalde County, March 6,
1880.] |
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Waco: publications and newspaper clippings, 1903, 1914,
1954-1955 |
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[Municipal Hand Book of the City of
Waco, compiled by Mayor J.H. Mackey
(illustrated) for the years 1912-1914, 1914; newspaper clippings,
1903, 1955; Newsletter of the Graduate School of Library
Science, the University of Texas, featuring the
Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Volume 1 Number 6,
(cover only), May 1954.]
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Waco: transcriptions, 1853-1898,
1938 |
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[Includes excerpts from the State
Gazette and Southern Democrat, 1853-1859; various newspapers, 1860-1885; the
Waco Daily Examiner and Austin Daily
Statesman, 1886; various newspapers,
1887-1898; and a bibliography, 1938.]
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Hands That Built America materials, 1941-1942,
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The Texas Writers' Project, part of the WPA's Federal Writers' Project,
employed researchers and writers to compile guides to the state and its
regions focusing on cultural, geographic, and historical points of interest.
Writers worked on a regional series of publications, one of which was Hands That Built America (sometimes referred to
as Hands That Built the Nation), produced
collaboratively by Writers' Project contributors. Hands That Built America materials consist of a
chapter-by-chapter outline of the proposed book project and a collection of
research notes, primarily transcripts of archival materials translated from
Spanish primary sources (dating 1715-1865 and 1921-1933) by researcher
Julius C. Anguiano in 1941-1942. Dates of the transcribed items are noted in
the inventory where possible. Topics covered include crafts within early
Spanish missions and presidios; imported luxury items; ranch-, plantation-,
and homestead-based equestrian, agricultural, and household crafts and
implements; the Civil War and Reconstruction household; cowboy clothes and
handicrafts; and urban crafts since the late 1840s. Hands That Built America was never completed, likely due to the
staffing shortages that were a feature of the later years of the Writers'
Program. |
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These records are arranged as received, in roughly chronological order. |
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(Identify the item), Hands That Built America
materials, Texas Writers' Project records. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Typescript manuscript outline, notes, and archival transcriptions
for Hands That Built America,1753-1865, 1921-1933, 1941-1942 |
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[Compiled 1941-1942.] |
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Typescript notes, bibliographies, and archival transcriptions;
tentative table of contents; and outline of methods of work for Hands That Built America, 1715-1795, 1941-1942 |
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