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[Souvenir Booklet: 1896-97 North Texas Normal College, Denton]

Description: Souvenir booklet from the North Texas Normal College in Denton includes information about the terms of the college, a photograph of the college building, a list of faculty, coursework, information about musical instruction, a photograph of the chapel, and other relevant information. The name of Mrs. William (Effie Wright) Williams living at 516 W. Oak Street, has been written on the back in ink. We presume that she was the donor of the booklet.
Date: 1896
Creator: North Texas Normal College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Program: Texas Normal College, Commencement Concert, 1891]

Description: Program for the commencement concert at Texas Normal College on June 17, 1891. The program includes the order of services and the titles, creators, and performers of musical pieces. On the back, the name of Mrs. William (Effie Wright) Williams at 516 W. Oak Street is written.
Date: 1891-06-17?
Creator: North Texas State Normal College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

[First National Bank Pay to A. F. Evers]

Description: Check from First National Bank of Denton, Texas to A. F. Evers for 8.33 dollars. The check is dated May 12, 1898. A handwritten note below says, "rent from May 10 to June 10." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder.
Date: May 12, 1898
Creator: First National Bank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

First National Bank Pay to Denton County News

Description: Check from First National Bank of Denton, Texas to the Denton County News in the amount of four dollars. The check is dated May 4, 1895. A note below the amount says, "fine account (stationary)." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder.
Date: May 4, 1895
Creator: First National Bank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Exchange National Bank Pay to Sheriff Callahan

Description: Check from Exchange National Bank to Sheriff Callahan for 4.50 dollars on September 27, 1892. A note below the amount says, "to cover cost in work case." The check is signed by "Jagoe & Ponder." In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank. There are two signatures on the back of the check for J. M. Jones and Sheriff Callahan.
Date: September 27, 1891
Creator: Exchange National Bank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Exchange National Bank Pay to Denton Mill

Description: Check from Exchange National Bank to Denton Mill & Co. for 8.34 dollars on October 22, 1891. The note above the amount says, "for J. W. Jagoe wheat account." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder. In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank.
Date: October 22, 1891
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

The Osmunda Club Programme

Description: The Osmunda Club tendered this program and dance card to Miss McNeely of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Misses Lena and Louise Comegys of Gainesville, Texas. The dance took place in the club rooms on January 31, 1896. The Osmunda Club's first organizational meeting was held on November 18th, 1895. Officers were elected and a name was chosen at the next club meeting. They held many fancy dress balls throughout the year.
Date: 1896-01-31~
Creator: The Osmunda Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Will Huffman, ? Brown, Jack Christal, Rufus Fry, ? Brown

Description: Photograph of five men posing on horseback. Stables can be seen in the background with rooftops of many homes behind them. The men are wearing boots, white shirts, vests, and hats. A Rope is attached to the saddles of some horses. The man on the far left is Will Huffman, next is a man named Brown, in the middle is John Calvin (Jack) Christal, followed by Rufus "Ruf" D. Fry, and another unidentified man named Brown.
Date: 1894?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Program: Texas Normal College. Junior Scientifics of 1892]

Description: Program for the graduating exercises and commencement of the Junior Scientifics, Texas Normal College in 1892. It includes a list of graduates and a list of performances and orations by students. The library assumes that the program once belonged to Mrs. William Williams (Effie Wright) of 516 W. Oak St. as her name is written on the first page.
Date: 1892-07-28?
Creator: Texas Normal College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Denton Public Library

Portrait of Louisa Owsley

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Louisa Owsley in a light-colored blouse and dark hat. On the back of the photo is handwritten: "Dr. Louisa Owsley, Mother of A. C. Owsley, Sr., Grandmother of Clark, Lou, Stella, Eunice, Henry, Charlotte & Alvin. Louisa Owsley came here from Missouri in 1872 from Missouri with her husband, Dr. Henry Owsley, an allopath. She died in 1908." From newspaper articles, we have found that Louisa Owsley was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1830 and died in Denton Cou… more
Date: 1895~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Ed Reed and Edgar Clark with Unidentified Man

Description: Portrait of Ed Reed (on right), Belle Starr's son, and Edgar Clark of Denton, Texas, with an unidentified man on the left. They are standing by a wooden contraption and in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wearing similar rings on their left ring fingers. According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Edgar Clark was born in May of 1870 and living with his widowed mother and siblings at the Clark home located at the corner of Center (which is now Carroll Blvd) and Mulberry streets in Denton, Te… more
Date: 1890?
Creator: W. H. Catterlin Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Lou Hann and Her Art Class

Description: Portait of Lou Hann and her art class, five individuals standing behind four sitting. They are identified as (top row, left-to-right) Lula Blewett, Zilpha Eads, Effie Wright, Myrtle Bacon, Clara Hann, (bottom row, left-to-right) Myrtle Wright, Lou Hann, and Georgia Carruth.
Date: 1892
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library
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