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Cabbages and Kings

This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.

Date: 1904

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Book

The Cactus

Short story about a young bachelor.

Date: October 1902

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

A Call Loan

Short story set in Texas.

Date: July 1903

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Calloway's Code

A newspaper staff tries to decipher a code sent by a reporter abroad.

Date: September 1906

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

[Capitol Greenhouse]

Exterior of a greenhouse building.

Date: 1908~

Item Type: Photograph

Capitol Grounds - Austin, Texas

Photograph of the Capitol Grounds in Austin, Texas. The photograph is on the front of a postcard written to Joe Harrell in Kingsland, Texas from Bob. The correspondene on the postcard reads, "It is he_ _ to have to go back to work after having such a fun easy time. Regards to All. Bob."

Date: 1909

Item Type: Photograph

Capt. Drannon -- Chief of Scouts

Photograph of Capt. Drannon, Chief of Scouts, at age 80 in Clarendon, Texas. A farmhouse is visible in the background.

Date: November 25, 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Cedar Choppers

Scene with cedar choppers. Men and boys are in a car and a truck. A house and trees are partially visible in the background.

Date: [1908..1930]

Item Type: Photograph

A Christmas Pi-

A short story set at Christmastime.

Date: December 1909

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Circular of information, 1902-1903

A pamphlet about the Whitis Avenue School in Austin.

Date: 1902

Creator: Whitis Avenue School

Item Type: Book

[Class Photograph at Austin High School]

Group photograph of students and what are likely two teachers in front of the Old Red Campus building on the John T. Allan Campus of Stephen F. Austin High School. The teachers stand on the right of the students who are both seated and standing in a posed group, the boys with their hats in their laps. The image is partially obscured due to deterioration of the original photograph.

Date: 1900~/1920~

Creator: Boone, Alanson D.

Item Type: Photograph

Clay County Courthouse

Photograph of the newly constructed Clay County Courthouse. A note on the photograph mount credits W.H. Wilson as its architect and Strain, Risley, & Swinburn as the builders.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Cliff near Colorado City, Texas]

Photograph of two men at the foot of a cliff. The photograph was taken looking upwards with one man at the lower left and the other standing on a rocky shelf at center.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Photograph

[Colorado River Flood]

Photograph of a house surrounded by floodwaters during a Colorado River flood. The capitol dome is visible in the distance.

Date: [..1909]

Item Type: Photograph

Compliments of the Season

A short story set during Christmastime, centered around the misadventures of several characters.

Date: December 1906

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

[Congress at 7th]

Photograph of a concrete crew working on Congress Avenue at 7th Street, looking north. Several businesses, including Nixon Commercial College, are visible along the left side of the street.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

[Congress Avenue]

Photograph of Congress Avenue looking north. The state capital building is visible in the background.

Date: [1900..1919]

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue at night

Looking south down Congress Avenue from the west side of 10th St. Congress is paved with bricks with lamp posts along the middle of the street. A moonlight tower can be seen on the northwest corner.

Date: 1905/1910

Item Type: Photograph