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A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune

Description: Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 1993
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Coyote Wisdom

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date: 1938
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd

Description: This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date: 2000
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

[News Script: Bus accidents]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two school bus accidents near Nacogdoches.
Date: October 11, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fort Worth traffic fatality]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about William Purdue being killed in a fatal car accident in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Date: September 28, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: School bus accidents]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about negligent homicide charges being filled against two individuals in separate incidents that involved school buses.
Date: October 12, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Violence-shootings]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Hughie Shelton being stabbed to death at the Bandit Lounge in North Dallas and a service station attendant was shot and killed during a robbery.
Date: August 12, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Prisoner file suit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two prisoners in Nacogdoches County Jail filing a class action suit to correct conditions in jail.
Date: July 18, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cotton-Scraper.

Description: Patent for "cotton-scraper which can be applied to a shovel or other plow generally applied for cultivating cotton and which will admit of the scraper-blade-vertically, laterally, and angularly with respect to the line of motion-thereby adapting the attachment to the condition and nature of the soil, so as to secure the best results possible." (lines 8-17).
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Muckleroy, George Lafayette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cord Wood Machine

Description: Patent for cord wood machine. This machine is designed for splitting wood. Illustration included.
Date: September 26, 1905
Creator: Taylor, Lawrence S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent is for a churn that accelerates the process.
Date: June 28, 1903
Creator: Frederick, Jeremiah G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nacogdoches Co

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, railroads, and the Old San Antonio Road. Handwritten notes have been made to the published map in red pencil to highlight San Antonio Road and Kings Highway and denote the addition of Mt. Sterling. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1905
Creator: Morris, J. W.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Nacogdoches County.

Description: Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: November 1, 1857
Creator: Browne, J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Smugglers' Road Drawn by Harry Pettey

Description: Map of El Camino del Caballo (also known as Smugglers' Road) in the southern part of Nacogdoches County, used by Spanish missionaries in the 18th century. The map also includes portions of El Camino Real, Trammel's Trace, and La Calle Real del Norte as well as other roads, towns, crossings, missions, and cemeteries. No scale indicated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Pettey, Harry
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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