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In the Line of Duty: Reflections of a Texas Ranger Private

Description: This book contains a series of anecdotes about Lewis Rigler's life, focusing on his time as a law enforcement officer in Texas. He discusses his life growing up, various cases that he worked on as a Texas Ranger, and general observations that he gained from his job. Index starts on page 181.
Date: 1995
Creator: Rigler, Lewis C., 1914- & Rigler, Judyth Wagner
Partner: UNT Press

Texas: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung geschildert

Description: This German text is an account of the author's travels in Texas from December, 1845 to April, 1847. The book describes Texas primarily from a natural history perspective, although the author recounts all aspects of his travels including interactions with Native Americans. According to the author, the book was written with German emigrants in mind.
Date: 1849
Creator: Roemer, Ferdinand, 1818-1891
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript: Memoir of Cornelia Garner]

Description: Transcript of handwritten notes written by Cornelia Garner describing what she remembers of moving to Texas as a child, living on a farm in Navarro County, managing a ranch and making cloth during the Civil War, and various other details that she remembered. There are notes and annotations added to the end for clarification.
Date: 2019
Creator: Treadwell, Cornelia Evelyn Garner
Partner: UNT Libraries

How to Write Your Life Story

Description: Guide to writing autobiographical stories or family memoirs providing a series of themed prompts and exercises, with a brief example of each type of anecdote.
Date: 2014
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

[News Script: Lyndon B. Johnson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Holt-Rhinehart and Winston publishing company publishing the memoirs of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Date: June 25, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pedro J. Gonzalez, personal account of imprisonment]

Description: Pedro J. Gonzalez, personal account of imprisonment. The first page of the document has a wide column of paragraphed text printed across its front and back while the second page has printed text only on its front. Two handwritten words are the only marks on the back side of the second page.
Date: September 28, 1960
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stories of Pedro J. Gonzalez's life, "importantisimo realato"]

Description: Stories of Pedro J. Gonzalez's life, "importantisimo realato." A wide column of paragraphed text is printed on the paper's front, below a handwritten title. Multiple words within the paragraphs have been marked out or underlined with blue ink. The printed text continues onto the page's back and ends above multiple lines of handwriting.
Date: October 4, 1982
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rupert Brooke: A Memoir, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Rupert Brooke: A Memoir" by Edward Marsh, held by UNT Special Collections. The simple black cover has the title in a white box at the top, the title inside it framed by an orange line. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was the son of a Rugby schoolmaster and attended school at Rugby and later at King’s College of Cambridge University. After completing his education, Brooke continued writing poetry and became one of the founders of the first anthology of Georgian Poetry. Now … more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Expanded William Waybourn Blackstone presentation]

Description: An expanded version of a presentation given by William Waybourn at Blackstone headquarters in New York City on June 25, 2019, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The presentation reflects on Waybourn's involvement in gay rights and AIDS activism nationally and in Dallas, Texas. An additional slide, written on July 29, 2020, was included shortly before the presentation was donated to UNT Special Collections that reflects on the parallels between the mismanagement of … more
Date: July 29, 2020
Creator: Waybourn, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Expanded William Waybourn Blackstone presentation with presenter's notes]

Description: An expanded version of a presentation given by William Waybourn at Blackstone headquarters in New York City on June 25, 2019, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The presentation reflects on Waybourn's involvement in gay rights and AIDS activism nationally and in Dallas, Texas. An additional slide, written on July 29, 2020, was included shortly before the presentation was donated to UNT Special Collections that reflects on the parallels between the mismanagement of … more
Date: July 29, 2020
Creator: Waybourn, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Memories of the Past" by Pedro J. Gonzalez]

Description: "Memories of the Past" by Pedro J. Gonzalez. A wide column of paragraphed text extends across the first page and ends halfway down the second page. The first page has red handwritten words to the left of the first paragraph and a line of text after the paragraph circled in red. Numbers and names have been written in black below the second page's last paragraph.
Date: November 24, 1980
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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