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Mite

Description: The 1st printing of The Mite was produced in 1891, and was at the time the smallest book in the world printed with movable type. This 2nd printing was produced in 1893, and a third printing was done in 1896. The text, a collection of facts and information, is supplemented with various illustrations. In 1896, Salmin of Padova, Italy, printed their Galileo A Madama Christina Di Lorena, which supplanted The Mite as the smallest book in the world printed with movable type. It may still, howeve… more
Date: 1893
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Linen petticoat

Description: Petticoat of off-white linen. Full-length, with plain waistband with drawstring waist. Gathered into waist at sides and back, flat at front. Near Above hem are 4 horizontal pin-tucks. Below pin-tucks is wide added flounce of same material with embroidered hem with triangular "points". Embroidered initials at center front: "NHE" Described as a trousseau petticoat.
Date: 1893
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Map of the Argentine Republic

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Argentine Republic political subdivisions, major cities, railroads, and "territory submitted for arbitration to President Cleveland." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:6,370,000].
Date: 1893
Creator: Norris Peters Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the Mexican National R.R.

Description: Map shows Mexican National Railroad and railroad connections to that line through the lower United States and north central Mexico; major cities in various Mexican states, cities and towns along Mexican National Railroad; steamship lines along the Pacific and Gulf coasts. Includes text detailing the Mexican National Railroad and tables of comparative distances, rates, and points of interest. Insets: "Mexico and Vicinity" and [profile of relative elevations from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo]. Rel… more
Date: 1893
Creator: American Bank Note Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Wedding shoes

Description: Wedding shoes of off-white or champagne satin. The shoes have rounded toes, and no ornamentation. The medium-high heel is set under, is rounded at back and sides and curved at front, tapers to center and then swells to base, and is covered with matching satin; it has the same natural brown colored leather on the heel's cap and on the soles of the shoes. Stamped inside both shoes: "2 D13583" Measurements: Length: 22 cm Width: 5.5cm Height: 11cm Heel: 4cm (1 1/2") high on axis w/cap
Date: 1893/1895
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Blank Subscription]

Description: Note written by Charles B. Moore discussing his life and how the boycott affected his work as a millwright and how he finds more freedom as a farmer with the help of his wife and daughter. Other side of the page is an order form for a book: The Cyclopedic Review of Current History, to be published in 1893.
Date: 1893
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from R. L. Landers to Charles B. Moore, March 3, 1891]

Description: Letter from R. L. Landers to Charles More in which Mr. Laners lists their mutual friends and reports on who is still living and who is deceased. He discusses his own family and their recent baby. He also writes about the scarcity of game "down on Sabina['s] old place." Mr. Landers served as the sheriff and later as a Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. He states that he wished he had joined Charles Moore in Texas. The weather, crop production and price, and sale of hogs and cattle are detailed.
Date: March 3, 1893
Creator: Landers, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Birdie and Dinkie McGee to Mary, Linnet, and Charles B. Moore, March 10,1893]

Description: Letter from Birdie McGee to her cousin Linnet detailed Birdie and her grandmother's shared birthday celebration. The letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles Moore gave details on the health of several members of the family; the weather; the cost of crops; and the cutting of carpet rags. Included is a note saying that pieces of Birdie's dresses would be included. The smaller pieces are from Birdie's dress and the larger piece from a dress for Dinkie.
Date: March 10, 1893
Creator: McGee, Birdie & McGee, Dinkie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stock Records: 1893]

Description: Ledger documenting stock accounts, including sales, bills, expenses, merchandise, and other financial balance information.
Date: 1893-02-01/1893-08-31
Creator: O'Connor, Dennis Martin
Partner: Texas Coastal Bend Collection

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 107

Description: Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from February 1893 to March 1893, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of … more
Date: 1893-02/1893-09
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes U

Description: Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from January 1893 to June 1893. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1893-01/1893-06
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Mrs. A.J. Bancroft and Son Arthur

Description: Studio photograph of Mrs. A.J. Bancroft and her son Arthur. She is standing and wearing a dark dress with a jacket, leather gloves, a scarf and decorative hat. Arthur is seated in an elaborately carved chair and wearing a suit with a vest and necktie. His hair is white and he has a mustache. Mrs. Bancroft's hand is on her son's arm. Printed across the bottom of the mat is, "Sellman & Co. The Studio, Huddersfield and St. Annes on the sea."
Date: 1893
Creator: Sellman and Company
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Wedding Shoes

Description: Wedding shoes of off-white or champagne satin. The shoes have rounded toes, and no ornamentation. The medium-high heel is set under, is rounded at back and sides and curved at front, tapers to center and then swells to base, and is covered with matching satin; it has the same natural brown colored leather on the heel's cap and on the soles of the shoes. Stamped inside both shoes: "2 D13583"
Date: 1893/1895
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[School Finance Ledger]

Description: Ledger kept by Martin O'Connor for a school assignment, detailing various financial transactions. A note written on the inside cover says "Martin O'Connor, St. Edward's College, Austin, Texas."
Date: [1893-02-01..1893-02-18]
Creator: O'Connor, Martin
Partner: Texas Coastal Bend Collection

The Evening Telegraph's Cripple Creek : Showing all patented mining claims to November, 1893, accurately compiled from the latest official data and surveys.

Description: Map shows named and numbered mining claims, mining camps, township grid, roads, railroads, and towns for the Cripple Creek mining district throughout El Paso and Fremont Counties; street layout for Cripple Creek. Includes illustration. Inset: Key map showing geographical positions of Cripple Creek Mining Districts. Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:18,000].
Date: 1893
Creator: Evening Telegraph (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the Indian and Oklahoma territories, 1893.

Description: Map shows Native American reservations, treaty dates, counties, township grid, roads, coal mines, and railroads; easternmost portion of Oklahoma panhandle; Cherokee Outlet in northwest portion. Includes key to symbols titled, "References." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:760,320].
Date: 1893
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the Indian and Oklahoma territories, 1893 [Case Cover].

Description: Map case cover. Map in separate image shows Native American reservations, treaty dates, counties, township grid, roads, coal mines, and railroads; easternmost portion of Oklahoma panhandle; Cherokee Outlet in northwest portion. Includes key to symbols titled, "References." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:760,320].
Date: 1893
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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