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[Historic Marker Application: Mission San Francisco de la Espada Dam, Ditch, and Aqueduct]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Mission San Francisco de la Espada Dam, Ditch, and Aqueduct, in San Antonio, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker and original application.
Date: 1970
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Old Mission, Juarez, Mexico after a Battle]

Description: Postcard image of a side view (from the north) of a Franciscan mission, labeled in the center of the image as "Old Mission, Juarez, Mex. after a Battle." One man on horseback, in the street, and a line of unidentified men standing on the sidewalk are in front the the building, which has visible damage from bullets and canons which resulted from the Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911). There is a handwritten note on the back sent from "Hess" to Mable Dagley in Lockney, Texas.
Date: October 1916
Partner: El Paso Public Library

"Refugio Mission"

Description: One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows "Ground plan of the original buildings, with walls enclosing the cemetery"
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"The Alamo"

Description: Map of the Alamo showing the "Ground plan compiled from drawings by Capt. B. Green Jameson, Texan Army, January, 1826,Col. Ignacio de Labastida, Mexican Army, March, 1836, Capt. Ruben M. Potter, United States Army, 1841."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Photograph of the Peter Walter Cabin]

Description: Photograph of the Peter Walter Cabin, perhaps located at an Episcopal Mission. It is a stone cabin with some wooden shingles on the side and a covered front porch. There is a Texas historical marker on the front right side. The following is written on the back: "Peter Walter Cabin (Episcopal Mission)."
Date: unknown
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

Nineteenth Annual Report of the Mission Board of the Baptist General Association of Texas, 1886

Description: Annual report of the Baptist General Association of Texas Mission Board, containing an account of work done throughout the year (missionaries employed, sermons preached, miles traveled, work that had been done, etc.) and accounting summaries. This report, presented to the Baptist General Convention of Texas was the last annual report due to lack of monetary and staff resources.
Date: 1886
Creator: Baptist General Association of Texas. Mission Board.
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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[News Clip: Bitterman]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 12, 1981
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Linguistics]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 9, 1981
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Linguistics]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 9, 1981
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Graham]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 1, 1977, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Texas Centennial: Mission San Francisco de La'Espada

Description: Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest. This issue includes a photograph of Mission San Francisco de La'Espada in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1935
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Missions of Texas

Description: Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information about the history of missions in Texas including San Miguel del Socorro, Isleta del Sur, San Francisco de los Tehas, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Francisco de la Espada, Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, San Antonio de Bexar, and others, mentioned geographically.
Date: 1936
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Close-Up of a Plaque]

Description: Photograph of a plaque with a border of carved flowers on the stone wall of a building at a mission in San Antonio, Texas. The plaque reads: "This is the ruins of the habitations of the friars and Indians; refrectory [sic], kitchen and other regular offices. In the second patio there was a gallery with weaving rooms and rooms for storing materials and utensils. The habitations of the Indians formed a large plaza and square with the church and convent. Through the middle of the plaza ran an aceq… more
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries

Granary of 2d Mission, San Antonio

Description: Monochromatic postcard depicting the remains of the granary of the 2d mission in San Antonio. The mission is an old stone building with a bell tower on the right. Nearby are a fence and a farm house. Today it is known as Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
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