Kaleidoscope

A  Special  Collections Exhibition

  List of Images

Atlases and Geographies

Dilley Business Collection
Fort Worth Star Telegram Collection
Historical Photograph Collection
Political Archives
Sam Houston Research Collection
Spanish Research Collection
The Republic of Texas
University Archives
US Civil War Diaries and Letters
Exhibit Main Page

 

 Atlases and Geographies

New Pictorial  Atlas of the World, published at Chicago, Illinois, by the Geographical Publishing Company, ca. 1954. 
Texaco Touring Atlas by Rand McNally, United States ,Canada, Mexico, published at New York by Texaco, Inc. ca. 1965.
Supplement to Rand McNally World Atlas, published at Chicago by Rand McNally and Company, ca. 1940. 
Conklin's Handy Manual of Useful Information and Atlas of the World, by George W. Conklin, published at Chicago, Illinois, by Laird & Lee Publishers, ca. 1889.  
The Diamond Atlas by Charles W. Morse, published at New York by Samuel N. Gaston, ca. 1856.
An Atlas of the World War, published at London by Dangerfield Printing Company Limited, ca. 1917.
Méthode pour étudier la géographie. Où l'on donne une description exacte de l'univers, formée sur les observations de  l'Académie royale des sciences by Lenglet Dufresnoy, Nicolas, published at Rollin Fils, Paris, 1736.                                                                    
Rand McNally World Atlas published by Rand McNally and Company at Chicago, ca. 1959.
Descriptive Atlas of the United States, published at New York by Ivison, Blakeman and Company, 1887.
Arbuckles' illustrated Atlas of Fifty Principal Nations of the World by Arbuckle Brothers, published at New York by Arbuckle Bros, ca.  1890. 
Warren’s Common School Geography by D. M. Warren, published at Philadelphia by H. Cowperthwait and Company, ca. 1864.
Mitchell's Ancient Geography by S. Augustus Mitchell, published at Philadelphia by Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company, 1852.

Cram’s Atlas of the World, Ancient and Modern by George F. Cram, published at New York by George F. Cram, 1902.

Firestone Road Maps of America by Rand McNally, published at Chicago, Illinois, by Rand McNally and Company, 1947.

Census of 1900, Rand Mc.Nally Co.’s Enlarged Business Atlas and Shoppers Guide, published by Rand McNally and Company at Chicago, 1901.

The Earth and Man by Arnold Guyot, published at Boston by Gould and Lincoln, 1865. 

A Description of Modern Geography, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World by S. Augustus Mitchell, published at Philadelphia by E. H. Butler and Company, 1864.

The American Geography or a View of the Present Situation of United States of America by Jedidiah Morse, published at London by John Stockdale, 1794.

Dilley Business Collection

Advertising material from Geo. E. Dilley & Son Founders and Mechanists Records, 1896-1917

Advertising material  from Geo. E. Dilley & Son Founders and Mechanists Records, 1896-1917.

American Railway Employment Journal, June 1936.

Advertising material  from Geo. E. Dilley & Son Founders and Mechanists Records, 1896-1917.

Advertising material  from Geo. E. Dilley & Son Founders and Mechanists Records, 1896-1917.

Photograph of the Victorian frame office building of G. M. Dilley & Sons Foundry, Palestine, Texas, ca. 1873, from The Geo. E. Dilley & Son Founders and Mechanists Records.

Advertising material  from Geo. E. Dilley & Son Founders and Mechanists Records, 1896-1917.

System of Geography, for the Use of Schools by Sidney E. Morse, published at New York by Harper and Brothers, 1844.

Fort Worth Star Telegram Collection

“[Amateur basketball player, Dovie Smith, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1938.

“[Babe Didrikson, city woman’s golf champion, Fort Worth, Tex as]”October 22, 1938

“[Calvin Hill, football player at the 1000 Yard Club, Fort Worth, Texas]”  December 16, 1972.

“[Baseball Players – Fort Worth High School Champions, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1912.

“[New York Yankees, baseball champions, playing at Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1938.

“[Arlington Downs Horse racing, Arlington, Texas]” ca. 1930.

“[Fort Worth Star Telegram, news papers piled in wagon ready for distribution, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1915.

“[Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1920.

“[Interurban Street Railway, Rosen Heights line, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1905.

“[Stockyards packing plants Armor and Swift, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1930.

“[Interior of  the Eddelman Mc. Farland House, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1904.

“[City tax office, City Hall, Fort Worth, Texas]” March 24, 1939.

"[Street scene at North Akard looking south across Elm & Main to Commerce, Dallas, Texas]" in early 1900.

“[Mrs .Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon Baines Johnson]” ca. 1950.

“[Madame A. K. Raza, wife of the Washington military attaché from Pakistan, on her third tour to United States to lecture about her nation, Fort Worth, Texas]” October 28, 1951.

“[Ivan (Jack) Chen of Peking, journalist and author, Fort Worth, Texas]” February 13, 1972.

“[Early staff of the Fort Worth Record, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca. 1940.

“[Tina Turner, the flamboyant entertainer at the Windmill Theater, Dallas, Texas]” March 2, 1978.

“[Cesar Chavez, controversial leader of the boycott on California table grapes, Fort Worth, Texas]” November 26, 1969.

“[Tigua Indian tribe from Ysleta, Texas, pictured here beside their modern conveyance, a Ford bus, at the Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, Texas]”  June 15, 1936.

“[Phyllis George, Miss America, visiting the students she taught as a practice teacher Denton, Texas]” October 24, 1970.

Historic Photograph Collection

“[Little League team, sponsored by Sleep Ezy Mattress Company, Fort Worth, Texas]” ca.1953.

"[Six Flags over Texas holiday decorations,  Arlington, Texas]" ca. 1970.

“[The A. W. Collins Home, North and Mesquite Streets, Arlington, Texas]” ca. 1908.

“[Ronald and Nancy Reagan visiting her uncle, Joe Luckett, Dallas, Texas]”  ca.1952

“[C. H. Baudendustel, Elephant Educator]”  ca.1926.

“[Drilling well,  Humble, Texas]” ca.1908.

Political Archives

Chris Miller at House of  Representatives, Austin, ca. 1973.

Political Poster dating from 1956-1973.

Political Poster dating from 1956-1973.

Political Poster dating from 1956-1973.

A certificate authenticating the election of  Chris Miller as a state representative,  32nd representative District, ca.1972, from the Political Archives.

 Sam Houston Materials

Engraving of Sam Houston by Star Engraving Co., [1936?].

Wood block print of Sam Houston by B. Matheus Whitehead, published by Encino Press, Austin, 1855.

Sheet Music, Texian Grand March  for the Piano Forte, by Edwin Meyrick, published in New York by Firth & Hall, 1835.

Military Payment Voucher Sam Houston to George W. Hockley,  March 4, 1843

Military Payment Voucher Sam Houston to George W. Hockley,  March 4, 1843.

Sam Houston : A Biography of the Father of Texas by Williams, John Hoyt, published at New York, N.Y., by Simon & Schuster, 1993.

The Eagle and the Raven by James A Michener, published at State House Press Austin, Texas, 1990.

Sword of San Jacinto : A Life of Sam Houston by  De Bruhl, Marshall, published at Random House, New York, ca. 1993.

The Raven and the Sword by Matthew Gant, published at New York by Coward McCann, Inc., 1960.

Retreat to Glory: The Story of Sam Houston, by Latham, Jean Lee, published in New York, Harper & Row, 1965.

Poster, "Sam Recruiting," 1855, published in Austin by the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, 1985. 

The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston edited by Madge Thornall Roberts, published at Denton, Texas, by University of North Texas Press, 1996.

Empire of bones: A Novel of Sam Houston and the Texas Revolution by Long, Jeff, published at  New York by W. Morrow, 1993.

"Texas Sesquicentennial," poster of Sam Houston, published at Austin, Texas, by The Balcones Company, 1985.

Ever Thine Truly: Love Letters From Sam Houston to Anna Raguet, published at Austin, Texas, by Jenkins Garrett Press,1975.

Spanish Research Collection

General Felix  Diaz, Governer of Oaxaca appoints Doctor José Francisco Valverde as Inspector General of the treasury, GO-10.

Proceedings of the Cano y Moctezuma’s entailed estate to the heir, Doña Isabel de Moctezuma, as heir of the last Aztec king, 1590-1780.

The members of the society “Survivors of the Republican Army” created on September 4,1921 established the first Cinco de Mayo celebrations for 1922.

Ledger from the Presidio San Carlos under the care of Joseph Angel de Cuebas, March 1769.

Catalogue of Yucatan Documents and News Papers on Microfilm in the University of Texas at Arlington Library,  by Maritza Arrigunaga Coello published at Arlington, Texas, by UTA Press, ca. 1983.

Piedra de Luz, Magical Sites in Pre Columbian Mexico by Roberto Garcia Moll and Jaime Bali, published by Grupo Azabache, 1991.

The Republic of Texas

Declaration of the People of Texas, San Felipe de Austin, November 7, 1835.

¡¡¡Liberatad, Constitucion, Y Federation!!!, San Felipe de Austin, June 22 1835.

Declaration of Independence, Washington-on-the-Brazos,              March 2, 1836.  

Ordinance to organize the Militia of the Republic of Texas, March 24, 1836.

University Archives

Arlington State College Diploma for Kate Moore, 1898.

Arlington College Stock Certificate issued to   A. J. Rogers in 1900.

Baseball team, Grubbs Vocational  College, Arlington, Texas, 1919.

Aerial view of UTA, 1965.

Football Program for the Junior Rose Bowl Game, 1956.

Sketch of Library building of ASC Library by G.L Dahl, Architects and Engineers, ca. 1963.

Earl Irons with cornet, 1939.

Reveille, published by Arlington State College, Arlington, Texas, 1924. 

Reveille, published by Arlington State College, Arlington, Texas, 1935.

Reveille, published by Arlington State College, Arlington, Texas, 1955.

Reveille, published by Arlington State College, Arlington, Texas, 1957.

Reveille, published by Arlington State College, Arlington, Texas, 1964.

Reveille, published by Arlington State College, Arlington, Texas, 1982.

US Civil War Diaries and Letters

James Allen Duncan’s diary, June 27, 1861 to August 20, 1865

The Thomas B. Robinson  Diary, July 8, 1865 to April 10, 1866. 

Letter of Captain J. M. Cook, Confederate Army, to Mr. Taylor, March 16, 1863.

Letter of Charles J. Gaffney, to Mother [Martha J. Gaffney]       February 14, 1864.

Letter of Henry W. Benham to wife, Libby, April 28, 1863.

Letter of William Allen, Confederate Army,  to his wife, Victoria, January 12th 1865.

Images from the exhibition may be ordered from Special Collections. Check the fee schedule to determine size and type of reproductions. Then download and complete "Request for Photographic Copies Form". Send the form along with your check to the address listed. Should you have any questions or comments please contact

Kit Goodwin
goodwin@uta.edu or
voice: 817-272-5329 or
C/O Special Collections, 
UTA Libraries, Box 19497
Arlington, Texas- 76019-0497.

 

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