Citations for Documents and Images

Fort Sam Houston’s Gift Chapel:

Photograph, Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel exterior, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Panoramic photograph, President Taft in San Antonio, 1909 October, SC97.24, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, John C. Dielmann’s business at 306 E Commerce Street, 1907 April 27, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, interior of John C. Dielmann’s business, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Presentation drawing, Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel, exterior, undated, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Preliminary architectural drawing (detail), Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel, first floor plan, undated, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Preliminary architectural drawing (detail), Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel, vestibule features, undated, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel construction, undated, Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, 1847-1961, Col 883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

“How Old Man Henry and His Family are Getting Along in America”:

Letter, Henry Baumberger, San Antonio, Texas, to Father, beloved brothers and sisters, brothers-in-law, and friends, 1856 October 13, Henry Baumberger Papers, 1856-1867, Doc 5171, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Was a Texan the First Man to Fly in an Airplane?

Glass plate negative, [Airplane crash], undated, SC14120, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Anita Tatsch, Jacob Brodbeck “Reached for the Sky” in Texas, memorial edition (Fredericksburg, Texas: Dietel & Son Printing, 1986), 70.

Certificates of stock shares, Jacob Brodbeck to Ferdinand Herff, 1865 June 27, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

“Detailed specifications written by Jacob Brodbeck of an airship made by him,” undated, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Review of the Family History Seminar, “Land Research Workshop”:

Survey field notes, David Crockett estate, 1838 September 5, John W. Smith Papers, 1822-1934, Col 917, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Adrian Woll Captures San Antonio and Takes Prisoners:

Photograph, Samuel Augustus Maverick, undated, SC96.154, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, Mary Ann Adams Maverick, undated, SC96.153, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Letter, Waddy Thompson, Mexico City, to Samuel A. Maverick, Perote prison, Mexico City, 1843 March 16, Samuel A. Maverick papers, 1836-1909, Col 12545, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map (detail), Samuel Augustus Maverick, Map Showing the Relative Position of Mexico, Veracruz, Puebla, Perote, and Jalapa, scale indeterminable, 1843, Samuel A. Maverick papers, 1836-1909, Col 12545, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map (detail), Samuel Augustus Maverick, Altitude Map, From Actual Survey: Showing (in [illegible]) the Height of Mexico and the Other Places on the Road to Veracruz,scale indeterminable, 1843, Samuel A. Maverick papers, 1836-1909, Col 12545, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Processing Continues on the Joseph Elicson Photograph Collection:

Photograph, [Cub Scouts in front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas], undated, SCElicson.09.001, Elicson Photograph Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Rosita Fernandez Almaguer at WOAI studios in San Antonio, Texas], undated, SCElicson.09.002, Elicson Photograph Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Santa Anna’s Invitation to American Soldiers:

Broadside, “The President of the Mexican Republic to the troops engaged in the Army of the United States of America,” 1847 August 15, Doc 1693, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Lithograph, “El Emo. Sor. Gl. de Division d. Ao. Lopez de Santa-Anna: Presidente de la Republica Mexicana,” SC01.001, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map, Henry Schenck Tanner, A Map of the United States of Mexico as Organized and Defined by the Several Acts of the Congress of that Republic, scale ca. 1:5,479,000 (New York: H. S. Tanner, 1847), Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Texas Newspapers Report the Battle of Gettysburg and the Fall of Vicksburg:

Newspaper, Austin Tri-Weekly State Gazette, 1863 July 14, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Newspaper, Austin Tri-Weekly State Gazette, 1863 July 16, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Newspaper, Austin Tri-Weekly State Gazette, 1863 July 21, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Newspaper, Austin Tri-Weekly State Gazette, 1863 July 30, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

General Cós’s Warning to Texans, July 1835:

Declaration, Martin Perfecto de Cós, 1835 July 5, John W. Smith Papers, 1822-1934, Col 917, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Henri Castro’s Société de Colonisation Europée-Américain au Texas:

Contract, Société de Colonisation au Texas and Maria Derungs, 1847 June 27, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Auguste Frétellière], undated, SC889.50.2.9, Gentilz-Frétellière Family Papers, 1793-1962, Col 889, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Summertime in San Antonio:

Photograph, “Brackenridge Park swimming area,” undated, SC1265.6.2, Picture File, Aniol Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Monkey entertaining visitors at the San Antonio Zoo], undated, SC09. Ramsdell.1, Picture File, Ramsdell Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, “San Pedro Springs,” undated, SC1265.51.9, Picture File, Aniol Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Picnic], undated, SC09.013, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Fishermen with catfish], undated, SC09.014, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

May I Have This Dance?:

Dance card, “Casino Sylvester Ball, 1887-1888,” Beckmann Family Papers, 1825-1958, Col 10931, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Dance card, “Casino Gesellschaft, Neujahr’s Ball, 1886-1887,” Beckmann Family Papers, 1825-1958, Col 10931, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Dance card, “Programme: 30th Anniversary San Antonio Turn Verein, October 26, 1895,” Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Dance card, [Masquerade Ball at Lenzens Opera House, March 7, 1891], Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Theodore Gentilz, Texas Artist:

Theodore Gentilz, Fandango, painting, oil on canvas, undated, SC05.047, Gentilz-Frétellière Family Papers, 1793-1962, Col 889, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map, Theodore Gentilz, Castroville Comte de Bexar Texas Fondee le 3 7br. 1844, SC05.043, Morrow Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Gentilz, Theodore, with art class], undated, SC889.52.1.5, Gentilz-Frétellière Family Papers, 1793-1962, Col 889, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Theodore Gentilz, Tortilleras, painting, oil on canvas, undated, SC05.046, Gentilz-Frétellière Family Papers, 1793-1962, Col 889, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Theodore Gentilz, San Francisco de Espada en 1844, painting, oil on canvas, undated, Gentilz-Frétellière Family Papers, 1793-1962, Col 889, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Gentilz, Theodore, and Marie, at 318 Flores Street], undated, SC889.52.1.3, Gentilz-Frétellière Family Papers, 1793-1962, Col 889, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Battle of Flowers Parade on Film:

Motion picture film, Battle of Flowers Parade, 1971, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Motion picture film, Battle of Flowers Parade, 1976, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Battle of Flowers Parade, Participants and Floats:

Photograph, [Mary Louise Price, Duchess of the Laurels, and Josephine Nix, attendant sprite, in the Battle of Flowers Parade], 1925, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Baby in carriage decorated for the Battle of Flowers Parade], 1905, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Two women in a carriage decorated for the Battle of Flowers Parade], undated, circa 1900-1910, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Two women and their drivers in a carriage decorated for the Battle of Flowers Parade], undated, circa 1900-1910, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [An airplane float in the Battle of Flowers Parade], 1917, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [A car decorated with flowers for the Battle of Flowers Parade], undated, circa 1910-1920, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Dorothy McCampbell, Duchess of the Coreopsis, and Margaret Basse, attendant sprite, in the Battle of Flowers Parade], 1925, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Battle of Flowers Parade:

Photograph, [Battle of Flowers Parade in Alamo Plaza], undated, circa 1890s, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [The Alamo decorated for the Battle of Flowers Parade], undated, circa 1890s, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [C.M. McAmis, 1893 Fiesta Parade], 1893, SC13162, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Invitation, “Souvenir of San Antonio, Texas. April 20th, 1891,” 1891, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Program, “Official Program, Battle of Flowers, April 21 and 22, 1899,” 1899, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Artifact, [Battle of Flowers Parade pin], 1895, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Historic Texas Taxes:

Tax receipt, [Money received of Thomas W. Grayson for taxes owed to the state of Texas and the county of Bexar for the year 1852], 1855 July 5, Grayson Family Papers, 1835-1959, Col 895, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Confederate tax receipt, [Money received of James Lincoln for taxes owed for the year 1862], 1863 November 12, James Lincoln Papers, 1863-1896, Col 894, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Confederate tax receipt, [Money received of James Lincoln for taxes owed for the year 1863], 1864 June 9, James Lincoln Papers, 1863-1896, Col 894, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Decree, Mexico City, 1759 March 29, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Receipt, Mexico City, to Jose de Espinosa, 1796 January 30, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Hal Coffman, “Just One Thing After Another,” in The State of Texas or the State of Taxes?, by Byron C. Utecht (San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1949), [ii].

DRT Library Hosts the Texas Map Society:

Map, Abraham Ortelius, Hispaniae Novae sivae magnae recens et vera descriptio, scale indeterminable, from Theatrum orbis terrarum (Antverpiae?: s.n., 1579), Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map, John Senex, A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi, scale ca. 1:4,344,680, from A New General Atlas, Containing a Geographical & Historical Account of All the Empires, Kingdoms, and Other Dominions of the World (London: s.n., 1721?), Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map, Mapa de los Estados Unidos Mejicanos Arreglado a Distribucion que en Diversos Decretos ha hecho del Territorio el Congreso General Mejicano, scale ca. 1:5,632,000 (Paris: Rosa, 1837), Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Map, Stephen F. Austin, A Map of Austin’s Colony & Adjacent Country in Texas Drawn Principally from Actual Survey by Stephen F. Austin, scale not recorded, undated, circa 1820s, Cumings Family Papers, 1824-1926, Col 8978, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Women in Baseball:

Baseball card, [Female baseball player, first base], undated, circa 1880s, [Sports Card Album, circa 1880-1920], Col 14379, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Baseball card, [Female baseball player, third base], undated, circa 1880s, [Sports Card Album, circa 1880-1920], Col 14379, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Baseball card, [Female baseball player, catcher], undated, circa 1880s, [Sports Card Album, circa 1880-1920], Col 14379, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

“Lovely Bluebonnets, More Beautiful Than All the Rest”:

Artifact, Battle of Flowers Association commemorative pin, 1992, Battle of Flowers Association Records, 1895-, Col 6848, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Sheet music, “Flower of Texas,” poem by Evelyn Hornsby Mims, music by Dot Echols Orum, 1936, Sheet Music Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Sheet Music, “Legend of the Blue Bonnets (State Flower of Texas),” words and music by Ida Bassett Botts, 1936, Sheet Music Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Painting, Julian Onderdonk, Spring Morning, oil on canvas, 1911, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Newspaper Accounts of the Battle of the Alamo:

Newspaper, Telegraph and Texas Register, 1836 March 24, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Newspaper, Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana and Suplemento al Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana, 1836 March 21, in Spanish, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Texas Independence Day, March 2:

Broadside, “Unanimous Declaration of Independence by the Delegates of the People of Texas,” 1836 March 2, annotations by Samuel A. Maverick, Samuel A. Maverick Family Papers, 1836-1909, Col 12545, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

1888 Bill of Sale for Cattle:

Bill of sale, G.W. Buttery to J.E.T. Burris, 1883 September 28, Llano County (Tex.), Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Texas Secession, Continued:

Photograph, “Texas troops at San Antonio at the time of the surrender of the U.S. arms,” undated, SC11484C, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [General David E. Twiggs, C.S.A.], undated, SC96.381, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Letter, Samuel Augustus Maverick, San Antonio, Texas, to Capt. Wm. Edgar, Alamo City Guards, 1861 February 16, Doc 1221, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Happy Valentine’s Day!:

Valentine postcard, “To My Valentine,” unidentified sender to Ruth Seele, San Antonio, Texas, 1913 February 12, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine postcard, “When my hair is white and my gait is lame, I hope your love will be the same,” unidentified sender to Ruth Seele, San Antonio, Texas, 1918 February 13, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine postcard, “Valentine Greeting,” signed Ruth Seele, undated, circa 1910-1930, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine postcard, “With My Heart’s Best Love,” unidentified sender to Ruth Seele, San Antonio, Texas, undated, circa 1910-1930, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine card, “”Pure affection’s sweetest token, Choicest hint of love unspoken, To my Valentine,” signed Ruth Seele, undated, circa 1910-1930, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine card, “To One I Love,” Lois to unidentified recipient, undated, circa 1910-1930, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine card, “If they gather all the sunbeams from the brightest day in June…,” Ruth M. to Ruth Seele, undated, circa 1910-1930, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Valentine card, “I know a little maiden as sweet as she can be…,” unidentified sender and recipient, undated, circa 1910-1930, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

“To Dissolve the Union Between the State of Texas and the…United States of America”:

Broadside, “An Ordinance to dissolve the union between the state of Texas and the other states, united under the compact styled ‘the Constitution of the United States of America,’” Texas Convention, 1861 February 1, Doc 5414, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Broadside, “Letter from Gen. Houston. His Views Respecting our Political Affairs,” Samuel Houston, 1860 November 14, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Broadside, “To the People of Texas,” Samuel Houston, 1861 March 16, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Currency During the Republic of Texas:

Currency, printed notes, “Star notes,” June 9, 1837, Money Collection, 1773-2004, DRT 7, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Currency, engraved notes, change notes, December 14, 1837, Money Collection, 1773-2004, DRT 7, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Currency, four engraved notes, “Redbacks,” January 19, 1839, Money Collection, 1773-2004, DRT 7, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Almanacs, Part II: Crockett Almanacs:

The Crockett Almanac, 1839: Continuing Adventures, Exploits, Sprees and Scrapes in the West, and Life and Manners in the Backwoods (Nashville, Tennessee: Ben Harding, 1838?): front cover.

The Crockett Almanac, 1840: Containing Adventures, Exploits, Sprees and Scrapes in the West, and Life and Manners in the Backwoods (Nashville, Tennessee: Ben Harding, 1839?): front cover.

Davy Crockett’s Almanac, 1847: Daring Adventures in the Back Woods; Wonderful Scenes in River Life; Manners of Warfare in the West; Feats on the Prairies, in Texas and Oregon (Boston: James Fisher, 1846?): front cover.

“Crockett Riding his Express, From Mexico to Washington, Across the Prairies,” in Davy Crockett’s Almanac, 1847, [21].

“Skinning a Bear,” in Davy Crockett’s Almanac, 1847, [7].

“Desperate Fight with Two Catamounts,” in The Crockett Almanac, 1839, 9.

Snow in San Antonio:

Photograph, [Alamo Plaza, in snow, view north], undated, SC13308, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Our home, Flo and Blanche, snow storm], 1895 February 14, Riddle-Eagar Family Papers, 1840-1945, Col 7426, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, “Skating on West End Lake, 1899,” SC926.Pioneer.45, Ernst F. Schuchard Papers, 1832-1973, Col 926, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio Texas. Also in 100th Anniversary Pioneer Flour Mills, San Antonio, Texas, 1851-1951: A Scrapbook of Pictures and Events in San Antonio During the Last 100 Years (San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1951), 45.

Photograph, [Dullnig House, Nolan Street], 1926 January 24, SC5205.3.11, Picture File Collections, Schelper Family Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Bringing in the New Year with Almanacs:

Webster’s Calendar: Or, The Albany Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1840 (Albany, New York: E. W. & C. Skinner, 1840): 4.

The New Orleans Almanac, for the Year 1858: Containing an Accurate Court Calendar of Louisiana, and Calculations for New Orleans (New Orleans: O. O. Woodman, 1858): front cover.

“Gen. George Cadwalader, in Command, at the Storming of Chapultepec” and “Captain Drum’s Glorious Re-capture of the Brass Six Pounders,” in The Old Rough and Ready Almanac, 1849 (Philadelphia and New York: Turner & Fisher, 1849): 23-24.

“Millard Fillmore,” in The Whig Almanac and United States Register for 1851 (New York: Greeley & McElrate, 1851): 21.

The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, For the Year 1843 (Boston: David H. Williams, 1842): v-vi.

Telegraph and Texas Register, Early Texas Newspaper:

Newspaper, Telegraph and Texas Register, 1837 January 6 and 11, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Letter from Daniel Cloud, Alamo Defender:

Daniel William Cloud, Natchitoches, Louisiana, to J. B. Cloud, 1836 December 26, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Christmas in San Antonio:

Photograph, [Christmas tree in Alamo Plaza], 1922 December, SC5029.1, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Christmas at Boysville, San Antonio, Texas], 1952, SCElicson.08.005, Elicson Photograph Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Santa Claus on the roof of Joske's department store, downtown San Antonio, Texas], undated, SCElicson.08.001, Elicson Photograph Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Historic Christmas Cards:

Christmas postcard, “To Greet on Xmas Morning,” unidentified sender to Miss Stella Faust, New Braunfels, Texas, 1905 December 20, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Christmas card, “Christmas Cheer,” 1932 December 25, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Christmas card, Adina and Mary De Zavala to an unidentified recipient, 1937, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Dedication of the DRT Library:

Daughters of the Republic of Texas, “Dedication Program, The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, Gift of Mrs. John King Beretta, On Saturday, December the Second Nineteen-hundred and fifty,” [San Antonio, Texas?: s. n., 1950?].

Photograph, [Dr. William Eager Howard], undated, CN95.49, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Portraits of John King Beretta and Sallie Mills Ward Beretta, paintings by Lonnie Rees, gifts of Mr. and Mrs. John Ward Beretta, SC05.054 and SC05.055, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Ulysses S. Grant’s Son Honored in San Antonio:

Program, [Banquet for Frederick Dent Grant sponsored by the Business Men's Club at the Menger Hotel], 1902 December 1, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Nineteenth-Century Holiday Treats:

Manuscript, [Anna Gibbs McKinney's Cookbook], undated, 1800s, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Founding of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas:

Daughters of the Republic of Texas, “Meeting at Lampasas, April 20th, 1892: Secretary’s Report,” in Constitution and By-Laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 12-14. Houston: Gray’s Printing Office, 1892.

Photograph, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, La Grange, Texas, 1905 April, 21, Ella Dancy Dibrell Papers, Doc 3007, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Honoring Texas Veterans:

Photograph, [Lieutenant Hal Irby Greer, taken in France during World War, 1918], Hal Irby Greer Papers, Col 896, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Certificate, [Appointment of Hal Irby Greer, First Lieutenant, Air Service, U.S. Army], 1918 May 18, Hal Irby Greer Papers, Col 896, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Letter, Hal Irby Greer, France, to Mother, 1918 October 16, Hal Irby Greer Papers, Col 896, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Hal Irby Greer at the gun of an airplane], undated, circa 1918, Hal Irby Greer Papers, Col 896, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Documents from Texas Elections:

Letter, Juan Martin de Veramendi, Leona Vicario [Saltillo], Coahuila y Tejas, to José Antonio Navarro, 1833 March 2, in Spanish, Doc 6813, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Letter, P. R. Lilly, Montgomery, Texas, to Chas. B. Stewart, Montgomery, Texas, 1842 February 17, Doc 9613, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Certificate of Election, State of Texas, 1902 December 15, William Lewis Davidson Papers, Doc 11151, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Printed handbill, “Fergusonism vs Capitalism” by Charles E. Coons, undated, 1930, Doc 2811, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Institute of Public Affairs, University of Texas, A Handbook for Texas Voters (Austin, Texas: The University of Texas, 1953): 2-3.

Institute of Public Affairs, University of Texas, “Facsimile of the General Election Ballot Used in 1952,” in A Handbook for Texas Voters (Austin, Texas: The University of Texas, 1953): unnumbered page.

Guest Register from San Antonio’s Most Haunted Hotel:

Menger Hotel register, manuscript, 1874 February 15 – 1874 December 26, Oversize Bound Doc 8568, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Germans in San Antonio: Freie Presse fur Texas:

Newspaper, Freie Presse Fur Texas, 1893 March 9, in German, Newspaper Collection, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Alamo Premiere Weekend:

Broadside, “San Antonio Conservation Society Welcomes You to a Special Presentation of ‘A Night in Old San Antonio,’” 1960 October 23, Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Invitation program, “The Alamo World Premiere Program, October 22-23-24, 1960,” Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

1899 State Fair of Texas:

Souvenir program, “Souvenir Attractions: Texas State Fair, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 28th to Oct. 22nd 1899,” Ephemera Collection, 1850-, DRT 2, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Historic Baseball Cards:

[Sports Card Album], undated, circa 1890-1940, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Robert E. Lee in Texas:

Photograph, “Robert E. Lee,” engraved by A. H. Ritchie, undated, from the National Archives Photographic Records Office, SC9958, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, “Genl. R. E. Lee. Photographed at his residence in Richmond, Va., just after the late war between the states,” undated, circa 1865-1870, SC9959, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Susanna Dickinson: Alamo Survivor:

Photograph, [Susanna Dickinson], undated, SC95.342, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Ambrotype and photograph, [Angelina Dickinson Griffith], undated, SC95.052, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Artifacts, [Lace petticoats belonging to Angelina and Susanna Dickinson], Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Marriage bond, Almeron Dickenson and B. D. Johnson, Hardeman County, Tennessee, to the Governor of Tennessee, 1829 May 24, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

“Come and Take It”:

Letter, photocopy, Andrew Ponton, Gonzales, Texas, to an unidentified recipient, 1835 September 26, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Galveston Hurricane of 1900:

Photoprint of stereograph, “The Storm Demon’s fury–a fair city wrecked in a single night–Ave. O and 19th Street, Galveston Disaster,” New York, New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1900, SC94.054, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Photoprint of stereograph, “In ruined Galveston — a school house that was carried 600 feet while all beyond was swept away,” New York, New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1900, SC94.053, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Diez y Seis de Septiembre:

Letter, issued by General Jose Maria Morelos, commission to Jose Maria Larios, 1814 January 25, in Spanish, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

Announcement, Ygnacio Ximenes, 1812 May 3, in Spanish, Documents Collection, 1519-1979, DRT 9, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.

JFK at the Alamo:

Photograph, [Senator John Kennedy signs guest register in the Alamo, September 12, 1960, during presidential campaign], SC03.007, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph, [Senators Ralph Yarborough, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson in the Alamo church during Sen. Kennedy's presidential campaign, September 12, 1960], SC03.008, Picture File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.

1898 Democratic State Convention:

Ribbon, “Democratic State Convention, Galveston, Texas, August 2, 1898,” Albert Sidney Burleson Papers, 1856-1947, Doc 6883, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.