Beyond the Bytes, May 17, 2017

May 17th, 2017
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New Collections on the Portal
Private Papers of Daniel Kempner ThorneFamily papers from the first and second generation of the influential Kempner Family of Galveston. Handwritten letters from February 1898 – March 31, 1899 from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother Eliza Seinsheimer, and brother Isaac Herbert Kempner during an extended trip and stay in Europe. Other miscellaneous letters, cards to and from Daniel W. Kempner, Jeane Bertig Kempner, his wife and Mary Jean Kempner, their daughter. (more)

 
Travis County Clerk RecordsNaturalization records of the Travis County District Clerk’s Office include declaration minutes, naturalization records, and indexes, dating from 1884-1906. The indexes refer to all Travis County naturalization records, including those found in the records of the District Clerk, County Clerk and the Commissioners Court. (more)

 
Broadening Access to Books on Texas and OklahomaOut-of-print books related to Texas and Oklahoma history made available as ebooks thanks to a Humanities Open Book Program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence. (more)

 
From the UNT Digital Library
3Dhotbed: 3D Printed History of the Book Teaching Tools

The collection includes downloadable datasets necessary to 3D print the individual pieces or a complete model set: a punch, a matrix, an adjustable hand mould, an individual piece of type with an attached jet, and a piece of type with a removable jet attachment. (more)

 
 

 

 

 

 

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[Drawing for the Foxfire Brochure]
Photograph of a drawing by an eleventh grade student for Foxfire. It is an illustration of a train and the bottom right corner says Shannon Jackson. (more)

 
 

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