- Islandora Repository
- Archives and Manuscripts Collections
- Broadsides collection
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Hanington's Grand Moving Dioramas
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William J. Hanington produced many moving dioramas between 1832 and 1856. This broadside advertised a feature on "General Houston's Glorious Victory." (A diorama, sometimes called a moving panorama, consisted of multiple canvas paintings sewn together and attached at either end to a vertical roller. The action would unfold as the large canvas was wound from one roller to another.), BC OB 1836-1839, Texas History, Focus on Texas history
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Important from Texas
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The main article of this broadside recounts the death of James Fannin at Goliad., BC DB 1836, Texas History, Focus on Texas history
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Inauguration Ball: Third Year of Independence
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Invitation to the inaugural ball of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, elected president of the Republic of Texas in 1838. Lamar served as vice president in Sam Houston's first administration., BC DB 1838-1839, Texas History, Focus on Texas history
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Invitation to Gen. Houston's Ball
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An invitation to a ball in honor of General Sam Houston. Though out of office during this period, Houston remained popular. He would run again for office in 1841 and win., BC DB 1838-1839, Texas History, Focus on Texas history
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Land in the Nashville Company
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After receiving his empresario contract for the Nashville Colony, Sterling C. Robertson issued this broadside encouraging settlement in the colony. The broadside includes transcriptions of Robertson's claims to the colony prior to his receiving the contract., BC OB 1830-1835, Texas History, Focus on Texas history
