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Title: Authorization document, Authorization document
Identifier: e_bte_04
Dates: 1845-12-29
Box: 2AA9a
Resource: UT Texas Memorial Museum collection
Description: Document signed by President Polk authorizing the U.S. Secretary of State to authorize the document admitting the state of Texas into the United States.

Title: Book jacket, "Our Invaded Universities"
Identifier: e_rap_1196
Creator: Dugger, Ronnie
Dates: 1974
Folder: VF (Texas authors): Dugger, Ronnie
Resource: Vertical files (Texas authors)
Description: Book jacket for Ronnie Dugger's "Our Invaded Universities," including text on inside flaps

Title: Gearing Hall Mural, east wall, Gearing Hall Mural, east wall
Identifier: e_ghm_2
Creator: Mullen, Joseph (Designer)
Dates: circa 1946-1950
Box: UTA 0.118b
Resource: UT Mary Gearing Hall painted murals
Description: Mural 2017-245-3 (east wall, Gearing Hall room 325) depicts a dance party. Dimensions: 14 ft. 6 in. wide x 6 ft. high. Artistic info from Gearing Hall room label: "At Miss [Mary] Gearing’s death in 1946, she bequeathed [the room's] furniture to The University provided these rooms were decorated and furnished in keeping with the traditions and standards of the pioneer Texas families. The Board of Regents appropriated funds and Mr. Joseph Mullen of Houston and New York, who was then President of The American institute of Decorators, was commissioned to do the decorating. The murals … depict a typical family group seated under the 6 flags under which Texas has lived. This mural was designed by Mr. Mullen, executed in New York and sent to Texas for mounting.”

Title: Gearing Hall Mural, north wall, Gearing Hall Mural, north wall
Identifier: e_ghm_1
Creator: Mullen, Joseph (Designer)
Dates: circa 1946-1950
Box: UTA 0.118b
Resource: UT Mary Gearing Hall painted murals
Description: Mural 2017-245-2 (north wall, Gearing Hall room 325) depicts domestic scene of family sitting under the 6 flags of Texas. Dimensions: 22 ft. 2 in. wide x 6 ft. high. Artistic info from Gearing Hall room label: "At Miss [Mary] Gearing’s death in 1946, she bequeathed [the room's] furniture to The University provided these rooms were decorated and furnished in keeping with the traditions and standards of the pioneer Texas families. The Board of Regents appropriated funds and Mr. Joseph Mullen of Houston and New York, who was then President of The American institute of Decorators, was commissioned to do the decorating. The murals … depict a typical family group seated under the 6 flags under which Texas has lived. This mural was designed by Mr. Mullen, executed in New York and sent to Texas for mounting.”

Title: Gearing Hall Mural, west wall, Gearing Hall Mural, west wall
Identifier: e_ghm_3
Creator: Mullen, Joseph (Designer)
Dates: circa 1946-1950
Box: UTA 0.118b
Resource: UT Mary Gearing Hall painted murals
Description: Mural 2017-245-1 (west wall, Gearing Hall room 325) depicts wife and child welcoming father returning from farm fields. Dimensions: 14 ft. 6 in. wide x 6 ft. high. Artistic info from Gearing Hall room label: "At Miss [Mary] Gearing’s death in 1946, she bequeathed [the room’s] furniture to The University provided these rooms were decorated and furnished in keeping with the traditions and standards of the pioneer Texas families. The Board of Regents appropriated funds and Mr. Joseph Mullen of Houston and New York, who was then President of The American institute of Decorators, was commissioned to do the decorating. The murals … depict a typical family group seated under the 6 flags under which Texas has lived. This mural was designed by Mr. Mullen, executed in New York and sent to Texas for mounting.”

Title: Kingsland #1 and "Tex" Thornton, Gibson-McMillan Lease, Kingsland #1 and "Tex" Thornton, Gibson-McMillan Lease
Identifier: e_enr_091
Creator: Edwards Studio
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: 1926-05-24
Box: 3S223
Resource: Mody Coggin Boatright papers
Description: Photographs - oil industry

Title: "Louis A. Beecherl, Jr."
Identifier: e_rap_1103
Folder: VF (Biographical): Beecherl, Louis A., Jr.
Resource: Vertical files (biographical)
Description: Biographical sketch highlighting Louis A. Beecherl, Jr.'s service on the University of Texas Board of Regents and his business associations

Title: Tex Thorton and 2 Others, Tex Thorton and 2 Others
Identifier: e_enr_263
Dates: circa 1915-20s
Box: PPC: Boatright, Mody C.
Folder: Research Material: Oil Industry, Oil Field
Resource: Mody Coggin Boatright papers
Description: Tex Thorton and two other men standing in with boots, hats and white clothes on