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Title: Constitution of the Republic of Texas
Identifier: foth_0410_multipage
Dates: 1836-08-09
Description: Up to the time of this publication, the Constitution of the Republic of Texas had not been widely distributed due to interruptions in press production caused by the Texas Revolution and its aftermath.

Title: Copia de un apunte suelto de la campaña de Tejas, que principia en 18 de marzo de 1836 [. . .] [Manuscript pages describing the death of David Crockett]
Identifier: foth_0318_multipage
Creator: Peña, José Enrique de la, 1807-1841 or 1842
Dates: 1836-03-18
Description: Lt. Col. Nicolás de la Portilla presided over the garrison at Goliad when Santa Anna ordered the mass execution of prisoners there. Portilla's notes were lost and, thus, were never incorporated into the Mexican army's general report on the Texas campaign. Peña's narrative includes his account of the execution of David Crockett following the assault on the Alamo. The account, translated, reads as follows: Some seven men had survived the general carnage and, under the protection of General Castrillón, they were brought before Santa Anna. Among them was one of great stature, will proportioned, with regular features, in whose face there was the imprint of adversity, but in whom one also noticed a degree of resignation and nobility that did him honor. He was the naturalist David Crockett, well known in North America for his unusual adventures, who had undertaken to explore he country and who, finding himself in Bejar at the very moment of surprise, had taken refuge at the Alamo, fearing that his status as a foreigner might not be respected. Santa Anna answered Castrillón's intervention in Crockett's behalf with a gesture of indignation and, addressing himself to the sappers, the troops closest to him, ordered his execution ... Though tortured before they were killed, these unfortunates died without complaining and without humiliating themselves before their torturers.

Title: Crockett at the Alamo
Identifier: foth_0325
Dates: 1848
Description: The Idle Hour Book is a joke book that contains an illustrated biography of David Crockett, including an image depicting Crockett's heroic death at the Alamo while swinging his musket. Page from The Idle Hour Book, or Scrapiana; Being a Nerve-Worker, Care Destroyer, and Genuine Countenance Disturber . . . Containing all the Information Necessary to Raise a Laugh at the Shortest Notice[. . .].

Title: Decreto de 6 de Abril de 1830 [Law of April 6, 1830]
Identifier: foth_0202_multipage
Creator: Republic of Mexico
Dates: 1830-04-06
Description: Mexican colonization law prohibiting further emigration from nations bordering on the Mexican Republic, designed specifically to stop the flood of emigrants from the United States to Texas.

Title: Diary of Somervell's Expedition Against the Southwest in 1842 and 1843
Identifier: foth_0516_multipage
Dates: 1843
Description: Led by General Alexander Somervell, the expedition answered the Mexican army's raids into Texas in 1842. A force of 700 men left San Antonio in November 1842, but by mid-December Somervell recognized the insufficiencies in planning and preparation and, to avoid an overwhelming defeat, ordered his men to return home. Almost half of the original force continued to Mexico as part of the Mier Expedition.

Title: Diary of Thomas Nunn
Identifier: foth_0172_multipage
Creator: Nunn, Thomas
Dates: 1835-05-18
Description: Thomas Nunn records his trip on board a schooner from New Orleans to Texas beginning in February 1835. He discusses a cholera outbreak, Velasco, San Felipe de Austin, [Robertson's] Colony, and the changing landscape during his journey.

Title: Dispatch book of the Legation of Texas in Paris
Identifier: foth_0480
Dates: 1844-11-13
Description: Texas maintained a diplomatic legation in France and England throughout the life of the Republic. This letterbook contains copies of dispatches sent by Texas ministers James Pinckney Henderson and Ashbel Smith to the secretary of state of the Republic of Texas, 1838 to 1844.

Title: Dispatch book of the Legation of Texas in Paris
Identifier: foth_0473_multipage
Dates: 1844-11-13
Description: Gives results of elections and slate of officials taking office on December 13, 1841. Ashbel Smith served as chargé d'affaires to England and France from 1842 to 1844.

Title: East Texas Oil Fields, East Texas Oil Fields
Identifier: e_enr_292
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Derrick in field with wooden outbuildings and 2 cars

Title: East Texas Oil Fields, East Texas Oil Fields
Identifier: e_enr_293
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Derrick in field with wooden outbuildings and 2 cars

Title: East Texas Oil Fields, East Texas Oil Fields
Identifier: e_enr_290
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Derrick in field with wooden outbuildings and 2 cars

Title: East Texas Oil Fields, East Texas Oil Fields
Identifier: e_enr_291
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Derrick in field with wooden outbuildings and 2 cars

Title: East Texas Oil Fields, East Texas Oil Fields
Identifier: e_enr_296
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Far view of derrick through trees and wetland

Title: Emigration to Texas in Mexico
Identifier: foth_0105_multipage
Creator: Burnet, David G. (David Gouverneur), 1788-1870
Description: David Burnet describes the Mexican state of Texas for prospective colonists in this manuscript.

Title: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
Identifier: foth_0148_multipage
Creator: Smithwick, Noah, 1808-1899
Dates: 1900
Description: Tennessee blacksmith Noah Smithwick first journeyed to Texas in 1827. He dictated his impressions of Texas to his daughter who later published them.

Title: Expenses from Columbia Texas to Washington U.S.
Identifier: foth_0469_multipage
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio López de 1794-1876
Dates: 1838-06-04
Description: List of expenses incurred by Antonio López de Santa Anna during his trip from Columbia, Texas, to Washington, D.C., after his capture by Sam Houston's army. The account is countersigned by Sam Houston, president of the Republic of Texas.

Title: Fall of the Alamo-- Death of Crockett
Identifier: foth_0326
Dates: 1836
Description: This fanciful wood engraving is thought to be the first published illustration of Crockett's death at the Alamo. Page from Davy Crockett's 1837 Almanack, of Wild Sports in the West, Life in the Backwoods, & Sketches of Texas.

Title: Far view of 5 derricks seen from fenced field, Far view of 5 derricks seen from fenced field
Identifier: e_enr_289
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection

Title: Far view of 5 derricks seen from fenced field, Far view of 5 derricks seen from fenced field
Identifier: e_enr_288
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection

Title: Fort Brown, aerial view
Identifier: RUN07956
Creator: Runyon, Robert
Topic: Aerial views
Resource: Robert Runyon photograph collection

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