urn:taro:utexas.cah.00414 A Guide to the Dorothy Aarts Essay, 1939 May 16, 2005Encoded in XMetal 2 by Courtney Chartier according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Aarts, Dorothy Dorothy Aarts Essay, 1939Materials are written in English. 1 item Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Essay on early Texas ghost towns, by then student Dorothy Aarts. Biographical Note

Aarts was a student at Incarnate Word Academy of Houston when she submitted the essay, which was later published as Ghost Towns of the Republic of Texas (Houston, 1939).

 Scope and Contents

Copy of the winning entry submitted by Aarts to competition for the James Monroe Texas History Award given by the Society of the Sons of the Republic of Texas in 1939.

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Dorothy Aarts Essay, 1939, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Aarts, Dorothy. Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--Texas. Navasota (Tex.)--History--Sources. New Kentucky (Tex.)--History--Sources. New Washington (Tex.)--History--Sources. San Luis (Tex.)--History--Sources. Swartwout (Tex.)--History--Sources. Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846--Sources. Texas--History, Local. Zavala (Tex.)--History--Sources Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory: 2J183 "Ghost Towns of the Republic of Texas," typescript copy of essay, 19 pages, 1939