Oral History Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, November 17, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, November 17, 1998

Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, registered nurse from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sample recounts stories from her 30 years working as a nurse at the Veteran's Hospital - including how she met her husband and the problems she encountered with the hospital's policy against married nurses.
Date: November 17, 1998
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Sample, Trixie Lucille Dixon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James E. Nugent, May 10, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James E. Nugent, May 10, 2019

Transcript of an interview with Cal "Skip" Trammell and Nan Nugent-White about their father James E. (Jim) Nugent who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1979 and was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission for sixteen years.The interview details his upbringing, education, career as an attorney, navy service as a pilot in World War II, and family memories. Photos and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: May 10, 2019
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Trammell, Cal & Nugent-White, Bilie Nan Noreen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013

Transcript of interview with Julius Real Neunhoffer and Marvin Oscar Neunhoffer, descendants of early German ranching settlers from Kerrville, Texas. The Neunhoffer brothers speak about their memories of Tivy High School and recount important events of their family history.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Webb, Jeanie Archer
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Raul Rafael "Rocky" Hernandez, Jr., a United States Army veteran and Austin restaurant owner from Kerrville. Rocky describes his memories growing up in Kerrville, work at the Huber Bakery, playing football at Tivy High School, being a Ranger in the United States Army, his accident, and starting restaurant with his wife.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hernandez, Raul, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kerr County Album (open access)

Kerr County Album

Book discussing the history of people and places in Kerr County, Texas. It is organized into several sections: Kerrville and County Communities; Kerr County; What Binds Them Together; Churches of Kerr County; Schools; Medical Institutions; Clubs and Organizations; Life and Living on the Land; Riversides, Hillsides and Countrysides; Military Service Members; Summer Camps; Poems, Rhymes and Verses; Families; Tributes and Memorials; Businesses. Index starts on page 544.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Kerr County Historical Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017

Interview with Raul Rafael "Rocky" Hernandez, Jr., a United States Army veteran and Austin restaurant owner from Kerrville. Rocky describes his memories growing up in Kerrville, work at the Huber Bakery, playing football at Tivy High School, being a Ranger in the United States Army, his accident, and starting restaurant with his wife.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hernandez, Raul, Jr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017

Interview with Raul Rafael "Rocky" Hernandez, Jr., a United States Army veteran and Austin restaurant owner from Kerrville. Rocky describes his memories growing up in Kerrville, work at the Huber Bakery, playing football at Tivy High School, being a Ranger in the United States Army, his accident, and starting restaurant with his wife.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hernandez, Raul, Jr.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013 transcript

Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013

Interview with Julius Real Neunhoffer and Marvin Oscar Neunhoffer, descendants of early German ranching settlers from Kerrville, Texas. The Neunhoffer brothers speak about their memories of Tivy High School and recount important events of their family history.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Louis, Stephens; Neunhoffer, Julius Real, Jr. & Neunhoffer, Marvin Oscar
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013

Interview with Julius Real Neunhoffer and Marvin Oscar Neunhoffer, descendants of early German ranching settlers from Kerrville, Texas. The Neunhoffer brothers speak about their memories of Tivy High School and recount important events of their family history.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Neunhoffer, Julius Real, Jr. & Neunhoffer, Marvin Oscar
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Kerr Current Family Chronicles, Our Families: The Way We Were, Volume 1, 2006 (open access)

West Kerr Current Family Chronicles, Our Families: The Way We Were, Volume 1, 2006

Special edition newspaper from the West Kerr Current of Kerr County, Texas, based on interviews and written by Irene Van Winkle, that details the history of some of the families that contributed to the early pioneering of the area.
Date: 2006
Creator: West Kerr Current
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The History of Eastern Kerr County, Texas (open access)

The History of Eastern Kerr County, Texas

Book describing the history of communities in eastern Kerr County, Texas: "The book is a combination of a brief Texas history, a section from the Kerr County records, and a compilation of family histories and short stories that trace this portion of the county's ancestry" (back cover). Topics include a history of churches, schools and clubs of the area. The index starts on page 234.
Date: 1986
Creator: Witt, Prentice Gerald
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reminiscences of My Youth and Other Catastrophies (open access)

Reminiscences of My Youth and Other Catastrophies

A book containing accounts about life for the residents of Kerrville,Texas in the early 20th century, as told from the author's own early life experiences.
Date: 1975
Creator: Doyle, Merrill D.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017

Interview with Wayne Edward O'Bryant, who recalls his family history, growing up in Kerrville, Texas, and his career after inheriting his father's café and eventually owning an antique store in the same location.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & OBryant, Edward Wayne
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017 transcript

Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017

Interview with Wayne Edward O'Bryant, who recalls his family history, growing up in Kerrville, Texas, and his career after inheriting his father's café and eventually owning an antique store in the same location.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & OBryant, Edward Wayne
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999

Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, vice-chair of the Kerr County Historical Commission from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Snodgrass talks about growing up on a primitive ranch, struggling to survive during the Depression, meeting and marrying her husband, their family, their involvement with music, and her efforts to preserve the history of Kerr County. She also briefly discusses the honors and awards her volunteer work has earned her. Pages 2-13 include a written statement by Miles Abernathy Lowrence, Clarabelle's maternal great-uncle.
Date: September 25, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
People on the Windows: The Stained Glass Windows at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville, Texas (open access)

People on the Windows: The Stained Glass Windows at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville, Texas

Book describing the history of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville, focusing largely on the stained glass windows, with other information about church activities and people over time. Index starts on page 103.
Date: 2014
Creator: McComb, J. Wesley
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History