[Mayor Dot Scrapbook: Volume 4] (open access)

[Mayor Dot Scrapbook: Volume 4]

Scrapbook containing materials documenting the career of Dorothy McBride from 1972 to 1973. This volume includes newspaper clippings concerning gas, road work, and an increase in utility rates; information cards, correspondence from W. E. Lockhart, and various resolutions from the Alpine City Council and various photographs are included as well.
Date: 1972/1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mayor Dot Scrapbook: Volume 1] (open access)

[Mayor Dot Scrapbook: Volume 1]

Scrapbook containing materials documenting the career of Dorothy McBride from 1965 to 1972. This volume includes maps of Alpine, Texas and the surrounding towns, documents from Sul Ross St. University, along with photographs from the school; there are an abundance of newspaper clippings included as well. Also included are documents from her candidacy prior to being elected the first woman city council member and Mayor of Alpine.
Date: 1972~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pre-Plymouth Peregrinations (open access)

Pre-Plymouth Peregrinations

Presidential address given by Jesse E. Thompson before the Texas Surgical Society in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Thompson discusses Cabeza de Vaca's time living with the Native Americans of Texas and the conquest of Mexico, with particular focus on the operations he performed, including the first recorded surgical operation in North America.
Date: October 9, 1972
Creator: Thompson, Jesse E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1972 (open access)

The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 13, 1972
Creator: Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1972 (open access)

The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1972
Creator: Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1972 (open access)

The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1972
Creator: Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History