WTMA Bugle Notes, April 1907 (open access)

WTMA Bugle Notes, April 1907

WTMA Bugle Notes, April 1907, a journal published by the West Texas Military Academy in San Antonio, Texas. Contents include advertising, articles, poetry, editorials and news.
Date: April 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cow Country Comedy (open access)

Cow Country Comedy

Paper on the history and development of West Texas humor
Date: 1978
Creator: Odell, Cindy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ehtel and the Water Boy (open access)

Ehtel and the Water Boy

This is a research paper written by Mike Shurley for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1968. It tells the story of Marcellus and Ethel Bryant with some history of their family, his service in World War I, their courtship and marriage, his ranc, his oil fields, his interest in aviation and his support for James C. Mattern's flight around the world, his life in politics and relationship with LBJ, and his role in the building of the Twin Buttes Dam to bring water to drought stricken West Texas.
Date: 1968
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words] (open access)

[One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words]

This is a research paper written by Jaime Javier Vasquez for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1978. It is about the early photographers in Marfa and the West Texas area. These men and women documented the landscape, the people and events of the early 20th century in that area. The author found little information about these photographers personally but included what he did uncover.
Date: 1978
Creator: Vasquez, Jaime Javier
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story (open access)

Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date: November 7, 1975
Creator: Earney, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Bogel (open access)

Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Bogel

This report is written in two sections giving brief biographies of William Woodworth Bogel and his wife Sarah Newton Bogel. The report also includes a poem written by Mr. Whittier and dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Bogel.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Rojo, Margarita
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
WTMA Bugle Notes, February 1907 (open access)

WTMA Bugle Notes, February 1907

WTMA Bugle Notes, February 1907, a journal published by the West Texas Military Academy in San Antonio, Texas. Contents include advertising, articles, poetry, editorials and news.
Date: February 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hans Briam (open access)

Hans Briam

Research paper written by Martha Dempsey for a class at Marfa High School in 1972. The paper is about the ancestors and life of Hans Briam. He was a merchant in San Antonio and Marfa, Texas in the early twentieth century. His slogan was, "I never sleep".
Date: 1972
Creator: Dempsey, Martha
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
India: It's Been a Miracle (open access)

India: It's Been a Miracle

Paper documenting the life and experiences of India Coffield, wife of Frank Edward Coffield.
Date: 1976
Creator: Merrifield, Suzann
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Register of the West Texas military Academy, Volume 1, Numbet 2, April 1911 (open access)

The Register of the West Texas military Academy, Volume 1, Numbet 2, April 1911

The Register of the West Texas Military Academy, April 1911. A booklet for Alumni of the Academy with news, stories, alumni information and advertising.
Date: April 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Catalog of the Pleasanton High School Term of 1906 and 1907 (open access)

Annual Catalog of the Pleasanton High School Term of 1906 and 1907

Annual catalog of the Pleasanton High School for 1906 and 1907. It contains a description of Atascosa County, courses of study for grades one through ten, and features many local advertisements. The name Ben S. Avant is written in pencil on the front cover.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bulletin, Baptist Church, Marfa, Texas, 1948

The bulletin from First Baptist Church in Marfa, Texas for September 26, 1948. It contains information about worship services and church announcements.
Date: September 26, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer" (open access)

Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer"

This report is a brief biography of Charley Bishop, starting with his parents and describing his entire life.
Date: 1964
Creator: Bentley, Mary Helen
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History