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Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018
Transcript of an interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relating to the interview are included after transcript.
Date:
October 16, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Firefighter Class 164 #2]
Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from October 15, 1973 to January 15, 1974 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of dark slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.
Date:
[1973-10-15..1974-01-15]
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo: Dallas Fire Department Recruit Class 184]
Photocopy of a memorandum listing the roster of recruits for the Dallas Fire Department in training from November 6, 1978 to March 9, 1979.
Date:
October 31, 1978
Creator:
Bailey, W. N.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Firefighter Class 206 #2]
Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from October 31, 1983 to March 28, 1984 posing outside a building in three rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with patches on the left sleeve and navy slacks.
Date:
[1983-10-31..1984-03-28]
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Car Accident on Northwest Highway in Dallas, Texas]
Photograph of a car accident at the intersection of E. Northwest Highway and Trammel Drive. There are several onlookers standing on the side the of road and firefighters examining the damaged car.
Date:
October 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crane Used for Cable Car Rescue #1]
Photograph of a fireman in a bucket attached to a crane working to access a stopped cable car. Below the cable cars, there is a long row of carnival booths decorated in red and white stripes with blue pennant flags rising up between every other individual booth.
Date:
October 21, 1979
Creator:
Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Cable Car on the Roof of a Carnival Booth]
Photograph of a car from a gondola ride on the roof of a carnival booth. The both is covered with red and white stiped fabric and there are three people standing in front of the structure.
Date:
October 21, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Firefighter Class 59 #2]
Photograph of recruit class number 59 standing and posing together against a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker.
Date:
October 28, 1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Firefighter Class 153 #2]
Portrait of the 20 Dallas Fire class members from July 1972 to October 1972 posing outside a building in two rows All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks and service cap , name tag on the right side of their chest, a silver badge on the left side of the chest, and on the left sleeve a patch shaped as a shield and a circle cross patch near the wrist. The large text box beneath the men have all the names of each member.
Date:
October 13, 1972
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Electric Railway: Passenger Tariff No. 6
Book listing the rates for railway passengers in Texas.
Date:
October 27, 1933
Creator:
Griffin, James P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018
Edited transcript of an interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date:
October 23, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jonas, William James, Jr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1992
Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1992
Creator:
Sheppard, Anita
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1977
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 26, 1977
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 1976
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 20, 1976
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie & Griffin, Bobby
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1976
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 27, 1976
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie & Griffin, Bobby
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 4, 1978
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 4, 1978
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 1977
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 5, 1977
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 12, 1977
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1977
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 13, 1976
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date:
October 13, 1976
Creator:
Flickinger, Marie & Griffin, Bobby
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018
Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events, the search that followed, and changes made afterwards. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date:
October 2, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to the U.S. Patent Office - October 11, 1897]
Letter from John Click requesting a recording from the U.S. Patent Office, and providing the required fee.
Date:
October 11, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Georgia Pound Cavett from Marguerite Cavet, October 15, 1918]
Letter to Georgia Pound Cavett from Marguerite Cavett following up on the previous letter she sent, asking about her school work. The writer also updates Ms. Cavett about their life events and activities.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Cavet, Marguerite
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017
Interview with Ronald Girard, a veteran of the United States Air Force and post office worker. Girard describes his experiences as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force, participating in experimental tests run by the CIA at Area 51 as a part of the 1129th Special Activity Squad, experience in the Vietnam War, and working as a mail carrier in Kerrville.
Date:
October 31, 2017
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Girard, Ronald Lee
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017
Interview with Waynne Rogers, a rancher from Harper, TX near Kerrville. Rogers talks about family, his work ranching and shearing sheep and goats, his past education at Tivy High School and undergraduate metallurgical engineering degree, and different positions he held as an engineer.
Date:
October 18, 2017
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Rogers, Waynne
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History