Oral History Interview with Rena Stone Sherman, September 15, 2000, Supplement (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rena Stone Sherman, September 15, 2000, Supplement

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with businesswoman Rena Fay Stone Sherman, including family photos, obituaries, photos of family businesses, newspaper clippings, and photos of Rena herself.
Date: September 15, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000

Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of growing up and her career as a teacher.
Date: October 26, 2000
Creator: Sutherland, Sibyl Bennett; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000

Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sutherland talks about growing up in Center Point, her teaching career, and her father's book, "Kerr County Texas, 1856 to 1956." The interview includes excerpts from Sibyl's journal, documenting 43 years of her life.
Date: October 26, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Sutherland, Sibyl Bennett
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, May 3, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, May 3, 2001

Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, an armed forces veteran and Veteran's Administration worker from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Blodgett describes moving to and growing up in Kerrville, and his work with the VA Hospital there (first as a clerk, and finally, as acting associate director). Besides serving in the service for four years, he also worked in several VA facilities around the country before making his way back to Kerrville. His memories of the town include details of the flood of 1932, his role in founding the Buck 'N' Bull Club (a rifle club) in 1946, and a few stories concerning the religious community. A historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital is included at the end of interview transcript.
Date: May 3, 2001
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Blodgett, Vern
Object Type: Text
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
Oral History Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, May 3, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, May 3, 2001

Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes his memories of growing up in Kerrville and working at the VA Hospital.
Date: May 3, 2001
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Blodgett, Vern
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 80, 2009 (open access)

Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 80, 2009

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.
Date: 2009
Creator: Texas Archeological Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Our Birthday Book: Kerrville First United Methodist Church, 1854-2004 (open access)

Our Birthday Book: Kerrville First United Methodist Church, 1854-2004

"The purpose of this book is to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the congregation of the Kerrville First United Methodist Church. [...] This book is a collection of many different compositions, stories, recollections, historical records and other items that make the history of this church congregation. It is intended to show who we are and how we have established a Christian community" (p. 3).
Date: September 2004
Creator: Kerrville First United Methodist Church
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History