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Soil survey of the Corpus Christi area, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Corpus Christi area, Texas.
Date:
September 30, 1909
Creator:
Mangum, A. W. & Westover, H. L. (Harvey Leroy)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Story of Corpus Christi
This book describes the history of Corpus Christi through sketches of persons and events in the history of the city. According to the preface, it does focuses less on the history than on the people, "presenting in plain narrative form, a recountal of the days when Corpus Christi was young, of the trials and tribulations that fell to the lot of her residents in the war periods, and finally to emerge as a fast growing a progressive city of the Southland" (p. v).
Date:
1916
Creator:
Sutherland, Mary A. & Harrison, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas and Southwestern Lore
Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mustangs and Cow Horses
Collection of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folktales, folk songs, ballads and other information about mustangs and horses. The index begins on page 425.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Backwoods to Border
Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast
Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Sky is My Tipi
Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Boatright, Mody Coggin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore
Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mesquite and Willow
Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date:
1957
Creator:
Boatright, Mody Coggin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune
Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date:
1964
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Daniel Moore, May 28, 1969
Interview with Daniel Moore, a retired farmer, who shares his observations on the land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1909 to the 1920s. He also discusses the agrarian social life, Mexican-Anglo relations, the economy of the area, and mule raising.
Date:
May 28, 1969
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Moore, Daniel P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Ruhmann, May 28, 1969
Interview with James Ruhmann from Corpus Christi, Texas. Ruhmann discusses his family's business in Schulenberg, his time growing up in Kenedy, and his remembrances of Portland and Taft in the 1910s and '20s.
Date:
May 28, 1969
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Ruhmann, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Thomas A. Wise, May 28, 1969
Interview with Mrs. Thomas A. Wise, a homemaker and long-time resident of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, more specifically Corpus Christi. In the interview, Mrs. Wise describes what it was like growing up in a small farming community. She discusses her observations over the settlement and development of the Corpus Christi area. She also discusses the town's Mexican-Anglo relations and cattle ranching culture.
Date:
May 28, 1969
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Wise, Thomas A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Virginia Benson, May 29, 1969
Interview with Virginia Benson, a resident of Sinton, Texas. Benson describes life in Sinton in the 1910s and '20s and the area's growth and development over that time.
Date:
May 29, 1969
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Benson, Virginia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Melvin Land, 1993
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Oral history interviews with Melvin Land, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Coalton, Oklahoma. The interview contains details of Land's childhood and the death of his mother, his experiences in the Great Depression, his experience being a recruit and an educational advisor in the CCC, his experiences as an active duty officer for the Naval Air Station, and his experiences working at the Rusk State Hospital.
Date:
{1993-02-27,1993-03-16}
Creator:
Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edwin F. Flato, March 13, 1970
Interview with Edwin Flato, a businessman from Corpus Christi, Texas. Flato discusses his arrival in Kingsville in 1904, his construction of a hardware store in Robstown, TX, and various experiences in the Corpus area economy.
Date:
March 13, 1970
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Flato, Edwin F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry Patton, May 28, 1969
Interview with Henry Patton, banker. The interview includes Patton's observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Port Aransas and Aransas Pass, Texas, 1920-70.
Date:
March 31, 1970
Creator:
Patton, Henry & Stephens, A. Ray
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. E. Casterline, October 1, 1971
Interview with L. E. Casterline, a fisherman from Fulton, Texas. Casterline discusses his origins in the seafood business, the evolution of large fishing boats and how his company uses them, shrimping practice, differences between towns in the Aransas area, the seafood market, the Parks and Wildlife Department marine lab in Rockport, moving his business, and controversy around mud dredging among clam beds.
Date:
October 1, 1971
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Casterline, L. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. F. Elliot, January 4, 1972
Interview with H. F. Elliot, a doctor in Aransas County from Ames, Iowa. Elliot discusses his education, the most common illnesses he treats, common diseases in the county, the patients he sees, the capabilities of different hospitals he refers them to, quarantine, hurricanes, the school system, local sports, and his involvement in the Boy Scouts.
Date:
January 4, 1972
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Elliot, H. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James R. Heldenfels, January 5, 1972
Interview with James R. Heldenfels, a businessman from Beeville, Texas. Heldenfels discusses the origins of the Heldenfels Brothers dredging company, his education, the company's operations and organization, conservationists, federal regulation of shell dredging, his customers, barges, shell dredging practice, the local economy, finances, and property developments.
Date:
January 5, 1972
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Heldenfels, James R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Simon Michael, January 10, 1972
Interview with Simon Michael, an artist from Rockport, Texas. Michael discusses his initial interest in fine art and painting, travels, service in World War Two, work as a portrait artist in Austin, his establishment of the Fulton School of Arts, the school's reception, its growth, local artists, local architecture, the subjects he teaches, and his students.
Date:
January 10, 1972
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Michael, Simon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972
Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, her careers in the Army and Navy, and how she arrived in Fulton.
Date:
July 2, 1972
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of county records, Nueces County courthouse, Corpus Christi, Texas, Volume 1
Inventory of records of Nueces County housed in the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Volume 1 describes the records of the Commissioners' Court, County Judge, County Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, County Auditor, Purchasing Agent, County Superintendent of Schools, County Surveyor, and County Engineer. Also provides a list of Nueces County records and an index.
Date:
1977
Creator:
Marcum, Richard T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of County Records: Nueces County Courthouse, Volume 2
Annotated inventory of records documenting the history of Nueces County housed in the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas. It begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices and also describes the records of the District Clerk, District Attorney, Court Reporter, County Clerk as Clerk of the County, County Attorney, Adult Probation Officer, Justice of the Peace, Medical Examiner, Sheriff, and Constable.
Date:
1977
Creator:
Marcum, Richard T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History