Oral History Interview with Lois Shaw and Evelyn Shields, January 23, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lois Shaw and Evelyn Shields, January 23, 2018

Transcript of an interview with Lois Lorraine Green Shaw and Evelyn Mills Shields who have been friends for 49 years and live on the same street. Lois Shaw moved to Kerrville with her husband. She attended nursing school and worked in the operating room at Sid Peterson Hospital for many years, and later as a geriatrics administrator at a care facility. She is active in her church, St. Paul Methodist, and has served on many community boards. She and her husband Charles (deceased) had seven children. Evelyn Shields graduated from Doyle High School, she worked as therapist at Kerrville State Hospital for 33 years. She enjoys cooking and is active in her church, Mount Olive Baptist. She and her husband Vernon (deceased) had four children. Both women are members of the Red Hatters. Photographs relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: January 23, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Shaw, Lois Lorraine Green & Shields, Evelyn Mills
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Groceries, November 23, 1896] (open access)

[Invoice for Groceries, November 23, 1896]

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by grocer T. A. Presswood, including bacon, sugar, coffee, and baking powder. The envelope is included.
Date: November 23, 1896
Creator: Presswood, T. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, September 1919] (open access)

[Invoice for Free Textbooks from Ginn and Company, September 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by Ginn and Company as part of Texas' free textbook law.
Date: September 23, 1919
Creator: Ginn and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Haskell and Haskell to C. C. Cox, April 23, 1921] (open access)

[Envelope from Haskell and Haskell to C. C. Cox, April 23, 1921]

An envelope from Haskell and Haskell addressed to C. C. Cox, on which are some handwritten notes from Cox.
Date: April 23, 1921
Creator: Haskell and Haskell
System: The Portal to Texas History