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[Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. M. T. Bennett - November 6, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. M. T. Bennett - November 6, 1979]

Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. M. T. Bennett explaining a number of the enclosed photographs by Frank Duncan to be donated to the museum in Marfa, Texas.
Date: November 6, 1979
Creator: Dukes, William F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Family History of Luis and Nieves Colomo (open access)

Family History of Luis and Nieves Colomo

Paper written by Teresa Ceniceros chronicling the family life of Nieves Marquez Colomo and Luis Rodriguez Colomo. Includes descriptions of siblings, parents, and children. Details life from the late 1800s through the early 1970s.
Date: November 10, 1975
Creator: Ceniceros, Teresa
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Relatives of Jose Jimenez] (open access)

[Relatives of Jose Jimenez]

Research Project by Jose Jiminez on November 10, 1975. It contains brief stories that compliment photos of his relatives: his great, great, grandfather Bernabe Aguilar; his great grandfather Felipe Aguilar; and his great uncles Pete, Jesus, and Felix Aguilar.
Date: November 10, 1975
Creator: Jiminez, Jose
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