Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, the great-great granddaughter of James Kerr, from Canyon Lake, Texas. Mrs. Ray discusses her ancestor's life and his history in the Hill Country, as well as the Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony at the Kerr County Courthouse.

Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, vice-chair of the Kerr County Historical Commission from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Snodgrass talks about growing up on a primitive ranch, struggling to survive during the Depression, meeting and marrying her husband, their family, their involvement with music, and her efforts to preserve the history of Kerr County. She also briefly discusses the honors and awards her volunteer work has earned her. Pages 2-13 include a written statement by Miles Abernathy Lowrence, Clarabelle's maternal great-uncle.

Interview with BJ Austin, a former KERA radio reporter in which she discusses her 40-year broadcast journalism career. She particularly comments on the treatment of women in the newsroom and her personal experiences.

Copy of transcript for a receipt from the City Hotel for Stephen F. Austin.

Copy of transcript for an invoice for the Special Mission to the United States made by Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton. The invoice documents expenses for traveling from New Orleans to New York, Philadelphia, Washington D. C., and Baltimore.

Copy of transcript for an agreement for land sold by Stephen F. Austin to Barnard E. Bee on November 25, 1836.

Copy of transcript for a memo of advances made on lead deposited by the late E. Austin Elliot by Bradhurst and Feild. The memo includes the date the advance was made, the items the merchandise or service the advance was used for, and the amount advanced.

Copy of a transcript of a receipt of property received by Elisha Lewis from Moses Austin and Co. to be shipped from New Orleans to Isaac Tomlinson and Co. in New York.

Copy of transcript for a receipt signed by James Berry for goods shipped for Moses Austin to Isaac Tomlinson and Co.

Copy of transcript for a bill of lading and a copy of a receipt for goods shipped by Moses Austin.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Edward B. Benjamin, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Moonfish Girl" (17.5" x 37"), and "Duck" (19.5" x 15" x 16.75").

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Acme Marble and Granite Company, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include: "Youth or Childhood," "Maturity or Middle Age," and "Death" plaques (20 x 20"); "Fate" statue; two bronze urns; "Seidel" in bronze letters (4" tall).

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She later became a teacher.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …