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Interview with Edna Blair Davis, July 2, 1984 (open access)

Interview with Edna Blair Davis, July 2, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Edna Blair Davis, born Ellen Jane Blair in 1895. She is a long-time resident of the Central Texas region, from Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers her family life, businesses run by her family, her education, and relations of hers throughout the Austin area.
Date: July 2, 1984
Creator: DiGesualdo, Jane & Davis, Edna Blair
System: The Portal to Texas History
Masonic Record in Connection with Greenwood Masonic Institute (open access)

Masonic Record in Connection with Greenwood Masonic Institute

Report containing excerpts from the Round Rock masonic Lodge Number 227's records concerning Greenwood Masonic Institute, a school that started in 1866, and whether or not the Round Rock Institute succeeded the Greenwood Institute.
Date: July 25, 1936
Creator: Nelson, T. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Joe Lee Johnson, February 24, 1977 (open access)

Interview with Joe Lee Johnson, February 24, 1977

Transcript of an interview with Joe Lee Johnson, a 94 year old descendant of enslaved African Americans from the area of Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers Johnson's family history in the area and the names of other families descended from slaves, and centers around who is buried in the Round Rock slave cemetery.
Date: February 24, 1977
Creator: Ham, Murray; Richardson, Reggie & Johnson, Joe Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Fred Martin Anderson and Esther Israel Anderson, June 28, 1984 (open access)

Interview with Fred Martin Anderson and Esther Israel Anderson, June 28, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Fred Martin Anderson and Esther Israel Anderson, residents of Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers historical details about people buried in Bratton Cemetery, slaves, road building prison chain gangs, and families that owned land in Round Rock in the early 20th century.
Date: May 21, 1991
Creator: DiGesualdo, Jane; Anderson, Fred Martin; Anderson, Esther Israel & Galetto, Sylvia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Norman Dedear, February 25, 1981 (open access)

Interview with Norman Dedear, February 25, 1981

Transcript of an interview with Norman Dedear, an 82 year old man from Round Rock, Texas, whose ancestors arrived in in Texas in 1850. The interview covers Dedear's childhood and education, his career endeavors, and descriptions of the Round Rock area at different point in his life.
Date: February 25, 1981
Creator: England, Kenneth & Dedear, Norman
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Ernest Anderson, Xenia Voigt, and Mrs. D. B. Greg, April 5, 1981] (open access)

[Interview with Ernest Anderson, Xenia Voigt, and Mrs. D. B. Greg, April 5, 1981]

Transcript of an interview with Ernest Anderson, Xenia Voigt, and Mrs. D. B. Greg, all from Round Rock, Texas. There are several spots in the transcript where the speaker is unknown, and there are handwritten notes on the pages made by an unknown person. The interview is an oral history meeting that covers things like education, farming, travel, business, and courtship from the interviewees' lives.
Date: April 5, 1981
Creator: Fulkes, C. D.; Anderson, Ernest; Voigt, Xenia & Gregg, Mrs. D. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate Awarded to Margaret Sheppard Skillman Holt (Mrs. E. Y.)] (open access)

[Certificate Awarded to Margaret Sheppard Skillman Holt (Mrs. E. Y.)]

Certificate presented by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to Margaret Holt, certifying her as a member in good standing with the organization.
Date: November 10, 1945
Creator: Daughters of the Republic of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History