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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1925 - 1926] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1925 - 1926]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. Includes a flyer for the club's Texas Biennial convention.
Date: 1925-10-07/1927-05-04
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
System: The Portal to Texas History