The Keystone, Fall 2003 (open access)

The Keystone, Fall 2003

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Fall 2004 (open access)

The Keystone, Fall 2004

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Fall 2005 (open access)

The Keystone, Fall 2005

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Fall 2006 (open access)

The Keystone, Fall 2006

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Fall 2007 (open access)

The Keystone, Fall 2007

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Spring 2004 (open access)

The Keystone, Spring 2004

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Spring 2006 (open access)

The Keystone, Spring 2006

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Keystone, Spring 2007 (open access)

The Keystone, Spring 2007

Semiannual newsletter of the Special Collections at the Texas State University Alkek Library discussing news, and events related to the Collections' staff, acquisitions, exhibitions, and other relevant topics.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library. Special Collections.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001

Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000

Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, a pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Sieker discusses his grandfather's immigration from Germany. In addition to his stories from his extensive flying career, he also talks about his service in the military during World War II, his various occupations throughout the years, and his work against the screwworm infestation.
Date: August 3, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Sieker, Robert Edward
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008

Interview with Frances Howland "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual childhoods, life during the depression, and life in the Kerr County area. Mr. Swayze discusses his service in the Air Force and Mrs. Swayze discusses her teaching career.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Swayze, Francis H. & Swayze, Cora Nell Cunningham
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Annual Report: 2007 (open access)

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Annual Report: 2007

Annual report of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority of Texas describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2007. It also includes feature articles about barbecue businesses in each of the counties within the Authority's district.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (Tex.). Office of Communications and Education.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Couple dances at Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival]

Photograph of a couple dancing at the Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival in San Marcos. The man (right) and the woman (left) are standing across from each other, reaching opposite arms forward to hold hands. The woman is looking at the camera and smiling.
Date: 2004-05-21/2004-05-22
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Damian Green performs at Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival]

Photograph of Damian Green performing at the Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival in San Marcos. Green is standing in a charro outfit, looking to the right of the camera and appears to be speaking into a microphone. He is holding the neck of a fiddle in his left hand and a bow in his right.
Date: 2004-05-21/2004-05-22
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man performs at Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival]

Photograph of a man performing at the Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival in San Marcos. The man is facing to the left of the camera, playing the guitar and singing.
Date: 2004-05-21/2004-05-22
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Music Festivals research] (open access)

[Music Festivals research]

Research about music festivals in 2005 compiled for an article that was published in the December 2004 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2004-12~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Remington, Chambers, and Patterson perform at Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival]

Photograph of (l-r) Herb Remington, Leon Chambers, and Johnny Patterson performing at the Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival in San Marcos. Remington is playing the steel guitar while the other two men play guitar next to him.
Date: 2004-05-21/2004-05-22
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Texas Playboys perform at Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival]

Photograph of former members of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys performing at the Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival in San Marcos. Herb Remington (left), Leon Chambers (2nd from left), and Johnny Patterson (3rd from left) can be identified among the group, playing the steel guitar and guitar, respectively. Other members of the band are playing the fiddle and double bass.
Date: 2004-05-21/2004-05-22
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald Fleming, May 30, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with grain elevator operator and Army Air Forces veteran Donald Fleming. The interview includes Fleming's personal experiences about being a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II, his education at Kansas State University, enlisting as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Forces, navigator training, bomber transition training, his assignment to Pantanella Air Base, various missions to Austria and Rumania, fighter escorts by the Tuskegee Airmen, and raids against oil refineries and marshalling yards. Fleming also talks about enemy flak and fighter opposition, his return to the States after fifty-one missions his crew's pet dog, correspondence with his wife, and his postwar business career.
Date: May 30, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fleming, Donald
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Willie Higgs, September 21, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Willie Higgs, September 21, 2001

Interview with Willie Higgs, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He joined the Marines in 1944 and trained at Camp Pendleton before being assigned to the 4th Marine Division. Higgs discusses arriving at Iwo Jima, making a grenade attack on a cave there, and subsequently breaking his leg. He then spent time aboard the hospital ship, USS Solace (AH-5). Upon returning home, Higgs finished his degree at Southwest Texas State in San Marcos, where he majored in music.
Date: September 21, 2001
Creator: Pickard, Kevin & Higgs, Willie
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Cora Jackman Donalson House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Cora Jackman Donalson House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Cora Jackman Donalson House, in Kyle, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floorplans, plat maps, property records, and photographs.
Date: 2009
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Cumberland Presbyterian Church] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Cumberland Presbyterian Church]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in San Marcos, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 2001
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Dr. Joseph M. Pound Homestead] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Dr. Joseph M. Pound Homestead]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Dr. Joseph M. Pound Homestead, in Dripping Springs, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Goforth-Harris House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Goforth-Harris House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Goforth-Harris House, in San Marcos, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker and narrative.
Date: 2008
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History