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The Bounty of Texas (open access)

The Bounty of Texas

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bounty of Texas (open access)

The Bounty of Texas

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore (open access)

T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date: 1982
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
1970 Census of Population & Housing for the Alamo Area: First Series, Number 1 - Counties & AACOG Totals (open access)

1970 Census of Population & Housing for the Alamo Area: First Series, Number 1 - Counties & AACOG Totals

First report in a series on census data related to population and housing in the Alamo area of Texas arranged by enumeration district and location name, outlining data by counties.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 1 (open access)

AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 1

First part of a report about the official water resources plan adopted by the Alamo Area Council of Governments for the planning region. This volume provides a description of the group's methodology and an analysis of water resource areas.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 2 (open access)

AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 2

Second part of a report about the official water resources plan adopted by the Alamo Area Council of Governments for the planning region. This volume addresses the cost of installing water distribution, waste water collection, and storm drainage facilities.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Housing Characteristics Study: Phase 2 (open access)

Housing Characteristics Study: Phase 2

Summary: "This report is a brief analysis of 1970 Census Information from the 1st, 2nd, and 4th count summary tapes. It is compiled from several published sources as well as special designated tract group print-outs for the Alamo Area Council of Governments Region, its several counties and incorporated cities. It is to form a basis along with other studies, of the regional housing development plan."
Date: December 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Housing Market and Industry Profile: Phase 2 (open access)

Housing Market and Industry Profile: Phase 2

Summary: This report is a brief analysis of the Housing Market and Industry in the Alamo Area Council of Governments Region. It relates the various sources of housing and locates geographically their concerted efforts, in order to identify gaps and unmet needs. It incorporates housing activity throughout the entire eleven county region and will form an important base of the regional housing development plan.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map 1.] Utility Open Space in the AACOG Region

Map of the utility open space in the Alamo area, specifically denoting soil classes, aquifer recharge zones, sewage treatment sites, solid waste disposal sites, and mining sites.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map 2.] Corridor Open Space in the AACOG Region

Map of open space in the Alamo area, specifically denoting open space corridors. The map includes rivers, existing and proposed highways, flood plains, corridors, and existing and proposed reservoirs.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map 3.] Green Open Space in the AACOG Region

Map of green open space in the Alamo area denoting public, quasi-public, and private recreational areas.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map 5.] Open Space Potentials in the AACOG Region

Map of open space potentials in the Alamo area, denoting existing or projected developments and potential developments.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989 (open access)

Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: September 1989
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990 (open access)

Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Drug Abuse Plan: 1978-1979 (open access)

Regional Drug Abuse Plan: 1978-1979

Comprehensive policy and action strategy statement created to meet the drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation needs of the Alamo area.
Date: June 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Open Space Plan (open access)

Regional Open Space Plan

This report presents and applies the concept of utility open space to the Alamo Area Council of Governments region, and delineates utility open space needs, priorities, and opportunities.
Date: March 1973
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improved washing machine "in which is employed a rotary agitator or dasher with blades, and it has for its objects among others to provide an improved construction whereby better results are attained, the construction simplified and made cheaper, less liable to become inoperative or injured and easier to operate" (lines 16-22). It has a cover with a hinged lid.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Albert Grant
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raul Rodriguez Arreola Narrative] (open access)

[Raul Rodriguez Arreola Narrative]

Autobiographical narrative written by Raul Rodriguez Arreola, a former postal worker from Kerrville. Mr. Arreola relates childhood memories, stories about his life and family, and some relevant local history.
Date: 2006
Creator: Arreola, Raul Rodriguez
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Availability of the Lower Cretaceous Formations in the Hill Country of South-Central Texas (open access)

Ground-Water Availability of the Lower Cretaceous Formations in the Hill Country of South-Central Texas

Report on groundwater availability of the lower cretaceous formations in the hill country of South-Central Texas. It describes the geology of the area, water quality, and the Trinity Group aquifer.
Date: January 1983
Creator: Ashworth, John B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mills Aubrey to Truett Latimer, February 28, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Mills Aubrey to Truett Latimer, February 28, 1959]

Letter from Aubrey Mills to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer thanking him for his dry stance on liquor laws.
Date: February 28, 1959
Creator: Aubrey, Mills
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hal and Charlie: The Texas Peterson Brothers Who Risked a Fortune for a Hill Country Foundation (open access)

Hal and Charlie: The Texas Peterson Brothers Who Risked a Fortune for a Hill Country Foundation

Biographical book about brothers Hal and Charlie Peterson discussing their lives and families, as well as their business dealings which led to the establishment of the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville and the Hal and Charlie Peterson Foundation. Index starts on page 175.
Date: 2000
Creator: Audette, Vicki J. & Graham, J. Tom, 1942-
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998 transcript

Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Audio of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers.
Date: February 1998
Creator: Bacon, Dan & Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Interview with Dan Wallace Bacon, a doctor from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes his stories of serving as a doctor in Kerrville for over 40 years.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bacon, Dan Wallace & Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Video
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