Paper discussing the evolution of south Texas ranching culture through the influence of Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo culture over different time periods.

Paper describing important components of the built environment of south Texas that still remained at the time of publication, providing a historical background for said components, and exploring their social context.

Photograph of an aerial view of a cattle roundup by helicopter on a South Texas ranch.

Paper discussing the history of ranching culture in South Texas from 1750 to the time of publication. A bibliography is included.

Photograph of a ranch entrance with a sign that says "Bustamante's, Las Comitas Ranch, Made by Nano Joe Jr., 1-1-1989." There is a dirt road that turns under the sign and leads toward the right; it is lined with short wooden fencing and several buildings are visible on the left side of the image, along the road. A truck is partially visible in what appears to be a field on the right side of the image, on the other side of the road. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says: "Ranch entranceway built of castaway oil field pipe and drill stem at Bustamante's in Zapata County. Joe S. Graham."

Photograph of a ranch entrance with a sign, made of oil field pipe and drill stems, that says "Bustamante's, Las Comitas Ranch, Made by Nano Joe Jr., 1-1-1989." There is a dirt road that turns under the sign and leads toward the right; it is lined with short wooden fencing and several buildings are visible on the left side of the image, along the road.

Paper discussing a brief history of conjunto folk music in south Texas and its role in the folk culture of the area.

Photograph of the exterior opening of a tronera (gunport) in the main house on Rancho San Francisco in Zapata County. The house was built in the 1840's.

Photograph of an exterior view of the home of the founder of San Ygnacio, Jesus Treviño, also called the Treviño Uribe Rancho. The home has a roof of corrugated tin, and a chimney is visible. A prickly pear plant grows on the roof next to the chimney.

Photograph of an exterior wall of the Treviño Uribe Rancho (the historic home of Jesus Treviño, the founder of San Ygnacio) in San Ygnacio, Texas. The structure has a corrugated tin roof and a chimney. One window is visible, and a prickly pear plant grows on the roof behind the chimney.

Photograph of a Redford, Texas family husking corn from their own crop. Six members of the family sit around a large pile of corn and work together.

Photograph of a feed trough on the Armstrong Ranch in Jim Hogg County, Texas. The trough is made of wood with a corrugated tin roof.

Paper discussing "how the folk concepts of human physiology influence the belief in and treatment of three culture-bound syndromes found among Mexican Americans in south Texas:" empacho, caída de la mollera, and mal de ojo.

Paper discussing the evolution of South Texas ranching culture from 1930 to the time of publication.

Paper discussing the gender roles in the folk medical system of Mexican Americans in South Texas, as well as a historical perspective of the folk medical beliefs of Mexican Americans in this region.

Photograph of a hand-carved sandstone marker for an earthen dam that was built by José Maria and Manuel Maria Uribe in the 1870's. The dam is located on the Rancho La Union in Zapata County.

Photograph of an early hand-dug well on Mota de Olmos Ranch in Duval County. The well is lined with "sillares" (caliche blocks).

Paper discussing which herbal remedies used in folk medicine "are biomedicines, which are placebos, and which are toxins by evaluating a large collection of herbal remedies used by Hispanics in South Texas and northern Tamaulipas, Mexico."

Photograph of a historical marker by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee outside the home of Jesus Trevino, the founder of San Ygnacio. The home was originally built in 1830.

Photograph of a home altar in Zapata, Texas. The altar has several religious images, framed pictures, candles, and two floral arrangements.

Photograph of one of two similar houses built on the El Guajillo Ranch in Duval County. The houses were built in the early 1860's by Antonio Hinojosa, and have pitched roofs made of machine-cut lumber and factory-made wooden shingles hauled from Corpus Christi on wagons.

Photograph of the interior wall of a hand-dug well at Randado. The well is nearly 90 feet deep, and is lined with "sillares" (caliche blocks) all the way down to the caliche base.

Draft of a paper tracing "the jacal from its pre-Hispanic origins in the pithouse to its emergence as a surface structure like those described by the earliest Spaniard soldiers and missionaries in the La Junta region." The author also identifies modern examples of the jacal that are still in use today; the paper includes a glossary and illustrations.

Paper discussing a historical perspective of the folk medical beliefs of Mexican-Americans in South Texas that were studied by Dr. Joe Graham and his students.