[Essay by Laura Castro] (open access)

[Essay by Laura Castro]

Photocopy of an essay on how the Dellana family came to reside in Rollingwood, Texas. Castro talks about Condado Dellana's immigration from Italy to the United States and how he eventually moved to Texas to help build the capitol building in Austin. Years later, Condado discovered a cave in Rollingwood that produced extremely good fertilizer due to the guano from the bats that lived in the cave. He eventually bought the property that the cave was on and started selling the fertilizer to nurseries around the state.
Date: February 27, 1976
Creator: Castro, Laura
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of Arch Bridge]

Art print depicting a stone bridge with a body of water beneath it. There is a person riding on a carriage pulled by a horse on top of the bridge and several people looking up at the bridge from beneath and below the drawing, "1871 Arch Bridge over Barton Creek" is printed. To the left of the title of the illustration, "69/100" is written in pencil and to the right Curtis has signed her last name.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of Eanes Frame School]

Art print depicting an illustration of the Eanes Frame School in 1896. The foreground of the picture has the Eanes Frame School with two trees in front of it as well as a water tower beside it and behind the water tower, there is another building. Below the drawing "1896 frame school Eanes area used as a school 'till 1937 then a church 'till 1928" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1896
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of Lost Creek Log Cabin]

Art print depicting an illustration of the Lost Creek Log Cabin in a state of disrepair. In the foreground of the picture, there is a stone chimney that is falling apart as well as the wooden structure of the building that is also falling apart. Under the drawing, "Lost Creek Log Cabin circa 1872" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1983
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of the Eanes-Marshall Home]

Art print depicting an illustration of a two story house with outdoor stairs and a wooden fence in the front. There is a bed frame to the left of the house and a rocking chair on the porch and below the drawing "Eanes-Marshall Home Built 1857" is printed as well as "69/100" and "Curtis" handwritten in pencil.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade] (open access)

[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date: July 4, 1981
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family] (open access)

[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family]

Photocopy of a handwritten account of what is was like to live on Tucker Lane in the 1920's. Dorothy Depwe goes into how many children the Tuckers the family had as well as goes into the lives of the Teague, Ryan, Young, and Small families.
Date: March 28, 1986
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Earl Short] (open access)

[Interview with Earl Short]

Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Earl Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about multiple murders that occurred in the Westlake, Texas area, as well as the lives of several families in the area.
Date: June 18, 1982
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with James Short] (open access)

[Interview with James Short]

Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about what is was like growing up in Westlake Hills in the forties. He talks about students he remembers and notable incidents that occurred, such as an "egg fight" on the bus that started up - one egg being rotten.
Date: unknown
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinckle Johnson, April 28, 1975] (open access)

[Oral History Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinckle Johnson, April 28, 1975]

Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Mary Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, included is also a survey that was filled out by Mary Johnson asking her about what life was like at the Eanes School as well as her role as a teacher at the time. The letter from Johnson talks about a picture that was found by Johnson that she feels Depwe could be interested in as well a robbery that occurred in which Johnson's watch and fountain pen fillers were stolen.
Date: April 28, 1975
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy & Johnson, Mary Ellen Mowinckle
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eanes: A History of the School and Community (open access)

Eanes: A History of the School and Community

Text describing the Eanes community and the history of the school district. It discusses the origins of the city of Austin and the development of the school, with transcribed supporting documents.
Date: 1976
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy McRae
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students posing in front of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse building. On the back of the photograph, there is cursive writing in pen as well as "A 3 3" printed as well as "gift from Betsy Linden Dyker 1939" is handwritten in blue.
Date: 1939
Creator: Dyker, Betsty London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Photograph of four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students standing in front of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse building. There are two girls in dresses and two boys in shirts and pants in the picture as well as a dog and man bending down in the background. The photograph is torn on the top right corner and there are brown stains on the left of the border of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students posing in front of a brick building. There are seven boys and one girl and all of the children are directly facing the camera and there is a tan border around the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students Outside]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students playing outside during a picnic. There is a brick house to the left of the picture and several trees in the picture as well students running around and playing. On the back of the photograph "gift from Betsy Linden Dyker" is written in blue pen.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barton Family Tree and Bob Barton Obituary] (open access)

[Barton Family Tree and Bob Barton Obituary]

Photocopy of a family tree chart for the Barton family. The chart is both typed and handwritten and lists the husband, wide, and children in order of birth. There is also an obituary from the San Marcos Daily Record for Bob Barton Sr.
Date: 1874~
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Book Essay about the Beard Family] (open access)

[Blue Book Essay about the Beard Family]

Essay about the Beard Family contained within a Blue Book. On the front of the book 'Beard Info' is written in red pen and inside the essay is written in pencil but edited in black pen.
Date: November 1954
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas] (open access)

[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas]

Photocopy of a list of ten cemeteries in the Austin, Texas area with brief descriptions about each one. The first cemetery description title is cut off and the numbering is hand written though the description is typed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eanes Elementary Class Photograph]

Photograph of Eanes Elementary students with their teacher. This picture seems to be the official class photo for the yearbook, the students are arranged in four rows with the teacher standing to the right side.
Date: 1965
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Essay about Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Essay about Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of an essay titled "Jackson Cemetery, Travis County, Texas" and under that "Its Value as an Historical Landmark". The essay goes into the creation of the cemetery and how the lot was purchased as well as the fact that much of the information from the essay comes from interviews conducted by Melissa W.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Gertrude Johnson] (open access)

[Interview with Gertrude Johnson]

Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Gertrude Johnson, a long time resident of Deep Eddy, Texas. She talks about her work with the church and school in the area and how at one point the garden that she grew produced a 17.5 pound sweet potato. She also mentions her time as a teacher in the Eanes area and the frequency of which entire classes would not show up to school. At the bottom of the page there is a typed recipe for "Mrs. Johnson's unbaked cookies" as well as handwritten text that seems to be listing out the names of other families who lives in the area.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Mr. Elliot] (open access)

[Interview with Mr. Elliot]

Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Mr. Elliot. The interview goes into detail about Elliot's upbringing at Noack's Crossing and his eventual move to Eanes County.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart] (open access)

[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart]

Photocopy of a set of notes from an interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart that include his age as well as notes about the Young and Brown family and guns.
Date: July 17, 1986
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of handwritten notes about the Jackson family and Jackson cemetery, the notes include information about what the landscape was like in the Eanes area as well as a smallpox epidemic in the Austin area that left many deceased and buried in the Jackson cemetery.
Date: 1980
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History