Newton County News (Newton, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 (open access)

Newton County News (Newton, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Newton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 27, 2009
Creator: Dussetschleger, Anne
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, February 27, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, February 27, 2001

Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of her family businesses and life in Kerrville.
Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: Doyen, Mary Margaret Hall; Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, September 27, 2000 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, September 27, 2000

Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes their stories of both the Holekamp and Stevens families, as well as the couple's ranching and community activities.
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Holekamp, George Allen; Holekamp, Mary Virginia Stevens & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000

Interview with Thornton Secor from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes stories of his grandfather, Dr. William Lee Secor, who built the first hospital in Kerrville.
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Secor, Thornton; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wanda Marie Fannin Henderson, October 27, 1999 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wanda Marie Fannin Henderson, October 27, 1999

Interview with Wanda Marie Fannin Henderson, a businesswoman from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of working on a dude ranch and owning several businesses, as well as participating in organizations and the Kerr County community.
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Henderson, Wanda Marie Fannin Henderson & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998 transcript

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998

Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves from Eagle Pass, Texas. The interview includes her stories of growing up on the Mexican border, later moving to San Antonio and becoming a member of "The Lassos," and teaching horseback riding.
Date: February 27, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald; Reeves, Connie Douglas & Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Etta Lanham Williams] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Etta Lanham Williams]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Etta Lanham Williams regarding experiences working as a Harvey Girl at the Temple Harvey House. The questionnaire includes a note written by her daughter, Dana Phillips, who found the questionnaire after Etta Lanham Williams passed away and sent it to Rosa Walston Latimer.
Date: March 27, 1996
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Priests philosophical about thinning ranks (open access)

Priests philosophical about thinning ranks

Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Times Herald describing changes facing Our Lady of Dallas Cictercian monastery in Irving, Texas. Real estate development in the area and the deaths of aging monks are said to threaten the future of the monastery.
Date: December 27, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping from Dallas Times Herald Newspaper (open access)

[Clipping from Dallas Times Herald Newspaper

Clipping of the title section of the from the Dallas Times Herald newspaper. It includes part of an article about Italian leftists kidnapping U. S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier.
Date: December 27, 1981
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Different paths brought four to Cistercian order (open access)

Different paths brought four to Cistercian order

Newspaper clipping featuring an article that discusses how Damian Szodeny, James Lehrberger, Peter Verhalen, and Bernard Marton came to join the Cistercian order. It describes their lives before joining and their thoughts about being monks. The clipping also contains other articles and advertisements.
Date: December 27, 1981
Creator: Milstein, Susan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Girls' Basketball Team]

Copy negative of the 1929 Energy, Texas girls' basketball team posing together in two rows with one girl lying across the laps of the girls in the front row.. The girls are wearing uniforms with the letter "E" on their shirts, and one man wearing a suit is standing behind them. The girl in the front is holding a basketball with "Energy '29" written on it.
Date: March 27, 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[N. C. Berndt and Berndt Girls]

Photograph of three women standing behind a seated man.
Date: February 27, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Texas Central Depot in Dublin, Texas]

Copy negative of a crowd of people waiting outside the Texas Central Railroad Depot in Dublin, Texas, 1885-1910. A horse-drawn cab is parked nearby, on the left side of the image.
Date: May 27, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Association Application: James Leslie Snyder, MD] (open access)

[Medical Association Application: James Leslie Snyder, MD]

Application submitted by Dr. James Leslie Snyder for membership in the Texas Medical Association. It includes background related to education, specialties, and other professional information.
Date: May 27, 1965
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hilltop Happenings, Volume 1, Number 10, November 1963 (open access)

Hilltop Happenings, Volume 1, Number 10, November 1963

Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including various stories related to hospital events, employee of the month and meet the staff sections, a feature of members of the overnight staff, and a page for advertisements. Headline reads "United Fund Drive is Successful at Flow."
Date: November 27, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Portrait of School Class]

Photograph of a class of students standing outside of their school building. The building is wood-sided and painted white. A car is partially visible parked in front of the building.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in a Home]

Photograph of a woman in an apron standing in the middle of a cluttered room, with a china cabinet, telephone, sewing machine, and chairs visible. The photo is taken looking through the doorway of a bedroom into the other room. The walls are not fully painted and there are patches on the ceiling.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman on a Porch]

Photograph of a woman standing on steps leading up to the porch of a house. The front wall of the house has been partially plastered, but has wood siding at the top.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women and a Child]

Photograph of a child sitting on the steps of a building (possibly a church), with two women standing on either side of the steps.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Outside of a House]

Photograph of two women standing outside of a house with an enclosed porch. The area around the house is dirt and is not landscaped. Fields are visible in the background.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Association Application: Cannon A. Owen, MD] (open access)

[Medical Association Application: Cannon A. Owen, MD]

Application submitted by Dr. Cannon A. Owen for membership in the Texas Medical Association. It includes background related to education, specialties, and other professional information.
Date: February 27, 1961
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Cooking]

Photograph of a woman cooking or preserving food in a kitchen, with a younger woman watching her in the background. Several jars of preserved food are on the table in front of them. This was likely from a demonstration on food preservation.
Date: May 27, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Gardening]

Photograph of a woman kneeling down in a garden tending to plants. A wooden fence is in the background.
Date: May 27, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pastor Vaughn Duus and Family]

Photograph of a man in a suit and woman in a black coat standing behind a young boy and young girl. Pastor Vaghn Duus was the pastor at Danevang Lutheran Church from 1942 to 1947.
Date: December 27, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History