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Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 (open access)

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

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998, Supplement (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998, Supplement

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, physician and musician of Kerr County, including photographs of family, his career as a doctor, musical activities, and newspaper clippings.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010

Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, the descendant of a ranching family in Kimble County, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lutz discusses her ranching family, meeting her husband, Warren Wiggins, who was later killed in the Philippines during World War II, meeting her second husband who had been in Wiggins's company in the Philippines, and the Dodge dealership her second husband ran.
Date: March 23, 1918
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Heffington, Susan Wiggins & Lutz, Courtney Sieker Wiggins
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013

Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, whose husband's ancestors were Texas Hill Country settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Starkey discusses her husband's family history. She also talks about coming to Kerrville for a job with her family.
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Starkey, Ethel Baker
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, March 15, 2011 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, March 15, 2011

Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, a 94 year old former teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Schmerbeck discusses being brought up by her grandparents in Dallas, her education, her teaching career, and meeting her husband, Garrett Schmerbeck.
Date: March 15, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Schmerbeck, Marium Frances Hood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Ike and Alice Delery Walton, March 15, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Ike and Alice Delery Walton, March 15, 2008

Interview with John Ike Walton, a musician who has been inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Walton talks about his music career, briefly talks about music and LSD, and music culture in general. Mr. Walton's wife, Alice Delery Walton is present for the interview and inserts comments from time to time.
Date: March 15, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Walton, John Ike & Walton, Alice Delery
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999

Interview with Warren Klein, a rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Klein discusses his parents' move to the area, his life as a rancher, and several notable events in local history: droughts, the flood of 1932, the establishment of the Divide School building on his family's land, and deadly weather.
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Craig, Brenda; Nicholson, Marj & Klein, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999, Supplement (open access)

Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999, Supplement

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with rancher Warren Klein, including photos of the Divide on the Warren Klein Ranch, cattle he raised, the Divide School building established on the Klein family's land, family photos, newspaper clippings, and article excerpts.
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Craig, Brenda; Nicholson, Marj & Klein, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Official Document with Orders to Report to Duty] (open access)

[Official Document with Orders to Report to Duty]

This document contains orders to the First Lieutenants of the "Aviation Section, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps" that they are to report to active duty and the names of the men ordered to service are listed underneath the brief paragraph.
Date: March 20, 1918
Creator: Harbord, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: March 14, 1926] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: March 14, 1926]

Summary of the twentieth semi-annual meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, with details about what was discussed, important people present, and the literary program, as well as a secretary's report.
Date: March 15, 1926
Creator: Kirkham, H. L. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Articles of Agreement Between Edward B. Leigh and W. D. C. Burney, March 1, 1887] (open access)

[Articles of Agreement Between Edward B. Leigh and W. D. C. Burney, March 1, 1887]

Articles of agreement prepared "by and between W. D. C. Burney...and Edward B. Leigh of St. Louis Mo." This agreement was for the sale of a piece of land for the sum of four hundred dollars; W. D. C. Burney promises to "make and deliver to the said E. D. Leigh, a good and sufficient deed."
Date: March 1, 1887
Creator: Leigh, Edward B. & Burney, W. D. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of O. G. Dahlberg's Will] (open access)

[Copy of O. G. Dahlberg's Will]

Official copy of O. G. Dahlberg's will with a note from Sam McCollum addressed to his wife and children. Also included is a strip of paper with a series of numbers and the envelope that this document was delivered in.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: McCollum, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document with Orders for Assignment to Different Organizations] (open access)

[Document with Orders for Assignment to Different Organizations]

Extract from an official document from the United States Army confirming orders for the men in the 8th Armored Division to be reassigned to different organizations. Captain Charles R. Griggs is first on the list and has been assigned to the 49th Armored Infantry Battalion. The second page that is stapled to the back is a copy of the first page.
Date: March 17, 1945
Creator: United States. Army. Armored Division, 8th.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Purchase Receipt for W. E. Forester, March 21, 1944] (open access)

[Purchase Receipt for W. E. Forester, March 21, 1944]

Purchase receipt issued to W. E. Forester after he purchased a gas stove. The receipt has information about Forester's address, number of items bought, the type of stove he bought, and is signed by James M. Kyle in the bottom right corner.
Date: March 21, 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: March 18, 1935] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: March 18, 1935]

Minutes from a council meeting for the Texas Surgical Society, held in Dallas, Texas. Included is a list of members present, as well as an overview of what occurred during the meeting.
Date: March 18, 1935
Creator: White, R. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date: March 9, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amos Lee Smith, March 1, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Amos Lee Smith, March 1, 1998

Interview with Amos Lee Smith, a rancher from Center Point, Texas. Mr. Smith tells stories from his childhood, the years during the Depression, sheep ranching, his various occupations, and his activity in the local Methodist church.
Date: March 1, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Smith, Amos Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie Gallery Opening Reception] (open access)

[Invitation to Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie Gallery Opening Reception]

Invitation car for the opening reception of the Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie Gallery at McMurry University.
Date: March 12, 1998
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from R.T. Dennis & Co. Inc.] (open access)

[Receipt from R.T. Dennis & Co. Inc.]

Receipt from R.T. Dennis & Co. Inc. Furniture and Carpets for the sale of goods to E.W. Whitfield.
Date: March 1, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Committee on Charter Members Meeting Summary] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Committee on Charter Members Meeting Summary]

Summary of a meeting of the Texas Surgical Society in which membership and election of officers was discussed. Included is the text of a speech by James E. Thompson.
Date: March 6, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Tissue Paper Advertisements for J. E. M. Yates Dry Goods] (open access)

[Two Tissue Paper Advertisements for J. E. M. Yates Dry Goods]

Two pieces of tissue paper with advertisements printed on them of J. E. M. Yates Dry Goods store in Grapevine, Texas. Part of the advertisement reads: "It Pays To Buy The Best."
Date: March 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History