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Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 453 - Mechanics Liens (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 453 - Mechanics Liens

Recorded copies of liens filed by individuals or firms (lumber dealers, corporations, artisans, laborers, mechanics, or subcontractors) who provide labor or furnish materials to construct or repair houses, buildings, or levees, or for construction and repair of railroads, to insure payment for goods or services rendered, from May 1930 to January 1931. Shows county; names of contracting parties; type of construction or repairs to be completed; tract of land where improvement or construction to be made; contractual terms; date witnessed or executed; signatures of parties; notarization; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Some contracts also include assignment of liens to financial institutions. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1930-05/1931-01
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Manor School, May 2, 1930

Photograph of a large group of Manor School students posing for a photograph. The students vary in age from young children to teenagers and are African American.
Date: May 2, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church - Group to Consider a New Church

Photograph of twelve people from the First Baptist Church congregation. They are posed in two rows with those in front sitting in chairs and the back row standing behind them. The photograph appears to have been taken outside, in front of a building. When First Baptist Church was at it's 14th and Red River Streets location in 1930, Rev. Levi Stanmore selected 10 groups to discuss, review the survey given to them, and at a later date give their group reports to him about "considering a New Church". This is group #9, the Deaconesses.
Date: May 14, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church - Group to Consider a New Church

Photograph of a group of people from the congregation of First Baptist Church. They are arranged in two rows and those in the front are sitting in chairs. Most of the people are wearing choir robes, and a man to the left of the photograph is posing with a string bass. The photograph was taken outside, in front of a building When First Baptist Church was at it's 14th and Red River Streets location in 1930, Rev. Levi Stanmore selected 10 groups to discuss, review the survey given to them, and at a later date give their group reports to him about "considering a New Church". This is group #7, the Senior Choir, Sister Ann Grant, Director.
Date: May 14, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1930 (open access)

Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1930

Bimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: May 14, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Studtmann to "Herr Vorsitzer", May 20, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from H. Studtmann to "Herr Vorsitzer", May 20, 1930]

Letter from H. Studtmann, president of Lutheran Concordia College, to "Herr Vorsitzer", detailing Studtmann's attempt to solve a financial problem with the school.
Date: May 20, 1930
Creator: Studtmann, H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K. Kretzschmar to R. Osthoff, May 26, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from K. Kretzschmar to R. Osthoff, May 26, 1930]

Letter from K. Kretzschmar to R. Osthoff, discussing a conflict that will not allow Kretzschmar to attend an upcoming meeting in Austin. He asks for a substitute to be called in his place.
Date: May 26, 1930
Creator: Kretzschmar, K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. W. Huge to H. Fehr, May 29, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from A. W. Huge to H. Fehr, May 29, 1930]

Letter from A. W. Huge to H. Fehr expressing the need for more oversight of Henry Studtmann's accounting. He also asks Fehr how to improve oversight of disbursements.
Date: May 29, 1930
Creator: Huge, A. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 31, 1930 (open access)

Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 31, 1930

Bimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: May 31, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 471 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 471

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from May 1931 to September 1931, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1931-05/1931-09
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes 70 (open access)

Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes 70

Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from May 1931 to January 1932. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1931-05/1932-01
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1931 (open access)

Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1931

Bimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: May 6, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1931 (open access)

Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1931

Bimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Studtmann to "Vorsitzer", May 2, 1932] (open access)

[Letter from H. Studtmann to "Vorsitzer", May 2, 1932]

Letter from H. Studtmann, president of Lutheran Concordia College, to "Vorsitzer", speaking of upcoming events surrounding the end of the school year.
Date: May 2, 1932
Creator: Studtmann, H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1932 (open access)

Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1932

Bimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: May 11, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. W. Behnken to R. Osthoff, May 13, 1932] (open access)

[Letter from J. W. Behnken to R. Osthoff, May 13, 1932]

Letter from J. W. Behnken to R. Osthoff, discussing his trip to the Lutheran Concordia College of Texas. He also asks to be made aware of the date of the next meeting as soon as possible.
Date: May 13, 1932
Creator: Behnken, J. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 491 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 491

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from May 1933 to October 1933, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1933-05/1933-10
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 493 - Deeds of Trust (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 493 - Deeds of Trust

Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from May 1933 to February 1934. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in case of default advertise and sell the land encumbered to the highest bidder and apply proceeds to liquidation of lien. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1933-05/1934-02
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Interior of senior high library [at Austin High School]

Photograph of interior of the senior high library at Austin High School from behind the circulation desk. Students fill the wooden tables, five or six per table. Girls sit together, as do boys, with some mixing. Card catalog drawers are on the circulation desk the foreground, as are books stacked and standing. A wall clock wrapped in ivy hangs on the wall above a bust on a mantle above a bricked in fireplace on the rear wall. Sunlight comes in through high windows on both left and right of the image. Double doors indicate the exit at the back of the room on the right. Paint is chipped from tabletop edges at the tables where students are seated in wooden chairs with vertical slats.
Date: May 7, 1934
Creator: Boone, Alanson D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Falstaff Beer Trucks]

Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty Austinites. Featuring the Capitol in the background lends an air of legality to beer distribution, particularly considering that Prohibition had ended just five months before.
Date: May 25, 1934
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anniversary Album Commemorating The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church (open access)

Anniversary Album Commemorating The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church

Album containing historical information and photographs pertaining to the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church.
Date: May 1935
Creator: Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Austin, Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 523 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 523

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from May 1935 to August 1935, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1935-05/1935-08
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 524 - Deeds of Trust (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 524 - Deeds of Trust

Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from May 1935 to October 1935. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in case of default advertise and sell the land encumbered to the highest bidder and apply proceeds to liquidation of lien. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1935-05/1935-10
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1936 (open access)

Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1936

Bimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: May 13, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History