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Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Edited transcript of an interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I. Ahead of the transcript, there are copies of photos, clippings, letters, and documents.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 177 #6]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 6, 1977 to December 22, 1977 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of navy blue slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.
Date: December 2, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 177 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 6, 1977 to December 22, 1977 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of navy blue slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.
Date: December 2, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 177 #7]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 6, 1977 to December 22, 1977 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of navy blue slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.
Date: December 2, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 182 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from August 21, 1978 to December 22, 1978 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are all wearing dark blue uniforms that include slacks, a jacket with two rows of silver buttons and a Dallas Fire patch on the left sleeve, a silver shield over the left breast, and a name tag near the right lapel. They are all holding flat-topped caps in front of them with both hands.
Date: December 1, 1978
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 192 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 29, 1980 to January 30, 1981 posing outside a building in three rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with jeans or navy slacks and the first row is sitting on a wooden bench.
Date: December 23, 1980
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 201 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 12, 1982 to December 15, 1982 posing outside a building in three rows. The recruits are wearing long-sleeved light blue shirts with a patch on the left sleeve and navy slacks.
Date: December 8, 1982
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 205 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from August 8, 1983 to January 5, 1984 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with patches on the left sleeve and navy blue slacks.
Date: December 1983
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Graduation Ceremony Dallas Fire Department Class 86-219] (open access)

[Program: Graduation Ceremony Dallas Fire Department Class 86-219]

Program for the ceremony honoring the graduation of the Dallas Fire Department (DFD) Fire Control and Rescue Officer apprentices in December 1986. It includes an explanation of the Maltese Cross, brief biographies and photos of the instructors, the order of the ceremony, portraits of the graduates, text of the firefighter's oath, and an overview of the history of the DFD.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 87-224 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from August 10, 1989 to January 8, 1988 posing in front of a fire engine in three rows rows. The recruits are wearing blue shirts with a patch on the left sleeve, navy blue slacks or yellow pants, and boots.
Date: December 22, 1987
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wrecked Box Truck with Exposed Engine #1]

Photograph of the front of a light-colored box truck with heavy damage. The hood is missing and the frame surrounding the engine sticks out at odd angles. Cracks in the windshield radiate out from a point in the middle of its base. A parking lot with several cars is visible in the background.
Date: December 16, 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Engine with Tires Removed]

Photograph of a fire department truck in a garage that is being worked on by a man on the far left side of the frame. The fire engine is missing its tires and the paneling on the side of the hood that covers the engine. Tools are strewn about the ground surrounding the vehicle.
Date: December 27, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 46 #2]

Photograph of recruit class number 46 standing and posing together in front of a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker. T
Date: December 15, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 68 #1]

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from December 1954 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt, with light colored slacks, and a black belt.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 74 #2]

Photograph of recruit class number 74 standing and posing together, arranged in two rows against a light-colored wall with a large chalkboard on it. All of the subjects wear the same uniform: short-sleeved collared button-ups tucked into matching belted slacks.
Date: December 30, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 138 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 1969 to December 1969 posing outside a building in two rows. In this colored photograph the members are standing in two rows dressed in ironed navy blue uniforms, with silver buttons, silver trimming near the cufflinks, a silver badge on their upper left chest, and a black hat with a silver trim going around the head and a bursting star silver pin in the middle of the hat. Also, this image has a reddish tan filter on it but you can still see the colors.
Date: December 18, 1969
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camões' Feast (open access)

Camões' Feast

Book discussing the art installation, "Camões Feast,"originally exhibited at the Mexic-Arte Museum in YEAR. The book also includes biographical information on Luís Vas de Camões, Sérgio de Castro Pinto, Caetano Veloso, Olga Savary, Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, Frederico Barbosa, Haroldo de Campos, Manoel de Barros, Antonio Cícero, and Regina Vater.
Date: December 2001
Creator: Vater, Regina; McMillan, Megan; Stampleman, Suzel; Glasgow, Thays & Mieli, Mario
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1991 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 1991
Creator: Burris, Betty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 14, 1977 (open access)

South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 14, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date: December 14, 1977
Creator: Flickinger, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Collin County Tax Receipt #5759] (open access)

[Collin County Tax Receipt #5759]

Receipt for state, county, and school taxes paid in 1884 as assessed for property in Collin County.
Date: December 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Collin County Tax Receipt #5997] (open access)

[Collin County Tax Receipt #5997]

Receipt for state, county, and school taxes paid in 1902 as assessed for property in Collin County.
Date: December 30, 1902
Creator: Van Brown, R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Collin County Tax Receipt #11967] (open access)

[Collin County Tax Receipt #11967]

Receipt for state, county, and school taxes paid in 1905 as assessed for property in Collin County.
Date: December 29, 1905
Creator: Van Brown, R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - December 7, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - December 7, 1898]

Letter from J. J. Click demanding money from J. H. Major that he claims is owed to him. He also claims that Major is living well while he is suffering from financial troubles.
Date: December 7, 1898
Creator: Click, John Jones
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History