Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story (open access)

Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date: November 7, 1975
Creator: Earney, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1975 (open access)

Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1975

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 1975
Creator: Groff, Jill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1975 (open access)

Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1975

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 26, 1975
Creator: Groff, Jill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History