One Wrong Cut (open access)

One Wrong Cut

This report relates an anecdote about Edward "Speck" Bogel, the son of a rancher in Marfa, Texas.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Polson, Rink
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
India: It's Been a Miracle (open access)

India: It's Been a Miracle

Paper documenting the life and experiences of India Coffield, wife of Frank Edward Coffield.
Date: 1976
Creator: Merrifield, Suzann
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star (open access)

Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star

This paper tells the story of a joke that Joe Bunton played on Robert Humphris, his cousin when they were children. Wil Cross wrote this paper for his American History class at Marfa High School in 1976.
Date: 1976
Creator: Cross, Wil
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Verbatim of Tape Narrated by Alton Ashcraft (open access)

Verbatim of Tape Narrated by Alton Ashcraft

Written transcript from an autobiographical tape by Alton "Baldy" Ashcraft. It covers his years in the Army and stories of their maneuvers in West Texas.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flyer for Bicentennial Celebration in Marfa (open access)

Flyer for Bicentennial Celebration in Marfa

Flyer for the play "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial" presented in Marfa, Texas on March 25-26, 1976.
Date: March 25, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program for Bicentennial Celebration in Marfa (open access)

Program for Bicentennial Celebration in Marfa

Program for the play "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial" presented in Marfa, Texas on March 25-26, 1976.
Date: March 25, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Young Lady Who Recommended Herself (open access)

The Young Lady Who Recommended Herself

Paper written for a history Class at Marfa High School by Rosalba Alvarado. It is the story of how Cosme Alvarado chose a woman for his office assistant based on what he saw rather than any letter of recommendation.
Date: December 13, 1976
Creator: Alvarodo, Rosalba
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Script for "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial" (open access)

Script for "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial"

Script for the play "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial" presented in Marfa, Texas on March 25-26, 1976.
Date: 1976~
Creator: Earney, Mary K.
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Private Andy Smith at Campground in New Mexico, January 18, 1976]

Photograph of an Private Andy Smith at Army camp in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Date: January 18, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History