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Eanes: A History of the School and Community (open access)

Eanes: A History of the School and Community

Text describing the Eanes community and the history of the school district. It discusses the origins of the city of Austin and the development of the school, with transcribed supporting documents.
Date: 1976
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy McRae
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Essay by Laura Castro] (open access)

[Essay by Laura Castro]

Photocopy of an essay on how the Dellana family came to reside in Rollingwood, Texas. Castro talks about Condado Dellana's immigration from Italy to the United States and how he eventually moved to Texas to help build the capitol building in Austin. Years later, Condado discovered a cave in Rollingwood that produced extremely good fertilizer due to the guano from the bats that lived in the cave. He eventually bought the property that the cave was on and started selling the fertilizer to nurseries around the state.
Date: February 27, 1976
Creator: Castro, Laura
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Della Edwards]

Photograph of Della Edwards, the first Eanes ISD bus driver, standing next to an Eanes school bus that has its doors open. She is wearing a dark suit with a light-colored shirt and necklace. On the back of the photograph, "137488" is written in pencil.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Westlake High School]

Photograph of the front of Westlake Highschool. There are multiple cars in the parking lot as well as trees and a flag pole.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Growing up in Westlake Hills] (open access)

[Growing up in Westlake Hills]

Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short, an alumnus of Eanes Elementary School from Westlake Hills. He goes on to talk about what life was like as a student at Eanes School, and recalls the various incidents that occurred such as bees being let loose in the school bus, a bonfire being built in the middle of the road to stop the bus from arriving to school, and fights between the students.
Date: 1976
Creator: Short, James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976]

Photocopy of a letter from Mary Johnson to Stanley Depwe discussing the addition of a marker board to the Eanes School. She also goes on to talk about her daughter and her friend Camila, who had an operation and is healing well. Included in the letter is also a short biography of Mowinckle's life, detailing her birth as well as her time in school.
Date: February 12, 1976
Creator: Johnson, Mary Mowinckle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Westlake High School]

Photograph of Westlake High School in 1976. The picture shows the building in the background as well as cars in the parking lot and two trees in the forefront of the picture.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of West Lake High School]

Photograph of the exterior of West Lake High School. There are multiple cars in the parking lot of the picture as well as a tree in the foreground.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History