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The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954 (open access)

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 1998
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Josephine (Dodo) Tobin Schreiner Parker, July 15, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Josephine (Dodo) Tobin Schreiner Parker, July 15, 1998

Interview with Josephine (Dodo) Tobin Schreiner Parker, great-granddaughter of Captain Charles A. Schreiner, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Parker delves into her famous great-grandfather's story, including his key role in the settling of Kerr County and Kerrville. She briefly mentions the presence of Tuberculosis in Kerrville, the local Cattleman's Association, being princess in the Battle of Flowers, and singing in the USO in New York.
Date: July 15, 1998
Creator: Stacy, William G. & Parker, Josephine Tobin Schreiner
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-485 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-485

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the colonias statute, Local Gov't Code ch. 232 subch. B, applies to employee housing provided by the Webb Consolidated Independent School District (RQ-902)
Date: November 9, 1998
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History