Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raul Rodriguez Arreola, November 28, 2011 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raul Rodriguez Arreola, November 28, 2011

Interview with Raul Rodriguez Arreola, a former postal worker from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Arreola talks about growing up in the area, local places and people, serving in the Gideons, and working at the Post Office. Mr. Arreola's second wife, Irene, was present for the interview and makes a comments throughout. The interview transcript includes pictures of Mr. Arreola, his family, and the community, on pages 28-35.
Date: November 28, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Arreola, Raul Rodriguez
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008

Interview with Frances Howland "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual childhoods, life during the depression, and life in the Kerr County area. Mr. Swayze discusses his service in the Air Force and Mrs. Swayze discusses her teaching career.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Swayze, Francis H. & Swayze, Cora Nell Cunningham
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Look Up at a Smoking Window]

Photograph of two firefighters (their backs facing the camera) looking up at a ladder extending up a tall brick building. Smoke is coming out of three windows, which are four stories above the firefighters, while people on the second story above the firefighters can be seen through the windows. The top of the fire engine they're standing on is just barely visible at the bottom left of the photograph. On the back of the photograph are two labels, and extensive handwritten notes about the fire.
Date: February 28, 1962
Creator: Kennedy, Eamon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters at a Texhoma Store]

Photograph of a Texhoma Department Store, whose large, floor-to-ceiling front windows have been blown out. A group of firefighters and people in winter jackets are clustered to the left, in front of the store, while another group of three firefighters stand to the right in front of the store. Two hoses lay uncoiled in the parking lot in front of the store. Inside the store and just outside the windows, debris and half-destroyed products are visible. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph giving the address of the store.
Date: December 28, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Monthly Statement from the Texas Paper Company, April 28, 1939] (open access)

[Monthly Statement from the Texas Paper Company, April 28, 1939]

Monthly statement billed to Earl Yates from the Texas Paper Company showing a balance of $2.85 as of April 7, 1939. Included in the record is an advertisement for Fort Howard Household Roll Waxed Paper as well as the envelope that the documents were delivered in.
Date: April 28, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Mayme Collins Showing the Dallas County Courthouse, October 28, 1907]

Postcard addressed to Mayme Collins with a tinted photograph of the Dallas County courthouse in Dallas, Texas; the building is made of red brick mostly, while the bottom of the building is made of white brick. There is a note on the reverse side of the card that says: "I am having a delightful time today."
Date: October 28, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Small Bus Inside Garage]

Photograph of a small bus - with no doors and several missing windows - parked in large, dimly lit garage. There are three tables with various spray cans and other tools in front of the bus, and a stack of upholstered seats to the right of the bus. There are tall lockers along the back wall, and long light fixtures hanging from the ceiling. In the background of the garage are large, shadowed metal structures.There is a stamp on the back of the photograph with the date the photo was taken.
Date: January 28, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History