Oral History Interview with Reverend Matias Garcia Rodriguez, January 16, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Reverend Matias Garcia Rodriguez, January 16, 1998

Interview with Matias Garcia Rodriguez, the reverend for Calvary Baptist Church, from Kerrville, Texas. Rev. Rodriguez discusses the history of Mexico as it relates to Texan history, including stories about his great-grandfather, Jose Policarpo "Polly" Rodriguez, an early pioneer of the Texas Hill Country. He goes through his own family history, family stories, his service in WWII, his education, and the people and places in Kerrville.
Date: 1998
Creator: Rector, William & Rodriguez, Matias Garcia
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Brownwood Lake Album] (open access)

[Brownwood Lake Album]

Photo album documenting the construction of the dam in Brown County that created the Brownwood Lake. Documents about the projects are also included in the album.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to George Pendexter, June 16, 1912]

Postcard addressed to George Pendexter concerning the current situation in Brownwood, Texas, where there had been three fires in a short amount of time. The photograph on the reverse side shows a vehicle being pulled by horses, with four firemen standing near the backside, into a garage. These men and vehicle are apart of the greater fire department in Brownwood, Texas.
Date: June 16, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Denton and Camp Bowie Scenes]

Scrapbook page with seven photographs depicting scenes of people in Denton, Camp Bowie, and Dallas. The first column includes photos of Vernon Castle's airplane, a group of women standing around the Red Cross bull, and the Denton Bagpipers marching at courthouse square in Denton, Texas. The second column includes photos of Bowie, Texas: "Guard mount at Bowie" and "Company Street, Co 'H', 144 U.S. Inf." The third column includes photos of Joe Gurley and a group of uniformed band members in Dallas.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Denton, Camp Bowie, and Dallas]

Scrapbook page with nine photographs depicting people and scenes of Denton, Dallas, and Camp Bowie. The first column includes photos of "The Admiral" standing with a dog near a small American flag, and a woman named Julie standing outside of a house ("Mrs. Steele's"). The second column includes photos of a large group of people going to the Dallas Fair, another group of people crowding Locust Street in Denton during a parade, two men sitting on a donkey ("Ford on the Border"), and Corporal Spearing. The third column includes photos of a woman named Madge sitting on a motorcycle, women from the College of Industrial Arts wearing graduation caps and marching in Denton, a plane flying over Camp Bowie, and Sadis Whitfield standing outside of a house.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Military Scenes]

Scrapbook page with eleven photographs depicting military scenes. The first column includes photos of a plane in a field surrounded with people and Company M of 145 U.S.A. standing at attention. The second column includes photos of RFC barracks at Fort Worth, Corporal Spearing (RFC), and Cherry Dean Waters. The third column includes photos of Corporal Speaking sitting in an airplane, Julie and Corporal Ralston at the Liberty Loan Parade in Denton, a C.I.A. student, and Reta Mae Taylor. The fourth column includes a photo of "Guard Mount at Camp Bowie" and a woman sitting on the edge of a pool with the caption "How awful!"
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Military Scenes]

Scrapbook page with seven photographs depicting military scenes. The first column includes a photo of a road to Sanger, Texas, an airplane at Love Field, and people crowding a street at the 1918 Liberty Loan Parade in Denton, Texas. The second column includes a photo of an RFC soldier and another soldier named Ford. The third column includes a photo of the Guard Mount at Camp Bowie and Corporal Ford and Jule in 1912.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History