[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank, September 10, 1921] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank, September 10, 1921]

Promissory note created by the Charles Schreiner Bank for W. H. Bonnell acknowledging the arranged payment of $1,000 to Mrs. J. T. Brown "at the office of the Chas. Schreiner Bank."
Date: September 10, 1921
Creator: Charles Schreiner Bank
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank] (open access)

[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank]

Copy of a chattel mortgage agreement made between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank in the amount of $3,200 owed to the bank by Bonnell. The document stipulates the debt be paid by the January 1, 1923; Bonnell is putting up his flock of goats, and sheep along with his stock of cattle as collateral to secure the payment of the debt.
Date: July 17, 1922
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank]

Promissory note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank in the amount of $3,350 in "United States Gold Coin" with a nine percent interest rate until the note was paid off; on top of this there would be a ten percent fee "additional on principal and interest if placed in the hands of an Attorney for collection." There is a pink stamp printed on the center of the note acknowledging the fact that the note had been paid off on July 17, 1922.
Date: December 16, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Quit Claim Deed from George and Virginia Leigh to Edward B. Leigh, July 23, 1887] (open access)

[Quit Claim Deed from George and Virginia Leigh to Edward B. Leigh, July 23, 1887]

Quit claim deed from George L. and Virginia Leigh to Edward B. Leigh involving the sale of a parcel of land "known as Survey No. 2 Abstract No. 1040." The land being sold is 640 acres and the payment for the land was $1,000 dollars.
Date: July 23, 1887
Creator: McFarland, A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release Deed Between Joseph Heinen and George L. Leigh, January 29, 1895] (open access)

[Release Deed Between Joseph Heinen and George L. Leigh, January 29, 1895]

Legal document resolving the deed of trust between Joseph Heinen and George L. Leigh; the top half of the document displays the original deed of trust specifics made in 1890 between Leigh, Heinen, and Paul Villaret. The second half of the document acknowledges the fact that the debt had been paid off by Leigh and that the promissory note had been fulfilled.
Date: January 29, 1895
Creator: Hamilton, J. M.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Grant Certificate Presented to George L. Leigh, October 25, 1890] (open access)

[Land Grant Certificate Presented to George L. Leigh, October 25, 1890]

Land grant certificate presented to George L. Leigh and signed by the governor of Texas, L. S. Ross. This grant to George, his heirs or assigns "forever Three Hundred and Twenty (320) acres of land." The rest of the certificate references the specified land and details the perimeter and borders of it in terms of longitude and latitude degrees as well as compass directions.
Date: October 25, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Drafts of a Memorandum of Contract Between Three Couples and Richard Nowlin] (open access)

[Two Drafts of a Memorandum of Contract Between Three Couples and Richard Nowlin]

Memorandum of contract between Mr. and Mrs. Bonnell, Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, and Mr. and Mrs. Liljegren of the first party, and Richard and R. W. Nowlin of the second. The members of the first party "agree to sell and convey unto Richard and R. W. Nowlin the following real estate situated in Kerr County, Texas" including 500 acres from the James E. Bettner survey; in return, Nowlin will pay "twenty four dollars per acre" with one fourth being in cash and the remainder in three promissory notes.
Date: December 7, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner]

Promissory note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner in the amount of $4,000 in "United States Gold Coin" with ten percent interest until the debt is paid. There is a stamp placed in the center of the note stating that this promissory note had been fully paid off on December 17, 1918.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner]

Promissory note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner in the amount of $1,358 "in United States Gold Coin" with ten percent interest until paid. According to the note there is also a fee of ten ercent "additional on principal and interest if placed in the hands of an Attorney for collection."
Date: November 9, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Quit Claim Deed and Plat Print from George Bigford to Edward B. Leigh] (open access)

[Quit Claim Deed and Plat Print from George Bigford to Edward B. Leigh]

Documents including a claims deed and plat map created between George Bigford and Edward B. Leigh; the exchanged land was sold to Leigh for $122. The deed has a note on the back explaining that the land, "known as survey No. 1946," was patented December 21, 1900 hence the deed couldn't be filed January 5, 1900. The map outlines the plot of land in Kerr County: "G. L. Lee's land and adjacent surveys."
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mary Dorothy Pierce at Kerrville, Texas]

Photograph of Mary Dorothy Pierce sitting on a fallen tree at Kerrville, Texas. Pierce is wearing a white outfit with a dark colored tie.
Date: July 20, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mary Dorothy Pierce at Kerrville, Texas]

Photograph of Mary Dorothy Pierce standing in a creek at Kerrville, Texas.
Date: July 20, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mary Dorothy Pierce at Kerrville, Texas]

Photograph of Mary Dorothy Pierce sitting on a log along the shoreline of a small creek. Pierce is sitting horizontally on the log in a white outfit and a dark-colored tie.
Date: July 20, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kerr County Album (open access)

Kerr County Album

Book discussing the history of people and places in Kerr County, Texas. It is organized into several sections: Kerrville and County Communities; Kerr County; What Binds Them Together; Churches of Kerr County; Schools; Medical Institutions; Clubs and Organizations; Life and Living on the Land; Riversides, Hillsides and Countrysides; Military Service Members; Summer Camps; Poems, Rhymes and Verses; Families; Tributes and Memorials; Businesses. Index starts on page 544.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Kerr County Historical Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a German National. Mrs. Dickerson also talks about running a flying service in the Kerrville airport with her husband, Carl Meek, during the early days of aviation after WWII.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998

Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, named Texas Woman of the Century, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Reeves talks about her life in Eagle Pass and San Antonio Texas, her education as the only female in her law school class, her career as a high school schoolteacher, and her horseback riding experience at Camp Waldemar. She describes organizing a girls' riding group, called "The Lassos," with whom she performed at the World's Fair in New York in 1938 and Washington D.C. Mrs. Reeves also briefly discusses the sheep ranching she did with her husband, Jack Reeves, the flood of 1928, and the flood of 1932.
Date: February 27, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harry William Crate, June 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harry William Crate, June 9, 1998

Interview with Harry William Crate, former professor of mathematics and engineering with an interest in archaeology from Kerrville, Texas. Professor Crate discusses the results of various fossil and artifact finding expeditions around the Hill Country of Texas, specifically the numerous burned rock mounds found in the Kerry County area. He includes his opinions on why and how the burned mounds were created. As noted in the transcript, the interview continues in the manuscript of Professor Crate's wife, Melba Lee Williams Crate.
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: Patton, Laura; O'Hara, Peggy; Crate, Harry William & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date: March 9, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, January 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, January 14, 2008

Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, a Texan Hill Country native from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Kullenberg's daughter, Lois Kullenberg Hulse. Mrs. Kullenberg discusses her upbringing, her marriage to Upton Kullenberg, coming to Kerrville, the various businesses she and her husband ran, and driving a Model T.
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Kullenberg, Elsie Mona Guthrie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000

Interview with Thornton Secor, grandson of a prominent local doctor, from Kerrville, Texas. Thornton talks about how his grandfather ended up in the area and his various contributions to Kerrville, such as building the town's first hospital and establishing a tourist campsite. Thornton also briefly mentions the flood of 1932, and rainfall in the area.
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Secor, Thornton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Wheeler Emerson Mosty, October 14, 2009 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Wheeler Emerson Mosty, October 14, 2009

Interview with Wheeler Emerson Mosty, a World War II veteran and retired post office worker from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Mosty talks about his education, growing up in the Kerrville area, his service in WWII, local people and places, the flood of 1932, and his work at the Post Office. The interview transcript includes picture of Mr. Mosty and his family, on pages 26-30.
Date: October 14, 2009
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Mosty, Wheeler Emerson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amos Lee Smith, March 1, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Amos Lee Smith, March 1, 1998

Interview with Amos Lee Smith, a rancher from Center Point, Texas. Mr. Smith tells stories from his childhood, the years during the Depression, sheep ranching, his various occupations, and his activity in the local Methodist church.
Date: March 1, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Smith, Amos Lee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Helen Orr, November 9, 1991 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Helen Orr, November 9, 1991

Interview with Helen Louise Dietert Orr, retired clerk and schoolteacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Orr discusses her family's immigration from Germany, explores her family tree, and describes her experiences on her ranch. She talks about tuberculosis scares in Kerrville, and the local society.
Date: November 9, 1991
Creator: Craig, Brenda Glenn & Orr, Helen Louise Dietert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History