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[Article: Obituaries] (open access)

[Article: Obituaries]

A series of obituaries in the Texas Medical Association's June 1988 Texas Medicine journal. Those listed in the obituaries included Dr. May Owen, Dr. William Frank Renfrow, Dr. Louis Reed Robey, Dr. Hampton C. Robinson, Dr. Lowell Edison Rutledge, Dr. Cassie Elizabeth Stuermer, Dr. Robert W. B. Terrell, Dr. Robert H. Thomason, and Dr. Leopoldo Villareal.
Date: June 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Daily Record Sheet of Patient Conversations and Balance Sheet] (open access)

[Daily Record Sheet of Patient Conversations and Balance Sheet]

Daily record sheet of patients visiting the doctor's office. The back of the sheet contains a handwritten table of balances, paid and unpaid, "Before Ann," "Wish Ann," and "After Ann;" the final notes show how much money is owed to each person following the Central America trip.
Date: 1967-11-29/1970-02-02
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Itinerary for December 18, 1969 to February 2, 1970] (open access)

[Itinerary for December 18, 1969 to February 2, 1970]

Itinerary created for a trip planned for December 18, 1969 to February 2, 1970. According to this itinerary they are traveling to Mexico and all over Central America; destinations include Vera Cruz, Guadalajara, and Durango.
Date: December 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of El Paso and Juarez International Bridges]

Photograph print of the international bridges over the Rio Grande between the cities of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Text on the photo reads, "El Paso texas and Juarez Mexico, Hill photo 100 Texas St."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial of Juarez and El Paso]

Arial photograph of the cities of El Paso and Juarez, with light colored text on the photo labeling the two cities, the Rio Grande, Cordova, and Mexico and U.S. territory.
Date: November 1, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Mr. Rogers Lester to his brother, September 28, 1917]

A Camp MacArthur postcard sent from Mr. Rogers Lester to his brother Mr. Henry J. Lester picturing a group of soldiers in a building and informing him that he arrived in Mexico.
Date: September 28, 1917
Creator: Lester, Rogers
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacal in the Big Bend: Its Origin and Evolution (open access)

The Jacal in the Big Bend: Its Origin and Evolution

Draft of a paper tracing "the jacal from its pre-Hispanic origins in the pithouse to its emergence as a surface structure like those described by the earliest Spaniard soldiers and missionaries in the La Junta region." The author also identifies modern examples of the jacal that are still in use today; the paper includes a glossary and illustrations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hand-Dug Cistern in Villanueva, Mexico]

Photograph of a hand-dug cistern at Villanueva, Mexico. This cistern was part of a water-collection system designed to save rainwater for household use.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Lujáns Making Asaderas]

Photograph of the Lujáns of Loma de Juárez, a barrio of Malatta, making asaderas. A woman is rolling dough on a kitchen table, a man is shaping the dough from a bowl, and a child watches both of them.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wall Structure of Collapsed Jacal Home]

Photograph of the wall structure of collapsed jacal home LP #B. The home was in La Paz, Municipio de Coyame, Chihuahua. The interior of this jacal was plastered with lime.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Doña Angelina Contreras Shaping Corn Tortilla Dough]

Photograph of Doña Angelina Contreras of Monte Bustillo shaping dough for corn tortillas into balls. Some pots and cookware are visible on a stove behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Herbal Remedies: Do They Really Work? A Research Project in South Texas (open access)

Herbal Remedies: Do They Really Work? A Research Project in South Texas

Paper discussing which herbal remedies used in folk medicine "are biomedicines, which are placebos, and which are toxins by evaluating a large collection of herbal remedies used by Hispanics in South Texas and northern Tamaulipas, Mexico."
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Making Chicharrones]

Photograph of people making chicharrones in San Carlos in 1979. The food is in a large pot outside, and someone is stirring it with a stick while another person watches.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wall of Jacal Home in Val Verde]

Photograph of a close-up view of a wall of jacal Va #A in Val Verde, Municipio de Ojinagá, Chihuahua. Horcones (corner and center posts) are visible.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rolling Dough for Corn Tortillas]

Photograph of Doña Angelina Contreras of Monte Bustillos rolling dough for corn tortillas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacal Va in Val Verde]

Photograph of jacal va in Val Verde, Municipio de Ojinaga, Chihuahua. This particular jacal was used for storage. The walls between the horcones (corner and center posts) are made of adobe brick.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Junior Pruneda, February 4, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Junior Pruneda, February 4, 2015

Transcript of an interview with Jose Maria Pruneda, Jr. called Junior a Country Western musician. He played several instruments including guitar, fiddle, bass, and steel guitar. He was hired by Bob Wills and played with the Poverty Playboys, played at the Grand Ole Opry, toured throughout the United States, and was inducted into the Western Swing Hall of Fame. In addition to his career, the interview discusses his parents, growing up in the Mexican-American community of Kerrville, and his grandparents lives in Del Rio and Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico. Junior's wife Bobbie and son Joe contribute to the interview. Several photos follow the transcript text.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Pruneda, Jose Maria, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Junior Pruneda, February 4, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Junior Pruneda, February 4, 2015

Interview with ose Maria Pruneda, Jr. called Junior a Country Western musician. He played several instruments including guitar, fiddle, bass, and steel guitar. He was hired by Bob Wills and played with the Poverty Playboys, played at the Grand Ole Opry, toured throughout the United States, and was inducted into the Western Swing Hall of Fame. In addition to his career, the interview discusses his parents, growing up in the Mexican-American community of Kerrville, and his grandparents lives in Del Rio and Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico. Junior's wife Bobbie and son Joe contribute to the interview.
Date: February 4, 2015
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Pruneda, Jose Maria, Jr.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History