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[Recipe for Matzo Balls] (open access)

[Recipe for Matzo Balls]

Typed recipe on a card labeled "Driskill Hotel, Food Service Department--Recipe" listing ingredients and instructions. It is labeled at the bottom as "Matzo Balls," containing chicken fat, matzo meal, parsley, salt, and eggs.
Date: 194X
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. W. Underwood to Chief of Naval Personnel, December 8, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from H. W. Underwood to Chief of Naval Personnel, December 8, 1943]

Letter from H. W. Underwood recommending Helen Corbitt for a position in the Navy based on her work in the Women's Reserve and at the Home Economics Tea House at the University of Texas.
Date: December 8, 1943
Creator: Underwood, Herbert Whitwell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recipe for Swiss Steak] (open access)

[Recipe for Swiss Steak]

Typed recipe on a pre-printed card for the "Home Economics Tea House" at the University of Texas at Austin. In lists general instructions for cooking Swiss Steak, with salt and pepper, bacon fat, onions, carrots, and tomatoes. Some of the instructions have been corrected in pencil, and there is a note written at the bottom: "Cover [...] Tomatoes salt, and accent."
Date: 194X
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recipe for Canadian Cheese Soup] (open access)

[Recipe for Canadian Cheese Soup]

Typed recipe on a card labeled "Driskill Hotel, Food Service Department--Recipe" listing ingredients with amounts for three different batches (1, 8, or 16 servings) and instructions. It is labeled at the bottom as "Canadian Cheese Soup," containing stock, carrots, celery, milk, butter, cornstarch, onions, flour, spices, and Rarebit of Cheddar cheese sauce.
Date: 194X
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Capt. J. W. Howard, C. D. Jones, Ben Thompson, Fred A. Sterzing, Maylor W. A. Saylor, and Dr. R. H. L. Bibb Photograph]

Photograph of Capt. J. W. Howard, C. D. Jones, Ben Thompson, Fred A. Sterzing, Mayor W. A. Saylor, and Dr. R. H. L. Bibb wearing suits and uniforms in front of a light background.
Date: 1900~/1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[June and Tonia Gilreath at UT Austin]

Photograph of June and Tonia Gilreath with another young girl sitting on the side of the Littlefield Fountain at the University of Texas at Austin with the UT tower and trees in the background.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown African American Girl in Dress]

Portrait of an unidentified African American girl wearing a light-colored dress and bows in her hair posing in front of a pair of shuttered doors. There is a handwritten note on the front of the photograph that reads "Travis County."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sam Coronado and Students]

Photograph of artist Sam Coronado sitting at a table in a classroom surrounded by students, standing and sitting, who watch him work.
Date: [1988..]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco with Older Man in Studio]

Photograph of Sylvia Orozco and an unidentified older man standing in a studio with several paintings hanging and leaning against walls in the background.
Date: 1986
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sam Coronado at Chalkboard]

Photograph of Sam Coronado standing in front of a chalkboard holding up a print and gesturing to it while students sit at their desks and watch him.
Date: [1988..]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]

Photograph of two women cutting a large purple ribbon with two men standing to their left and two other men standing to their right; the man on the left is holding a plaque and wearing a name tag. There are paintings hanging on the wall in the background.
Date: September 23, 1988
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maypole Dance]

Photograph of seven people in traditional dress dancing around a maypole, holding onto red ribbons in a gymnasium while a large group of young people sit on the floor and watch from the other side.
Date: 198X
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Young Latino Artists Exhibition, June 17- September 25, 2011 (open access)

Annual Young Latino Artists Exhibition, June 17- September 25, 2011

Catalog for the 16th annual Young Latino Artists Exhibition including biographies of participating artists, descriptions of the art pieces in the exhibit, and other information about the series.
Date: 2011
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco with Woman and Paintings]

Photograph of Sylvia Orozco and an unidentified woman in a studio with several large paintings hanging on the walls in the background and more large paintings laying on the floor.
Date: 1986
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco with Woman]

Photograph of Sylvia Orozco (right) an an unidentified woman standing and talking in a studio; there is a light installation and a painting hanging on the wall in the background.
Date: 1986
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Thought Cloud, Young Latino Artists 16] (open access)

[Flyer: Thought Cloud, Young Latino Artists 16]

Flyer for two exhibits happening at the 16th Young Latino Artists Exhibition at the Mexic-Arte Museum.
Date: 2011
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco and Others in Studio]

Photograph of Sylvia Orozco and several unnamed people standing and sitting in a group in a studio surrounded by covered paintings.In the foreground there are stacks of books and papers on a table next to a couch, and there is a ladder, a painting of a bird, and other objects in the background.
Date: 1986
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People in Gallery]

Photograph of several small groups of people and individuals standing and talking or looking at artworks in a gallery; there are several sculptures on the left side in the foreground and paintings and other exhibits in the background.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newspaper Clipping]

Photograph of a newspaper clipping from the Austin American-Statesman with the headline "Arts festival celebrates 'Day of Dead'" and a picture of dancers dressed as skeletons.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Altar with Skeletons]

Photograph of an art installation featuring a cardboard coffin with a skeleton's head sticking out in front of a large altar covered in flowers, a devil figure, and other objects, with several skeletons in dresses standing on the sides, colorful paper banners hanging from the ceiling, and other skeleton decorations behind the altar. Paintings, sculptures, and other exhibits are visible in the background.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Teacher and Students Discussing Artwork]

Photograph of a group of students sitting on the floor in a gallery and a man standing in front of them next to a row of paintings; several of the students are raising their hands and the man appears to be answering their questions.
Date: [1988..]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Holding Paper Banners]

Photograph of several rows of children in what appears to be a library holding up colorful paper banners.
Date: May 1987
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exhibition at Galery]

Photograph of Sylvia Orozco giving a tour of the gallery to a small group; a woman in the foreground is taking a picture and there are several paintings hanging on the wall on the right side.
Date: 1984
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sam Coronado Posing with Students]

Photograph of Sam Coronado posing with a large group of students and two teachers in a classroom; several students kneeling in the front row are holding up prints with his name on them.
Date: [1988..]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History