Oral History Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, December 1, 2009 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, December 1, 2009

Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, descendant of Mexicans born in Mexican territory that is now in Texas, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Garza talks about her family's history in the area before it became incorporated into Texas. She also talks about growing up in Kerrville, as well as local people and places.
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Rhodes, Laura & Garza, Maria Silva Ayala
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barren Field Shutter]

Photograph of the barren field building's shutter from inside. The wall is eroded and has two pieces of reinforcing bars in the window horizontally and vertically.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Inside Barren Field Building]

Photograph of the inside of the barren field building. It has brick flooring and two visible windows with shutters which are eroded and have reinforcing bars on them.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marker Dedicated to Ormer Locklear]

Photograph of a dedication marker to Lieutenant Ormer Locklear. The grey marker sits atop a granite block and reads "Dedicated to Lt. Ormer Locklear, Who First Started His Flying Stunt Here."
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Barren Field]

Photograph of a barren field with a little building in the middle of it. There are blue shutters on the building and a blue and white sign in the middle of them, and trees nearby. There are buildings all along the background of the photograph.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smithfield Middle School]

Photograph of Birdville ISD's Smithfield Middle School in North Richland Hills. The large school has its name printed near the top of the first building.
Date: [1995,1996]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook Page: Camporee 1989] (open access)

[Scrapbook Page: Camporee 1989]

Page from a scrapbook album containing a schedule of events for the Boy Scouts' Longhorn Council-wide Camporee in 1989 on one side and a clipping of an article about the event with a photo on the back.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Troop 65 Setting Up a Banner]

Photograph of the scouts of Troop 65 setting up a tripod with their troop banner at a scout show at Will Rogers Coliseum. There are barriers in front of the group of troops and the coliseum is visible in the background.
Date: [1988-10-15?,1989-10-21?,1990-10-20]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Belknap Building]

Photograph of a building with "Belknap" on it. On the building, there is an image of a buffalo with a football at its right hoof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lloyd Booth]

Photograph of Lloyd Booth posing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing glasses, a dark colored suit jacket, a light colored dress shirt underneath, and a dark colored tie.
Date: April 26, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1931 - 1932 Birdville School Faculty]

Photograph of the 1931 - 1932 Birdville school faculty together outside. They are in in front of a brick building in two rows; the first row is seated and the second row stands directly behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Original Birdville Stadium]

Photograph of the Birdville ISD school stadium taken from a helicopter.There are six lights and two sets of bleachers on either side of the stadium. Near the upper right part of the stadium, there is a building and three cars nearby.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alice and Lon Barkley]

Photograph of Alice and Lon Barkley sitting together in front of a backdrop looking toward the camera. Alice is wearing a dark colored dress with two layers with a bow around her neck. Lon wears a dark suit and vest underneath with a light colored shirt.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alliene Mullendore Elementary]

Photograph of Alliene Mullendore Elementary, formerly North Richland Elementary, in Haltom City. There is a green school sign and a flagpole in front of the school, and by the flagpole are bushes and a tree.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Duncan Tin Type]

Photograph of Annie Duncan. She is looking left and wears a scarf tucked insider her dark colored shirt.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Becky Austin]

Photograph of Aunt Becky Austin posing in front of a backdrop. She is wearing dark colored clothing with a lace collar, and a beaded necklace.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Nan]

Photograph of Aunt Nan, a freedwoman who came to Texas during the Civil War with Benjamin Franklin Barkley from Kentucky, sitting in a chair with her right arm on a table. She wears a dark colored shirt, a light-colored cap, and an apron.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Portrait of Dillon Harrison]

Photograph of Dillon Harrison as a baby. The baby looks directly into towards the camera wearing a bonnet and light colored clothing.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Portrait of Edgar Duncan]

Photograph of Edgar Duncan as a baby posing in front of a backdrop. He wears clothing that has two strips around the cuffs and a while outline around the collar. Written at the bottom of the photograph in handwriting is "Edgar Duncan, son of John Duncan".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Portrait of Myrtle Austin]

Photograph of Myrtle Austin as a baby sitting in front of a backdrop. She wears a long, white dress and is sitting on a chair with a decorated blanket on it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Portrait of Owen D Harrison]

Photograph of Owen sitting down in a dress as a baby looking towards the camera. On the back of the photograph written in handwriting is "Mrs. Mattie Harrison".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baseball Team - Fort Worth]

Photograph of three baseball players wearing their uniforms while standing in a field. They all wear their mitts, and the woman on the right holds a baseball in her hand.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Photograph of Billy Francis]

Photograph of Billy Francis holding a basketball. He wears a basketball uniform with the number 11 on it and hightop shoes. In the background, a shadow is cast on two doors of a building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[BBC Members Attending Vacation Bible School]

Photograph of the Birdville Baptist Church Members attending vacation bible school. They are all gathered in front of the two story white building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History