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[Guitarist and Students in Gallery]
Photograph of a group of students sitting on the floor in a gallery in front of a man playing the guitar; in the background two students are standing next to a statue.
Date:
[1988..]
Creator:
Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]
Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date:
July 4, 1981
Creator:
Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family]
Photocopy of a handwritten account of what is was like to live on Tucker Lane in the 1920's. Dorothy Depwe goes into how many children the Tuckers the family had as well as goes into the lives of the Teague, Ryan, Young, and Small families.
Date:
March 28, 1986
Creator:
Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustration of Arch Bridge]
Art print depicting a stone bridge with a body of water beneath it. There is a person riding on a carriage pulled by a horse on top of the bridge and several people looking up at the bridge from beneath and below the drawing, "1871 Arch Bridge over Barton Creek" is printed. To the left of the title of the illustration, "69/100" is written in pencil and to the right Curtis has signed her last name.
Date:
1983~
Creator:
Curtis, Mary
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustration of Eanes Frame School]
Art print depicting an illustration of the Eanes Frame School in 1896. The foreground of the picture has the Eanes Frame School with two trees in front of it as well as a water tower beside it and behind the water tower, there is another building. Below the drawing "1896 frame school Eanes area used as a school 'till 1937 then a church 'till 1928" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Curtis, Mary
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustration of Lost Creek Log Cabin]
Art print depicting an illustration of the Lost Creek Log Cabin in a state of disrepair. In the foreground of the picture, there is a stone chimney that is falling apart as well as the wooden structure of the building that is also falling apart. Under the drawing, "Lost Creek Log Cabin circa 1872" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Curtis, Mary
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustration of the Eanes-Marshall Home]
Art print depicting an illustration of a two story house with outdoor stairs and a wooden fence in the front. There is a bed frame to the left of the house and a rocking chair on the porch and below the drawing "Eanes-Marshall Home Built 1857" is printed as well as "69/100" and "Curtis" handwritten in pencil.
Date:
1983~
Creator:
Curtis, Mary
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Installation Text]
Photograph of an art installation text titled "Contributions of Our Food from the Americas" listing various foods in English, Spanish, and Nahuatl; in the background there is a drawing of a cactus.
Date:
1992
Creator:
Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Alumni]
Photocopy of an interview with Myrtle Blankenship Treadwell, Pauline Becker, Ellen Seals, and Frank Spiller about the happenings of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse in the thirties and forties. The interview goes into the start of the hot lunch program started by the PTA mothers of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students. The interview also talks about the influx of people into the Spiller Hill area and how that inevitably drove out the "hillbillies" that lived there previously but could not afford the rent to stay there.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Earl Short]
Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Earl Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about multiple murders that occurred in the Westlake, Texas area, as well as the lives of several families in the area.
Date:
June 18, 1982
Creator:
Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Edna Blair Davis, July 2, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Edna Blair Davis, born Ellen Jane Blair in 1895. She is a long-time resident of the Central Texas region, from Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers her family life, businesses run by her family, her education, and relations of hers throughout the Austin area.
Date:
July 2, 1984
Creator:
DiGesualdo, Jane & Davis, Edna Blair
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard]
Transcription of an interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard written in a Blue Book about the rise of the Eanes area as well as the life and times of the Beard family. The essay goes into land development, PTA, and prohibition.
Date:
1975
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Gertrude Johnson]
Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Gertrude Johnson, a long time resident of Deep Eddy, Texas. She talks about her work with the church and school in the area and how at one point the garden that she grew produced a 17.5 pound sweet potato. She also mentions her time as a teacher in the Eanes area and the frequency of which entire classes would not show up to school. At the bottom of the page there is a typed recipe for "Mrs. Johnson's unbaked cookies" as well as handwritten text that seems to be listing out the names of other families who lives in the area.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
Eanes History Center
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with James Short]
Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about what is was like growing up in Westlake Hills in the forties. He talks about students he remembers and notable incidents that occurred, such as an "egg fight" on the bus that started up - one egg being rotten.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Mr. Elliot]
Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Mr. Elliot. The interview goes into detail about Elliot's upbringing at Noack's Crossing and his eventual move to Eanes County.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Eanes History Center
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart]
Photocopy of a set of notes from an interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart that include his age as well as notes about the Young and Brown family and guns.
Date:
July 17, 1986
Creator:
Eanes History Center
Object Type:
Paper
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
[Kappa Alpha House at UT]
Photograph of eighteen young men in suits and ties posing in three rows on the front porch of the Kappa Alpha house at UT Austin. The names of many of the men are noted on the back of the photograph.
Date:
1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kids Breakdancing]
Photograph of someone breakdancing on a mat in an art gallery with various young people watching; five young men stand around the mat while four more sit in chairs and watch, and several more people are standing and watching on the left.
Date:
[1985..1987]
Creator:
Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Camila, February 13, 1975]
Photocopy of a letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to a woman named Camila. The letter goes into details about Johnson's time as a teacher at the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse and she also inquires about the Marshall family and states that there are probably books about them in the Travis Country Library.
Date:
February 13, 1975
Creator:
Johnson, Mary Mowinckle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976]
Photocopy of a letter from Mary Johnson to Stanley Depwe discussing the addition of a marker board to the Eanes School. She also goes on to talk about her daughter and her friend Camila, who had an operation and is healing well. Included in the letter is also a short biography of Mowinckle's life, detailing her birth as well as her time in school.
Date:
February 12, 1976
Creator:
Johnson, Mary Mowinckle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Littlefield Fountain]
Photograph of the Littlefield Fountain at the University of Texas at Austin with the UT tower and several trees in the background.
Date:
August 1936
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Airbrushing Tombstones]
Photograph of a man bent-over airbrushing tombstones on the floor and a shirtless man standing next to him watching.
Date:
1985
Creator:
Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History