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
Oral History Interview with Wheeler Emerson Mosty, October 14, 2009 captions transcript

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.
Date: October 14, 2009
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Mosty, Wheeler Emerson
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 captions transcript

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.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 transcript

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.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, January 14, 2008 captions transcript

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, Elsa Mona Guthrie
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Kerr Current Family Chronicles, Our Families: The Way We Were, Volume 1, 2006 (open access)

West Kerr Current Family Chronicles, Our Families: The Way We Were, Volume 1, 2006

Special edition newspaper from the West Kerr Current of Kerr County, Texas, based on interviews and written by Irene Van Winkle, that details the history of some of the families that contributed to the early pioneering of the area.
Date: 2006
Creator: West Kerr Current
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
More Texas Tales (open access)

More Texas Tales

Book of anecdotes by Bob Ramsey, a hunter, rancher, and wildlife specialist about growing up and living in Texas Hill Country.
Date: 2002
Creator: Ramsey, Bob
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History