An essay chronicling research pertaining to the history of early Abilene (TX) Mexican Americans. Notable themes include the education of Hispanics and the Catholic Church and Mexican Americans. Also included are lists of burials at the Abilene Cemetery (1880-1919), Callahan County Birth Records before 1900, Taylor County Birth Records, 1885-1920, Callahan County Marriages, 190-1920, and Abilene Marriage Licenses, 1886-1898. There is also an interview with Fernando "Fred" Santibanez, a descendant of one of the oldest Mexican American families in Abilene.

A photocopy of two pages from a baptismal record book from Abilene, TX and surrounding areas from 1907-1908. Included cities are Hamlin, Sweetwater, Anson, Roscoe, and Clyde.

A photocopy of a photograph of Rev. Benjamin Rodarte. On the reverse of the photo was written, "A Mexican exiled priest took charge of the Mexican work as assistant to Fr. Henry Knufer in Aug. 1928. Died Dec. 22, 1929, in Abilene Baptist Sanitarium in consequence of an operation for gall stones."

A photocopy of a page from a marriage record book from Clyde, Texas.

A sketch of the first St. Francis Mission Mexican Combination Church and School and Sisters House in Abilene (TX), built by Rev. R. A. Gerken, now Archbishop of Santa Fe, NM. The house was occupied for 18 months by Mexican Sisters of the Order of Maria Guadalpupe, exiled from Mexico during the Caranza Revolution. One of the Sisters, nursing the sick during the Flu, died here and is buried here.