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Employees of Nu-Way Grocery Store

Photograph of Mr. Cano and Alfredo Rodriguez, employees at the Nu-Way Grocery Store in Marfa, Texas. They are behind the meat counter.
Date: 1974~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Employees of Nu-Way Grocery Store

Photograph of Jesse Chavez, Eaton Wells and Mike Bales, employees at the Nu-Way Grocery Store in Marfa, Texas.
Date: 1974~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jess Clay Evans Jr. and his Family

Photographs of Jess Evans and his family. This page is part of a 1977 report for a history class at Marfa High School by Jess Evans.
Date: 1977~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
American History Paper (open access)

American History Paper

Paper written for an American History class at Marfa High School by Andrew Wells on January 13, 1975. It consists of descriptions of photographs of the Brite Ranch near Marfa. The photos include the Brite family, ranch hands and other employees who worked on the ranch, buildings, and livestock.
Date: January 13, 1975
Creator: Wells, Andrew
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Picture Report by McMinn White (open access)

A Picture Report by McMinn White

Paper by McMinn White that describes photographs of the Brite Ranch. Photos included, the Texas Rangers, alfalfa fields, the ranch's headquarters, and some of the ranch hands.
Date: 1975
Creator: White, McMinn
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Mrs. W.E. Vandevere (open access)

Letter from Mrs. W.E. Vandevere

A handwritten letter from Mrs. W.E. Vandevere on May 15, 1975 to someone named Lee thanking them for their tribute to her father, L.C. Brite. Included u=is a poem she sent with the letter called, "The Camp Meeting" by Ester Vale Secrest.
Date: May 15, 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carolina Borunda (open access)

Carolina Borunda

Portionof a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975. It describes three photographs of Carolina Palomo Bondura. The information came from her daughter, Carolina Borunda Humphries.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Borunda Family (open access)

The Borunda Family

Report written for a Marfa High School history class by Paul Spitzer on December 7, 1970. The paper briefly tells the story of Carolina Palomo and Cipriano Borunda. Carolina ran the Old Borunda Cafe. It covers their childhoods, their relocation to Marfa with their families, their marriage, their businesses, and their deaths. It includes a hand-drawn family tree.
Date: December 7, 1970
Creator: Spitzer, Paul
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star (open access)

Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star

This paper tells the story of a joke that Joe Bunton played on Robert Humphris, his cousin when they were children. Wil Cross wrote this paper for his American History class at Marfa High School in 1976.
Date: 1976
Creator: Cross, Wil
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beta Sigma Phi Members (open access)

Beta Sigma Phi Members

Page with a photograph and description of three members of Beta Sigma Phi. They are preparing Christmas decorations for an upcoming dance. Pictured (L-R): Mrs. Jack Brunson, Mrs. Charlie Henderson, and Mrs. Carl Robinson.
Date: 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
History and Organization of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (open access)

History and Organization of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Research paper for an American History class at Marfa High School, written by Debbie Henderson on December 7, 1970. The paper gives the history of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, with extensive coverage of the U.S. Border Patrol at Marfa, Texas. It includes information about smugglers during prohibition, patrolmen's uniforms, the minimum requirements to join the U. S. Border Patrol, as well as the names of the staff people at the Marfa Headquarters in 1971.
Date: December 7, 1970
Creator: Henderson, Debbie
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hans Briam (open access)

Hans Briam

Research paper written by Martha Dempsey for a class at Marfa High School in 1972. The paper is about the ancestors and life of Hans Briam. He was a merchant in San Antonio and Marfa, Texas in the early twentieth century. His slogan was, "I never sleep".
Date: 1972
Creator: Dempsey, Martha
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Collection of George and Galen McCallum (open access)

Bottle Collection of George and Galen McCallum

Report by Galen McCallum about her collection of glass bottles.It gives a brief history of glass bottles, from individually blown glass bottles to manufactured bottles, descriptions of various bottles and some uses of glass bottles. Pages are included with descriptions of photos that were part of this report.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: McCallum, Galen
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
It's a Corker (open access)

It's a Corker

History Thesis by Carleen Pirtle about glass bottles, written in januyary 1971. The paper gives a brief history of different types of glass bottles: whiskeys, bitters, medicines, house-holds, and drink bottles - beer, wine, soda water. It discusses why these bottles are so interesting and how some of them were made. It also has six pages of hand-drawn examples of bottles. Note cards are included at the end that may have been used to describe specific bottles.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Pirtle, Carleen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Extinction and Return of the Bighorn Sheep in Texas (open access)

The Extinction and Return of the Bighorn Sheep in Texas

This is a research paper written by Paula Kilpatric for an American History Class at Marfa High School on April 15, 1975. It discusses the bighorn sheep population in the Big Bend area.
Date: April 15, 1975
Creator: Kilpatric, Paula
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Businesses in Marfa] (open access)

[Businesses in Marfa]

Report by Glenn Garcia for an American History class at marfa High School in January 1974. It is about businesses in Marfa, Texas based on his interviews with Jesusita Brito of Chuy's Place and Robert Martinez of Sandy's Grocery Store.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Garcia, Glenn
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wildllife of the Big Bend (open access)

Wildllife of the Big Bend

Research paper written for an American History Class at Marfa High School, describing a day in the Big Bend area and noting all the wildlife one might see. It includes free-hand drawings of many animals and birds.
Date: 1971
Creator: Slaton, Harvey
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Businesses in Marfa] (open access)

[Businesses in Marfa]

Report by Martha Sue Horn for an American History class at marfa High School in January 1974. It is about businesses in Marfa, Texas based on her interviews with business owners and employees at Eddie Pierce Motors, Inc., the Marfa Public Library, the Nu-Way Grocery Store, Colomo's Handy Store and Genevieve's Beauty Shop.
Date: January 10, 1974
Creator: Horn, Martha Sue
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maria Baeza (open access)

Maria Baeza

Page accompanying and describing a photograph of Maria Baeza, wife of Catarino Prieto, who was the owner of the Exxon station in Marfa in 1975.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Brito (open access)

Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Brito

Paper describing a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Brito in 1910. They were both born in Cuchillo Parado, Mexico. Mr. Brito was a high-ranking officer for Pancho Villa. He was killed by Mexican Federalists during a raid in Chihuahua. His wife died of old age in Marfa, Texas.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mr. Nestor Baeza (open access)

Mr. Nestor Baeza

Pages from a research paper by Frank Baeza for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1975. The pages describe three photographs from 1917 - 1920 of Nestor Baeza with men surveying his land and making sotol, a drink similar to tequilla.
Date: 1975
Creator: Baeza, Frank
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words] (open access)

[One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words]

This is a research paper written by Jaime Javier Vasquez for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1978. It is about the early photographers in Marfa and the West Texas area. These men and women documented the landscape, the people and events of the early 20th century in that area. The author found little information about these photographers personally but included what he did uncover.
Date: 1978
Creator: Vasquez, Jaime Javier
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lillian Mary Elder Bowman (open access)

Lillian Mary Elder Bowman

This is a research paper written by Wil Cross for an American History Class at Marfa High School in January 1977.
Date: January 1977
Creator: Cross, Wil
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
1930 Wedding (open access)

1930 Wedding

This is a paper accompanying a photograph, written by Danny Roman for an American History Class at Marfa High School on February 21, 1978. It describes a wedding party.
Date: February 21, 1978
Creator: Roman, Danny
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History