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[Historic Marker Application: The Armstrong Ranch House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: The Armstrong Ranch House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Armstrong Ranch House, in Sarita, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-291 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-291

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a Kleberg County grand jury is authorized to return an indictment for an offense that was committed in Kenedy County (RQ-626)
Date: May 2, 1994
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gone with the Wind: Windsurfing at Padre Island National Seashore's Bird Island Basin (open access)

Gone with the Wind: Windsurfing at Padre Island National Seashore's Bird Island Basin

Text for an article about windsurfing that was published in the August 2002 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2002-08~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Windsurfing resources] (open access)

[Windsurfing resources]

Resource list for an article about windsurfing that was published in the August 2002 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2002-08~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Abelino Alviar. Alviar joined the Army in May of 1944. In early 1945, he joined the 778th Anti-aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. They deployed to Le Havre, France, and traveled to Munich, Germany, arriving after the Battle of the Ardennes. Alviar provided guard duty, and served as a gunner on the half-track supporting the 1st Infantry Division as they fought into Germany. He also worked as a translator and helped transport supplies to the front line. He returned home and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: March 14, 2003
Creator: Alviar, Abelino
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interesting Texans (open access)

Interesting Texans

Document containing the concept for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2013-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Research on Donna Shaver] (open access)

[Research on Donna Shaver]

Research on Donna Shaver compiled for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2013-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texans Extraordinaire (open access)

Texans Extraordinaire

Text for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2013-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library