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[Article for Westbank Picayune] (open access)

[Article for Westbank Picayune]

Photocopy of an article written for Westbank Picayune by Dona Price. The article goes into the addition of a grocery store to the Westbank area and what a big change that was to the community, considering that the closest grocery store that they had was miles away.
Date: July 7, 1996
Creator: Price, Donna
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart] (open access)

[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
[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family] (open access)

[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
Eanes: Portrait of a Community (open access)

Eanes: Portrait of a Community

This book describes the history of the Eanes community area. It discusses the geology and Native American history, as well as an overview of the community's start in the mid-1800s and development through 1986.
Date: 1986
Creator: Vance, Linda
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes about W. L Beard] (open access)

[Notes about W. L Beard]

Photocopy of a transcription of a taped interview with W. L. Beard. Beard goes into his time in the Eanes County area, talking about when the dam broke and many had to abandon the riverside as well as the construction of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse.
Date: October 4, 1983
Creator: Eanes History Center
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 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
[Interview with Earl Short] (open access)

[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
[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade] (open access)

[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
[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of handwritten notes about the Jackson family and Jackson cemetery, the notes include information about what the landscape was like in the Eanes area as well as a smallpox epidemic in the Austin area that left many deceased and buried in the Jackson cemetery.
Date: 1980
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Essay by Laura Castro] (open access)

[Essay by Laura Castro]

Photocopy of an essay on how the Dellana family came to reside in Rollingwood, Texas. Castro talks about Condado Dellana's immigration from Italy to the United States and how he eventually moved to Texas to help build the capitol building in Austin. Years later, Condado discovered a cave in Rollingwood that produced extremely good fertilizer due to the guano from the bats that lived in the cave. He eventually bought the property that the cave was on and started selling the fertilizer to nurseries around the state.
Date: February 27, 1976
Creator: Castro, Laura
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976] (open access)

[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
Eanes: A History of the School and Community (open access)

Eanes: A History of the School and Community

Text describing the Eanes community and the history of the school district. It discusses the origins of the city of Austin and the development of the school, with transcribed supporting documents.
Date: 1976
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy McRae
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Growing up in Westlake Hills] (open access)

[Growing up in Westlake Hills]

Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short, an alumnus of Eanes Elementary School from Westlake Hills. He goes on to talk about what life was like as a student at Eanes School, and recalls the various incidents that occurred such as bees being let loose in the school bus, a bonfire being built in the middle of the road to stop the bus from arriving to school, and fights between the students.
Date: 1976
Creator: Short, James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Della Edwards]

Photograph of Della Edwards, the first Eanes ISD bus driver, standing next to an Eanes school bus that has its doors open. She is wearing a dark suit with a light-colored shirt and necklace. On the back of the photograph, "137488" is written in pencil.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of West Lake High School]

Photograph of the exterior of West Lake High School. There are multiple cars in the parking lot of the picture as well as a tree in the foreground.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Westlake High School]

Photograph of the front of Westlake Highschool. There are multiple cars in the parking lot as well as trees and a flag pole.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Westlake High School]

Photograph of Westlake High School in 1976. The picture shows the building in the background as well as cars in the parking lot and two trees in the forefront of the picture.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 11, Number 1, November 1975 (open access)

The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 11, Number 1, November 1975

Book containing historical articles about Texas counties and towns, as well as important historical figures.
Date: November 1975
Creator: Texas Gulf Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinckle Johnson, April 28, 1975] (open access)

[Oral History Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinckle Johnson, April 28, 1975]

Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Mary Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, included is also a survey that was filled out by Mary Johnson asking her about what life was like at the Eanes School as well as her role as a teacher at the time. The letter from Johnson talks about a picture that was found by Johnson that she feels Depwe could be interested in as well a robbery that occurred in which Johnson's watch and fountain pen fillers were stolen.
Date: April 28, 1975
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy & Johnson, Mary Ellen Mowinckle
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Camila, February 13, 1975] (open access)

[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
[Interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard] (open access)

[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
[Notes from an Interview with Mike Molberg] (open access)

[Notes from an Interview with Mike Molberg]

Typewritten notes from an interview with Mike Molberg. Molberg talks about his time at Eanes School and what a typical day was like for the students who attended as well as a list of women who taught at Eanes School and what time periods they were teaching. At the top right of the document "VF People: Eanes Area - 1975 (Molberg)" is written in pen with "Johnson" written under it in pencil.
Date: 1975
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History