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[Typed Interview with Dan Molberg] (open access)

[Typed Interview with Dan Molberg]

Photocopy of an interview with Dan Molberg who talks about what life was like for students at Eanes Rock Schoolhouse in the 1940's. He describes how classes were held in two rooms known as the "big room" and "little room" and goes on to talk about the different meals that were served each day. The interview also consists of details about how recess was held, PTA events, and fundraisers that occurred during this time.
Date: 1975
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recorded Conversation with Emmett Robert Shelton Sr.] (open access)

[Recorded Conversation with Emmett Robert Shelton Sr.]

Photocopy of an oral history with Emmett Robert Shelton Sr. detailing the land development of Austin and the life and times of the Brackenridge family. Shelton goes into how Austin was developed as well as various laws that were passed during this time. He also talks about interactions with the Native people of the area - the Comanche and how they were allowed to come into the country to trade.
Date: June 1974
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biography of Gertrude Johnson and Winnie Johnson] (open access)

[Biography of Gertrude Johnson and Winnie Johnson]

Photocopy of a biography of Gertrude (Mrs. Frank A.) Johnson and Winnie (Mrs. E. W.) Johnson that talks about the two women as founding members of the Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. The document also states that the two women will be given "Honorary Life Memberships in the Women of the Church" for their work through out the years to the church. At the bottom of the first page there is "From Church: Westlake Presbyterian Church Collection, Notebook" handwritten in pen.
Date: 1971
Creator: Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Marshall and Dorothy Depwe]

Photograph of Bruce Marshall and Dorothy Depwe in the Eanes-Marshall Cemetary looking down at a tombstone. Marshall is wearing a white shirt and striped pants and Depwe is wearing a patterned top and brown skirt and is holding what seems to be a piece of paper. There are multiple tombstones around them as well as trees and other shrubbery.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas] (open access)

[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas]

Photocopy of a list of ten cemeteries in the Austin, Texas area with brief descriptions about each one. The first cemetery description title is cut off and the numbering is hand written though the description is typed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children in a Wagon]

Photograph of children in a wooden wagon. The child in the center of the photo is holding a long pole of some sort and wearing a hat, all of the children are looking straight towards the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eanes School Picnic]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students on a picnic at Smith Creek. The children are seated on rocks and are surrounded by trees and other shrubbery and under the picture "30's" is written in blue pen. On the back of the photograph "Eanes School Picnic 1930's" is also written in blue pen as well as "110%" in pencil.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Essay about Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Essay about Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of an essay titled "Jackson Cemetery, Travis County, Texas" and under that "Its Value as an Historical Landmark". The essay goes into the creation of the cemetery and how the lot was purchased as well as the fact that much of the information from the essay comes from interviews conducted by Melissa W.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Essay about the Carlson Family] (open access)

[Essay about the Carlson Family]

Photocopy of a handwritten report about the the Carlson family of the Eanes area. The essay mostly focuses on Oscar Carlson, the son of John Hendrik Carlson and a Swedish woman named Morning Star and their life in the Eanes County area. On the front of the essay, "9th Grade 1304 Constant Spring Dr. 327-0350" is written in black pen.
Date: unknown
Creator: Swenson, Suzy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Photograph of four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students standing in front of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse building. There are two girls in dresses and two boys in shirts and pants in the picture as well as a dog and man bending down in the background. The photograph is torn on the top right corner and there are brown stains on the left of the border of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Boy Scouts]

Photograph of a group of Boy Scouts having a meeting at the Eanes Community Church. There are eight boys in the picture, the boy second to the left is wearing a Boy Scout uniform while the other boys are all wearing regular clothing. On the back of the photograph "Eanes Community Church Boyscouts" is handwritten in black pen as well as a one with a circle around in the top right corner. The photograph is quite damaged, with tape holding it together in the bottom left corner and in the middle as well as multiple tears and discoloration.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Alumni] (open access)

[Interview with Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Alumni]

Photocopy of an interview with Myrtle Blankenship Treadwell, Pauline Becker, Ellen Seals, and Frank Spiller about the happenings of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse in the thirties and forties. The interview goes into the start of the hot lunch program started by the PTA mothers of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students. The interview also talks about the influx of people into the Spiller Hill area and how that inevitably drove out the "hillbillies" that lived there previously but could not afford the rent to stay there.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with James Short] (open access)

[Interview with James Short]

Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about what is was like growing up in Westlake Hills in the forties. He talks about students he remembers and notable incidents that occurred, such as an "egg fight" on the bus that started up - one egg being rotten.
Date: unknown
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Mr. Elliot] (open access)

[Interview with Mr. Elliot]

Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Mr. Elliot. The interview goes into detail about Elliot's upbringing at Noack's Crossing and his eventual move to Eanes County.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bruce Marshall]

Photograph of Bruce Marshall at Eanes-Marshall Cemetary. He is leaning on a fence and looking straight towards the camera and behind him are trees and a tombstone. On the back of the photograph, "137470" is written in pencil.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students posing in front of a brick building. There are seven boys and one girl and all of the children are directly facing the camera and there is a tan border around the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students Outside]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students playing outside during a picnic. There is a brick house to the left of the picture and several trees in the picture as well students running around and playing. On the back of the photograph "gift from Betsy Linden Dyker" is written in blue pen.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Humble Dealership]

Photograph of the Humble Dealership and Gas Station that was located next to Beard's store. The store has two gas pumps in the front as well as a sign to the side that reads, "HUMBLE DEALER". The store itself has several windows in the front as well as a stone chimney to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Johnson House]

Photograph of the house that was owned by Frank Johnson. The house is two stories and seems to be made primarily out of wood, there are trees and bushes surrounding the house a well as a wood and wire fence that can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. On the back of the picture there is "Johnson house" and "24-A 12" handwritten in black pen.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report about the City of West Lake Hills] (open access)

[Report about the City of West Lake Hills]

Photocopy of an essay detailing the rise of the city of West Lake Hills, the essay goes into detail about how the Eanes School came to be as well as the rise of the small businesses in the town that helped build up the infrastructure of the city.
Date: unknown
Creator: Langham, Baibana
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Typed Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinkle] (open access)

[Typed Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinkle]

Typed interview from Mary Ellen Mowinckle (later Johnson) talking about her time as a teacher at Eanes Rock Schoolhouse. Mowinckle recalls how she acquired the position and the times she spent teaching and disciplining her students, as well as the time that a case of Measles broke out and only two students were able to come to class.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Westlake Hills History: The Johnson Family] (open access)

[Westlake Hills History: The Johnson Family]

Photocopy of an article about the Johnson family, particularly Charles Johnson and his wife, Emilia Johnson.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eanes Elementary Class Photograph]

Photograph of Eanes Elementary students with their teacher. This picture seems to be the official class photo for the yearbook, the students are arranged in four rows with the teacher standing to the right side.
Date: 1965
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
1958 Travis County Rural Directory (open access)

1958 Travis County Rural Directory

Directory and classified buyers guide for Travis County, Texas. Included is an alphabetical listing of the names of Travis County residents and business concerns, a listing of house numbers by road, an alphabetical listing of farms by type of farming done, and a classified advertisement section and buyers guide.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History