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[Article for Westbank Picayune]

Description: 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
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[Biography of Gertrude Johnson and Winnie Johnson]

Description: 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
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[Bruce Marshall and Dorothy Depwe]

Description: 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
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[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas]

Description: 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
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[Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Class]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students in class. The students are seated at their desks and facing the photographer with the teacher standing in the back in front of the black board. There is handwritten text on back of photo that says: "Kay Ort Orell (student). Old Rock school house, her 1956 class."
Date: 1956
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[Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students posing in front of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse building. On the back of the photograph, there is cursive writing in pen as well as "A 3 3" printed as well as "gift from Betsy Linden Dyker 1939" is handwritten in blue.
Date: 1939
Creator: Dyker, Betsty London
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[Eanes School Picnic]

Description: 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
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[Essay about Jackson Cemetery]

Description: 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
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[Essay about the Carlson Family]

Description: 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
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[Essay by Laura Castro]

Description: 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 nurseri… more
Date: February 27, 1976
Creator: Castro, Laura
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[Four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Description: 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
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[Group of Boy Scouts]

Description: 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… more
Date: unknown
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[Growing up in Westlake Hills]

Description: 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
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[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Description: 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
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[Illustration of Arch Bridge]

Description: 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
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[Illustration of Eanes Frame School]

Description: Art print depicting an illustration of the Eanes Frame School in 1896. The foreground of the picture has the Eanes Frame School with two trees in front of it as well as a water tower beside it and behind the water tower, there is another building. Below the drawing "1896 frame school Eanes area used as a school 'till 1937 then a church 'till 1928" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1896
Creator: Curtis, Mary
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[Illustration of Lost Creek Log Cabin]

Description: 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
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[Illustration of the Eanes-Marshall Home]

Description: 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
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