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My Grandparent's Ancestry

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the author's grandmother's and grandfather's ancestry, Fransiscia (McIntire) Dominquez and Alex Dominquez, respectively.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Dominquez, Tommy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Dowes of Pinto Canyon

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Biography of George Dawson

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the rancher George Dawson from Shafter, Texas, who during his lifetime managed two large ranges, "El Rancho Del Pajorito" and "La Mora." In 1918, Dawson was called to the Army for World War I and was stationed in France for a year. Dawson spent the remainder of his life maintaining the two ranches with his wife, Juana Dawson, who was the main contributor of the information in this paper.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Bustillos, Albert, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Belle of the Ball

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a fictitious story explaining scenes, people, and events a young woman in the early 1900s might have experienced.
Date: January 21, 1971
Creator: Newton, Larue
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

There's Nobody Like Him

Description: This is a paper describing the life of the cowboys and cattle ranchers from the early 1900s to the present day in the Marfa, Texas area.
Date: February 21, 1977
Creator: Steen, Jettie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[News Script: Treaty ratification]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Richard Nixon requesting the United States senate to ratify a treaty to end boundary disputes with Mexico.
Date: 1971-04-21T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Elementary School Certificate, 1937]

Description: Elementary school certificate presented to Lidia Lerma Lyles for completing her elementary school education. The certificate is signed by J. E. Gregg, superintendent; F. A. Jordan, president; Jesse Blackwell, principal; and John E. MacDonald, secretary.
Date: May 21, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Matta Family

The United Stated Border Patrol

Description: This is a research paper written by Judi Hickey for an American History Class at Marfa High School on November 21, 1966. It discusses the beginnings of the US Border Patrol and specifically some stories of the one located at Marfa, Texas.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Hickey, Judi
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Border Patrol, It's History and Organization in Marfa

Description: Report by Mark Covington for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1966. It tells the history of the U.S. Border Patrol in Marfa, Texas, why it was necessary and some of the laws governing immigration. There are stories about liquor and dope smuggling, wetbacks, and activities during WWII.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Covington, Mark
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of lower records have been reported at few places in Texas as freezing weather engulfs the entire state.
Date: December 21, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Ray I. Mehan, December 21, 1955]

Description: Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Ray I. Mehan discussing about a possibility for selling some of the west Texas properties and so, requested cotton production records for these appropriately divided across different areas for year 1955 or 1954 and wished Mr. Mehan a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
Date: December 21, 1955
Creator: Oppenheimer, Dan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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