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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]

Description: Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and … more
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Train Engine #907 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #907 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "907" is visible on the front of the engine. A wooden pole stands in the foreground on the left. Additional tracks lay on other side. Another train sits on the tracks in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "El Paso, Texas Nov 1st 1953."
Date: November 1, 1953
Creator: Burke, W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Letter from Truett Latimer to George Cates, March 26, 1953]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Truett Latimer to George Cates discussing his thanks for hospitality shown to Latimer and other representatives by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and stating that he voted in favor of legislation related to a college and "experimental station" in the area.
Date: March 26, 1953
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from J. C. Machuca to John J. Herrera - 1953-12-29]

Description: Letter from J. C. Machuca of La Tuna, Texas and El Paso Men's LULAC Council Number 132, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Past National President, dated December 29, 1953. Machuca requests photograph and short narrative of Herrera's years as National President to publish in the Silver Jubilee issue of the LULAC News.
Date: December 29, 1953
Creator: Machuca, J. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Newspaper Clipping of Marie Windsor, Lloyd Bridges and Sam Myres]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a photograph with the caption "Marie Windsor and Lloyd Bridges, stars of 'The Tall Texan,' which is now showing at the Ellanay Theater, visit with El Paso's Tio Sam Myers [sic] during their stay in El Paso last week. -- (Photo by Arcy)." In the image, Myres (center) is posing with Windsor (left) and Bridges (right) behind two saddles that have decorative leatherwork. Myres is wearing a dark-colored suit and Windsor and Bridges are wearing light-colored western-style clot… more
Date: 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955]

Description: This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson… more
Date: 1953/1955
Duration: 30 minutes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.766332 -96.803122
Partner: UNT Media Library

El Paso

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: 31.50 -107.00
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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