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[Letterhead for Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society]

Description: Blank sheet of stationery with letterhead for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society listing the names of the president and three vice presidents in the upper-left corner and the treasurer and secretary with address in the upper-right corner. The name of the organization is written in cursive at the top of the page with the text "We meet at the Hebrew Institute, 819 Taylor Street" above blank lines to add the date, pre-printed with "19__."
Date: 19XX
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas

Description: Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
Date: 1962
Creator: Brent, Millard Doan
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

[World Trade Center Travel Agency #1]

Description: Photograph of a travel agency in the Dallas World Trade Center. It occupies a small unit with an undecorated glass facade, with an unoccupied front desk between two short walls. Each of the walls contains pictures and advertisements to other places such as Walt Disney World, Arizona, and San Francisco. Handbags, a small and blue Eiffel Tower, and a cardboard cutout of travel agents and pilots are placed along the walls. The front desk contains a potted plant and some papers. The room is illumin… more
Date: 1974~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[World Trade Center Travel Agency #2]

Description: Photograph of a travel agency in the Dallas World Trade Center. It occupies a small unit with an undecorated glass facade, with an unoccupied front desk between two short walls. Each of the walls contains pictures and advertisements to other places such as France, Mexico, and Africa. Handbags, a small and blue Eiffel Tower, and a cardboard cutout of travel agents and pilots are placed along the walls. The room is illuminated by recessed light fixtures.
Date: 1974~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Mooreville Boosters]

Description: Photograph of the "Mooreville Boosters", possibly part of a parade of cars in either Mooreville or Lorena. The cars carry banners with words painted on them. A band stands in front of the cars, holding drums, trumpets, and horns. A row of shops is visible in the background, including the Evans-Westbrook Mercantile Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hill
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Apparel Mart Docks]

Description: Photograph of the docks at the Apparel Mart. Depicted is a large storage room with platform trucks and dollies situated in a niche at center, and stacks of lumber and boxes at right alongside the entrance for a shipping and receiving office. Two workers stand next to the platform trucks, one walking towards the back of the room, where there is an entrance to the post office.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Elevators]

Description: Photograph of elevators in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. The elevator at right is open, and the one at left, partially obscured, is closed. A sign above the elevator button points directions towards the "market time check-in desk" on the fourth floor and the "post office".
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Exhibition Showroom]

Description: Photograph of a showroom in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. At right, several people show multicolored gowns and dresses to producers with papers seated at tables in front of them. A similar group of producers and industrialists listen to a man in a plaid suit talking in front of their table. The room is decorated with potted plants, chandeliers, and small paper posters.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Office Hallways]

Description: Photograph of a hallway leading to business offices in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. A sign on the front wall at center refers to "men's hair styling". At right is an elevated chair with a footrest, placed on a platform with cups, bottles, and a floor mat. Below the platform are normal red and yellow chairs.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

A History of Bonham, Texas

Description: Book outlining the early history of Bonham, Texas, including information about people, businesses, development of municipal services and government, and other related topics, organized into four main sections: Early Pioneer Days (1836-1861), War Period (1861-1865), Period of Reconstruction (1865-1875), and Later Development (1875-1929).
Date: 1929
Creator: Bonham High School. American History Class.
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Fifth Street, South from Austin Avenue]

Description: Postcard image of Fifth Street, looking south from Austin Avenue, in Waco, Texas. The road is at center, paved and filled with carriages and pedestrians, with a streetcar rail line embedded into the street. Large multi-storied stone and brick buildings stand on all four corners of the street, including a drug store with a prominent sign at right, and a home furnishings store in a light-colored building at left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Trade Mart Signs]

Description: Photograph of two signs at the Dallas Trade Mart. The upper sign states that "admission [is] restricted to registered buyers. Please show credentials at reception desk for passes." The lower sign gives rules of admission, stating that buyers have to register at the registration desk, friends of buyers or non-business individuals are not permitted to shop here, and a further stipulation saying "certain rules and policies must be adhered to at all times." The signs are tacked onto a pillar in fro… more
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

Oral History Interview with San Jose Luis Sanchez, May 4, 2022

Description: Transcript of an interview with San Jose Luis Sanchez, owner of Sanchez Barber Shop in Kerrville. Sanchez traces his own history as a musician and a member of the National Guard, his family history to the establishment of the barber shop, its unfortunate closure due to the Covid-10 Pandemic, and plans to reopen.
Date: May 4, 2022
Creator: Jones, Mary Elaine & Sanchez, San Jose Luis
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with San Jose Luis Sanchez, May 4, 2022

Description: Interview with San Jose Luis Sanchez, owner of Sanchez Barber Shop in Kerrville. Sanchez traces his own history as a musician and a member of the National Guard, his family history to the establishment of the barber shop, its unfortunate closure due to the Covid-10 Pandemic, and plans to reopen.
Date: May 4, 2022
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Jones, Mary Elaine & Sanchez, San Jose Luis
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Linda Reynolds Gibson, March 30, 2022

Description: Transcript of an interview with Linda Reynolds Gibson, an educator from Kerrville. Gibson discusses her family, education, teaching positions, her participation in the establishment of a childcare center at Tivy High School for young mothers , and her role of mentorship throughout her career.
Date: March 30, 2022
Duration: 48 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Jones, Mary Elaine & Gibson, Linda Reynolds
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Dr. Bill Blackburn, April 20, 2022

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dr. Bill Blackburn, Kerrville pastor, author, and mayor. Blackburn discusses his family, education, call to ministry, service as a Family Life Consultant to the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention, leadership in many community-based service organizations, and terms as Mayor of Kerrville.
Date: April 20, 2022
Creator: Jones, Mary Elaine & Blackburn, Bill
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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