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Interview with Edna Blair Davis, July 2, 1984

Description: Transcript of an interview with Edna Blair Davis, born Ellen Jane Blair in 1895. She is a long-time resident of the Central Texas region, from Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers her family life, businesses run by her family, her education, and relations of hers throughout the Austin area.
Date: July 2, 1984
Creator: DiGesualdo, Jane & Davis, Edna Blair
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

History of the Volunteer Fire Department, 1884---1984

Description: Paper documenting the history of Round Rock's fire department, including information on equipment, mascots, the Girl Pumper Team, and Robert G. Griffith, a long time educator and resident of Round Rock who served as mayor. Footnotes and a bibliography appear on pages 26 and 27.
Date: January 1984
Creator: Ward, Lerlene Womble
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

Interview with Norman Dedear, February 25, 1981

Description: Transcript of an interview with Norman Dedear, an 82 year old man from Round Rock, Texas, whose ancestors arrived in in Texas in 1850. The interview covers Dedear's childhood and education, his career endeavors, and descriptions of the Round Rock area at different point in his life.
Date: February 25, 1981
Creator: England, Kenneth & Dedear, Norman
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

[Interview with Ernest Anderson, Xenia Voigt, and Mrs. D. B. Greg, April 5, 1981]

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ernest Anderson, Xenia Voigt, and Mrs. D. B. Greg, all from Round Rock, Texas. There are several spots in the transcript where the speaker is unknown, and there are handwritten notes on the pages made by an unknown person. The interview is an oral history meeting that covers things like education, farming, travel, business, and courtship from the interviewees' lives.
Date: April 5, 1981
Creator: Fulkes, C. D.; Anderson, Ernest; Voigt, Xenia & Gregg, Mrs. D. B.
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

Current Land Use Round Rock, Texas, 1988

Description: Map showing the usage of Round Rock's land in 1987 broken down into the following categories: single family, duplex, multi-family, commercial, industrial, government, schools, churches and cemeteries, recreational, and vacant. On the back is a community profile covering: geography, transportation, government, growth, climate, character, demographics, population building permits,employment, occupation, income, community facilities, park facilities, an ;and use.
Date: 1988
Creator: Round Rock Department of Planning and Community Development
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

Historic and Symbolic Aspects of Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery

Description: Two papers combined into one for a university class that together discuss the history of both the Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery, as well as their layouts, evolution since the 19th century, and the specific graves of Sam Bass, Vander Barbette, and Virginia Masterson. Excerpts from an interview with Joe Lee Johnson, whose father had been a slave, are also included.
Date: 1985
Creator: Bose, Ted John & Herrera, JuliAnne
Partner: Round Rock Public Library
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