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My Land, My Heritage, My Hope

Paper submitted to the Junior Historical Society state writing contest held by the Texas State Historical Society, discussing historical landmarks, landscape, and people of Marfa. This written speech accompanied photographic slides (noted in the text with slide numbers).

Date: 1969

Creator: Edwards, Nancy

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer"

This report is a brief biography of Charley Bishop, starting with his parents and describing his entire life.

Date: 1964

Creator: Bentley, Mary Helen

Partner: Marfa Public Library

History of Water in the San Antonio River Valley

This document provides a history of the San Antonio River Valley, following the development of water use and control with the establishment of San Antonio in 1691 through 1920.

Date: September 1970

Creator: Wilson, William Feathergail

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Lone Star Ride Fighting Aids 2006 paper strip]

Unevenly cut paper strip printed with the Lone Star Ride Fighting Aids logo and text for the year 2006. The paper has slight yellowing on both ends and rounded and curling edges on the left end of the strip.

Date: 2006

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cannibalism in the United States

Brief paper about Native American tribes that were allegedly cannibals, including mention of a tribe in California and a lengthy narrative about the author's observations of the second tribe (the Carancahuas), who lived in southern Texas. The text is typed, but has a number of handwritten corrections and additions.

Date: unknown

Creator: Herff, C. A.

Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library