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[Johnny Wigley at Stock Show]

Description: Photograph of a boy with a cowboy hat and a sign hanging from his neck with the number "1" written on it, standing to the left of a cow and holding the animal's lead rope. Two men are standing to the right of the cow, also in cowboy hats and western attire. The boy is identified on the back as Johnny Wigley, grand champion of the Houston Livestock Show, and the two men are identified as Bill Williams and Edgar Brant. The cow has a sign across its back with the name of the stock show and the wo… more
Date: 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

[Jim Bob Steen, Stock Show Champion]

Description: Photograph of Jim Bob Steen wearing light colored pants, buttoned shirt, jacket, and cowboy hat, and posing behind a short but stocky dark and light cow. Steen is holding the cow's lead and both are standing in a patch of scattered hay in front of a brick building. The cow is wearing a banner on its side that reads, "Grand Champion Steer Houston Fat Stock Show & Live Stock Exposition Houston, Texas".
Date: unknown
Creator: Morris, David J. & Morris, Mattie V.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

[Recipe for French Cream of Tomato Soup]

Description: Typed recipe on a card labeled "Houston Country Club, Food Service Department--Recipe" listing ingredients and instructions. It is labeled at the bottom as "French Cream of Tomato Soup," yielding 11 gallons, containing butter, onions, carrots, tomatoes, milk, soda, and boiled rice. There are handwritten mathematical notes written by Corbitt around the edges of the card.
Date: 194X
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: University of Dallas

Trademark Certificate: Helen Corbitt's

Description: Certificate registering a trade-mark for "Helen Corbitt's" written in stylized text, in force from 1951-1971. It includes the official certificate and the application text explaining how the mark has been used.
Date: May 29, 1951
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: University of Dallas

[Recipe for Cream of Brown Onion Soup]

Description: Typed recipe on a card labeled "Joske's of Houston, Food Service Department--Recipe" listing ingredients and instructions. It is labeled at the bottom as "Cream of Brown Onion Soup," containing milk, salt, flour, oleo, and onions. Corbitt added handwritten notes in the left column for quantities to make a smaller batch than the original.
Date: 194X
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: University of Dallas

[Portrait of Helen Corbitt]

Description: Headshot portrait of Helen Corbitt, pictured from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored coat and a light-colored blouse with dark stripes. Printed text on the front of the photograph: "Burt Moritz." Printed text on the back of the photograph: "Burt Moritz Photography, 743 M. & M. Bldg. Phone C-5476, Houston 2, Texas, #5476-3."
Date: unknown
Creator: Burt Moritz Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Dallas

[Recipe for Cream of Fresh Mushroom Soup]

Description: Typed recipe on a card labeled "Joske's of Houston, Food Service Department--Recipe" listing ingredients and instructions. It is labeled at the bottom as "Cream of fresh mushroom soup," yielding 50 1-cup servings, containing mushrooms, onions, fat, flour, chicken stock, milk, and salt. Corbitt added handwritten notes around the text, including quantities to make a 1.5-sized batch, written in the column to the left of the original amounts.
Date: 194X
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: University of Dallas

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, January 19, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, the daughter of the owners of Camp Rio Vista, from Houston, Texas. Stacy gives a brief history of her life, including her time living in Houston before moving to Kerrville as a freshman in high school, setting up a cooking school at Camp Waldemar, and running a catering business.
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Arthur Baker Bell and Robert Alan Bell, alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. The Bell brothers recount their memories of the public Cascade Swimming Pool, Robert's time as a university swimmer, Arthur's hitchhiking trip to Alaska, and their community activities that have occurred since their retirement.
Date: October 18, 2016
Creator: Webb, Jeanie Archer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Portrait of Bobby Joe]

Description: Portrait of a young boy, "Bobby Joe," wearing a sweater and shorts posing, sitting, in front of a neutral background. The image is in a mat frame that has a decorative black and silver border around the photo; handwritten below the lower-right corner of the photograph: "To Aunt Maggie From Bobby Joe."
Date: unknown
Creator: The Teal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[L. B. Kinchion and Two Unknown Men]

Description: Photograph of L. B. Kinchion (far left) wearing a dark suit, striped tie, and cowboy hat and two other unidentified men wearing suits, ties, and cowboy hats sitting behind a desk with a placard that reads "The Teal Houston" on it; there is a fountain pen and ash try on the desk and a window with curtains in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Teal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown African American Men with Dog]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified African American men wearing suits and ties standing on a sidewalk in a residential area with automobiles, houses, and trees in the background; there is a dog standing next to the man on the far left side.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: The Teal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[St. Paul's Methodist Church]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of Houston's St. Paul's Methodist Church, a brick and stone building with a golden dome, a triangular facade, and columns around the entrance, with a campanile to the left and several trees lining the street in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "St. Paul's M. E. Church, Houston, Texas."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[St. Paul's Church Houston]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of St. Paul's Methodist Church, a yellow building with a dome and white columns on the side (right) and around the entrance (left), with a row of trees lining the street in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "St. Paul's Church, Houston, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: July 27, 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Houston Cotton Wharf]

Description: Postcard of a color image of a cotton wharf in Houston featuring many bales of cotton and a structure in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Cotton Wharf at Houston, Tex., The Greatest Cotton Market in the World."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown Young Man]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified young man wearing a dark suit and bow tie posing in front of a neutral background. The borders of the cord on which the photograph is printed are cut in a serrated pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson, Samuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Compressing and Loading Cotton]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."
Date: July 26, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015

Description: Transcript of interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, the director of Heart O' the Hills Camp, from Houston, Texas. Ragsdale recalls her time going to summer camps during her childhood, her time studying journalism at Texas Woman's University, and her time working at Heart O' the Hills Camp.
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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