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Raymunda and Angelita

Short paper by Armando Carrasco about Raymunda Armendariz and Angelita Baeza, who lived in Presidio, Texas.

Date: 1967

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Texas Supreme Court Justices on the Bench]

Photograph of the Texas Supreme Court Justices sitting on the bench. They are all seated in one row. Portraits hang on the wall behind them.

Date: 1960

Creator: Ellison Photo Company

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Photograph of a scrapbook page. Text on the page read: "Milton Elliot,-Ormer Locklear & Shirley Short. Elliot & Short the pilots who flew the airplanes when Ormer Locklear jumped from one airplane to another in mid-air. Ormer Locklear "King of the Dare-divils" [sic] Ormer Loclear [sic], and Milton Elliot. was killed Aug 2, 1920 in Hollywood Calf. [sic] while doing a 'spin' for a movie scene which Loclear [sic] was the star."

Date: 1961~

Creator: Stathis, Louis

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

Cicilio Acosta

Paper by Mario Acosta about his relative, Cicilio Acosta, a farmer in Redford, Texas.

Date: 1967

Creator: Acosta, Mario

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Thomas Acosta

Paper by Mario Acosta about his relatives, Thomas and Eliza Acosta.

Date: 1967

Creator: Acosta, Mario

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Barbed-Wire: A Research Paper For American History

Research paper written by Cookie Schneider about the history and types of barbed wire. The paper mentions William D. Hunt, who obtained the first patent for barbed wire in 1867. This paper was written in 1967 for an American History class at Marfa High School.

Date: November 28, 1967

Creator: Schneider, Cookie

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Chavirra and Nunez Family History

Paper written for a history class at Marfa High School by Stella Nunez about her family's history. It was written in 1967.

Date: 1966

Creator: Nunez, Stella

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Lizzie Crosson vs. United States Mescalero Apache Indians

A 1967 paper written for a History class at Marfa High School by Marian Quick about Lizzie Crosson and her case against the U.S. Mescalero Apache Indians for the livestock they had stolen from the Goat Ranch. She was awarded a $2,590.00 claim.

Date: 1967

Creator: Quick, Marion

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Marfa Border Patrol

This is a research paper written by Gilbert Gonzales for an American History Class at Marfa High School on November 21. 1966. It gives an account of the history of the Border Patrol at Marfa, Texas from its beginning in 1923. It has information about the various patrolmen. It describes the smuggling operations taking place on the Texas-Mexico border at that time.

Date: November 21, 1966

Creator: Gonzales, Gilbert

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Border Patrol

This paper describes a number of photographs of the early Border Patrol in Marfa, Texas. It was written by Ernest Villareal for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1967.

Date: 1967

Creator: Villareal, Ernest

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star

These two pages from a paper gives details fom an interview with Joe Bunton about his life in the"'ole days". Joe was interviewed by Patricia Shurley on December 7, 1969 when he was 83 years old.

Date: 1969

Creator: Shurley, Patricia

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star

These two pages from a paper gives details fom an interview with Joe Bunton about his life in the"'ole days". Joe was interviewed by Patricia Shurley on December 7, 1969 when he was 83 years old.

Date: 1969

Creator: Shurley, Patricia

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Scouting, Volume 50, Number 8, October 1962

Monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide. A table of contents appears on page 1.

Date: October 1962

Creator: Boy Scouts of America

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Scouting, Volume 50, Number 4, April 1962

Date: April 1962

Creator: Boy Scouts of America

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

[Document Listing the Flight Personnel of Squadron 43]

This document contains the names of the men of Squadron 43 of the Royal Air Force 1916-1919. This document is organized by columns: "name, rank, duty, nationality, year, ref. code, casualty, remarks."

Date: April 28, 1968

Creator: Wakeman, George G.

Item Type: Text

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas