Interview with Melba Lee Williams, a former professor and descendant of some of the first settlers in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. In this interview, Mrs. Crate relates how her great-grandparents came with Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) to the first shingle camp established on the banks of the Guadalupe, in what later became Kerrville. Mrs. Crate briefly details her early life in Bandera, Texas, as well as Kerrville. She also recounts her memories of the flood of 1932.
The Kerr County Historical Commission (KCHC) was established in 1975, with representatives from all areas of the county. This unit of the Texas Historical Commission works under the guidance of the Kerr County Commissioners Court, who appoints members.
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Interview with Melba Lee Williams, a former professor and descendant of some of the first settlers in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. In this interview, Mrs. Crate relates how her great-grandparents came with Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) to the first shingle camp established on the banks of the Guadalupe, in what later became Kerrville. Mrs. Crate briefly details her early life in Bandera, Texas, as well as Kerrville. She also recounts her memories of the flood of 1932.
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15 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
Computer file note on page 3, bottom left.
Editor's Note (page 5): "The following is a transcript of an audiotape and has been altered only for clarity of meaning."
A computer file note obscures a small portion of the text on the bottom of page 6.
"Kerr County Historical Commission" (page 6, bottom left)
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O'Hara, Peggy & Crate, Melba Lee Williams.Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998,
text,
June 9, 1998;
Kerrville, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth795282/:
accessed June 10, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Kerr County Historical Commission.