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[Ballot Regarding Conoslidation of 11th and 15th M.K.T.R. Districts]

Description: Statement describing proposed rights and seniority for firemen in the Texas Central and Smithville Districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway after consolidation, with a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against the proposal.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Ballot Regarding Consolidation Agreement #1]

Description: Statement describing an agreement proposed by the General Grievance Committee regarding the ways that seniority among firemen will be handled if the 11th and 15th districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway consolidate, with a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against the proposal.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Ballot Regarding Consolidation Agreement #2]

Description: Statement describing an agreement proposed by the General Grievance Committee regarding the ways that seniority among firemen will be handled if the 11th and 15th districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway consolidate, with a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against the proposal.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Ballot Regarding Consolidation for Firemen in the M. K. T. R.]

Description: Statement describing a proposal about how prior seniority among firemen in the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway would be handled if the 11th and 14th districts are consolidated. It includes a list of the firemen and the dates that would be used for seniority and a description of how consolidation would be handled, as well as a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against consolidation.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Ballot Regarding Consolidation for Firemen in the M. K. T. R., Draft]

Description: Statement describing a proposal about how prior seniority among firemen in the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway would be handled if the 11th and 14th districts are consolidated. It includes a list of the firemen and the dates that would be used for seniority and a description of how consolidation would be handled, as well as a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against consolidation. This appears to be a draft version, with a number of notations.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Barton Family Tree and Bob Barton Obituary]

Description: Photocopy of a family tree chart for the Barton family. The chart is both typed and handwritten and lists the husband, wide, and children in order of birth. There is also an obituary from the San Marcos Daily Record for Bob Barton Sr.
Date: 1874~
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Calling Card for S. P. Ross]

Description: Small calling card with the name "S. P. Ross" printed on it. This card was purchased at the estate sale of Mr. and Mrs. Peeler Williams, III of Waco. He was a descendant of Shapley Prince Ross.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas]

Description: Photocopy of a list of ten cemeteries in the Austin, Texas area with brief descriptions about each one. The first cemetery description title is cut off and the numbering is hand written though the description is typed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Description of Ceremony for the 40th Anniversary of the United Nations]

Description: Images of a ceremony at the United Nations (UN) to present a mosaic based on Norman Rockwell's painting, "The Golden Rule," on behalf of the United States for the UN's 40th anniversary. The photos show Nancy Reagan speaking into a microphone (left) and Reagan standing next to UN Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar while he accepts the gift (right). Text below the images summarizes the ceremony, and provides a quotation from Reagan's speech.
Date: October 1985
Partner: The Thanks-Giving Foundation

[Draft Notes About Conslidation Procedures]

Description: Notes about how seniority for firemen and engineers will be handled during the consolidation of the 11th and 12th districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. It includes procedural notes and comments on promotion rights for individual firemen.
Date: July 1, 1955
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Flying Certificate for Ellen J. Pitts]

Description: Certificate stating that Ellen J. Pitts has completed 320 hours of a parachute training course. An illustration in blue ink of a plane can be seen printed behind the text.
Date: unknown
Creator: Army Flying School
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[General Grievance Committee Ballot Regarding Consolidation Agreement #1]

Description: Statement describing an agreement proposed by the General Grievance Committee regarding the ways that seniority among firemen will be handled if the 11th and 15th districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway consolidate with a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against the proposal.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[General Grievance Committee Ballot Regarding Consolidation Agreement #2]

Description: Statement describing an agreement proposed by the General Grievance Committee regarding the ways that seniority among firemen will be handled if the 11th and 15th districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway consolidate with a ballot at the bottom of the page for members to vote for or against the proposal.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge 492.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Growing up in Westlake Hills]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short, an alumnus of Eanes Elementary School from Westlake Hills. He goes on to talk about what life was like as a student at Eanes School, and recalls the various incidents that occurred such as bees being let loose in the school bus, a bonfire being built in the middle of the road to stop the bus from arriving to school, and fights between the students.
Date: 1976
Creator: Short, James
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Handwritten Notes About Consolidation]

Description: Handwritten notes about how seniority for firemen and engineers will be handled during the consolidation of the 11th and 12th districts of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. It includes procedural notes and questions that still need to be addressed.
Date: 1955
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Handwritten Railroad Firemen Seniority List]

Description: Handwritten list of names and seniority dates for railway employees, labeled at the top, "After Borrington [sic]" (i.e., firemen starting in 1917 and 1918, following W. Barrineau, December 14,1916) The list includes several notes and amendments.
Date: 1918~
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Handwritten Seniority List]

Description: Handwritten list of names with dates on stationary labeled "Memorandum from L. F. Lockridge" with an advertisement at the bottom for Commercial Publishers.
Date: 1928~
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Handwritten Seniority List, 1918]

Description: Handwritten list of railroad employees with seniority dates from June 1890 to January 1913. Several of the names are stricken.
Date: January 1918
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

An Interpretation: "The Family - United in Thanksgiving"

Description: Textual description of a poster designed by artist Bjørn Wiinblad to promote Thanks-Giving Square, with background on the project and the artist.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thanks-Giving Square Foundation
Partner: The Thanks-Giving Foundation

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

[Interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard]

Description: Transcription of an interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard written in a Blue Book about the rise of the Eanes area as well as the life and times of the Beard family. The essay goes into land development, PTA, and prohibition.
Date: 1975
Partner: Westbank Community Library District
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