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[Portrait of Miss Leah Hellman]

Description: Portrait of Miss Leah Hellman, visible from the chest up, wearing a light-colored top with puffy sleeves and a dark-colored vest with ruching down the front. A hand written note on the back reads, "Miss Leah Hellman, Kyle, Hays Co., Texas."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from W. E. Dancy to Roy Klotz, February 21, 1976]

Description: Letter from W. E. Dancy to Roy Klotz discussing an upcoming meeting of the Munson Foundation in Denison, Texas, Dancy's upcoming move to Hays County, Texas, and how Dancy plans to lay out a vineyard on his new property. Dancy also discusses several grape growers who may be able to assist Klotz.
Date: February 21, 1976
Creator: Dancy, W. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008

Description: Interview with Frances Howland "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual childhoods, life during the depression, and life in the Kerr County area. Mr. Swayze discusses his service in the Air Force and Mrs. Swayze discusses her teaching career.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Swayze, Francis H. & Swayze, Cora Nell Cunningham
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Richard Clay McBride, April 3, 2012

Description: Interview with Richard Clay McBryde, a rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. McBryde discusses his life as a rancher, his rodeo career, his education, and his short-lived football career. The interview transcript includes photos of Richard Clay McBryde, his rodeo years, and his family, on pages 16-21.
Date: April 3, 2012
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & McBryde, Richard Clay
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Irene Fisher Womack and Bill Womack, June 16, 2011

Description: Interview with Irene and Bill Womack, a couple from two well-known Kerr County families, from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their ancestors, the Reals and the Womacks. They also talk about the local people and places they remember growing up in Kerrville. The interview transcript includes photos of Mr. and Mrs. Womack and their family, on pages 31-36.
Date: June 16, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Womack, Irene Fisher & Womack, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, August 15, 2011

Description: Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, a former middle school secretary from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lidiak talks about growing up in Kerrville, her family, and her work at various businesses and the Veterans Administration hospital. She also discusses her husband's education, his service in World War II, and the auto companies he worked at. The interview transcript includes photos of Mrs. Lidiak and her family, on pages 23-28.
Date: August 15, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher & Lidiak, Jean Mathis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001

Description: Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Photograph of Reverend C.C. Acevedo and Wife at Pecan Grove Campground]

Description: Photograph of Reverend C.C. Acevedo and his wife. Rev. Acevedo is dressed in a gray suit and black bow tie. Mrs. Acevedo is wearing a summer dress. The two are standing outdoors in the woods in front of a tree. Behind them, automobiles are parked and a few people are looking on. They are at a gathering at Pecan Grove Campgrounds near San Marcos River.
Date: July 4, 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Two Men at Pecan Grove Campgrounds]

Description: Photograph of two men outdoors in a wooded area. One man is dressed in suit and tie, and the other is dressed in slacks and a short-sleeved, button-down shirt. Behind them, children and adults are mingling. Trees surround the area. They are at a gathering at Pecan Grove Campgrounds near San Marcos River.
Date: July 4, 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
transcript

Oral History Interview with Willie Higgs, September 21, 2001

Description: Interview with Willie Higgs, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He joined the Marines in 1944 and trained at Camp Pendleton before being assigned to the 4th Marine Division. Higgs discusses arriving at Iwo Jima, making a grenade attack on a cave there, and subsequently breaking his leg. He then spent time aboard the hospital ship, USS Solace (AH-5). Upon returning home, Higgs finished his degree at Southwest Texas State in San Marcos, where he majored in music.
Date: September 21, 2001
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Pickard, Kevin & Higgs, Willie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Portrait of a Girl with Flowers]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified young girl posing with flowers in her right hand. She poses with her right knee and hand resting on a chair. She wears a knee-length, light-colored dress with a large collar and puffy sleeves.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Raynolds Green Portrait]

Description: Portrait of Raynolds Green as a child wearing a dark suit and bow tie posing in front of a light background. The borders of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut in a decorative pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Sylvia Orozco at Southwest Texas State]

Description: Photograph of a Sylvia Orozco giving a lecture in an auditorium at Southwest Texas State University; there is a stand with a television and other equipment next to her and a white screen behind her. In the foreground there are several people sitting and watching her.
Date: 198X
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Three Children]

Description: Portrait of three unidentified children posing in front of a light background; the two girls on the left are wearing light-colored dresses and the boy on the right is wearing a dark suit, light lace collar, and a bow around his neck.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kruse, C. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ofelia Vasquez-Philo, June 24, 2016

Description: Ofelia Vasquez-Philo was born December 28, 1932 in Seguin, Texas, and was the oldest of nine children. She grew up on Freeman Ranch, in Wimberley, Tx., where her father was the ranch foreman. She married Joe Vasquez, Jr. in 1950 and they raised 7 children in San Marcos. After Joe's death in 1986, she married Harry Philo. Ofelia worked part-time in 1966 at the Office of Community Action. In 1970, she became executive director, a position she would hold until her retirement in 1993. During this … more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Vasquez-Philo, Ofelia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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