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[Allie Brown Journal]

Description: Genealogy book created for Bessie and Harry Brown. Included is an alphabetical index of names with corresponding page numbers to stories and information related to the different family groups.
Date: July 3, 1921
Creator: Brown, Allie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

[History of the Allen Family]

Description: Handwritten history of the Allen family, starting with their departure with William Penn from Deal, England in September 1682, to the marriage of Ben and Bell Allen in Coryell County, Texas, to the birth of their son, John Wylie Allen in Bell County, Texas in 1857.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brown, Allie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

[Letter from Ingrid Griggs to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs, July 3, 1962]

Description: Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs from his wife, Ingrid, back home. Ingrid tells him that she has just finished "painting the upstairs bathroom" and that it was exhausting work. Finally she tells him: "Be sure you don't let your lecherous eyes linger on anybody keep if all for me."
Date: July 3, 1962
Creator: Griggs, Ingrid
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from Ingrid Griggs to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs, June 23, 1965]

Description: Letter from Ingrid Griggs to her husband Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs regarding daily life back home and that she had to use a check to get a birthday present for James. Ingrid also notes that she has made $15 by mowing yards, and paid someone to take out a lot of trash cans.
Date: June 23, 1965
Creator: Griggs, Ingrid
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.

Description: History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties in Texas, including geology, settlement, organization, courts, military, cities, schools, churches, and other categories for each county. Also included are biographical mentions of some of the pioneers and present prominent citizens, as well as full-page portraits of some of these people.
Date: 1893
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998

Description: Interview with Martha R. Johnson, owner of the popular Raleigh House Restaurant, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Johnson discusses the origins and establishment of her restaurant, which was named after her husband, Raleigh White Johnson. She described the success of the restaurant and her experiences running it for 34 summers.
Date: June 6, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Kathy & Johnson, Martha Robinson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000

Description: Interview with Thornton Secor, grandson of a prominent local doctor, from Kerrville, Texas. Thornton talks about how his grandfather ended up in the area and his various contributions to Kerrville, such as building the town's first hospital and establishing a tourist campsite. Thornton also briefly mentions the flood of 1932, and rainfall in the area.
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Secor, Thornton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Photograph of Soldiers at McCloskey General Hospital]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers posing together outside of McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas. The soldiers are identified as (left to right): sitting: Cpl. Kenneth V. Bottolf of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 2/5 Arthur A. Reichel of Chicago, Illinois, Pfc. Mitchell W. Butler of Iron City, Tennessee, 2/5 Norman H. Kauffman of Texarkana, Texas, Pfc. Anthony J. Nadalin of Columbus, Ohio, Cpl. Reginald F. Rounsfull of Golf, Illinois, Cpl. Rohl A Couran of Texarkana, Texas, and 2/5 Carlos S. Ol… more
Date: 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Children]

Description: Portrait of a baby sitting on a cushioned chair, with an young girl standing next to her, both of them wearing white dresses. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Kate & Irene, 18 mos., 3 1/2 yrs."
Date: unknown
Creator: Favorite Photo Gallery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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