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[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date: July 4, 1981
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
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[Illustration of Arch Bridge]

Description: Art print depicting a stone bridge with a body of water beneath it. There is a person riding on a carriage pulled by a horse on top of the bridge and several people looking up at the bridge from beneath and below the drawing, "1871 Arch Bridge over Barton Creek" is printed. To the left of the title of the illustration, "69/100" is written in pencil and to the right Curtis has signed her last name.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Curtis, Mary
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[Illustration of Eanes Frame School]

Description: Art print depicting an illustration of the Eanes Frame School in 1896. The foreground of the picture has the Eanes Frame School with two trees in front of it as well as a water tower beside it and behind the water tower, there is another building. Below the drawing "1896 frame school Eanes area used as a school 'till 1937 then a church 'till 1928" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1896
Creator: Curtis, Mary
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[Illustration of Lost Creek Log Cabin]

Description: Art print depicting an illustration of the Lost Creek Log Cabin in a state of disrepair. In the foreground of the picture, there is a stone chimney that is falling apart as well as the wooden structure of the building that is also falling apart. Under the drawing, "Lost Creek Log Cabin circa 1872" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1983
Creator: Curtis, Mary
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[Illustration of the Eanes-Marshall Home]

Description: Art print depicting an illustration of a two story house with outdoor stairs and a wooden fence in the front. There is a bed frame to the left of the house and a rocking chair on the porch and below the drawing "Eanes-Marshall Home Built 1857" is printed as well as "69/100" and "Curtis" handwritten in pencil.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Curtis, Mary
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[Interview with Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Alumni]

Description: Photocopy of an interview with Myrtle Blankenship Treadwell, Pauline Becker, Ellen Seals, and Frank Spiller about the happenings of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse in the thirties and forties. The interview goes into the start of the hot lunch program started by the PTA mothers of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students. The interview also talks about the influx of people into the Spiller Hill area and how that inevitably drove out the "hillbillies" that lived there previously but could not afford the r… more
Date: unknown
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[Interview with Earl Short]

Description: Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Earl Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about multiple murders that occurred in the Westlake, Texas area, as well as the lives of several families in the area.
Date: June 18, 1982
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
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[Interview with Gertrude Johnson]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Gertrude Johnson, a long time resident of Deep Eddy, Texas. She talks about her work with the church and school in the area and how at one point the garden that she grew produced a 17.5 pound sweet potato. She also mentions her time as a teacher in the Eanes area and the frequency of which entire classes would not show up to school. At the bottom of the page there is a typed recipe for "Mrs. Johnson's unbaked cookies" as well as handwritten text th… more
Date: 1940~
Creator: Eanes History Center
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[Interview with James Short]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about what is was like growing up in Westlake Hills in the forties. He talks about students he remembers and notable incidents that occurred, such as an "egg fight" on the bus that started up - one egg being rotten.
Date: unknown
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
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[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Mary Johnson to Stanley Depwe discussing the addition of a marker board to the Eanes School. She also goes on to talk about her daughter and her friend Camila, who had an operation and is healing well. Included in the letter is also a short biography of Mowinckle's life, detailing her birth as well as her time in school.
Date: February 12, 1976
Creator: Johnson, Mary Mowinckle
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[Notes about W. L Beard]

Description: Photocopy of a transcription of a taped interview with W. L. Beard. Beard goes into his time in the Eanes County area, talking about when the dam broke and many had to abandon the riverside as well as the construction of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse.
Date: October 4, 1983
Creator: Eanes History Center
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[Notes from an Interview with Mike Molberg]

Description: Typewritten notes from an interview with Mike Molberg. Molberg talks about his time at Eanes School and what a typical day was like for the students who attended as well as a list of women who taught at Eanes School and what time periods they were teaching. At the top right of the document "VF People: Eanes Area - 1975 (Molberg)" is written in pen with "Johnson" written under it in pencil.
Date: 1975
Creator: Eanes History Center
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[Oral History Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinckle Johnson, April 28, 1975]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Mary Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, included is also a survey that was filled out by Mary Johnson asking her about what life was like at the Eanes School as well as her role as a teacher at the time. The letter from Johnson talks about a picture that was found by Johnson that she feels Depwe could be interested in as well a robbery that occurred in which Johnson's watch and fountain pen fillers were stolen.
Date: April 28, 1975
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy & Johnson, Mary Ellen Mowinckle
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[Photograph of Della Edwards]

Description: Photograph of Della Edwards, the first Eanes ISD bus driver, standing next to an Eanes school bus that has its doors open. She is wearing a dark suit with a light-colored shirt and necklace. On the back of the photograph, "137488" is written in pencil.
Date: 1976
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[Photograph of Emma Beard and Friend]

Description: Photograph of Emma Beard and her friend. Emma is on the right and is wearing a white shirt tucked into a dark skirt, her friend is wearing a similar outfit. The girls are standing in front of a stone wall and looking directly at the camera and on the back of the photograph "Emma Beard + friend 1950" is written in black pen as well as "683E" is printed.
Date: February 1950
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