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[Wall Decoration]

Description: Photograph of a decorative wall molding featuring a rectangular column base with a semicircle-shaped top with curled ornamental figures on its underside. The molding is labeled with the number 32 and there is a typewritten note attached to the photograph that reads "Ct. House; Custom House & Post Office Brownsville, Texas, April 14th-1932. Lombard & Ludwig, Inc., Architectural Sculptor Washington, D.C."
Date: April 14, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association
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Oral History Interview with Delma Abalos, July 14, 2016

Description: Delma Abalos was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. She attended Odessa College as well as the University of Texas-Permian Basin. Abalos gained her undergraduate degree in political science and her master’s degree in history. She now teaches courses in history, including Mexican American history, at Odessa College. Delma also served within the Ector County ISD board of trustees.
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Abalos, Delma; Moye, Todd; Wisley, Karen & Zapata, Joel
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Acuff, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Christy Martinez-Garcia, June 14, 2016

Description: Christy Martinez-Garcia was born and raised in Lubbock. She attended Lubbock High School, Lamar University, and completed her degree at Texas Tech University. After college, Martinez-Garcia worked for the Lubbock city government and then for the National Council of La Raza in Washington D.C. Upon her return to Lubbock, Martinez-Garcia sought to counter the local media narrative that mostly only depicted Hispanics as criminals or only immigrants. Thus, she founded the magazine, Latino Lubbock. S… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 49 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Martinez-Garcia, Christy
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Solomon Ortiz, July 14, 2016

Description: Solomon Porfirio Ortiz is the former U.S. Representative for Texas's 27th congressional district, based in Corpus Christi, serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In his interview, he discussed growing up in Robstown and his long political career.
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Ortiz, Solomon
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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