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The Heritage of North Harris County

Description: Booklet describing the history of northern Harris County, Texas, including information about the people, communities, industries, and other information of note, broken down by time periods.
Date: April 1986
Creator: American Association of University Women. North Harris County Branch.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Harris County Public Library
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Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Description: Audio of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers.
Date: February 1998
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Bacon, Dan & Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: February 1998
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.) & Wilson, Itasco Woodard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

The Portable Handbook of Texas

Description: Book containing a brief history Texas from prehistoric times to the end of the twentieth century. Following this is a series of alphabetical arranged articles which cover various aspects of Texas history, including significant communities, people, institutions, and agencies.
Date: 2000
Creator: Barkley, Roy R., 1941- & Odintz, Mark F., 1953-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Poems of peace and war

Description: Book of poems about peace and war written by Mrs. David Scull Bispham. Bound in off-white wrappers. Front cover features title in black ink and an image of red cross. On inside rear cover is a dedication dated Nov. 18, 1915 (largely illegible), and the name of the author, Caroline Russell Bispham.
Date: 1915
Creator: Bispham, Mrs. David Scull & Bispham, Caroline Russell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Oil tanker "Y-13"]

Description: Photograph of oil tanker, "Y-13", on a body of water. There are crew visible on the vessel. Back of photograph: "LSC Hull No. 259. Oil tanker "Y-13", built for U.S. Army, Completed 03-27-43. 162'-6" x 27' x 12'-8". Levingston Shipbuilding Co. Front & Mill STS. Orange, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Business Men's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Oil tanker "Y-13"]

Description: Photograph of oil tanker, "Y-13", on a body of water. Back of photograph: "LSC Hull No. 259. Oil tanker "Y-13", built for U.S. Army, Completed 03-27-43. 162'-6" x 27' x 12'-8". #12495. Levingston Shipbuilding Co. Front & Mill STS. Orange, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Business Men's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[U.S. Army Y-13 Oil Tanker]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Army ship in open water. Painted on the side of the ship is, "Y-13" and there is a man visible on board. Handwritten on the back of the photograph is, "LSC Hull No. 259, Oil Tanker 'Y-13', Built for U.S. Army, Completed 3-27-43, 162'-6"x27'x12'-8"."
Date: unknown
Creator: Business Men's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Collapsed Derrick

Description: Photograph of a close view of a collapsed oil derrick on an icy hill at the California Company's Richardson Number One oil well site in Mitchell County, Texas. The broken lumber along with the corrugated sheet metal walls are covered in ice.
Date: unknown
Creator: Classen, Willard J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lendard, March 13, 2012

Description: Interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 13, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Description: Interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 12, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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