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Grandmother's Doll Collection

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a doll collection comprised of three hundred dolls representing every era from 1400 C.E. to the 1970s. The collection includes dolls of all sizes and shapes, styles and colors, and from different countries. This paper includes a small section on the process of making dolls, pieces of furniture the author's grandmother uses to display her dolls at her home, and the likeness of a number of dolls from the author's collection.
Date: 1970
Creator: Brandon, Lindy
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of Juan Dominguez

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Juan Dominguez - joining the Border Patrol, marriages, duties as a Border Patrol officer, and retirement.
Date: 1970
Creator: Dominguez, Lora Mae
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Drake Family

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Drake family, who first came to Texas in the 1850s. John Drake, the author's grandfather, was a poor ranch man, and the author's father, Dawson Cole Drake, was stationed in England during his military service.
Date: 1970
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Receiving Instructions]

Description: Photograph of Brigadier General Karl-Heinz Griese of the German Air Force, and Major Martin Knoll, a senior German officer, listening to Captain Dan Kelsey explain procedures on the use of the flight simulator at Bergstrom Air Force Base.
Date: [1970..1989]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men's Barracks]

Description: Photograph of the old Men's Barracks at the Bergstrom Air Force Base. There is a line of laundry between houses to the left, and men sit at a picnic table to the right.
Date: December 1970
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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