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Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
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

Oral History Interview with Rena Fay Stone Sherman, September 15, 2000

Description: Interview with Rena Fay Stone Sherman, descendant of Kerr County settlers and local business owner from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sherman describes some of her family history, local history, and her two antique businesses. She also discusses her family's ranch.
Date: September 15, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Sherman, Rena Fay Stone
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Don Eugene "Gene" Lock, descendant of Kerr County pioneers and rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Lock talks about how his family ended up in the area, his experience as a rancher, and his memories of horse breeding and racing. He also discusses his work for Kerrville's newspaper, the Mountain Sun, and his Bible education. Mr. Lock mentions briefly that he boxed as a young man.
Date: September 14, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Lock, Don Eugene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, September 9, 2000

Description: Interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, a Kerr County Native whose mother established the Voges Mobil Home Park (under the name, Blue Ridge Mobile Home Park), from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Voges describes growing up in the area, the flood of 1978, her family, and interesting aspects of farm life. Her sister, Minneola, and her cousin, Josie B. Kendall, are also present during the interview.
Date: September 9, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Voges, Marguerite Sammon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with George Allen Holekamp, September 27, 2000

Description: Interview with George Allen Holekamp, a rancher and descendant of Kerr County settlers from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Holekamp details his family's history in Kerr County. He mentions that his ancestors included farmers, ranchers, and shingle-makers. He and his wife Mary Virginia Stevens are still involved in ranching and community activities, and their legacy continues on with their children. In his stories of ranching, he discusses ranchers' struggles with screwworm infestations and Brucellosis (… more
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Holekamp, George Allen & Holekamp, Mary Virginia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999

Description: Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, vice-chair of the Kerr County Historical Commission from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Snodgrass talks about growing up on a primitive ranch, struggling to survive during the Depression, meeting and marrying her husband, their family, their involvement with music, and her efforts to preserve the history of Kerr County. She also briefly discusses the honors and awards her volunteer work has earned her. Pages 2-13 include a written statement by Miles Abernathy… more
Date: September 25, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Don Eugene Lock, a rancher and pressman from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes his stories of growing up on ranches, working for the Mountain Sun newspaper for 35 years, and eventually owning his own ranch.
Date: September 14, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Lock, Don Eugene; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, September 27, 2000, Supplement

Description: Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with ranchers George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, including photographs of their cattle and ranch, family photographs, eyewitness accounts of the flood on the Guadalupe River, and a family history handwritten by Ida Holekamp, George Allen Holekamp's aunt.
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Holekamp, George Allen & Holekamp, Mary Virginia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, September 19, 1998

Description: Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, former owners of Kerrville's well-loved restaurant, "The Grove," from Ingram, Texas. The couple talks about the history of their restaurant, the day-to-day operation of the establishment, local people and places, and moving back to the area after a short stint in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: September 19, 1998
Creator: Rector, William; Grayson, Dorothy; Taylor, Levi & Taylor, Evelyn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, September 19, 1998, Supplement

Description: Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with former owners of "The Grove" Levi and Evelyn Taylor, including photos of the beloved Kerrville restaurant and its guest book, family photos through the generations, newspaper clippings, and a photo of Levi Taylor singing with the Texas Travelers.
Date: September 19, 1998
Creator: Rector, William; Grayson, Dorothy; Taylor, Levi & Taylor, Evelyn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, September 9, 2000, Supplement

Description: Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, a Kerr County Native whose mother established the Voges Mobil Home Park, including family photographs over several generations and the diploma of Marguerite's brother.
Date: September 9, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Voges, Marguerite Sammon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
transcript

Oral History Interview with Helen Louise Dietert Orr, September 9, 2001

Description: Interview with Helen Louise Dietert Orr from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes stories of growing up on her grandfather's ranch and eventually living on her own ranch with her husband.
Date: September 9, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Orr, Helen Louise Dietert; Craig, Brenda & Bethel, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
transcript

Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018

Description: Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years.
Date: September 25, 2018
Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018

Description: Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years.
Date: September 25, 2018
Duration: 47 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, September 27, 2000

Description: Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes their stories of both the Holekamp and Stevens families, as well as the couple's ranching and community activities.
Date: September 27, 2000
Duration: 41 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Holekamp, George Allen; Holekamp, Mary Virginia Stevens & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Rena Stone Sherman, September 15, 2000

Description: Interview with Rena Stone Sherman, former president of the Kerr County Historical Commission.The interview includes her stories of growing up in Kerr County, Texas, and the early projects of the Historical Commission.
Date: September 15, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Sherman, Rena Stone
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Our Birthday Book: Kerrville First United Methodist Church, 1854-2004

Description: "The purpose of this book is to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the congregation of the Kerrville First United Methodist Church. [...] This book is a collection of many different compositions, stories, recollections, historical records and other items that make the history of this church congregation. It is intended to show who we are and how we have established a Christian community" (p. 3).
Date: September 2004
Creator: Kerrville First United Methodist Church
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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