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[Photograph of Bruce Marshall]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Marshall at Eanes-Marshall Cemetary. He is leaning on a fence and looking straight towards the camera and behind him are trees and a tombstone. On the back of the photograph, "137470" is written in pencil.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Report about the City of West Lake Hills]

Description: Photocopy of an essay detailing the rise of the city of West Lake Hills, the essay goes into detail about how the Eanes School came to be as well as the rise of the small businesses in the town that helped build up the infrastructure of the city.
Date: unknown
Creator: Langham, Baibana
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Bruce Marshall and Dorothy Depwe]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Marshall and Dorothy Depwe in the Eanes-Marshall Cemetary looking down at a tombstone. Marshall is wearing a white shirt and striped pants and Depwe is wearing a patterned top and brown skirt and is holding what seems to be a piece of paper. There are multiple tombstones around them as well as trees and other shrubbery.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Typed Interview with Dan Molberg]

Description: Photocopy of an interview with Dan Molberg who talks about what life was like for students at Eanes Rock Schoolhouse in the 1940's. He describes how classes were held in two rooms known as the "big room" and "little room" and goes on to talk about the different meals that were served each day. The interview also consists of details about how recess was held, PTA events, and fundraisers that occurred during this time.
Date: 1975
Creator: Eanes History Center
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas]

Description: Photocopy of a list of ten cemeteries in the Austin, Texas area with brief descriptions about each one. The first cemetery description title is cut off and the numbering is hand written though the description is typed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Growing up in Westlake Hills]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short, an alumnus of Eanes Elementary School from Westlake Hills. He goes on to talk about what life was like as a student at Eanes School, and recalls the various incidents that occurred such as bees being let loose in the school bus, a bonfire being built in the middle of the road to stop the bus from arriving to school, and fights between the students.
Date: 1976
Creator: Short, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students posing in front of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse building. On the back of the photograph, there is cursive writing in pen as well as "A 3 3" printed as well as "gift from Betsy Linden Dyker 1939" is handwritten in blue.
Date: 1939
Creator: Dyker, Betsty London
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Photograph of the Johnson House]

Description: Photograph of the house that was owned by Frank Johnson. The house is two stories and seems to be made primarily out of wood, there are trees and bushes surrounding the house a well as a wood and wire fence that can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. On the back of the picture there is "Johnson house" and "24-A 12" handwritten in black pen.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Recorded Conversation with Emmett Robert Shelton Sr.]

Description: Photocopy of an oral history with Emmett Robert Shelton Sr. detailing the land development of Austin and the life and times of the Brackenridge family. Shelton goes into how Austin was developed as well as various laws that were passed during this time. He also talks about interactions with the Native people of the area - the Comanche and how they were allowed to come into the country to trade.
Date: June 1974
Creator: Eanes History Center
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students Having Lunch Outside]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock School House students about to eat lunch outside. The children are lined up and looking towards the camera and in the background of the shot there are trees. On the back of the photograph, "R58" is printed as well as "APR 1940".
Date: April 1940
Creator: Eanes Rock School House
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Photograph of Humble Dealership]

Description: Photograph of the Humble Dealership and Gas Station that was located next to Beard's store. The store has two gas pumps in the front as well as a sign to the side that reads, "HUMBLE DEALER". The store itself has several windows in the front as well as a stone chimney to the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students Outside]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students playing outside during a picnic. There is a brick house to the left of the picture and several trees in the picture as well students running around and playing. On the back of the photograph "gift from Betsy Linden Dyker" is written in blue pen.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Essay about the Carlson Family]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten report about the the Carlson family of the Eanes area. The essay mostly focuses on Oscar Carlson, the son of John Hendrik Carlson and a Swedish woman named Morning Star and their life in the Eanes County area. On the front of the essay, "9th Grade 1304 Constant Spring Dr. 327-0350" is written in black pen.
Date: unknown
Creator: Swenson, Suzy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery]

Description: Photocopy of handwritten notes about the Jackson family and Jackson cemetery, the notes include information about what the landscape was like in the Eanes area as well as a smallpox epidemic in the Austin area that left many deceased and buried in the Jackson cemetery.
Date: 1980
Creator: Eanes History Center
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Westbank Community Library District
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