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Triesitas

Description: Description of a photograph of the Society of Triesitas in Marfa, Texas. This page names the young girls and women in this organization.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Reverend Peter M. Baque

Description: Photograph of Reverend Peter M. Baque, seated and wearing a cassock and holding his hat. Inscription on the photo reads, " In memory of Reverend Peter M. Baque founder of The Missionary Servants of St. Anthony"
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Triesitas and School Picture]

Description: Report describing two photographs, written for an American history class at Marfa High School around 1967. Part one describes a photo of "Triestas" take in 1929. Triestas were young girls who prayed to the Virgin Mary de Gualdalupe. The second part in this report describes a photo of school children from 1905.
Date: 1967~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa, Texas

Description: Research paper by Helen Robinson Mitchell about the history of the Catholic Church in Marfa, Texas. It tells of the first priests, the beginning of St. Mary's Church and school, the merger of St. Mary's and Sacred heart Church. It describes the building's history, its architectural details and its expansion.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Marfa Catholic Church

Description: Research paper about the first Catholic missions, churches and school in the Marfa area of Texas, beginning in 1880. This paper was written by Armando Lujan for the Junior Historical Society in Marfa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lujan, Armando
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Catholic Church]

Description: Postcard of an adobe Mexican Catholic church in Deming, New Mexico. The churchyard is fenced in. There is a bell at the top of the church, and a cross above the bell. There is a windmill in the background. A note on the front of the card says, "Mexican Catholic Church Deming, N. Mex."
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Celia Acosta

Description: Paper describing a photograph of Celia Acosta at age 7, dressed for her first Holy Communion. It also contains other biographical information about Celia.
Date: 1972
Creator: Valerio, Enedina
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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