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Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on Jan. 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas

Description: Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas

Description: Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Muster Roll: 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry]

Description: Revised muster roll for the 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry of the Confederate Army. This contains the names of the officers and the enlisted men who were a part of the company, as well as their fates.
Date: January 1, 1921
Creator: Cox, James C.
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Certificate of Payment from Carl Stautz to Lutheran Concordia College for W. K. Jennings Electric]

Description: Certificate of payment from Carl Stautz on behalf of W. K. Jennings Electric Co., Inc. to Lutheran Concordia College for the construction of Hirschi Memorial Library. This includes an itemized invoice from W. K. Jennings Electric Co., Inc. as well as a note with a deduction in contract price for the omission of lights.
Date: January 31, 1949
Creator: Stautz, Carl H.
Partner: Concordia University Texas

[Concordia Lutheran College Bank Statement and Checks]

Description: Documents including checks and a bank statement from Concordia Lutheran College of Austin, Texas, showing deposits and bank balances.
Date: January 31, 1949
Creator: Wichita National Bank
Partner: Concordia University Texas

Life of Dr. Joseph Darracott

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Dr. Joseph Calhoun Darracott, a successful doctor who worked and spent most of his life in Marfa, Texas. Darracott moved to Shafter, Texas, for two years as a company doctor; spent a short time in El Paso, Texas; served as a naval medical officer in World War I; and spent the remainder of his life in Marfa.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Errington, Joe
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of W. T. Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Judge W. T. Davis, who came to Marfa, Texas, in 1907 to establish a ranching business and meat market. He was elected county judge in 1926, and he and his family became a prominent part of the community.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Minjares, Mary Jane
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Belle of the Ball

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a fictitious story explaining scenes, people, and events a young woman in the early 1900s might have experienced.
Date: January 21, 1971
Creator: Newton, Larue
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Disastrous Depression of the 1930's

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression of the 1930s, specifically in Presidio County, Texas, with numerous interviews from farmers and ranchers of the Depression era.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Roman, Hallie Rey
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Vic Dominguez

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Vic Dominguez, who worked at a number of grocery stores in Marfa, Texas, until opening a taxi stand. Vic Dominguez had four children, and each child is discussed at length (date of birth, career, children, etc.) in this paper.
Date: January 15, 1974
Creator: Villarreal, Benny
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Mary Elizabeth Runkles Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mary Elizabeth Runkles Davis from Marfa, Texas, who contracted polio at the age of seven - She later went on to eat dinner with President Roosevelt, become Woman of the Year in 1968, and write poetry.
Date: January 1977
Creator: Sanchez, Delma
Partner: Marfa Public Library

My Grandmother's Sisters

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the author's grandmother's sisters, Rubio D. Dominguez and Maria Rubio D. Ochoa.
Date: January 17, 1977
Creator: Carrasco, Carlos
Partner: Marfa Public Library

A 1913 Wedding

Description: Information about a photograph for a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the 1913 wedding of Hijinio Roman and Pilar Dominguez. A footnotes page and bibliography to the research paper are also included.
Date: January 18, 1977
Creator: Carrasco, Irma
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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