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Mexican Americans: The Invisible Minority in the Abilene Area

Description: An essay chronicling research pertaining to the history of early Abilene (TX) Mexican Americans. Notable themes include the education of Hispanics and the Catholic Church and Mexican Americans. Also included are lists of burials at the Abilene Cemetery (1880-1919), Callahan County Birth Records before 1900, Taylor County Birth Records, 1885-1920, Callahan County Marriages, 190-1920, and Abilene Marriage Licenses, 1886-1898. There is also an interview with Fernando "Fred" Santibanez, a descenda… more
Date: 2000/2010
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Partner: The Grace Museum

Oral History Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar, November 11, 1998

Description: Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar, a 99 year old Mexican woman who immigrated to Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Hollar is almost 100 years old at the time of the interview. Her family were some of the early residents of Kerrville and Kerr County, and her younger sister, Mary, eventually married Mr. H. E. Butts (founder of HEB). One of the oldest surviving members of the community, she describes her education, her career as a teacher, and how the area has changed over the years.
Date: November 11, 1998
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann; Hollar, Frankie Rosita Holdsworth & Salter, Ammie Rose
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Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Group of Children in a Grassy Field]

Description: Photograph of a group of children standing together in a grassy field. The boys in the group are all wearing casual shirts, many of which are printed, and shorts or trousers. The girls are wearing light dresses. Trees are visible in the background. There is a handwritten note below the image that reads, "1953 BVS (June)". Another handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Taylor, Tex.".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Young Hispanic Boys Standing Under a Tree]

Description: Photograph of a group of young Hispanic boys standing under a tree. The boys are looking in all different directions. A woman holding a book is looking down on the boys in the background in front of the visible wood-slatted building with windows. There is a girl walking into the picture frame on the left-hand side of the image. A handwritten note above the image reads, "1953 BVS (June)". There is a second note on the back that reads, "Taylor, Tex".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Children Holding Hands in a Circle]

Description: Photograph of a group of boys and girls standing in a circle and holding hands. The children's backs are facing the camera, and they are standing in a grassy field. There is a handwritten note above the image that reads, "1953 BVS" and another on the back that reads, "Taylor, Tex".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Children Holding Hands in a Grassy Field]

Description: Photograph of a group of boys and girls standing in a circle and holding hands. They are playing in a grassy field. Several houses are visible among the large trees in the background. There is a handwritten note above the image that reads, "1953 BVS" and another on the back that reads, "Taylor, Tex".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Rev Benjamin Rodarte]

Description: A photocopy of a photograph of Rev. Benjamin Rodarte. On the reverse of the photo was written, "A Mexican exiled priest took charge of the Mexican work as assistant to Fr. Henry Knufer in Aug. 1928. Died Dec. 22, 1929, in Abilene Baptist Sanitarium in consequence of an operation for gall stones."
Date: 1928/1929
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Partner: The Grace Museum

[Sketch of St. Francis Mission Mexican Combination School in Abilene, Texas]

Description: A sketch of the first St. Francis Mission Mexican Combination Church and School and Sisters House in Abilene (TX), built by Rev. R. A. Gerken, now Archbishop of Santa Fe, NM. The house was occupied for 18 months by Mexican Sisters of the Order of Maria Guadalpupe, exiled from Mexico during the Caranza Revolution. One of the Sisters, nursing the sick during the Flu, died here and is buried here.
Date: unknown
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Partner: The Grace Museum
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