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[Photograph of People with Cow]

Description: Photograph of Braniff Airways hostesses Ann Hall, left, and Dottie Elmore, right, taking possession of a prize 1100-pound steer raised by David G. Cox, center, and bought at cattle auction at the Fort Worth Stock Show, to be used for meals on domestic flights.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

Map showing Cattle Trails as used from 1866 to 1895

Description: Map of the cattle trails throughout Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas, used to travel northward to markets and shipping points. The map also includes state boundaries, major towns, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1935
Creator: Loveless, A. C. & Potter, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Postcard of Cattle Ranchers]

Description: Postcard of a group of men sitting and standing around a campfire near a vehicle, and two men sitting on horses, with a herd of cows in the background. On the back of the postcard is written: "Loaned - Eliz. Jennell Spence."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date: November 7, 1975
Creator: Earney, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Five Pictures

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Alejandro "Alec" Dominguez, the author's grandfather, and his children.
Date: November 28, 1967
Creator: Dominguez, Alice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Teacher's Daily Lesson Plan Sheet about the Depression]

Description: A teacher's daily lesson plan sheet used to formulate questions for a student to answer in order to clarify a researcher paper about the Great Depression for a history class at Marfa High School, titled "Disastrous Depression of the 1930's" by Hallie Rey Roman. The page numbers to the left of the page correspond to the pages of the "Disastrous Depression" paper; under each pager number are the subsequent questions or concerns the teacher has with a specific point in Hallie Roman's paper.
Date: 1974
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Research on the Great Depression in Marfa, Texas]

Description: Paper answering the questions posed by Hallie Rey Roman's teacher to clarify a researcher paper she wrote for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression, titled "Disastrous Depression of the 1930's." In another document, Hallie Roman's teacher formulated a number of questions to help improve her paper; these are Hallie Roman's corrections and/or clarifications in response.
Date: 1974
Creator: Roman, Hallie Rey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Dutch

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Harpham, Marsha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Girl in Corral

Description: Copy photograph of Pearle Knox (Aneff) standing in a corral with cattle and holding a rope. She is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a white dress.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Branding Cattle

Description: Copy negative of Pearle Knox Aneff and John B. Knox branding a cow with other cows and a fence behind them at Curry Ranch. The note written under it says "It didn't seem cruel."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Family with Cattle

Description: Copy negative of the Buchanan family standing in a field with cattle and a dog and trees in the background. Pictured are Mary Adeline Xenia, father William Andrew, Menvil Mae, mother Nancy Boles, Bertha Leo, and George Andrew.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man With Children In Yard #1

Description: Copy photograph of a man and child in a corral. The man is holding a cowboy-style hat and is straddling a calf. The child is wearing a hat and dress with a bow. In the background is a corral and a horse.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man With Children In Yard #3

Description: Copy photograph of a man and child in a corral. The man is holding a cowboy-style hat and is straddling a calf. The child is wearing a hat and dress with a bow. In the background is a corral and a horse.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Bull #1

Description: Copy photograph of a white chianina bull standing in a pasture. In the background is a white building with four silo-like structures.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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