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[West Texas Refinery}

Postcard of an oil refinery in west Texas there are train tracks in front of the refinery one with nothing on it in the front and the other one with five rail tank cars stopped in front of the refinery. The writing on the photo reads: "West Texas Refinery. Newsom Photo. Colorado, Tex. 41." The hand writing on the back reads of the post card: "1922 - Colorado City W. J. Classen Tex. We use the West Texas all the time & it's really good."

Date: 1922~

Creator: Photo, Newsom

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 32.388528 -100.877592

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[USS Shenandoah Passing Over Nolan County Courthouse]

Photograph of an airship or dirigible flying in the sky over a group of brick buildings, the tops of which are only just visible at the bottom of the photo. The building on the far right side is dark and multi-storied, and there are people standing on the roof.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.471080 -100.407593

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Oil Blowing Derrick]

Postcard in black and white of a wooden oil derrick spewing oil. The inscription on the front reads: "Humphrey's Jones #1, Kosse Texas. Buie Mexia."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Heritage, Volume 15, Number 3, Summer 1997

Quarterly publication containing articles related to the preservation of historic artifacts and sites in Texas. Feature articles discuss various aspects of Texas history and heritage, often highlighting museums and collections within the state. Also included are book reviews, current preservation news, and a listing of historical museums in Texas.

Date: Summer 1997

Creator: Texas Historical Foundation

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas Historical Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.

Date: March 12, 2012

Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 11 seconds

Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin

Item Type: Video

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Gulf Oil Docks and Refinery]

Photograph of The Gulf Oil Company docks and refinery. Several ships are docked at the shoreline by the refinery. A field of many storage containers is in the picture background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.835879 -93.965377

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Receipt for a Cash Payment for Twenty Dollars]

Receipt for the cash payment of twenty dollars and zero cents from Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Kinsel Motor Company. On the back of the receipt shows the total amount of money remaining before the item becomes paid off totaling to $166

Date: July 3, 1937

Creator: Kinsel Motor Company

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Receipt for a Payment to Chevrolet for Thirty Dollars]

Receipt for a Payment to Chevrolet for Thirty Dollars – Receipt for the payment of thirty dollars and zero cents by Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Chevrolet Motor Company.

Date: July 20, 1937

Creator: Chevrolet Motor Company

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

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Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Audio of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers.

Date: February 1998

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds

Creator: Bacon, Dan & Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.)

Item Type: Sound

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Oil Wells]

Postcard of seven oil derricks surrounding a church. The writing across the bottom front reads: "Drilling Oil Wells in Church yard. Kilgore, Texas". There is a note on the back sent from Sylvia to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Van Norman in Nickerson, Kansas.

Date: July 1954

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Receipt for the Purchase of a Used 1937 Panel Truck]

Receipt for the acquisition of a used 1935 Chevrolet panel truck from the Kinsel Motor Company by Alex “Tex” Bradford. The total price of used panel truck comes to $734.20 with an initial cash payment of $175.00 paid by Alex Bradford.

Date: June 30, 1936

Creator: Kinsel Motor Company

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Receipt for a Cash Payment by Alex Bradford]

Receipt for a partial cash payment Alex Bradford to the Kinsel Motor Company, for a total of twenty dollars and zero cents ($20.00). A handwritten note in blue colored pencil that reads, "aug 6 cc, Lockhart".

Date: August 6, 1937

Creator: Kinsel Motor Company

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Pat Cross to the Chamberses - September 9, 1965]

Letter from Pat Cross, a representative of the Standard Oil Company of Texas (part of Chevron), outlining the proposed oil and gas lease for land in New Mexico owned by Mr. and Mrs. Chambers. It includes copies of the official paperwork and a check for $200 as a first installment.

Date: September 9, 1965

Creator: Cross, Pat O.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Transcript of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.

Date: February 1998

Creator: Bacon, Dan; Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.) & Wilson, Itasco Woodard

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Canadian River in Borger, Texas]

Postcard image taken from a curving dirt road of several oil derricks in front of a river, between hills, labeled at the top as "View showing Canadian River and valley north of Borger, Texas." A note on the back is addressed to Betty in Iowa with the text "Dear Pal. card received and I want you to send me the [...] saved for me [...] use the rest for postage. Sincerely Mary Alice [Robeson], Box 537, Phillips, Texas."

Date: unknown

Creator: Robeson, Mary Alice

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 35.736414 -101.419349

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

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Oral History Interview with Charles A. Young, August 31, 1988

Interview with Charles A. Young, who arrived in Baytown in 1916, but also grew up in Evergreen, Texas. Young discusses his growing up in Evergreen, moving back to Baytown and working in the oil fields during his career with the Humble Refinery.

Date: 1988

Duration: 59 minutes 17 seconds

Creator: Mayo, Martha & Young, Charles A.

Item Type: Sound

Partner: Lee College

A Tribute to Tomball: A Pictorial History of the Tomball Area

Pictorial history with personal accounts and textual descriptions of Tomball, Texas, including a brief overview of the area and accounts of the families, businesses, social organizations, churches, and schools.

Date: 1982

Creator: Tomball Area Diamond Jubilee, Inc.

Item Type: Book

Partner: LSC - Tomball Community Library

History of Baytown

A history the Baytown area from its settlement through 1945. The book includes maps and photographs. Index starts on page 148.

Date: 1986

Creator: Henson, Margaret Swett

Item Type: Book

Partner: Sterling Municipal Library

Las Sabinas, Volume 8, Number 3, July 1982

Quarterly publication of the Orange County Historical Society discussing the history of the area and genealogy of residents through essays; oral histories; newspaper articles; letters; records of births, marriages, and deaths; photographs; cemetery records; court proceedings and public records; family Bible entries; and other historical documents.

Date: July 1982

Creator: Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Orange County Historical Society