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[Notes from an Interview with Mike Molberg]

Description: Typewritten notes from an interview with Mike Molberg. Molberg talks about his time at Eanes School and what a typical day was like for the students who attended as well as a list of women who taught at Eanes School and what time periods they were teaching. At the top right of the document "VF People: Eanes Area - 1975 (Molberg)" is written in pen with "Johnson" written under it in pencil.
Date: 1975
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Barton Family Tree and Bob Barton Obituary]

Description: Photocopy of a family tree chart for the Barton family. The chart is both typed and handwritten and lists the husband, wide, and children in order of birth. There is also an obituary from the San Marcos Daily Record for Bob Barton Sr.
Date: 1874~
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Cemeteries in Austin, Texas]

Description: Photocopy of a list of ten cemeteries in the Austin, Texas area with brief descriptions about each one. The first cemetery description title is cut off and the numbering is hand written though the description is typed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Growing up in Westlake Hills]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with James Short, an alumnus of Eanes Elementary School from Westlake Hills. He goes on to talk about what life was like as a student at Eanes School, and recalls the various incidents that occurred such as bees being let loose in the school bus, a bonfire being built in the middle of the road to stop the bus from arriving to school, and fights between the students.
Date: 1976
Creator: Short, James
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Interview with Gertrude Johnson]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Gertrude Johnson, a long time resident of Deep Eddy, Texas. She talks about her work with the church and school in the area and how at one point the garden that she grew produced a 17.5 pound sweet potato. She also mentions her time as a teacher in the Eanes area and the frequency of which entire classes would not show up to school. At the bottom of the page there is a typed recipe for "Mrs. Johnson's unbaked cookies" as well as handwritten text th… more
Date: 1940~
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Oral History Interview with Mary Ellen Mowinckle Johnson, April 28, 1975]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Mary Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, included is also a survey that was filled out by Mary Johnson asking her about what life was like at the Eanes School as well as her role as a teacher at the time. The letter from Johnson talks about a picture that was found by Johnson that she feels Depwe could be interested in as well a robbery that occurred in which Johnson's watch and fountain pen fillers were stolen.
Date: April 28, 1975
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy & Johnson, Mary Ellen Mowinckle
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard]

Description: Transcription of an interview with Emmett Shelton and Benton Beard written in a Blue Book about the rise of the Eanes area as well as the life and times of the Beard family. The essay goes into land development, PTA, and prohibition.
Date: 1975
Partner: Westbank Community Library District
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