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1957 Travis County Rural Directory

Description: Directory and classified buyers guide for Travis County, Texas. Included is an alphabetical listing of the names of Travis County residents and business concerns, a listing of house numbers by road, an alphabetical listing of farms by type of farming done, and a classified advertisement section and buyers guide.
Date: 1957
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

1958 Travis County Rural Directory

Description: Directory and classified buyers guide for Travis County, Texas. Included is an alphabetical listing of the names of Travis County residents and business concerns, a listing of house numbers by road, an alphabetical listing of farms by type of farming done, and a classified advertisement section and buyers guide.
Date: 1958
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

Echoes from the Past

Description: Brochure containing historical information and stories about the Presbyterian church in the southern portion of the United States. It was presented at the 1936 Spring meeting of the Presbytery of Brazos in old First Church, Galveston.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Brazos.
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Camila, February 13, 1975]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to a woman named Camila. The letter goes into details about Johnson's time as a teacher at the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse and she also inquires about the Marshall family and states that there are probably books about them in the Travis Country Library.
Date: February 13, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Mary Mowinckle
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[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

[Photograph of Students]

Description: Photograph of a group of students standing outside and leaning on a wire fence. Behind the students there is a set of bleachers and a tree and on the back of the photograph "APR 1940" and "R 5 8" is printed.
Date: April 1940
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Children in a Wagon]

Description: Photograph of children in a wooden wagon. The child in the center of the photo is holding a long pole of some sort and wearing a hat, all of the children are looking straight towards the camera.
Date: unknown
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Class]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students in class. The students are seated at their desks and facing the photographer with the teacher standing in the back in front of the black board. There is handwritten text on back of photo that says: "Kay Ort Orell (student). Old Rock school house, her 1956 class."
Date: 1956
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Essay about Jackson Cemetery]

Description: Photocopy of an essay titled "Jackson Cemetery, Travis County, Texas" and under that "Its Value as an Historical Landmark". The essay goes into the creation of the cemetery and how the lot was purchased as well as the fact that much of the information from the essay comes from interviews conducted by Melissa W.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students in a Car Trunk]

Description: Photograph of three Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students in the trunk of a car. The boy on the right has on a brown bowler hat and seems to be looking at a woman who is only partially in the frame of the picture and on the back of the photograph "R70" is printed.
Date: 1940
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students in a Wagon]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock School House students on a field trip to San Antonio to see the Alamo. The students are piled into a wagon that is stopped at a gas station and on the back of the photograph "Eanes History Center" is handwritten in pen as well as "R70" is printed.
Date: April 1940
Creator: Eanes Rock School House
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse Students]

Description: Photograph of four Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students standing in front of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse building. There are two girls in dresses and two boys in shirts and pants in the picture as well as a dog and man bending down in the background. The photograph is torn on the top right corner and there are brown stains on the left of the border of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dyker, Betsy London
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students at the Alamo]

Description: Photograph of a group of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students on a field trip to San Antonio, the students are standing in front of the Alamo. On the back of the photograph, "R70" is printed.
Date: 1940
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date: July 4, 1981
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Essay by Laura Castro]

Description: Photocopy of an essay on how the Dellana family came to reside in Rollingwood, Texas. Castro talks about Condado Dellana's immigration from Italy to the United States and how he eventually moved to Texas to help build the capitol building in Austin. Years later, Condado discovered a cave in Rollingwood that produced extremely good fertilizer due to the guano from the bats that lived in the cave. He eventually bought the property that the cave was on and started selling the fertilizer to nurseri… more
Date: February 27, 1976
Creator: Castro, Laura
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Illustration of Lost Creek Log Cabin]

Description: Art print depicting an illustration of the Lost Creek Log Cabin in a state of disrepair. In the foreground of the picture, there is a stone chimney that is falling apart as well as the wooden structure of the building that is also falling apart. Under the drawing, "Lost Creek Log Cabin circa 1872" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1983
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students in a Wagon]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students on a wooden wagon. One student is trying to climb into the wagon, while the others seem to be looking at something off frame to the left. There appear to be parents outside of the wagon holding onto the smaller children and in the background of the photograph there is a stone building and several trees. On the back of the photograph, "R70" is printed.
Date: April 1940
Partner: Westbank Community Library District
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