Sheriff Arthur Goolsby and company
Scope and Contents
The collection includes historical photographs of people, places, and events from locations across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including but not limited to Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen, Mercedes, Mission, and Rio Grande City. Photographs are in a variety of formats, including aerial, postcards, silver gelatin, etc.
Dates
- dates vary
Creator
- A. Rogers Studio (Brownsville, Texas) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assumes no responsibility.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
From the Box: English
Physical Description
Black and white photograph of Sheriff Arthur (Art) Goolsby (center) on steps of Cameron County Courthouse, surrounded by deputies and presumably other staff. Four dogs also appear in foreground. Handwriting (pencil) on back reads, "Sherriff [sic] Art Goolsby, Dep Sherrif [sic] Bill Cafer + Deputies in front of Court House, 1930s."
Dimensions
25 x 20.5 cm
- Brownsville (Tex.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cameron County, Texas Subject Source: Local sources
- Law enforcement--Rio Grande Valley. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Tgm
Repository Details
Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Brownsville Campus Repository
One West University Boulevard
UTRGV University Library (BLIBR 2.202)
Brownsville Texas 78520 United States
(956) 882-7281
archives@utrgv.edu