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Hidalgo County Historical Commission Collection
Collection — Container: 79
Identifier: ELIBR-0079
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of applications for historical markers and historical cemeteries, research, notes, correspondence, organizational files, and maps. Historical marker applications were submitted by the Hidalgo County Historical Commission to the Texas Historical Commission Research Department. Marker applications typically include research describing the importance of the location. Files may also include photographs and dedication pamphlets. Collection also contains organizational...
Dates:
1884-2016
John H. Shary Collection
Collection — Container: ELIBR-0002
Identifier: ELIBR-0002
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of business and personal files from John H. Shary, the largest collection of which is the United Irrigation Company series. The collection primarily contains business files, correspondence, internal memos, legal proceedings, maps, blueprints, and newspaper and magazine clippings.
Dates:
1908 - 2001; Majority of material found in 1912-1952
RGV Promotional Literature Collection
Collection — Container: ELIBR-0151
Identifier: ELIBR-0151
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous collection of promotional literature primarily from 1910-1940, pertaining to the Rio Grande Valley.Fliers: Inexpensively produced single sheet announcements or advertisements for distribution among the general public.
Leaflets: Unbound volumes with fewer than five pages.
Pamphlets: Published non-periodical volumes with no cover or with a paper cover. Usually 5 to 49 pages.
Postcards: Cards on which a message may be written or printed for mailing without an envelope;...
Dates:
1913-2000
Rio Grande Valley 20th Century Studio Photographs Collection
Collection — Container: ELIBR-0174, Box: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0174
Content Description
The collection found here consists of 53 photographs of agricultural activity in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and the McAllen, Texas region, c. 1920. 39 of the photographs are 8 x 10, mounted on card stock and backed with linen, bearing the "Edrington" studio name. The remaining photographs are 5 x 7 and mounted on card stock. Four bear the "Ziebell, McAllen" studio...
Dates:
1920s
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