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1838 Republic of Texas Land Application Form
Collection — Container: 194, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0194
Content Description
Land application form filled out by Jose Luis Chirino for new citizens of the Republic of Texas. Chirino had to swear that he was a citizen of Texas at the date of independence, did not leave the State or refuse to participate in the revolution, and did not give assistance to the enemy. Chirino applied for 1/3 of a league of land in Nacogdoches County.
Dates:
1838-02-09
1839 Republic of Texas Slave Sale Document
Collection — Container: 195, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0195
Content Description
One document of slave sale in Washington County, Texas, May 3rd 1839. Sale was for eleven slaves aged two - thirty years old, and was for eleven thousand dollars. Slaves were sold to Ann H. P. Noble by O. B. Howard and Jane E. Howard, and witnessed by F. W. Hubert, A. M. Logan, and M. McKinnon. Ms. Noble also bought three mules, twenty head of cattle, and two yoke of oxen for five hundred dollars.
Dates:
1839-05-03
Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita)
Collection — Container: 119
Identifier: ELIBR-0119
Scope and Contents
Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita) was transcribed from archives in Mexico. These volumes record the distribution of land by the royal Spanish commissioners in 1767 to the Rio Grande settlements of Laredo, Mier, Camargo, Revilla (later Guerrero), and Reynosa, which were established by José de Escandón. About 170 of the porciones granted to individual settlers at that time are located within the present boundaries of Texas.
Dates:
1753-1832
Alfonso Loredo Flores Collection
Collection — Container: 181, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0181
Scope and Contents
This digital collection consists of two photographs, an oral history with Lidia Flores, widow of Alfonso Loredo Flores, and legal documents pertaining to the murder of Alfonso Loredo Flores, a 20-year-old bystander and a victim of the 1971 Pharr Riots. Flores was stepping out of Ramos' Hair Styling Center located on the corner of Bell Ave. and Cage Blvd. when he was allegedly shot in the head by Deputy Sheriff Robert C. Johnson. Robert C. Johnson's indictment and arrest took place on...
Dates:
1971-02-06 - 1973-02-08
Amada of the Gardens film
Collection — Container: 88
Identifier: ELIBR-0088
Scope and Contents
The collection contains documents, slides, audio, and video materials relating to Amada Cardenas (1904-2005), who at the time, was the oldest living licensed merchant of the holy sacrament of the Native American Church. The Gardens is located in Mirando City in the South Texas brush land. Religious pilgrims would trek annually to the Gardens, one of the few places in the United State where their sacrament, peyote, grows.
Dates:
1998 - 2003
Angel Noé González and Diola Gonzalez Collection
Collection — Container: 85
Identifier: ELIBR-0085
Scope and Contents
Series I, Personal, 1972-2013, consists of two oral histories, documents regarding his campaign for U.S. House of Representatives for the 15th congressional district in Texas, book manuscript, and family genealogy.
Series II, Bilingual Education, 1965-2013, consists of personal research, documents, correspondence, and publications.
Series II, Bilingual Education, 1965-2013, consists of personal research, documents, correspondence, and publications.
Dates:
1965-2013
Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) Collection [photocopies]
Collection — Container: 24, Box: 1R
Identifier: ELIBR-0024
Scope and Contents
Collection includes photostatic copies from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission primarily concerning different towns in Nueva Colonia de Santander.
Dates:
1757 - 1773; Majority of material found within 1757 - 1758
Associated City County Economic Development Corporation (ACCEDC) Collection
Collection — Container: 89
Identifier: ELIBR-0089
Scope and Contents
The collection mainly consists of expenditure reports for houses and lots in Colonia Esperanza and Subdivision #1 in Elsa.
Dates:
1971 - 1977; Majority of material found in 1977
Benjamin De Kalbe (Ben D.) Wood papers
Collection — Container: 232
Identifier: ELIBR-0232
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a photograph, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and speech given at the memorial service for Dr. Wood. Dr. Woods was born in Brownsville, Texas and is considered to be an educational pioneer.
Dates:
1942, 1984-1986, 1989
Betty Burkhart Patterson Collection
Collection — Container: 221
Identifier: ELIBR-0221
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a scrapbook of Betty Burkhart Patterson's theater and drama activities and other student activities from Edinburg College, also called Edinburg Junior College. It also includes a manuscript written by Mrs. Patterson titled "My Mother's Diary."
Dates:
1936-1937, 2011; Other: Date acquired: 2012-09-20
Bob Stewart Collection (CLOSED)
Collection — Container: 130
Identifier: ELIBR-0130
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of personal records of the Downs Family, Marin D. Alvarado, and Justine Robb. The entire collection is RESTRICTED and CLOSED for research use.
Dates:
1919 - 1996
Border Bank Collection
Collection — Container: 110
Identifier: ELIBR-0110
Scope and Contents
Comprised of both memos [elaborate] and copies of crossing cards [formal name] for individuals who crossed from Mexico into the United States at the Hidalgo, Texas port of entry.
Dates:
1918 - 1920
Border Brick Project - Scott Cook Collection
Collection — Container: 30
Identifier: ELIBR-0030
Scope and Contents
The collection contains research material compiled by Dr. Scott Cook, pertaining to the organization of brick production along the U.S. Texas-Mexico border (1800s-1990s) and the Border Brick Project. The collection consists primarily of 186 oral history interviews (Series I, 1970-2008), 104 files of general research (Series II, 1837-2009), 122 files of manuscript and publication research (Series III, 1846-2013), and 2394 photographs (Series IV, 1939-2013).
Dates:
1837 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1999; Record Keeping: Acquired: 1998 February 09
Border Life Collection
Collection — other: 8 Drawers
Identifier: UTPA-BSA-Border Life
Scope and Contents
The Border life collection contains student papers written on the basis of original research, including personal interviews, concerning life in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas - Mexico border.
A few Cultural Orientation Questionnaires have been digitized and are accessible via our instutional repository.
A few Cultural Orientation Questionnaires have been digitized and are accessible via our instutional repository.
Dates:
-
Border Music
Collection — other: Various
Identifier: BSA-00-UTPA-BSA-Border Music
Scope and Contents
Interviews with artists and commercial music recorded locally, primarily from the Spanish speaking Mexicano/a community.
Dates:
-
Border Security and Border Wall
Collection — other: Various
Identifier: BSA-02-UTPA-BSA-Border Security
Scope and Contents
Local research on border security that focuses on the sociological and ecological ramifications of the border wall's construction along the South-Texas Rio Grande River.
Dates:
-
Brent Campney's research collection on race relations in South Texas
Collection — Container: 179
Identifier: ELIBR-0179
Content Description
The Brent Campney Collection consists of research files accumulated during Dr. Campney's research into race relations in South Texas, particularly the Rio Grande Valley, during the 19th and 20th Centuries. The collection has a series of folders dealing with (in most cases) long forgotten episodes of racism and violence in South Texas and are intended to 1) inform interested scholars that these incidents occurred and; 2) provide a starting point for their own research into the incidents.
Dates:
1852 - 1990
Brief relative to extension of The Intracoastal Waterway in Texas, from Corpus Christi to Rio Grande River including Arroyo Colorado to Harlingen
Collection — Container: 218, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0218
Dates:
1939 - 1940
Business and Professional Women's Club Edinburg Chapter records
Collection — Container: 203
Identifier: ELIBR-0203
Scope and Contents
Collection includes the Edinburg Chapter by-laws.
Dates:
1986
C. K. (Clairmont Kenneth) Koelle papers
Collection — Container: 205
Identifier: ELIBR-0205
Scope and Contents
Includes information on the history of the Wimodausis Club (wives, mothers, daughters and sisters) of the original founders of the North Sharyland Community northeast of Mission. It met regularly first at the Shary Clubhouse then at the old school building on 5 Mile and Shary Road (since torn down) from its beginning on April 19, 1916 until it was disbanded about 1999. Papers also include detailed description of photograph collected through Archives Alert 94-342.
Dates:
1996, 2003-2004
Camargo Archives Collection [photocopies]
Collection — Container: 164, Box: 5D
Identifier: ELIBR-0164
Scope and Contents
Municipal archives collection contains photostat copies of birth, marriage, and death registers and land records for the lower Rio Grande community of Camargo from the late 18th through early 20th centuries.
Dates:
1764-1913; Other: Date acquired: 2003-03-10
Carl Laurence Duaine Collection
Collection — Container: 64, Box: 4R
Identifier: ELIBR-0064
Scope and Contents
Collection contains manuscripts, research notes, and correspondence files from Carl Duaine's three books: "Caverns of Oblivion," "Dead men wore boots," and "With all arms." Research files include copies of governmental archival files from 1862-1865.
Dates:
1957-2003
Carl Seale Collection
Collection — Container: 127
Identifier: ELIBR-0127
Scope and Contents
The collection includes over 120 compositions encompassing a wide range of genres from symphonic literature to small chamber and solo works and include: orchestra (35), concert band (24), choral (14), opera (2), ballet (3), film (1), smaller chamber and solo works (51).Many scores are accompanied by parts, copies of which can be made available by the library to interested parties upon request. Select works have also been published with Southern Music and Really Good Music and are...
Dates:
1961 - 2014
Carte de Visite Historical Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: ELIBR-0254
Scope and Contents
A collection of images representing the carte-de-visite, a form of calling card that gained popularity in Europe and the United States during the 19th century. The photographs are either pre, post, or during the U.S. Civil War. One notable item is a photograph taken by William Friese-Green, often credited as the inventor of motion pictures. This collection was acquired by the Library when the International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS) deaccessioned their collection in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1860 - 1884
Cullen and Thompson Packers and Shippers records
Collection — Container: 143
Identifier: ELIBR-0143
Scope and Contents
Collection primarily includes financial and business records of the cotton gin and the packing and shipping company.
Dates:
1933-1961, 2006; Other: Date acquired: 0001-01-01
Curanderismo Collection
Collection
Identifier: BSA-e43ede45-5931-49a0-a17e-571b401f2952
Overview
Audio recordings, videos and images from the Cuaranderismo Collection at the Border Studies Archive. Digitized through a grant funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Dates:
-
David Allex Collection
Collection — Container: 113
Identifier: ELIBR-0113
Scope and Contents
The collection mainly consists of annual reports, programs, and pamphlets of the Harlingen Chamber of Commerce as well as abstracts of title for the San Benito Irrigation Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas which was part of the Espiritu Santo Grant.
Dates:
1781 - 1976
David E. Vassberg Collection
Collection — Container: 169
Identifier: ELIBR-0169
Scope and Contents
Collection contains research materials for "Stockholm on the Rio Grande" including original research interviews, memoirs, e-mail, and internet webpage printouts, and photostatic copies of older materials.
Dates:
1864 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2002; Other: Date acquired: 20031200
Delta Kappa Gamma Society records
Collection — Container: 209, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0209
Scope and Contents
Includes constitution, handbook, list of officers, members, and programs of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society which is a woman's national honor fraternity in Education.
Dates:
1947 - 1965
Dick Heller Jr. Collection
Collection — Container: 42
Identifier: ELIBR-0042
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photostatic copies of research done on various Lower Rio Grande Valley topics as well as research for his book "Merchants, masons and marauders on the Texas border, the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1836-1866: the story of Henry Clay Davis, September 29, 1814-December 8, 1866: the founding of Rio Grande City, Starr Co., Texas and his fight with Indians, robbers, and Mexicans, including the three "C" generals, Canales, Carbajal, and Cortina." Research includes monographs,...
Dates:
Event: 1834 - 2007
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