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Ambrosio Villarreal Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: BD-0014
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 77 digitized postcards pertaining to Fort Brown, Harding presidential visit, U.S. Army life on the border, Rio Grande River, Brownsville, Fort Brown Motor Hotel, and the Oblates.
The postcards are accessible via our institional repository.
The postcards are accessible via our institional repository.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1908 - 1968
Barry Horn Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: BLIBR-0043
Content Description
This collection consists of eighteen letterpress halftone postcards pertaining to Cameron County and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The photographs were taken by Robert Runyon and the postcard booklet was made by Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago, Illinois in 1927.
Dates:
1927
Brownsville General Collection
Collection — Container: 0028
Identifier: BLIBR-0032
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of historical material collected by the University Library staff. Included are newspapers, newspaper clippings, local reports, local and national magazines, historical material, and promotional material. The bulk of the material pertains to Brownsville, but there is also material that pertains to the overall South Texas.
Dates:
1864 - 2000
Brownsville Newsletters Collection
Collection — Container: 0025
Identifier: BLIBR-0025
Content Description
The collection consists of ten newsletters from organizations located in Brownsville, Texas. The newsletters chronicle the history and development of Brownsville and topics include art, architecture, businesses, higher education, historical accounts, events, notable people, preservation, transportation, and industry.
Dates:
1977 - 2017
Christopher Carmona Collection
Collection — Container: 0047
Identifier: BLIBR-0047
Content Description
This collection consists of a 1911 Hidalgo County Texas General Land Office grant map and a 1992 Texans & Winter Texans International Spring Festival brochure highlighting the Bandit wars.
Dates:
1911 - 1992
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- Brownsville (Tex.)--History 2
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- Frontier and pioneer life--Rio Grande Valley. 2
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- Architecture--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley. 1
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- Donna (Tex.) 1
- Fort Brown (Brownsville, Tex.) 1
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 1
- Land grants--Texas 1
- Maps 1
- Matamoros (Mexico) 1
- Point Isabel (Tex.) 1
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