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Periodicals - miscellaneous issues

 Collection — Container: 150, Box: 2D
Identifier: ELIBR-0150
Scope and Contents

Single issues of larger runs of periodicals (magazines, journals, and newspapers) retained because of specific articles and issues concerning southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Dates: -; Other: Date acquired: 0001-01-01

Porfirio Diaz Historical Documents

 Collection — Container: 202
Identifier: ELIBR-0202
Scope and Contents

Collection contains three documents related to Porfirio Diaz; two letters written to the Governor of the State of Durango regarding military and personnel matters, and one signed military appointment signed by Diaz, of the appointment of Antonio Paes to the position of Lieutenant Colonel of infantry.

Dates: 1878-01-26; 1902-12; 1903-07-06

Pre-First World War clippings scrapbook

 Collection — Container: 236, Volume: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0236
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of undated newspaper clippings. Clippings are primarily humorous stories, human interest stories, and poems. First clipping is of Geo. H. Dirmeyer 'Bird Cage Saloon' menu [humorous menu]. Newspaper clippings presumably clipped before First World War, as one article refers to the "next German war" and before automobiles were common as some articles refer to horses, mules, carriages, and horse-cars.

Dates: undated

Precinct No. 13, Hidalgo County, Precinct Convention minutes

 Collection — Container: 223, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0223
Scope and Contents

Folder contains meeting minutes of the Precinct Convention, Precinct No. 13, Hidalgo County, Texas, held at Edinburg, Texas on the 3rd day of May, 1952.

Dates: 1952

Priscilla Club of McAllen records

 Collection — Container: 224, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0224
Scope and Contents

The Priscilla Club was "one of McAllen's oldest clubs," a women's social club, organized February 14, 1919. The collection consists of a spiral bound notebook with meeting attendance and newspaper clippings of club activities.

Dates: 1939 - 1947

R.B. Creager Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BLIBR-0007
Scope and Contents R.B. Creager Papers span his professional and political life. Materials are generally organized as follows Brownsville Customs Collector (1907–1912), Republican Political Patronage (1921), Gateway Bridge Corporation (1925–1935), Business with Mexico (1939–1950), and Intracoastal Canal and Water Treaty (1945–1947).While his 1916 run for Governor of Texas as a Republican is not well documented within the collection, it does document other activities within the party, including...
Dates: 1907 - 1956

Contaminación Collection

 Collection — other: ~400B
Identifier: BSA-009
Scope and Contents

The collection contains non-privileged files pertaining to litigation regarding petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of properties on and around 23rd Street and Business 83 in McAllen, Texas. Documents include trial transcripts and proceedings, technical research and reports, and witness testimony relating to the southern and northern plume cases.

Dates: -

Reference Files

 Collection — other: BLIBR-0000
Identifier: BLIBR-0000
Scope and Contents

Collection contains articles, clippings, flyers, brochures, maps, and other ephemera collected by the Library Special Collections on topics concerning the Lower Rio Grande Valley Collection pertaining to the geographic region of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Many of these materials are protected by U.S. Copyright Law.

Dates: dates vary

Reference Files

 Collection — Container: 62, Box: 13R, 98D
Identifier: ELIBR-0062
Scope and Contents

Collection contains articles, clippings, flyers, brochures, maps, and other ephemera collected by the Library Special Collections on topics concerning the Lower Rio Grande Valley Collection pertaining to the geographic region of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Many of these materials are protected by U.S. Copyright Law.

Dates: -

Rene Torres Collection

 Collection — Container: 0035
Identifier: BD-0035

Republic of Texas Document, Sale of Enslaved Persons, 1839

 Collection — Container: 195, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0195
Content Description

Documentation of the sale of enslaved persons in Washington County, Texas, May 3, 1839. Sale was for eleven enslaved peopel aged two - thirty years old and was for eleven thousand dollars. Enslaved persons 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

Republic of Texas Land Application Form, 1838

 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

Reynaldo G. Garza Collection

 Collection — Container: 142
Identifier: ELIBR-0142
Scope and Contents

Collection includes documents, correspondence, and committee information concerning the Select Committee on Higher Education. Issues addressed by the committee include testing of college students and necessity for comprehensive universities in South Texas.

Dates: 1985-1988; Other: Date acquired: 0001-01-01

Reynaldo G. Garza Collection

 Collection — Container: BLIBR-0016
Identifier: BLIBR-0016
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of personal papers chronicling Judge Reynaldo G. Garza's legal career, and civic engagement, as well as his involvement with higher education in South Texas.

Dates: 1950 - 2004

Reynosa Archives Collection [photocopies from Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.]

 Collection
Identifier: ELIBR-0166
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of MICROFILM materials. Municipal archives collection of 19th century baptismal (bautismos) and marrriage (matrimonios) registers, family records and legal documents for the Lower Rio Grande community of Reynosa.

Dates: 1820-1892; Other: Date acquired: 2003-03-10

Reynosa Municipal Archives (Photocopies)

 Collection — Container: 163, Box: 3D
Identifier: ELIBR-0163
Scope and Contents

Reynosa Municipal Archives (Photocopies) contain information about the census of Reynosa, establishment of Reynosa, founders of Reynosa, protocols, marriages, lands, deaths and Panteon Municipal de Reynosa, provinces, and marks and brands. Please note these are not original records.

Dates: 1750 - 1944

Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico Marriage Church Register Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BD-0157
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one volume of the Reynosa Tamaulipas marriage church register.

Dates: 1790-1810; Other: Date acquired: 2002-2003

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 Land Trust records

 Collection — Container: 173
Identifier: ELIBR-0173
Content Description

Collection entirely consists of financial records (November 1965-November 1966) which were maintained for audit purposes. Financial records include oil and gas interest records, bank receipts, and tax receipts.

Dates: 1965 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1966

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

Rio Grande Valley Federation of Women's Clubs Collection

 Collection — Container: 225, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0225
Scope and Contents

File contains historical information about the different women's clubs of the Rio Grande Valley.

Dates: 1963 - 1964

Rio Grande Valley Telephone Company annual reports

 Collection — Container: 240, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0240
Content Description

File includes annual reports of the Rio Grande Valley Telephone Company to the Interstate Commerce Commission (1923, 1926-1933) and to the Federal Communications Commission (1934-1936).

Dates: 1923 - 1936

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

 Collection
Identifier: ELIBR-08-2022
Scope and Contents

Contains one scrapbook with news releases and information pertinent to the different subjects discussed in the Rondel V. Davidson [Endowed] History Lecture Series. Also contains an archival folder with further information on the series lecturers. The lecture series was established in 1989 in memory of Dr. Rondel Davidson, former Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at The University of Texas Pan American.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1993 - Present

Rotary Club of Darwen Correspondence

 File — Folder: 0029
Identifier: BLIBR-0029-Vertical
Content Description Photocopy of correspondence from Howard Peters, of the Rotary Club of Darwen, England, and "Rotarian James" of the Brownsville club. Included with the correspondence is a summation of letters written by members of a local Lancashire family, especially those of a young man by the name of James Horrocks (alias Andrew Ross), who came to America to escape a paternity suit, and lived for a time in Brownsville. Summation of Horrocks correspondence includes descriptions of U.S. Mail Steamship...
Dates: 1865 - 1871

Rubén Hinojosa Congressional Papers

 Collection — Container: 146
Identifier: ELIBR-0146
Content Description

The Congressional Papers of Rubén Hinojosa consists of 291 linear feet of materials dating from 1997 - 2016. The papers were created during Rubén Hinojosa's time as an elected official in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 - 2016, representing the 15th Congressional District in South Texas. The collection consists of legislative material as well as casework of local projects and issues.

Dates: 1996 - 2016

Salt Deposit on a log from La Sal del Rey

 Item — Container: 178
Identifier: ELIBR-0178
Scope and Contents

One salt deposit on a log from La Sal del Rey. Salt deposit measures roughly 9 inches x 5 inches x 3.5 inches.

Dates: 1992

South Texas Symphony Guild Yearbook

 Collection — Container: 132, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0132
Scope and Contents

Yearbook contains information on the purpose, officers and directors, committees, calendar of events, members, and by-laws.

Dates: 1986 - 1987

Spanish Land Grants

 Collection
Identifier: BSA-006
Scope and Contents

Life histories of local families and traces of their land acquisition to first European contact in the borderlands.

Dates: -

Staffel Family letters

 Collection — Container: 227, Folder: 1
Identifier: ELIBR-0227
Scope and Contents

Letters and reminiscences from the Staffel family, including letters written from Germany and about the boat trip to the United States, as well as travels within Texas, including San Antonio and Galveston.

Dates: 1851 - 1949; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1886

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