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Doll Collection: Diminutive Delights

Magazine article, written for MD Living magazine, about the hobby, history, and lore of doll collecting.

Date: May 1966

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]

Photograph of Marfa, Texas in the evening, a group of houses and buildings with several windmills and a dark sky overhead. The photo was taken by Frank Duncan.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Alphie Dunlap]

Photograph of Alphie Dunlap wearing a plaid skirt and jacket with a dark collared shirt and standing in front of a car in a driveway, with snow on the ground.

Date: November 1957

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Teacher's Daily Lesson Plan Sheet about the Depression]

A teacher's daily lesson plan sheet used to formulate questions for a student to answer in order to clarify a researcher paper about the Great Depression for a history class at Marfa High School, titled "Disastrous Depression of the 1930's" by Hallie Rey Roman. The page numbers to the left of the page correspond to the pages of the "Disastrous Depression" paper; under each pager number are the subsequent questions or concerns the teacher has with a specific point in Hallie Roman's paper.

Date: 1974

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Wax Dolls]

Photograph of six wax dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a wooden shadowbox. The dolls are unique in size and appearance and include an elderly couple.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of China Dolls]

Photograph of ten china dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a shadowbox with panes like a window. The dolls vary in size from relatively large to very small.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Cliff Durham and Other Men]

Photograph of Cliff Durham (on the far right) and seven other men picking slips of paper out of a rotating barrel on a stage.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Memorial Service: Kathleen Menard - April 24, 1978]

Script for the memorial service of Kathleen Menard at Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel on the morning of April 24, 1978. Kathleen Menard attend and graduated valedictorian form Marfa High School in Marfa, Texas. Kathleen Menard was deeply devoted to her father, Frank Duncan, and helped him in his photography business.

Date: 1978

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Dutchover Family

Information about two portraits of the Dutchover family used in a researcher paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Dutchovers. The author also includes a few comments on the origin of the name "Dutchover" and the style and dress of ladies during the time period when these pictures were taken.

Date: 1964

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Most Interesting Person: Evelyn Raetzch Davis]

Research paper outline written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mrs. Evelyn Raetzch Davis, who was a teacher in elementary schools, high schools, and colleges in and around the area of Marfa, Texas, between the years of 1954 and 1972. She also authored several books and enjoyed writing and painting in her free time.

Date: 1967

Creator: Balga, Frank

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Dutchovers

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Diedrick Dutchover, his wife, Refugia "Cara" Salcido, and their ten children. The author discusses the origin of the name "Dutchover," Diedrick Dutchover's job riding as guard to mail coaches, and the establishment of the Dutchover ranch.

Date: 1964

Creator: Arriola, Emma D.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Refugia Dutchover and Her Daughter and Granddaughter]

Portrait of Refugia Dutchover standing with one of her sisters, Cenovia Salcido de Crabb and Cenovia's daughter Ana Fermina de Jesus Crabb de Herrera. All women are wearing formal dresses.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Shafter, Texas]

Photograph of the town of Shafter, Texas, taken from across a river with trees, a horse, and a man in the foreground on the river bank.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Francis Wilson's Home]

Photograph of Francis Wilson's home in Presidio County, Texas, which he built for himself and his family. In front of the house are two motorcycles with a man leaning against one of them.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Army Soldiers in France]

Photograph of three Army soldiers in uniform outdoors in France. The first man is identified as George Dawson.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Stagecoach]

Photograph of a stagecoach pulled by four horses with two men driving, three men on horses on the road behind, and Fort Davis in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Information about Photograph of Manuela Dech]

Information about a portrait of Manuela Dech used in a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in Marfa, Texas. The portrait was taken in England when she was about fifteen years old - it is unclear in what year or why Dech traveled to England.

Date: 1966

Creator: Garcia, Nellie & Melendez, Johnny

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Marriage Certificate]

Photograph of a marriage certificate for Francis D. Wilson and Hannah A. Jones from January 1, 1860.

Date: January 1, 1860

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of the Dominguez Family]

Portrait of the Dominguez family. Felipe Dominguez and his wife Manuela Estrada are sitting while their son, Juan Dominguez, stands behind with Elodia Dominguez, his wife.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Alfred Dominguez]

Photograph of Alfred Dominguez in an army uniform while he was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany during World War II.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Postcard from Abelardo Sanchez to Mrs. Pat Godbold - May 20, 1991]

A postcard with a blank front sent to Mrs. Pat Goldbold, care of the Marfa Museum, from Abelardo Sanchez requesting information about the timeline of Dr. Darracott's practice in Marfa, Texas, while researching the death of Ambrose Bierce.

Date: May 20, 1991

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Diedrick and Refugia Dutchover]

Portrait of Diedrick Dutchover and his wife, Refugia Dutchover, wearing dark formal clothes.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Juan Dominguez Receiving Certificate of Commendation]

Photograph of Juan Dominguez being congratulated by Chief Patrol Inspector Robert E. Gardner after receiving a Certificate of Commendation at a ceremony at Border Patrol headquarters in Marfa, Texas.

Date: September 26, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Man by a River]

Photograph of a man in a hat standing beside a wide river and holding a line in his hand, which continues along the river bank on either side of him.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

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Doll Collection: Diminutive Delights

[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]

[Photograph of Alphie Dunlap]

[Teacher's Daily Lesson Plan Sheet about the Depression]

[Photograph of Wax Dolls]

[Photograph of China Dolls]

[Photograph of Cliff Durham and Other Men]

[Memorial Service: Kathleen Menard - April 24, 1978]

The Dutchover Family

[Most Interesting Person: Evelyn Raetzch Davis]

The Dutchovers

[Portrait of Refugia Dutchover and Her Daughter and Granddaughter]

[Photograph of Shafter, Texas]

[Photograph of Francis Wilson's Home]

[Photograph of Army Soldiers in France]

[Photograph of a Stagecoach]

[Information about Photograph of Manuela Dech]

[Photograph of Marriage Certificate]

[Portrait of the Dominguez Family]

[Photograph of Alfred Dominguez]

[Postcard from Abelardo Sanchez to Mrs. Pat Godbold - May 20, 1991]

[Portrait of Diedrick and Refugia Dutchover]

[Photograph of Juan Dominguez Receiving Certificate of Commendation]

[Photograph of a Man by a River]