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Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.

Date: November 7, 1975

Creator: Earney, Ann

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Five Pictures

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Alejandro "Alec" Dominguez, the author's grandfather, and his children.

Date: November 28, 1967

Creator: Dominguez, Alice

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

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of W. T. Davis

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Judge W. T. Davis, who came to Marfa, Texas, in 1907 to establish a ranching business and meat market. He was elected county judge in 1926, and he and his family became a prominent part of the community.

Date: January 22, 1965

Creator: Minjares, Mary Jane

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Research on the Great Depression in Marfa, Texas]

Paper answering the questions posed by Hallie Rey Roman's teacher to clarify a researcher paper she wrote for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression, titled "Disastrous Depression of the 1930's." In another document, Hallie Roman's teacher formulated a number of questions to help improve her paper; these are Hallie Roman's corrections and/or clarifications in response.

Date: 1974

Creator: Roman, Hallie Rey

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Dutch

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.

Date: December 3, 1968

Creator: Harpham, Marsha

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Booklet containing cures for various conditions, 1784-1823]

Various efficient cures and remedies for diseases and cattle plagues taken from newspapers.

Date: 1784/1823

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Receipt from Daly, Miller, & Co. for Cattle Purchase]

Receipt for A. D. Kennard's purchase of 16 cattle and some hay. A handwritten note at the bottom of the receipt appears to say "We have steady market. Prospects fair. Cable not quite heavy enough."

Date: May 7, 1884

Creator: Daly, Miller, & Co.

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[American Shorthorn Breeders' Association Registry Certificate, December 13, 1917]

This is a certificate from the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association. The registry form has not been completely filled out.

Date: December 13, 1917

Creator: American Shorthorn Breeders' Association

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

One Wrong Cut

This report relates an anecdote about Edward "Speck" Bogel, the son of a rancher in Marfa, Texas.

Date: December 1976

Creator: Polson, Rink

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Regulations on Killing Cattle]

Document containing regulations on the killing of cattle sent from José Antonio Flores to the Laredo alcalde.

Date: 1837-10~

Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Regulations from Ildefonso Ramón]

Regulations from Ildefonso Ramón concerning the ownership and slaughter of cattle. The document is signed at the bottom by José Lázaro Benavides and Tomás García Davila.

Date: 1819-01~

Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Two Letters from Josef Marcelo de Inojosa to the Laredo Ayuntamiento]

Two documents of correspondence between Josef Marcelo de Inojosa and the Laredo Ayuntamiento. Both documents are letters from de Inojosa stating new regulations on round-up of animals and slaughter of cattle.

Date: January 1822

Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Regulations from José María Tovar]

Regulations from José María Tovar concerning cattle and other animals. The document itself is badly stained and has a long piece of tape covering the right edge of the paper.

Date: 1815-12~

Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Souvenir of 1876 Rath City

Description of the steel shoe that oxen wore in a particular caravan that created Rath City and a description of a particular ox that escaped and led a heard of wild cattle. A drawing of a horseshoe-like object is done in pencil around the title on the page.

Date: unknown