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[Copy Print of a Photograph of People Sitting on School Lawn]

Description: Photograph of, from left to right, a man, a small child wearing a small hat, a woman wearing a large hat, another child, and another woman, sitting on a rocky, grassy lawn in front of a two-story stone building with windows along both floors. There is a large tree right in front of the front entrance of the building, and another, smaller tree to the left of the building. There is a tower in the center of the top of the building with a pointed roof and a spire on top. In the distant background, … more
Date: 1890/1913
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Photograph of the Sam Houston Barton Family]

Description: Photograph of two adults sitting with five children arranged around them in front of a painted backdrop. The males are all wearing medium-colored, textured suits, the females wear dresses, and a baby, held by the woman, wears a gown. The three boys stand behind the adults, while a small girl is held by the man. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph identify the parents as Nancy Anderson Garrett Barton and Sam Houston Barton, and the children as: Randall Barton, William Welborn Barton,… more
Date: [1890,1891]
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, September 12, 1890]

Description: Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to her mother to update her on events back home in Belton. Gertrude hoped her mother was feeling better and told her how Gertrude's sister, Ora, was doing in school as well as Gertrude's work at Baylor Female College. Among other small bits of news, she included how her father was doing and some information about the local church.
Date: September 1, 1890
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Postcard of Methodist Church in Salado, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a white, one-story church with wood siding and a square bell-tower at the front right (the closest corner of the church). The church has two windows on the either side of the front door (on the left), one window in the bell tower, and three visible windows along its right side, all of which are tall and narrow with uniform decorations in each window. A pathway on the right leads around from the front of the church to the back. The church is surrounded by groups of trees, some of whi… more
Date: 1980
Creator: Spiller, Doug
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Photograph of Salado United Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of a side view of a church with white wood siding, a short, square, open bell tower on the right front side, and smaller addition to the building on the back. There are two tall, narrow, stained-glass windows on either side of the front door and four on the closest side (the right side). There is also a small, round, stained-glass window above the front door. Small and large bushes sit in the plant beds bordering the church, and there are groups of tall trees in front of and to the b… more
Date: 1992
Creator: Friedrick, Egon
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Postcard of Salado College Ruins]

Description: Photograph of the light-colored stone ruins of a building, situated in a green grassy field and surrounded by trees. One stone wall with four window openings is still standing, while the other walls have deteriorated to short piles and walls. The standing wall has a tall stone column on the left side. On the back of the photograph are postcard markings and a white, rectangular sticker indicating the photograph for the postcard was taken after a fire in 1924. A short paragraph of text on the bac… more
Date: [1924..]
Partner: Salado Public Library

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Barbara Kiefer Schellhase and Walter Schellhase, October 3, 2013

Description: Interview with Barbara Kiefer Schellhase and Walter Schellhase, a couple who retired in Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual family histories, their childhoods in Kerrville, their move away from the area, the lumberyard company they owned together in Louisiana, and their work on restoring the A. C. Schreiner family home during their retirement. The interview transcript includes photos of the couple and their family, as well as a letter, on pages 31-41.
Date: October 3, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Schellhase, Barbara Kiefer & Schellhase, Walter Ray
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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