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[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations]

Description: This home movie documents the Anderson family's travel and vacations in the Southwest region. The film begins with a trip to HemisFair' '68 and Sharon's birthday dinner. The film continues with the ruins of the Tassie Belle Blast Furnace in New Birmingham and the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (7 min., 28 sec.) , an unidentified downtown area (11 min. 22 sec.), a Valentine's Day celebration (12 min., 14 sec.), a trip to Salado, Texas (13 min. 28 sec.) and The Alamo (17 min., 48 sec.), and c… more
Date: 1968/1970~
Duration: 34 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Anderson, James
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Avenida 16 de Septiembre, Ciudad Juarez]

Description: Photograph of downtown Ciudad Juarez, with a view of the street Avenida 16 de Septiembre, looking west. Immediately on the left hand side of the photograph is the Customs House. Mission Guadalupe is also visible on the left.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Inspecting New Volunteers]

Description: Photograph of two men reviewing new volunteers. The two unidentified men in this photograph are looking over potential volunteers in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Located on the left side of this photograph is the Church of the Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Spanish Mission]

Description: Photograph of a Spanish Mission. There is no accompanying information regarding the location or the name of this Spanish Mission. To the left, there is an ornately craved wooden door providing the entrance to the church. To the right, there is another large plain door which provides the entrance to the mission courtyard. On the rooftop, five different men have been posted as lookouts. In front of the courtyard entrance, dozens of Villistas have gathered in front of that entrance.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Nineteenth Annual Report of the Mission Board of the Baptist General Association of Texas, 1886

Description: Annual report of the Baptist General Association of Texas Mission Board, containing an account of work done throughout the year (missionaries employed, sermons preached, miles traveled, work that had been done, etc.) and accounting summaries. This report, presented to the Baptist General Convention of Texas was the last annual report due to lack of monetary and staff resources.
Date: 1886
Creator: Baptist General Association of Texas. Mission Board.
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Additional ruins of Presidio structure]

Description: Photograph of Fort Leaton ruins in the Big Bend desert, near Presidio, Texas. Several wood support beams of varying lengths support the wall structure. A stone marker near the photograph's left quadrant describes the structure. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The mission was successful, and Christianized many of the tribes until the Padres were called back from this wilderness in the eighteenth century" (pp. 3-4).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Letters from Peter Enriquez and Manual Urbina to Esteban Flores and D. E. Sloan - 1966-08-02]

Description: Letter from Peter Enriquez and Pastor Manual Urbina of the Magnolia Temple Baptist Mission to Reverend Esteban Flores. Enriquez and Urbina write that they are looking forward to Flores's upcoming visit to Magnolia Temple. Letter from Enriquez and Pastor Urbina of the Magnolia Temple Baptist Mission to Reverend D. E. Sloan, dated August 2, 1966. Enriquez and Urbina write that they are looking forward to Sloan's upcoming visit to Magnolia Temple.
Date: August 2, 1966
Creator: Enriquez, Peter & Urbina, Manuel
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[San Elizario Mission]

Description: Photograph of the side of San Elizario Mission in El Paso, Texas. A bell-shaped pediment on the front of the building is topped with a cross. Narrow arched windows appear along the side of the building. The mission is situated on an earthen lot with bare trees visible around the perimeter.
Date: unknown
Creator: Escontrías
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Postcard from Lillian Graves to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 9, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Lillian Graves to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout discussing Lillian's recent trip home. She apologizes for not being able to see them while she was there, but her mother was sick. There is a picture of the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas on the front, and the description printed on the back says "This is the original Parish Church and the oldest of all these Spanish Mission churches which was erected by public subscription in 1732, and it was on the roof of this buil… more
Date: January 9, 1911
Creator: Graves, Lillian
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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