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San Marcos (Tex.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Name Authority File (Use For Geographic Subjects)

Found in 618 Collections and/or Records:

Flores, Luciano, 1978 March 9

 File — Box: 1: [Barcode: 0112222690813], Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

[Transcription is not completed]
The interview covers Flores' early recollections of San Marcos, Texas, segregation, and discrimination against Mexican Americans.
Interviewed by William Millsap.


Dates: 1978 March 9

Flores, Luciano, 1978 March 9

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: 0112222691001]
Scope and Contents

Written on enclosure: Luciano Flores / 3/9/78 / Interviewer: / Wm. Millsapp / San Marcos, TX.

Dates: 1978 March 9

Four black women wearing long dresses, standing at the door of a rectangular wooden building, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 28
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_028
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 46 glass plate negatives, measuring 4x5 inches, were received in three original G. Cramer Dry Plate Company boxes. The photographer is unknown. Researchers subsequently identified the bulk of images as scenes in Central Texas, as well as one in Rockville, Indiana, and dating approximately 1882-1911. Images that have been positively identified as being in San Marcos include the Hays County Courthouse designed by F.E. Ruffini, the San Marcos River, a...
Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Four people at base of a tree, one man and three women with river in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 34
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_034
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 46 glass plate negatives, measuring 4x5 inches, were received in three original G. Cramer Dry Plate Company boxes. The photographer is unknown. Researchers subsequently identified the bulk of images as scenes in Central Texas, as well as one in Rockville, Indiana, and dating approximately 1882-1911. Images that have been positively identified as being in San Marcos include the Hays County Courthouse designed by F.E. Ruffini, the San Marcos River, a...
Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Funeral registers, 1902 - 1944

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: 1902 - 1944

Funeral registers, 1902 - 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112222300082], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: 1902 - 1905

Funeral registers, 1906 - 1909

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112222300082], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: 1906 - 1909

Funeral registers, 1910 - May 1915

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112222301072], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: 1910 - May 1915

Funeral registers, June 1915 - July 1917

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112222301072], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: June 1915 - July 1917

Funeral registers, September 1917 - September 1919

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112222301072], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: September 1917 - September 1919

Funeral registers, January 1920 - November 1922

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112222301072], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: January 1920 - November 1922

Funeral registers, November 1922 - December 1924

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112222301072], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: November 1922 - December 1924

Funeral registers, January 1925 - December 1927

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112222301072], Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: January 1925 - December 1927

Funeral registers, July 1, 1927 - February 27, 1929

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 0112222300827], item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: July 1, 1927 - February 27, 1929

Funeral registers, March 1, 1929 - November 30, 1931

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 0112222300827], item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: March 1, 1929 - November 30, 1931

Funeral registers, December 2, 1931 - November 30, 1935

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: 0112222300579], item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: December 2, 1931 - November 30, 1935

Funeral registers, December 5, 1935 - January 31, 1941

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: 0112222300579], item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: December 5, 1935 - January 31, 1941

Funeral registers, May 2, 1937 - March 8, 1944

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0112222300322], item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

Dates: May 2, 1937 - March 8, 1944

G. Cramer Dry Plate boxes, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 4
Scope and Contents

Original housing of negatives.

Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Garth, Jenny, 1974 February 22, March 1, March 5, and March 7

 File — Box: 1: [Barcode: 0112222690813], Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

[Transcription is not completed]
Ms. Garth's family arrived in San Marcos, Texas during the 1880s. Garth's interview is about the early history of San Marcos, Texas. The topics of the interview include: Ms. Garth's family, the early town of San Marcos, and recreation.
Interviewed by Virginia Deane and Bonnie Gaye Vaughn.

Dates: 1974 February 22, March 1, March 5, and March 7