Hays County (Tex.) -- History

Abstract This collection consists of Blanco Star School memorabilia gathered from alumni and records generated by reunions of former students. The Blanco Star School opened in 1922 as a two room building that served as a primary and middle school. The school operated until 1945 when the students began attending San Marcos and Kyle schools. Reunions for Blanco Star School began in 1982 when former teacher and principal, Audrey Jerles Herron, sought out alumni and former faculty. The final annual...

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A collection of 46 4x5 glass plate negatives showing scenes around Central Texas, including San Antonio and San Marcos, as well as one image of the Parke County Courthouse in Rockville, Indiana. Based on research into the scenes that could be identified, images were likely between 1882 and 1911.

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This collection consists of fifty-nine oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Emmie Craddock and her students as part of her graduate seminar. Topic vary widely and pertain to the local and regional history of San Marcos and the surrounding area, families and genealogy as well as experiences working or attending the at the university.

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Pennington Funeral Home is a family-owned business in San Marcos, Texas. 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.

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Oral history project conducted as part of local Texas sesquicentennial celebrations by history students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas.