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Hays County (Tex.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 423 Collections and/or Records:

Three men, one holding rifle, with horses and carriage. Wooden building in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 43
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_043
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

Three people in horse drawn buggy going through stream. Four individuals sitting along bank in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 0112223013668], item: 44
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_044
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

Three people on top of Belgar-Cahill Lime Kiln in San Marcos, Texas, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0112223013411], item: 15
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_015
Scope and Contents

Belgar-Cahill Lime Kiln in San Marcos, Texas.

Confirmation of location provided by local historian, Alison Tudor.

Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Three people sitting on ground having a picnic, river in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112223013650], item: 20
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_020
Scope and Contents

Perhaps File Mile Dam Park.

Identification provided by Mark Cowan, TxState Facilities Planning Design.

Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Three people, two white women, one sitting on tree branch, and a white man. River in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 42
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_042
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

Three white children and donkey, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 39
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_039
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

Three white men standing on rocks in the lake above File Mile Dam with truss bridge in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112223013650], item: 02
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_002
Scope and Contents

Lake above Five Mile Dam, lokoing southeast. Identification provided by Mark Cowan, TxState Facilities Planning Design.

Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Three white people fishing from a fallen tree that extends over a river, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0112223013411], item: 24
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_024
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

Toddler and infant on porch. Infant in rocking chair, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 41
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_041
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

Toddler with brimmed hat, with bushes and picket fence in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 26
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_026
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

Transcripts, 1985 - 1986

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...
Dates: 1985 - 1986

Two figures in canopied carriage with barn in background, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 35
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_035
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

Vasquez, Ofelia, 1986

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0112223013460]
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...
Dates: 1986

Vasquez-Philo, Ofelia, 1986 October 16

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 0112219893610], Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Vasquez-Philo talks about the founding of Community Action, Inc. in 1965, and some of the programs they offer, such as Legal Aid and the Free Doctor's Care program, which help low-income residents of Central Texas.
Interviewed by Michelle Brown

Dates: 1986 October 16

View of downtown San Marcos, Texas, taken from Chautauqua Hill, circa 1893 and 1908

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112223013650], item: 21
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_021
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 1893 and 1908

View of the Blanco River at the mouth of Pierce Creek, looking upstream towards Wimberley, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112223013650], item: 17
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_017
Scope and Contents

View of the Blanco River at the mouth of Pierce Creek, lokoing upstream (north north-west) towards Wimberley.

Identification provided by Mark Cowan, TxState Facilities Planning Design.

Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

View of unknown waterway with tree in foreground, circa 1880s-1900s

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0112223013643], item: 32
Identifier: 2016-001_plate_032
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

Walts, Robert , 1985 October 9

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 0112219893610], Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

The University Archives does not currently hold a transcript from this interview.

Dates: 1985 October 9

Walts, Robert W., 1985

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0112223013460]
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...
Dates: 1985