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Corpus Christi Caller-Times

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Eli T. Merriman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-196
Content Description Three cubic foot boxes of correspondence, clippings, historic photo albums and other loose photos, publications, business records, scrapbooks, and other historical files and materials of Merriman and related families, 19th and early 20th centuries. AccLog Scope and Contents Note The collection consists of photographs, written biographical, genealogical, and historical narratives, newspapers, news clippings, invoices, tax records,...
Dates: 1849-2008

Murphy Givens South Texas Historical Papers

 File
Identifier: Coll-283
Abstract

Murphy Givens was a newspaper journalist who had worked in Alabama, Missouri, and Michigan when he came to Corpus Christi in 1981 to work for the “Corpus Christi Caller Times.” He began writing a weekly column on South Texas History in 1998. He worked as the Viewpoints Editor until 2009 and continued writing history columns until 2018. Givens published 18 books on Texas history and presented on KEDT recounting stories from his history columns.

Dates: 1944 - 2020

Phyllis Yochem papers

 File — Box 1
Identifier: Coll-128
Abstract

The papers include “Bird Notes”, a column Phyllis Yochem wrote for the Corpus Christi Caller Times. Yochem took over writing the column in 1990 when birding columnist and founder of "Bird Notes" Kay McCracken retired. Included are news clippings of Kay McCracken’s “Bird Notes” for the years 1975 to 1990. Other nature and environmental articles from various authors during the same time are covered.

Dates: 1975-1992

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Corpus Christi (Tex.) 2
Journalism 2
Advertising -- Marketing 1
Bird watching 1
Birds -- Identification 1