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Meuly-Daimwood Family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll-108
Scope and Contents
The Meuly-Daimwood family papers contain an extensive number of documents, photographs, and books related to the daily lives of several prominent, related families in Corpus Christi, Texas, and its surrounding area during the 19th and 20th centuries. These family names include Meuly, Daimwood, Magnenat, Blucher, Humphreys, Rahn, and Creglow. As such, the collection reveals much about the growth of Corpus Christi from its earliest days as a frontier community through the boom times of the modern...
Robert Bluntzer's Round Robin Newsletter Collection for WWII Servicemen
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-130
Content Description
One linear foot of the correspondence and some related documents of the Round Robin, a mimeograph circular newsletter sent from Corpus Christi to Corpus Christi service men during World War II by concerned city residents led by Robert Bluntzer, Sr. The Round Robin collection comprises approximately one- and one-half linear feet, or four document boxes. The first two boxes consist of the 1969 four volume publication and every extant Round Robin newsletter from April 1942 through June 1945. They...
Vernon Smylie papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-9
Scope and Contents
The Vernon Smylie papers contain correspondence, newspaper articles from the late 19th century until the 1970s, manuscripts of several of Smylie’s books, political advertisements produced by Vernon Smylie and Associates, records and correspondence from the Texas Historical Commission for the 1960s and 1970s, photographs from the late 19th century through the mid 1950s, memorabilia from World War I and World War II, and other items.
Ward Island Deeds and Documents
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-77
Overview
Ward Island is a small body of land between Corpus Christi Bay and Oso Bay and is part of the city of Corpus Christi. Ward Island was named for developer John C. Ward who bought the property in 1892 to create a resort community. An economic depression prevented Ward from his quest, but the island retained his name. A Naval Air Station and radar training facility was built on Ward Island during World War II. After the war in 1947 the Naval Air Technical Training Center was closed. It then...
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Special Collections and Archives
Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, TX 78412
361-825-4500
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