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Santiago Hernandez Papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll-181
Abstract
The Santiago Hernandez Papers consist of a variety of original correspondence and photocopied newspaper clippings central to the attempt to rename the Three Rivers Post Office after Pvt. Felix Z. Longoria Jr. A local resident of Three Rivers, Texas, Longoria was killed in action in the Pacific Theater during World War II. When his body was returned to Three Rivers the local funeral home declined to provide services; ostensibly because Longoria was Mexican-American and it would “upset the...
Dates:
2003-2005
Select Nueces County Election Records, 1846-1861
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll-149
Content Description
Copies made of select Nueces County Election information from the State Archives dating from 1846-1861. Papers pertain to elections, Nueces County, the Civil War and Sam Houston.
Dates:
1846-1861
Shelby Davis' World War II Collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-294
Content Description
Sgt. Shelby Davis was a veteran who served in Europe during World War II. This collection includes predominantly war-era correspondence, artifacts, newspapers, maps, personal souvenirs, and memorabilia of Davis.
Dates:
Event: 1937-1975
Sheriff Johnnie H. Mitchell Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-105
Abstract
Johnnie H. Mitchell served as Nueces County sheriff from 1957 to 1977. Before serving as sheriff, he served as an FBI agent. The papers include nine scrapbooks concentrating on politics, elections, law enforcement, and crime in Corpus Christi and South Texas during the mid-1900s. Other materials include photographs and campaign memorabilia.
Dates:
1957-1977
Sheriton Burr Birding collection
Collection — Case: 1
Identifier: Coll-929
Content Description
The Sheriton Burr Birding Collection contains 348 books, journals, and magazines on birds and birding in Texas and the United States. Especially prized in the Burr Collection are bird notes on the Rockport area by noted area birder Connie Hager, Christmas bird counts, and checklists of birds in Texas. In conjunction with the Carter Whatley Collection in Special Collections and Archives, the Sheriton Burr Birding Collection covers this increasingly important topic and avocation in Texas,...
Dates:
Publication: Unknown
Sonia Trevino collection of Corpus Christi Mexican-American Democrats Records
File — Box: 1 Sonia Trevino
Identifier: Coll-85
Abstract
These records were donated by Sonia Trevino who was president of the Corpus Christi Chapter of Mexican American Democrats in 1994. They include administrative papers, the constitution and by-laws, correspondence and events.
Dates:
1994
South Texas Museum Collection of San Diego, Texas Historic Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Coll-121
Abstract
This collection is fifteen photocopied photographs depicting the town of San Diego, Texas and its residents in 1876.
Dates:
1867
South Texas Railroad Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: Coll-168
Abstract
The South Texas Railroad Historical Society was formed sometime in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s as a way for railroad enthusiasts local to the Corpus Christi region to connect with each other and share information. The Society spent nearly two decades attempting to set up a rail exhibit with genuine full-size railcars at the Corpus Christi Museum (now the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History). After much lobbying and work by the group, it became apparent that the project was not...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1964 - 2004
South Texas Stories Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll-242
Content Description
These digital files include oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Jennifer Brown and Dr. Claudia Rueda as part of the South Texas Stories project. Oral histories are about the environmental history of the coastal bend and Mexican American civil rights.
Dates:
2016 September to 2017 September
Spanish American Genealogical Association Records
Collection
Identifier: Coll-92
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Special Collections and Archives
Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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