File 3: Van Horn and Culberson County related Photos, 1939 - 1940
Scope and Contents
The Van Horn and Culberson County Materials (1978-2003; three folders) contains correspondence that is primarily between community officials of Van Horn and Culberson County and their residents. One letter is from the First Baptist Church to Mrs. Vernon Schuder inviting her to participate in the choir for the Van Horn Frontier Day worship service. Some of the newspaper clippings are about Van Horn County and there are others with information on the Guadalupe Mountains. These clippings range from 1978 to 2003.The photographs in this collection are mainly of Vernon Fitzgerald depicting her time as the director of the Van Horn School Band and the various trips they took with her as chaperone.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 1940
Extent
1 file (Imogene and Ken/ Van Horn School Band/ Lancaster Hill, Teachers: Vernon Fitzgerald, Kathryn Koehl Burgin 1939, "West of the Pecos!"/ 1939 Melvin Burgin, Kathryn Koehl Burgin (teaching in Balmorhea, TX that year)/Vernon F. Kathryn Koehl Burgin/ 1939 These are some of my band kids about Ham's and Lud's age-aren't they toughies? The boy on the right lives 55 miles north-his home is at the foot of "El Capitan": Texas highest mountain which is nearly two miles high. Van Horn TX, School/ Vernon, Van Horn 1939, on the "Figure 2" ranch north of Van Horn TX. Culberson County/This was made in a really-truly cowboy camp 25 miles north of Van Horn.../May 1940, Vernon near Lory Beach California-Senior trip chaperone Van Horn school trip/ Vernon at Balmorhea TX, 1939/1939 Vernon Fitzgerald arrives in Van Horn Tx to teach English and band in high school, lived with2 other women teachers in the hotel. Kathryn Pierce (from La Grange, Texas) Susan Franklin (from El Paso, Tx)/ 1940 Van Horn Tx, Senior Trip, Vernon-chaperone/ Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Take by Vernon 1940 California. Van Horn Tx Senior trip/Boulder Dam, Vernon 1940 Senior trip chaperone.)
Language of Materials
From the Box: English
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository