urn:taro:utexas.cah.00776 A Guide to the Aransas County Scrapbook and Obituary, 1851, 1930-1940 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2008 Finding aid written in English. September 2008 Added related material - Laurel Rozema. Descriptive Summary Aransas County Aransas County Scrapbook and Obituary 1851, 1930-1940 Materials are written in English. 4 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin The bulk of the material consists of obituaries, arranged alphabetically by the surname of the deceased, which were clipped from various Aransas County newspapers. Also included are newspaper clippings about other events in Aransas County. Scope and Contents

The bulk of the material consists of obituaries, arranged alphabetically by the surname of the deceased, which were clipped from various Aransas County newspapers. Some clippings are pasted on pages with others and therefore out of order. Also included are newspaper clippings about other events in Aransas County, arranged chronologically, and short reports written about Aransas County cities and notable sites, arranged alphabetically by place. Most of the material is dated in the range 1930-1940, with one copy of a document from 1851.

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 Index Terms Subjects Obituaries--Texas. Obituaries--Texas-- Aransas County. Texas--History--Local. Texas--History--Aransas County. Aransas County (Tex.) Aransas County (Tex.)--Genealogy. Aransas County (Tex.)--Genealogy--Sources. Aransas County (Tex.)--History. Preferred Citation

Aransas County Scrapbook and Obituary, 1851, 1930-1940, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3L457 Obituaries: 3L457 Altenberry, Cos (father of Dr. A.E. Sweatland of Rockport), Lufkin Daily News, June 7, 1932 3L457 Barnard, Mrs. G.T. of Rockport, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, October 2, 1932 3L457 Barnard, G. T. of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, August 11, 1932 3L457 Brown, William S. of Rockport, Register Pilot, October 16, 1930 3L457 Brundrett, J.M. of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, July 28, 1932 3L457 Brunner, Agness of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, January 4, 1934 3L457 Davis, “Aunt Phenie” of Rockport, Plot Rock Port, June 28, 1934 3L457 de Lop, Anne of Rockport, Aransas Pass Progress, May 20, 1931 3L457 Erwin, Robert of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, March 12, 1931 3L457 Frandolig, Mary Caroline of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, December 28, 1933 3L457 Fulton, George W. of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, October 27, 1932 3L457 Ford, Elizabeth Janet of Sherman, Denison Herald, January 5, 1933 3L457 Hanks, Alice Elizabeth Morgan of Rockport, San Patrico News, October 5, 1933 3L457 Miller, W.I of Rockport, San Antonio Express, May 31, 1931 3L457 Scrivner, Henrietta of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, October 12, 1933 3L457 Spencer, Cuthbert of Rockport, Lockhart Register, May 12, 1932 3L457 Stansbury, George Samuel of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, August 4, 1932 3L457 Stross, Charles of Rockport, Rockport Pilot, October 11, 1934 3L457 Strother, H.W. of Houston, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, October 2, 1932 3L457 Thompson, Gustav Emil “Uncle Meily” of Fulton, Rockport Pilot, November 5, 1931 3L457 Thurmond, Dayton Julius of Rockport, Beeville, November 26, 1931 3L77 Obituaries: 3L77 Brundett, John M. of Rockport, Register Pilot, Rockport, Texas, September 15, 1930 3L77 Newspaper clippings: 3L77 “Rockport Gains Wide Fame as Winter Resort on Coast,” Caller Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 29, 1936 3L77 “Last Of Tecos Tribe Indians For Who Was Named,” Novasota Examiner, Novasota, Texas, December 15, 1930 3L77 “The Fulton Mansion,” undated 3L77 “Bravonword News,” Bravonword, Texas, March 5, 1931 3L77 “Revisits Scene Of Childhood,” Rockport Pilot, August 8, 1932 3L77 “Speaker On Duck Hunt,” San Antonio Light, December 15, 1931 3L77 “Statue To Lamar Will Be Unveiled,” San Antonio Express, August 16, 1938 3L77 “Cannibals once lived in Texas and used Shark Oil in Baths,” Austin American, Austin, Texas, November 24, 1930 3L77 “Citizens Signing For Water, Gas Sewer System,” Rockport Pilot, October 20, 1932 3L77 "South Texas Cities and Commercial Guide," Aransas pass-(Aransas County) 3L77 “The Fulton Packeries,” Nueces Valley, Corpus Christi, Texas, April 18, 1876 3L77 “Records of wells, drillers’ logs, water analyses, cross sections, and map showing locations of wells," Austin, Texas, April 15, 1940 3L77 “Resources, Soul, and Climate of Texas," Austin, Texas, May 20, 1936 3L77 “Texas Mermaid Manatee found in Copans Bay," September 8, 1940 3L77 “30,000 Acre island Off Rockport coast is sold to Oil Man for 300,000," November 14, 1936 3L77 “Election just another day to these Veteran Aransas Officeholders," Rockport, July 26, 1940 3L77 Reports: 3L77 Survey of quality of underground water, April 23, 1940 3L77 Miscellaneous: 3L77 Home of George W. Fulton 3L77 History of Aransas County 3L77 Site of the town of Lamar 3L77 Site of Live Oak Point 3L77 Treport, Aransas Bay, Texas, March 1, 1851