urn:taro:utexas.cah.01097 A Guide to the Marlin Deric Bownds Postcard Collection, ca. 1914 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Encoded in XMetal 3 by Nicole Davis according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions October 1, 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Bownds (Marlin Deric); donated by Ruth Bownds Kershner Bownds (Marlin Deric) Postcard Collection, ca. 1914 19 postcards Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin English. Creator Sketch

Marlin Deric Bownds (1888-1940) is a former president (1926-1940) of Marfa National Bank.

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Black and white postcards collected by M. D. Bownds depict Mexicans seeking refuge in the United States from conflicts between the Federalists and Pancho Villa's forces during the Mexican Revolution. The refugees walked from Presidio to Marfa where the U.S. Army then transported them to El Paso where they were repatriated in Juarez.

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Bownds (Marlin Deric) Postcard Collection, ca. 1914, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects Affairs--Texas-Mexico Mexicans in Texas Mexico--Revolution, 1910-1946 Places Marfa, Texas Presidio, Texas Inventory 3S119b Postcards