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Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; pages 73-76 are illegible in places; written in pencil.

Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; some pages are illegible in places; written in pencil.

1908 yearbook for Southwest Texas State Normal School.

Cover story on Gatemouth Brown.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Bland, Johnny Bush, Glen Climer, Patsy Coleman, Alice Cooper, Hondo Crouch, Frank Diaz, Bwana Dik, Chris Holzhaus, Clifton Jansky, Waylon Jennings, Tony Laier, Laura Lee McBride, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, John Monfrey, Sparky Montoya, Cathy Morgan, Willie Nelson, Pat Pankratz, Ruben Pena, Mike Pugh, Lou Rawls, Don Robey, Rick Rodriguez, Bob Rohan, Doug Sahm, Gus Salazar, Boz Scaggs, Hank Thompson, Jerry Waddell, Greezy Wheels, Frank Zappa.

Marian Meeks talks about talks about the life of her father, H.A. Nelson, who taught agriculture at Texas State for many years. She shares his own experiences attending SWTSTC in the 1930s and 1940s. She discusses aspects of campus life including literary societies, athletics, recitals, the Faculty Club, Aquarena (Spring) Lake, and shares stories about campus figures such as Mary Brogdon. Mrs. Meeks shares her early teaching experiences in Moulton, her graduate studies at UT-Austin, work in VA hospitals, and how she returned to San Marcos.

Cover story on Frank Mueller