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Announcement of the Southwest Texas State Normal School for the Annual Session beginning September 11, 1907, and ending May 19, 1908. San Marcos, Texas

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Contains list of people at the head of the Texas State Board of Education and the local board of directors, as well as a list of faculty. Includes the academic calendar, the fourth annual report of the Board of Trustees, list of students that attended 1906-1907 and graduates that same year, explanations of courses, and information for students. Also includes short history of the normal school in San Marcos, Texas which mentions the Coronal Institute, and describes the purpose of a normal school. Has an appendix about the summer session.

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The first page of Fidel Tafolla's English translation of Santiago Tafolla's memoir

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The original handwritten manuscript was 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.

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“Root of Jessie,” side a

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Bible study/sermon by David Koresh (Vernon Howell). Labeled "Root of Jessie - Gentile Girls (Study by David Koresh)" side a. Digital file provided by Catherine Wessinger.