Brownsville History Harvest 2014

On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Rio Grande Valley residents participated in the Brownsville History Harvest at the Brownsville Public Library Central Branch.

More than seventy community members brought items from their family collections, including glass plate negatives from the Gilded Age, haunting photographs of the Mexican Revolution, maps of historic Fort Brown, and letters from World War II.

Eight scanning stations were set up around the community room, staffed by sponsoring organizations and volunteers from The University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas Southmost College, and Brownsville Independent School District who digitized hundreds of unique items along with collecting detailed documentation for each. The collection owners were able to take their original materials home, along with free digital copies. The sponsoring organizations created and retained a digital copy in accordance with the owner's approval.

The objective of the History Harvest is to create a community collection from the area's families documenting local, regional, and national history to be held at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Library and made available for research, teaching, and educational exhibitions.

The program was sponsored by Humanities Texas. Sponsoring local organizations include Brownsville Public Library, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library, Brownsville Historical Association, and Texas Southmost College.

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[People] Photograph of Gracie Torres

Aunt Gracie Torres; taken at Brownsville, Texas., 1975.
[People] Photograph of Gracie Torres holding her daughter

Aunt Gracie Torres holding her daughter; taken in Michigan., 1948.
[People] Photograph of Gregorio Vallerwair and wife's wedding party

Wedding party of grandmother from father's side; Gregorio Vallerwair; the wife used 3 wedding dresses, white, pink, and light blue; taken in 1933, in Tampico, Tamaulipas.
[People] Photograph of Hector Chavez

Hector Chavez (owner's father), at an establishment; taken at Pueblas Negras, Coahuila, Mexico., 1958.
[People] Photograph of Henry James Klahn

Paternal great grandfather, Henry James Klahn; moved to Galveston, Texas from Germany; taken in 1858 at Brownsville, Texas., 1858.
[People] Photograph of Henry James Klahn

James Henry Klahn; grandfather; Brownsville Marshall; County Judge; taken in the late 1800's. 1899ca
[People] Photograph of Isabel de Leon and Sofia Gonzalez

Isabel de Leon holding daughter Sofia Gonzalez in parking lot of Wal-Mart at Boca Chica Blvd. in Brownsville, Texas., 1999.
[People] Photograph of Johnny Guerrero and Juanita Rosales Cantu

Johnny Guerrero pictured left and Juanita Rosales Cantu pictured on right; taken at Pharr, Texas., 1952.
[People] Photograph of Josefa G. Guevara

Josefa G. Guevara; taken in 1920's or 1930's in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
[People] Photograph of Juan Antonio Rosales, Juanita Rosales Cantu's father

Father of Juanita Cantu, Juan Antonio Rosales; taken in Pharr, Texas., 1939.
[People] Photograph of Kimberly Ann Munoz's family

Left to right top row; Pete I Munoz, Mark Anthony Munoz; left to right bottom row: Kimberly Ann Munoz, Michael Munoz; Brownsville, Texas., 2012.
[People] Photograph of Macedonio Manzano

Photograph of Macedonio Manzano, who was executed on June 4, 1914, at the age of fifteen during the Mexican Revolution in Matamoros. His executors were Carranzistas.
[People] Photograph of Maria Andrea Posada

Portrait photo of Maria Andrea Posada; widow to Rosales; 12 years old; school photo; middle school; Colegio Don Bosco; taken in Matamoros; in 1948.
[People] Photograph of Maria Elva Morales Melendez

Photo of Maria Elva Morales Melendez; she was a dama at a quinceanera; at the age of 17; taken in Matamoros, Tamaulipas; in 1968.
[People] Photograph of Maria Larson

Baby pictures of Maria Larson taken in 1969 in Tampico, Mexico.
[People] Photograph of Maria Magdalena Rosales

Sister of Juan Z. Rosales named Maria Magdalena Rosales; taken in Pharr, Texas., 1930.
[People] Photograph of Maria Marks, Jose Angel Marks and friends

2 photographs; Maria Marks and friends; and Maria Mark's husband, Jose Angel Marks; Brownsville, Texas., 1920 - 1929.
[People] Photograph of migrants doing fieldwork in Michigan

Migrants doing fieldwork in Michigan.
[People] Photograph of migrants, Isabel Torres' grandfather, picking cherries

Grandfather of Isabel Torres and another migrant worker picking cherries in Michigan., 07-1958.
[People] Photograph of Morales-Melendez family

Morales Melendez family; left to right: Alicia (5 years old), Rosalinda (3 years old), Maria Elva (2 years old), Jose Morales (around 40 years old); father of children; at a plaza in Matamoros, Tamaulipas; taken in 1950's.
[People] Photograph of Olivia Garcia

Olivia Garcia at South Padre Island, 2000.
[People] Photograph of Olivia Garcia Mendoza Rodriguez's first communion

Olivia Garcia Mendoza Rodriguez's first communion; Mrs. Campos grandmother; taken in Brownsville, Texas.
[People] Photograph of Petra Gonzalez

Petra Gonzalez, the neighbor, adopted Olivia and Garcia Mendoza when their mother died; taken in Brownsville, Texas., 1920 - 1929.
[People] Photograph of Porfiria Klahn at junior high graduation

Porfiria Klahn; Jr. High Graduation; 13 years old next to automobile taken in 1935; in Brownsville, Texas.
[People] Photograph of quinceanera / pageant-style dressed girls posing

Quinceanera / pageant-style dressed girls posing; taken in Brownsville, Texas., 1940 - 1949.
[People] Photograph of Ricardo Torres

Ricardo Torres (father); taken in Michigan., 1960-05-09.
[People] Photograph of Ricardo Torres and his family members

Ricardo Torres, father, and his family members; taken at Michigan.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland

Owner's grandfather Roland Wieland, 1970.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland, Antonia Wieland, and family friends

L-R: Roland Wieland, Antonia Wieland, family friends; taken at Brownsville, Texas., 1970 - 1979.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland holding a gun, wearing a hat

Grandfather Roland Wieland holding a gun, wearing a hat, 1960.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland in front of automobile

Grandfather Roland Wieland in front of automobile, 1960.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland in front of his house

Roland Wieland in front of his house., 1937.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland in suit

Grandfather Wieland in suit, 1980 - 1989.
[People] Photograph of Roland Wieland near an open field

Grandfather Roland Wieland near an open field; taken in 1960.
[People] Photograph of Rosales brothers

Rosales brothers; eldest in middle with hat is Jose Z. Rosales, Francisco Rosales on right, Juan Z. Rosales on left, youngest Israel Rosales; taken at Pharr, Texas., 1921.
[People] Photograph of Rosalinda Morales Melendez dancing with Jose Morales at her quinceanera

Photo of quinceanera; 15th birthday party; Rosalinda Morales Melendez dancing with her father Jose Morales; attached is the contract for the photographer of 20 pesos for the day and 2.50 pesos for the photos; taken in Matamoros, Tamaulipas; in 1967.
[People] Photograph of Salvador Trevino

Salvador Trevino; taken in 1940's or 1930's in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
[People] Photograph of Salvador Trevino and Josefa G. Guevara

Group photo; grandfather and grandmother pictured on right (Salvador Trevino and Josefa G. Guevara); taken in 1940; in Oaxaca, Mexico.
[People] Photograph of Salvador Trevino and Josefa G. Guevara at unidentified wedding

Unknown couple at wedding (pictured on far left and right--Salvador Trevino and Josefa G. Guevara); taken in 1930's or 1940's; in Matamoros.
[People] Photograph of Salvador Trevino with group

Group photo; pictured on far right is Salvador Trevino; taken in 1930's or 1940's; in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
[People] Photograph of Samuel Klahn and Porfiria Klahn on her graduation day

Samuel Klahn and Porfiria Klahn on her graduation day; graduated from Santa Maria High School; taken on 1939 in Santa Maria, Texas.
[People] Photograph of Serbando Noyala and Jesus Chapa celebrating a birthday

Photo of L-R: Serbando Noyala and Jesus Chapa (brothers, Chantal's uncle and father); taken in the late 1980's at Brownsville, Texas.
[People] Photograph of Sofia Madinaveitia and Jesus Madinaveitia holding Maria Madinaveitia

Family photograph; left to right: Sofia Madinareitia, Jesus Madinareitia holding baby Maria Madinareitia. Baby Maria had just been born, about two days old; taken in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon in 1997.
[People] Photograph of Sofia Shears-Franklin and Tomasita Shears

Left to right: Sofia Shears-Franklin, Tomasita Shears ; taken in Brownsville, Texas. 1900s
[People] Photograph of Sophia Shears Franklin and Tomasita Shears Franklin

3 photographs; family portraits, Sophia Shears Franklin, Tomasita Shears Franklin. 1920s
[People] Photograph of Summer Camp Capers, Episcopal at St. France Chapel

Summer Camp Capers; Episcopal at St. France Chapel; back row: L-R Ford Lockett, Bob Lattimore, Bishop Everest Jones, unknown, Ted Richardson; Front row: L-R Unknown, Marcia Wardon, Kathy Lewis, Anna May Kinder, unknown, Jane Maxwell, unknown; taken in 1950; in Boerne, Texas.
[People] Photograph of Torres family members in the snow

Grandparents and family members in the snow; taken at Michigan., 1956.
[People] Photograph of Virginia Garcia Mendoza Almaraz, Tony Gonzalez, and Olivia Garcia

Virginia Garcia Mendoza Almaraz, Tony Gonzalez, Olivia Garcia; adopted children; taken in Brownsville, Texas. 1930 - 1939.
[People] Portrait of Isabel Traham Lockett

Portrait of Isabel Traham Lockett; taken around WWII; in Brownsville, Texas.
[People] Portrait of Maria Andrea Posada

Portrait photo of Maria Andrea Posada at age 16; taken in Matamoros, Tamaulipas; in 1952.

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