The museum gratefully acknowledges the following acquisitions to its collections, made in the previous year.
| Gifts to the Permanent Collection, 2017 | |
| Marilyn Kuper Anderson. |
Child’s cowgirl costume, photo, and sewing pattern, Alamo area, ca. 1947. |
| Anonymous. | Portrait and newspaper clippings pertaining to Ruben Rivera, Viet Nam soldier from Weslaco, 1960s. |
| Kenneth Browning, Jr. |
Lyndon B. Johnson Junior High yearbook, PSJA, 1981; photograph of area teachers Ethel and Edith Carmen; Scottish Rite certificate and family photograph. |
| Cornelius Cassady. |
Annotated booklet, “Behind the Trophy Label,” Griffin & Brand produce company, McAllen, ca. 1976. |
| Carola Chapa. |
Pamphlet on Linn-San Manuel Cook-off history; memorial bulletin, José Everardo Chapa, Sr.; pamphlet, Memorias en Prosa y Verso…de Don José Maria Chapa Flores. |
| G. Edward Codina. |
Antonio G. Garcia collection of Masonic and other civic materials, Mercedes, first half 20th century. |
| Don Curl. |
Citrus sizing tools, Citrus Fiesta costume ornaments, farm log books and worker time books, archival material pertaining to Curl-Tex and citrus industry, various non-fiction and fiction books of regional interest, and early institutional records of Hidalgo County Historical Museum (predecessor to MOSTHistory). |
| Tracey Davis. |
Framed acrylic painting and accompanying story, The Guardian, depicting the Cappadona Ranch, Linn, 2017. |
| Edinburg CISD via Mark Montemayor |
Nine photographs of flooding in Edinburg, 1940-1949. |
| Ann Baack Essling. |
Digital copy, diary of soldier from Camp Llano Grande near Weslaco, 1916. |
| Dr. Lino Garcia, Jr. | Colonial Spanish Texas and Other Essays autographed by donor/author. |
| Frances Garza. | Nurse’s cape and hat of Stella Alamia Garza, McAllen and Edinburg, circa 1940s. |
| Lonny Joseph Gordon. | Programs and commemorative material pertaining to donor, San Juan resident, dancer and educator, second half, 20th century. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hotcaveg. | Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Cover Girl contest costume and official program, Mercedes, 1962. |
| Kurt Kneeland. | Hinkle Funeral Home financial records, Brownsville, 1907-1934. |
| Cullen Looney | Looney and Montgomery family papers including state and national political correspondence, Edinburg, first half 20th century. |
| Judy McClelland. | Electricians’ manual used by McClelland Electric Company, Edinburg, 20th century. |
| Diane McIver. | Digital copies, correspondence relating to U.S. citizens in Tamaulipas, 1916-1918 |
| Virginia Meyer. | Edinburg Junior League archival material, 1970-1979. |
| Dianne Evans Parry. | Moore Field yearbooks and training materials, 1950s-1960s. |
| Judy Prater. | Embroidered Mexican jacket worn in Harlingen, 1940s. |
| C. Davis and Shan Rankin. | Postcard, Palm Drive, McAllen; book, Capitol Tour: Rio Grande City Student Council, 1971. |
| Robert J. Rektorik. | Digital copies, 142 photographs of Hurricane Beulah, 1967. |
| Martha M. Rodriguez. | Correspondence with Mexican folk performer, Maria León Ortega, McAllen, 1954. |
| Alvin Schaut | Postcard, “A Home in Tropical Setting, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas,” 1951. |
| Andrew and Jane Smith, Riverzedge Estate Sales. | Program with photograph of Irene Garza, McAllen, rain gauge, syringe kit. |
| Groover Snell. | Transcript of 2017 interviews with former Edinburg farm workers residing in Washington state. |
| Ellen Stone | Weaver family papers and photographs, Donna, 20th century; League of Women Voters material, lower Rio Grande Valley, second half 20th century; land abstracts, various tracts, lower Rio Grande Valley, 1919-1990. |
| Temple Emanuel. | Book, Temple Emanuel, 50 Years, 1948-1998, McAllen. |
| The Monitor | Twelve video oral histories about Hurricane Beulah, recorded 2017. |
| Gifts to the General Collection, 2017 | |
| René Ballesteros. | Large picture frame. |
| Jerry Box. | Contemporary charro costumes. |
| Cornelius Cassady. | Replica 18th-19th century hunting shirt. |
| Ruben Cordova | Replica Civil War jacket. |
| Melodie Cuate. | U.S. Army blanket. |
| Don Curl | Aprons, eating utensils, reference books. |
| Dario Garcia. | Replica Confederate currency. |
| Silvia Morales. | Reproduction broadsides from José Guadalupe Posada museum. |
| C. Davis and Shan Rankin. | Porcelain doll, butter mold. |
| Patricia Riek. | Calendar prints of lower Rio Grande Valley landmarks. |
| Alvin Schaut. | Two Texas postcards. |
| Purchases 2017 | |
| Five carte de visite photographs of Brownsville, Matamoros, and San Antonio, 1860s. | |
| Funeral notice for Major Samuel Ringgold, Mexican War, 1846; Mexican War forage receipt, Monterrey area, 1848. | |
| Letter from Puerta de Agua Dulce ranch, owned by Richard King, Jr. 1901. | |
| Crossbow bolt, circa 1450-1500. | |
| Postcards of ox-powered sugar mill in Monterrey, 1936; border service poem mailed from McAllen, 1916; Grande Courts, McAllen, no date; Casa de Palmas hotel swimming pool, circa 1950s; Grace Richey Clarke weaving studio, McAllen, circa 1940s. | |
| McAllen-Pharr Urban Transportation Study Volume 1, 1968. | |
| Two medicinal packages with images of Premont curandero Pedro Jaramillo, 20th century. | |
| Prohibition-era beer bottle from Cuauhtémoc Brewery, Monterrey. | |
| Stereoscope cards of Mexican scenes. | |
| Wooden clothes hanger from Baum’s Menswear store, Mercedes and McAllen, 20th century. | |
| Books, including “Blood Oranges: Colonialism and Agriculture in South Texas”; “Boom, Bust, Exodus: The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities”; “From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century”; “Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch Dynasty”; “African Americans in South Texas History,” and archival reference books. | |
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