Gifts to the Permanent Collection

Valerie Ramírez – Black history, Baha’i, and Al Ramirez materials
Ron Stone – Sylvia Stern Stone business collection
Thelma Jackson – Genealogy documents of donor’s great-great grandfather John Bourbois
Priscilla De La Cruz – “Storybook Crystal” box with 4 glasses etched with progression of Edinburg Hospitals
Mary Ellen Stocker (Payne) – Land Title Abstracts, Photo album digital scans
Pamela Morales de Hendricks – (2) Pan American College 1963 NAIA National Championship Anniversary, hosted by UTRGV, save the date invitations and (1) mail slip, (1) Texas Tropical Trails bandana, and (1) Gladys Porter Zoo face mask. (1) ticket stub to UTRGV MBB vs UT Arlington game on Feb. 9, 2023, at UTRGV Fieldhouse
Carol Lynn Looney – Photos of J.C. Looney, the Montgomery 50th wedding reunion, Texas Democratic Convention.
Berry Fritz – (5) books of The Mexican War, The Spanish West, 150 Years of the Valley, Visión Histórica de Reynosa, and a Guest Informant by the Hotel Edinburg.
Hidalgo County Clerk – Assorted documents of Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Baptism Certificates, official copies of certain documents, and Monthly Reports of Vital Statistics
Dr. Celia Billescas Hilber – (2) dresses, (1) camisole, (1) winter coat with a (1) scarf, and (1) lingerie bag.
Josefa Cappadona – J.T. Canales portraits, writings, book.  Ledgers with brand registration from Port of Brownsville
Daniel Lowther – Copy of panoramic photo of the Alamo Excursion Party c. November 9, 1917. Donor’s uncle in photo.
Pamela Morales de Hendricks – Assorted Quinceañera invitations from the 2000s, program from the City of Edinburg State of the City Address program, Father Leo Francis’ First Solemn Mass at the St. Jude Catholic Church
James A. Sandos – Research materials used to write the book, Rebellion in the Borderlands.
Alicia Koeneke – Digital Scans of Garcia family photos, Amancio Garcia & Braulia Garza de Garcia family tree.
David Laughlin – King Ranch bibliography
Valerie Ramirez – Personal life, Al Ramirez, and Black History materials
Domingo Porras – Map of Hidalgo County, several maps of Willacy County, undated.
Renee Sánchez Leal – Copy of “The Citrus’ of Edinburg, Texas: April 21, 2006” written by Felipe Garcia, former owner of the Citrus theater.
Adriana Garza – Photos of 1958 flood and visit from President Eisenhower in 1953
Martin Arellano – 5 publications by Martin Arellano, a Matamoros resident who is the archivist at CasaMata in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Diana Cardenas – Scans of Jackson family documents including cattle brands and land deeds
Katrina Stegner – Digital photo of the Freddy Gonzalez bust aboard the USS Gonzalez ship, digital image of the USS Gonzalez crest.
Patricia Garcia – Boots used for training people to learn how to walk again after becoming blind to remain balanced. Boots were given to the donor by a friend’s father who was a WWll veteran who became blind during their military service.
Tom Fort – Documents from the commissioning ceremony of the USS Gonzalez, 1996.
Lonnie B. Davis – Papers: “Celebrating Black Pioneers of the Rio Grande Valley”, compiled by Lonnie B. Davis. C. 2023, and an oral history with Lonnie B. Davis during a Museum Platica at MOSTH on June 16, 2023.
Carlos Margo – Papers: “Brief History of the Margo Ranch”, by Carlos Margo.
Francisco Barrientes – Photos and letters from donor’s military service in Vietnam, 1969
Carol Pease – Collection of produce crate labels as well as produce crate
Shan Rankin – Assorted 20^th century books
Pamela Morales de Hendricks – 2023-2024 Edinburg Community Guide and Membership Directory from Chamber of Commerce
Joe Karam – Oral history video and transcript for interview with Joe Charles Karam, conducted by Francisco Guajardo and recorded by MOSTHistory staff on February 10, 2023 at the Museum of South Texas History.
Gerard Mittelstaedt – 1983 Hometown Monopoly Game, featuring the Upper Rio Grande Valley. All pieces included, instruction sheets, and board game box cover.
Lynne Beeching – Covid related materials such as mouth coverings and at home test kits
José A. Gutiérrez Jr. – Photos of Dr. Garcia, his stepmother Estela Garcia, Dr.García’s wife Tomasita, and others.
John Paris – McAllen International Museum Guild Meeting Minutes c.1970-1971, documented by MIM Recording Secretary, Pat Paris. And other founding documents of the Guild.
Roseann Bacha-Garza – Manuscript: Pathways to Freedom Project
Audrey Martin – Newspaper article about Hurricane Gilbert
Daniel Hernandez – Vinyl records used in Edinburg schools to supplement curriculum
Weslaco Museum – Valley wide documents removed from the archives at their museum when they decided to focus only on Weslaco
Jimmy McAllen – Material pertaining to the establishment and early years of the Hidalgo County Historical Museum
Ruben Villareal – Weslaco 1930s newspaper, scrapbooks, and various antique documents and photos.
Valerie Ramirez – Black history materials
Diana Yvette Trejo – Oral history about donor’s personal experience during Hurricane Dolly in Edinburg, Texas on July 23, 2008, and the Storm in 1991. Audio of oral history conducted at MOSTH in Edinburg, Texas. c. August 5, 2023. Included in donation are portraits of the donor, a second oral history about the storm in 1991, with typed transcriptions for both oral histories.
Krystal Bridges – Oral history about donor’s personal experience during Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas, Texas on August 25, 2017. The interview was conducted at MOSTH in Edinburg, Texas. c. August 5, 2023. Included in donation are portraits of the donor with a typed transcription for oral history.
Joe Chance – Documents used for research in writing donor’s historical books
Pamela Morales de Hendricks – 2023-2024 Edinburg Community Guide and Membership Directory from Chamber of Commerce
Formerly FIMC – Miscellaneous documents
Victor Navarro – Scans of donor’s father’s Navy scrapbook
Virginia Meyer – Scrapbooks from RGV chapter of Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO)
Vicki Spanogle – Items from the career of Kurt Roehm, former EHS orchestra director and Valley Symphony Orchestra member
Charlie Rankin – Working files from radio broadcasting career
Marcos R. Villarreal – Naval uniform, military photo, scarf with insignia, hat.

Museum Purchase
Flying Tigers Brand citrus fruits produce label
Emancipation Proclamation broadside
José Maria de Ortega Broadside Denouncing the Republic of the Rio Grande
Pamphlet: Mexican Treacheries and Cruelties, Incidents and Sufferings in the Mexican War
Book: The Life, Travels and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy
Yearbook: El Espejo, 1956-McAllen High School
Newspapers: Two issues of El Chuhamil, published by the Texas Farm Workers Union, 1976 & 1977

General Collection
Pamela Morales de Hendricks – A collection of 20th century Mexican coin currency of pesos and centavos.
Osiel Uribe – A 280ct. of 20th century Mexican cupronickel pesos and centavos.