Kingsville Record and Bishop News
Billy Newton Photograph Collection
532 photographs taken during Billy Newton's journalist career in the Kingsville, TX / Bishop, TX area.
Sue and Ernest Ford Collection
Julia Sue Runnels Ford was a writer for the "Kingsville Record and Bishop News" in 1922 when she married Ernest A. Ford Sr in Riviera at her mother's home. The couple farmed, ranched, and were of service to their community in many ventures. The collection consists of Sue's photographs, negatives, two weekly columns published by the paper, "Farm Notes" and "These are Your Neighbors," and correspondence. The photographs and negatives are images of South Texas, during the middle of the twentieth century. Country and ranch life are depicted along with images of the people and culture of a small, growing community. The towns of Kingsville, Ricardo, and Corpus Christi are highlighted, along with the livestock and crops of the farms. King’s Ranch and the famous Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle are included.
Pat Allison's Papers and Voices from the Archives Collection
This ongoing project was created to stimulate interest in the South Texas Archives. It began as collaboration between the University Archivist, Lori Atkins and Patricia Allison, a writer for the Kingsville Record and Bishop News. In 2016 Lori asked Pat if she would be interested in researching collections at South Texas Archives and writing a monthly article in the local newspaper to highlight and describe the contents and families who donated these collections to the university archive. Historical events, local history of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and of this region of South Texas were part of these collections which would be of interest to both communities. The first article was published August 28, 2016 in the Sunday edition of the local newspaper under the title, 'Voices.' Other writings by Pat Allison beyond the 'Voices' articles were added in 2018.