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Kingsville Tri-City Retired Teachers Association Records
This collection consists of records from this non-political organization of retired teachers from Bishop, Kingsville and Robstown organized in 1971 for the purpose of serving as a local unit of the Texas Retired Teachers Association, to help retired teachers maintain identity with the teaching profession, to further the cause of education, to help advance the interests and welfare of the retired teachers, to foster good fellowship, and to cooperate with the National Retired Teachers Association by promoting membership, legislation, national projects and programs of the National Association. Miss Ruby Gustavson was the organizer and first president.

Dr. Edwin R. Bogusch Collection
Dr. Edwin Robert Bogusch was born at Mason, Texas in 1905. He received his BA, MA and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Texas. Dr. Bogusch began his teaching career at the age of eighteen in a one-room schoolhouse in Helotes, Texas. Dr. Bogusch was a professor at Texas A&I College from 1941 to 1974 when he retired. He was named Chairman of the Biology Department in 1948 and served in that capacity for twenty years. While he was at Texas A&I College, he wrote many articles and a few books, produced many films and audio tapes all on the subjects of the flora and fauna of South Texas. Dr. Edwin R. Bogusch died at the age of 80 years old in 1986.