Special Collections Finding Guide

Individual/Family Collections

Biographical Sketch

Bill Walraven, a Corpus Christi Caller-Times daily columnist and reporter, covered the police beat, courthouse, schools, and other general assignments for 21 years.  His historical works include Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport and El Rincon:

A History of Corpus Christi Beach. Since his retirement from the paper, he has pursued his love of history.  Walraven is an active member of the Nueces County Historical Society, the Texas State Historical Association, and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Working with Walraven in his research has been his wife and colleague, Marjorie Walraven, who retired in 1989 after nearly thirty years as a journalism teacher/publications adviser at Mary Carroll High School. Part-time copy editor for The Corpus Christi Caller-Times for 22 years, Ricky is a life member and former president of the Texas Association of Journalism Educators and in 1984 received a “Certificate of Merit Journalism Achievement Award” from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund.  In 2002, she was named one of seventy-five “Legends of Texas High School Journalism” by the Interscholastic League Press Conference.

Together the Walraven’s have written several works, including Gift of the Wind: The Corpus Christi Bayfront, Empresarios’ Children: The Welders of Texas, and The Magnificent Barbarians: Little-told Tales of the Texas Revolution.

Compiled by: Cecilia Gutierrez Venable

Finding Guide

Box 1

1.01          Correspondence 1978-1986

1.02          Correspondence 1986-1987

1.03          Correspondence 1987

1.04          “Bulletins of the Conference for Education in Texas”,

                April, 1907-April, 1909

1.05          “A Brief History of the American Society of Civil Engineers”,

                Texas Section.

1.06          “Property of Dewey L. GranBerry” (Copy of Dairy) Re: S.S. Gulflight-U.S. Navy    

                1918

1.07          Re: Early Texas Pioneers-John C. Robertson & Sarah Goodman. [CA 1800s]

1.08          Re: Kit Carson (Book)/ Letter/ Newspaper Clipping

1.09          Re: History Manuscripts

1.10          Re: History of Corpus Christi

1.11          Re: Geraldus B. Smart (Confederate) 1862

1.12          Re: The Texas Kickapoo Indians

1.13          Re: Historical Letters

1.14          Re: Copy Of Original gift Deed-Blucher Family. – Banquete, Texas (article)

1.15          Re: History of the Corpus Christi Newspapers

1.16          Miscellaneous Papers

1.17          Re: Newspaper/ Clippings

1.18          Small Publications (booklets), Brochures, Pamphlets

Box 2

2.01          Copies of old newspapers

2.02          Newspaper articles (copies)

2.03          Newspaper articles (copies)

2.04          Scrapbook