Collegeport Public Library


Sitting on the porch are Esther Schubring and her cousin Dorothy Crane
Photo courtesy of Dorothy Crane Corporon

First Public Library in Matagorda County

Founded January 11, 1912
Opened February 10, 1912

Collection began with 17 books
 


Collegeport Public Library Catalogue 1935 - 40
(This is a large file and will take a while to open.)

Books Donated to Citrus Grove Library by Collegeport Public Library

Books Donated by Mrs. C. W. Goodman

Books Donated by Mrs. Annette O'Leary

Woman's Club Members     Woman's Club Minutes

Woman's Club Photos     Collegeport Public Library

 

 


Click on a Cover to Read a Book From the Collegeport Library
 



Donated by
Mrs. Billy Halfen



Donated by Mrs. Nelda Buchen
Inscription:
"If Shakespeare is best,
Dickens is better."



Donated by
Helen M. Holsworth
February 14, 1918



Donated by
Mrs. Roy Nelson
Second copy donated by
George Welsby
 



Donated by
Donald Travis
Palacios
December 25, 1906



Donated by
Mrs. Nelda Buchen


From the Private Library of
Glen Dale Welsby
 


Presented to the Collegeport
Texas Public Library
by Mrs. W. J. Sanders
St. Joseph, Mo. March 1912
Secured by Mrs. John W. Hansel


Bay View High School Library


Presented to Collegeport
Library by
Margaret Holsworth

 

Donations to the Collegeport Public Library
 

Adam Bede


Mrs. L. E. Beadle
 

Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland and Through
the Looking Glass

Rosalie Nelson


Beautiful Girlhood



Mrs. G. A. Duckworth
 


Beyond the City

Mrs. Livers

The Bugles of
Gettysburg


Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of America, Collegeport, Texas
 

Children of the
Koppenberg
 

Lena J. Corse

Conciliation with the Colonies

Miss Anna Van Ness


Daniel and the
Revelation



John B. Heisey
 

Elements of Interior
Design and Decoration


In Memory of Gertrude "Trudy" Larsen
By her husband R. A. Larsen
 

The Eyes of the World
 

Helen M. Holsworth

A History & Genealogy of
The Family of Hurd
 


Dena D. Hurd


German Grammar


Charles F. Pine


In the Palace of the King


H. A. Clapp
 

Jerry McAuley: His Life and Work

Elgene C. Van Ness

Julius



Donald Travis & Eldon Travis


Lincoln's Mary and the Babies



Mary Louise Clapp
 


Mr. Chairman

Elva Jean Wells
 

Nobody's Buddy

Phyllis Holsworth
 

Oliver October

Silver Offering

Pilgrim's Progress


Mrs. A. J. Palmer
 

Plain Tales From the Hills

Callie M. Metzger


Poorhouse Sweeney

Mrs. C. W. Goodman


Roses on My Shoulders
and Other Memories
 

Marjorie Bruce Wilkinson & Walter Wilkinson Jr.

Stand By


Thomas Holsworth
 

Swiftwater

College Community Church & John Merck


A Tale of the Times of the Christ


Mrs. Burton D. Hurd



Thoughts From Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus
 

Frank Travis

The Turn of the Tide

Dorothy Franzen

Willy Reilly


Mrs. Frank Aucutt
 

Windsor Story
 

Rev. & Mrs. Lloyd Nixon


The World's Best One
Hundred Detective Stories
 

H. A. Clapp

You Can be Successful and Follow
the Golden Rule
 

Mr. & Mrs. George Stevenson
 

Young Colonists
 

Arland Cary

Reference Shelf
 

This is one of the complete set of reference books in the library.

Margaret Holsworth donated the 10-volume set
of The World Book released in 1920.

 


Books Given to Citrus Grove Library by Collegeport Public Library
August 14, 1913
 

TITLE

AUTHOR

Daddy’s Girl

Meade, L. T.

Grafters

Lynde, Francis

Twelfth Report Interstate Commerce Commission

 

Rose in the Ring

McCutcheon, George Barr

Yearbook of the Dept. of Agriculture

 

In His Steps

Charles M. Sheldon

Scottish Chiefs

Jane Porter

All Aboard

Optic, Oliver

Sketch Book

Irving, Washington

Tom Brown’s School Days

Hughes

Young Girl’s Wooing

Roe, E. P.

John Halifoa Gentleman

Mulock

Young Colonists

Henty, G. A.

Seats of the Mighty

Parker, Gilbert

Life of Daniel Boone

 

By Right of Conquest

Henty, G. A.

When Knighthood Was in Flower

 

Man From Glengarry

Connor, Ralph

Refugees

Doyle, A. Conan

Little Colonel

Johnson,

Redemption of David Carson

Goss, C. F.

Spare Well, Spend Well

 

Laddie and Miss Toosey’s Mission

 

Pilgrim’s Progress

Bunyan, John

Risen From the Ranks

Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Reign of Law

Allen, James Lane

Gascoyne

Ballantyne, R. M.

Mara

Alden, Mrs.

Doctor

Connor, Ralph

Prospector

Connor, Ralph

Sixth Report of State of Arkansas

 

Lady Hollyhock and her Friends

Walker, Margaret C.

Queechy

Wetherall, Elizabeth

Robert Hardy’s Seven Days

Sheldon, Chas. M.

Swiss Family Robinson

 

Strong and Steady

Alger, Horatio Jr.

Flight of Georgiana

Stevens, Robt. Neilson

Prodigal Judge

Kester, Vaughn

In the Golden Days

Lyall, Edna

Black Rock

Connor

Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush

McClarey, Ian

6 Johnson’s Encyclopedia

 

 


The Goodman Collection
Mrs. C. W. Goodman

Numbers 1201 to 1243
 

NO

TITLE

AUTHOR

1201

To the Last Man

Grey, Zane

1202

Man of the Forest

Grey, Zane

1203

The Carpet From Bagdad

MacGrath

1204

The Roaring Road

Morgan

1205

The Happy Mountain

Chapman, Marie

1206

The Purchase Price

Hough, Emerson

1207

The After House

Rinehart, Mary R.

1208

Fisherman’s Luck

Van Dyne

1209

Jack O’Lantern

Goodchild, George

1210

With Eastern Eyes

Poole, Ernest

1211

Ishmael

Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N.

1212

Pizzare

Allen, Fred

1213

The Art of Thinking

Dimit

1214

The Moon Maid

Burroughs

1215

On the Bottom

Elisberg, Edw.

1216

File Number 113

Goboriau

1217

The Honor of the Name

Gaboriau

1218

Kong

Kingsley, Howard

1219

Lady of the Decoration

Little, Frances

1220

Queen Hortense

Muhlbach, Louise

1221

Giants of the Earth

Rolvaag

1222

Rough Justice

Montague, C. E.

1223

Money for One

Ruck, Beda

1224

Ultima Thule

Richardson

1225

Phoebe Deane

Lutz

1226

Their Yesterdays

Wright, Harold Bell

1227

Captains of Conflict

Updegraff

1228

The Dark Tower

Young

1229

Power

Feucht, Manger

1230

The Vegetable

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

1231

The Unseen Mind

New

1232

New Century Home Book

De Puy

1233

How to be Your Own Decorator

Good Housekeeping

1234

What Can a Man Believe?

Barton, Bruce

 


Additions April 1938
Gift of Mrs. Annette O’Leary, sister of Dena D. Soekland Hurd

 

NO

TITLE

AUTHOR

1315

Boy Ranchers in Death Valley

Balcer, W. F.

1316

Roll Call

Bennett, A.

1317

Tarzan the Untamed

Burroughs

1318

Tarzan the Terrible

Burroughs

1319

Tarzan Lord of the Jungles

Burroughs

1320

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Burnett, F. H.

1321

For Valor

Clarke

1322

The New Winning Their Way

Faris, J. T.

1323

Skinny McCord

Fitzhugh, P. K.

1324

Roy Blakeley—Lost, Strayed or Stolen

Fitzhugh, P. K.

1924-2

Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp

Fitzhugh, P. K.

1325

Dick Byrd, Air Explorer

Fitzhugh, Green

1326

Lost in the Wilds of Brazil

Foster, Joseph H.

1327

The Animal Mother Goose

Frees [Harry Whittier]

1328

King Arthur for Boys

Gilbert

1329

The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp

Hope, L. C.

1330

The Bobbsey Twins at the Country Fair

Hope, L. C.

1331

The Bobbsey Twins in the Country

Hope, L. C.

1332

The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore

Hope, L. C.

1333

The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West

Hope, L. C.

1334

The Lost City of the Aztecs

Lath, J. A.

1335

Uncle William

Lee, Jeanette

1336

Army Boys o the Fighting Line`

Randall

1337

Bomba the Jungle Boy Among the Slaves

Rockwood, R.

1338

Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Cannibals

Rockwood, R.

1339

Bomba the Jungle Boy Among the Pygmies

Rockwood, R.

1340

Kidnapped

Stevenson, Rob’t L.

1341

Treasure Island

Stevenson, Rob’t L.

1342

Alias the Lone Wolf

Vance, Louis J.

1343

Oakwood of the Secret Service

Williams

1344

The Vanishing Point

 

1345

The White Company

Doyle

1346

Initials Only

 

1347

Comrades of the Storm

Kyne, Peter B.

1348

The Eye Witness

 

1349

The Man With Three Names

Mac Grath, H.

1350

The Wild Goose

Morris, Gouverneur

1351

House of 1000 Candles

Nicholson [Meredith]

1352

Brass

Norris, Charles

1353

The Lost Ambassador

Oppenheim, Ph.

1354

The Lost Shoe

 

1355

Order No. 11

Stanley

1356

The Claw

Stockley, Cynthia

1357

The Dark Mirror

Vance, L. J.

1357

Japonette

Chambers, Rob’t L.

1358

Japonette

Chambers, Rob’t L.

1359

Unseen Hands

Chesterfield

1360

Brushing the Mountain Tops

Dixon

1361

Slim Evans

Dean

1362

Alice in Wonderland

Hughes R.

1363

Light

Rutherford, J. F.

1364

Beauty and the Beast

Norris

1365

The Last American

Opera

1366

The Little French Girl

 

1367

The Gold Shoe

Hill

1368

Halves

Henry, H.

1369

The Unpardonable Sin

Hughes R.

1370

Cup of Fury

 

1371

Prisoner of Zenda

Hope, A.

1372

Kindred of the Dust

Kine, Peter B.

1373

On the Firing Line

Smedley

1374

Strike Him Out

Sherman

1375

Lorna Doone

Blackmore

1376

Lee the American

Bradford

1377

The Manxman

Caine, Hall

1378

The Celebrity

Churchhill, W.

1379

Black Rock

Connor

1380

The Iron Woman

Deland, Margaret

1381

The Stain

Halsey, Forrest

1382

Uncle Remus

Chandler, Harris J.

1383

Wolfville

Lewis, Alfred H.

1384

Man’s Country

MacFarlane, Peter C.

1385

From Iowa to the Philippines

Markey, J. L.

1386

A Scarlet Sin

Marryatt, Florence

1387

The Heart of Gold

Meade, Mrs. L. T.

1388

The Edgred Tool

Morton, William

1390

A Maker of History

Oppenheim, E. Phillips

1391

Beyond the Frontier

Parrish, Randall

1392

West Broadway

Putnam, Nina W.

1393

Katherine’s Sheaves

Sheldon, Mrs. Georgie

1394

Wild Animals I have Known

Thompson, Seton

1395

In Memoriam

Tennyson, Alfred W.

1396

Alice of Old Vincennes

Thompson, Maurice

1397

History of Greece I

Timayenis, T. T.

1398

History of Greece II

Timayenis, T. T.

1399

Eltham House

Ward, Mrs. H. W.

 

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