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Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
BISD Museum
Bellville, Texas
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Bellville.
1881 to 2025Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
41,066Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Bellville, Texas.
Explore the past of Bellville, Texas through newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the BISD Museum's digital archive. Its eighty-eight titles include material from 1881 to 2025.
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Selected titles
Selected titles from BISD Museum include “Bellville Junior High School Yearbooks” as well as “Early Education for Black Students Before Integration in Bellville and Austin County”.
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Different views of the past
Yearbooks and annuals bring together the people and activities their editors chose to remember, offering a view of life within a particular year. An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse eighty-eight titles and 41,066 digitized pages, with material from 1881 to 2025. A partnership between BISD Museum and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Follow a family connection or a question about the community through the titles below and the history they preserve.
1936 Football Team
44 pages in 1936
1937 Football Team
40 pages in 1937
1937 Football Team History
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
1938 Football Memorabilia in the BISD Museum
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
1938 Football Team
26 pages in 1938
1947 to 1948 Teacher Bulletin to Start School
14 pages in 1947
1953 Football Team Program
32 pages in 1953
1960 Bellville Brahmas Road to the State Football Finals
244 pages in 1960
1960 Bellville Brahmas Road to the State Football Post Season
70 pages in 1960
1977 Bellville Brahma Football Team by Steven Jackson
202 pages in 1977
All Americans from Bellville High School Before 2024
4 pages in 2024
Amy Goodwin, Nine Gold Medals for BHS
140 pages in 2024
An Introduction to the Bellville ISD Historical Documents Archives
4 pages in 2024
Band Directors and Assistant Band Directors at Bellville ISD
4 pages in 2024
Baseball History from 1917 to 1993
72 pages in 1993
Bellville Athletic Booster Club Hall of Honor 1977 to 2023
4 pages in 2023
Bellville Athletic Booster Club Hall of Honor 1977-2023
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Bellville First TEXAS Public School for Unincorporated Towns by Jamie Elick
18 pages in 1881
Bellville High School ExStudent Directory 1885 to 1966
182 pages in 1966
Bellville High School Ex-Student Directory 1885-1966
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Bellville High School ExStudent Directory 1967 to 1999
146 pages in 1967
Bellville High School Ex-Student Directory 1967-1999
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Bellville High School ExStudent Directory 2000 to 2024
170 pages in 2024
Bellville High School Ex-Student Directory 2000-2024
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Bellville High School Pioneer Yearbook
1,318 pages from 1917 to 1924
Bellville High School Yearbook
22,908 pages from 1949 to 2018
Bellville High Schools Valedictorians and Salutatorians
8 pages in 2024
Bellville High School's Valedictorians and Salutatorians
8 pages in 2024
Bellville ISD Timeline
66 pages in 2024
Bellville ISD Timeline 32 pages
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Bellville Junior High School Yearbooks
2,830 pages from 1973 to 2015
Bellville, Her History, Her Hopes
24 pages in 1883
BHS Atheletes that Played in Professional Sports
4 pages in 2024
BHS Boys Basketball History 1912 to 1999
210 pages in 2025
Brahma Spirit
70 pages in 2024
Cheerleaders and Pep Squads from the Past
94 pages in 2024
Classes From the Past in Bellville before 1970
150 pages in 1971
Cross Country
128 pages in 2025
Early Community Schools in Austin County That Formed Bellville ISD
260 pages in 2024
Early Education for Black Students Before Integration in Bellville and Austin County
102 pages in 2024
F.F.A. Summer Education Trips Reports in Newspaper Articles 1938 to 1947
30 pages in 1948
FFA National and State Champions Through 2025
62 pages in 2025
Fine Arts Awards
86 pages in 2024
Football History in BHS 1919 to 1982
148 pages in 1982
Future Homemakers of America at Bellville High School
164 pages in 2024
Girls Basketball 1914 through 1987
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Girls Basketball 1914 to 1987
168 pages in 1987
Graduation
98 pages in 2024
History of Football in Bellville author unknown
2 pages in 2024
History of Libraries in Bellville ISD
102 pages in 2025
History of the Bellville ISD Museum
58 pages in 2025
History of Volleyball 1923 to 2022
66 pages in 2022
Homecoming History
218 pages in 2025
Hoof-Beat
4,104 pages from 1969 to 2013
Individual Football Records as of 2022
2 pages in 2022
Instructional Opportunities in One-Room School Teaching from Leroy Grebes Files
18 pages in 1987
Ives Creek School 1880 to 1947 Snapshots
12 pages in 1947
Ives Creek School 1880-1947 Snapshots
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
Jesse O Bryant
2 pages in 1992
LeRoy Grebes Files I of III
244 pages in 2014
LeRoy Grebes Files Part II of III
364 pages in 1887
LeRoy Grebes III of III
330 pages in 2025
Majorettes and Twirlers From the Past
66 pages in 2024
Meet Your BellvilleTeachers 1959 and 1960
38 pages in 1960
Mr. and Miss BHS
144 pages in 2025
O Bryant Elementary School Yearbooks
2,124 pages from 1973 to 2013
Phi Bella Yella
6 pages in 2025
Photo Album of Dedication of Cochran School
46 pages in 1951
Scholastic Arts Awards
134 pages in 2024
School Buildings In Bellville ISD and Their History
218 pages in 2024
Seals and Johnson Recount Days of Integration
4 pages in 1992
Self Culture Club 1917 on
24 pages in 2025
Softball at BHS 1956 to 1999
86 pages in 2025
Spring Whing-Ding
108 pages in 2024
Superintendents in BISD 1908 to 2024
4 pages in 2024
Texas High School Girls Coaches Association All Star Volleyball Participatants from BHS
2 pages in 2024
Texas High School Girls Coaches Association All-Star Volleyball Participatants from BHS
Page count not currently available dates not yet available
The Bellville School, A Resume by Leroy Grebe
2 pages in 2024
The Boys of Fall 1938 by Steven Jackson
270 pages in 2018
The Brahma Band 1919 to1996
264 pages in 1996
The Corral Newsletter
36 pages in 2025
Trash Newspaper 1968
14 pages in 2025
Valditorians and Saluatorians of Bellville High School 1904 to 2024
4 pages in 2024
Vocational Agriculture and F.F.A. 1918 to 1988
186 pages in 1988
West End Elementary School Harvest Festival History
116 pages in 2022
West End Elementary School Yearbooks
1,238 pages from 1998 to 2013
What was it like being a Senior in 1937 and 1938
50 pages in 2025
Who Were the Mad Hatters
8 pages in 1975
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About the Archive
About the BISD Museum’s Digital Archives
The BISD Museum offers free and open access to its digitized collection of Bellville Independent School District’s historical artifacts—including photographs, uniforms, programs, and other educational memorabilia—providing a meaningful educational resource that brings school history to the community. In partnership with Advantage Archives , the Museum serves as a portal to “history as it happened,” preserving firsthand perspectives of generations of students in Bellville ISD’s learning community.
About the Archive
Historical Collections
- BISD Historical Photographs—classroom scenes, school buildings, and community events
- School Uniforms & Athletic Memorabilia—from academic years past
- Programs & Event Brochures—graduations, performances, and school traditions
These digital materials capture snapshots of time, reflecting the shared responsibility and community partnership in preserving educational heritage. They serve as cultural assets—accessible firsthand documents that link past generations with the present.
About the Museum
About the BISD Museum
Located physically within the Bellville Independent School District’s campus at 518 South Matthews Street in Bellville, Texas, the BISD Museum is part of a vibrant educational community serving local families. The District is rooted in a commitment to leadership, learner engagement, and community collaboration. The Museum supports that mission by offering educational outreach and access to primary school history collections.
Institution History
The History of the BISD Museum
With generations of schooling behind it, Bellville ISD launched the BISD Museum to honor its past through a display of photos, uniforms, and artifacts from across its 140‑plus years of student life. Community volunteers and educators assembled collections from the 1938 gym and earlier campus buildings, honoring a shared heritage. The Museum officially opened its doors in September 2009.
About the Community
About Bellville, Texas & BISD
Bellville is the seat of Austin County, Texas—a town with strong German‑Texan roots and historic character. The Bellville Independent School District serves as an anchor for its community, with structures and traditions that reflect a long-standing commitment to education and civic identity. BISD departments and leadership maintain a collaborative approach to learning, rooted in culture and community engagement.
Local History
Did You Know?
The BISD Museum began when a cache of school‑era photos and memorabilia was discovered in the 1938 gym, prompting educators and alumni to ask: “What are we going to do with all of this?” Within months, volunteers launched a full Museum. Today, the digital archive showcases those items—preserving snapshots of school traditions, community engagement, and student life for future learners. Explore these cultural archives and engage with the stories of Bellville ISD: Visit the BISD Museum Digital Archives .
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Look beyond a familiar name
The names and activities recorded in a yearbook can point toward school life in Bellville. Start with an entry in the yearbooks and annuals shared by the BISD Museum, note its year and page, and compare captions or nearby references where available. Keep the volume’s perspective visible and use another source to test a wider family or community connection. School activities and groups changed over time; surviving pages can point toward a period without describing every student's experience.
Where the available dates overlap, use a name, activity, or organization in a yearbook or annual as a starting point for a newspaper search. Compare the details carefully; a similar name is a lead to investigate, not an identification by itself.
Keep the title, date, page or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help you connect a local story to its evidence and explain what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the BISD Museum, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
Learn about partnerships
Stories, research tips, and archive news
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April 9, 2025
Unveiling the Hidden Mysteries: Exploring Cold Cases and Unconventional Clues
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This Week in History: March 31st through April 6th
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