Manuel Gutierrez, student volunteer from The University of Texas at Brownsville, and Sheena Moore, Humanities Texas staff member, scan glass negatives from the turn of the twentieth century at the Brownsville History Harvest. Brownsville Herald photo by Miguel Roberts.

History Harvest participants watch historic film footage of Brownsville provided by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.

Volunteers and staff work with Brownsville residents to digitize items from their family collections at the Brownsville Public Library.

Brownsville residents arrive at the Brownsville History Harvest and check in at the intake table.

Humanities Texas staff member Stephanie Donowho (center) and student volunteers from The University of Texas at Brownsville record information about photographs brought to the History Harvest by a Brownsville resident.

Brownsville residents brought items from their family collections to be digitized at the History Harvest.

Brownsville resident Ford Lockett provides information about a 1939 photo of himself as a boy dressed for Charro Days, a heritage festival held each spring in Brownsville and Matamoros. Brownsville Herald photo by Miguel Roberts.

Brownsville Historical Association staff member Ayla Jarmillo collects information about historic family photographs before they are scanned for the community collection.

Manuel Gutierrez and Humanities Texas staff member Erica Whittington scan glass negatives from the turn of the twentieth century.

Student volunteers and library staff from The University of Texas at Brownsville display a few of the historical photographs that were brought to the History Harvest.

Scan from glass negative of two men in a carriage in Kansas at the turn of the twentieth century. Courtesy of Gene Balch Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Woman reading to young girls outside in Kansas at the turn of the twentieth century. Courtesy of Gene Balch Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Photograph of Macedonio Manzano, who was executed on June 4, 1913, at age fifteen during the Mexican Revolution. Courtesy of Mary Teresa Champion Ayers Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Brownsville fire department, 1918. Courtesy of Matilde Ninfa Guillen Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Brownsville baseball team, 1920. Courtesy of Guillermo Gomez Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Grocery store belonging to Enrique Marks, ca. 1930s. Courtesy of Emilia Garcia Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Maximino Trevino Guerra resident alien identification card and a wartime letter written by Guerra to Maria Antonia Trevino, 1944. Courtesy of Maria Contreras Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Front and back of photograph of a Cantu family member during World War II. Courtesy of Juanita R. Cantu Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Gomez family member at Charro Days, 1939. Courtesy of Guillermo Gomez Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Loading bananas at the Port of Brownsville, ca. 1930s. Courtesy of Matilde Ninfa Guillen Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Map of Fort Brown by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ca. 1940s. Courtesy of Pelayo Quintana Jr. Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.

Pineda family member who served with the 12th cavalry at Fort Brown, March 10, 1924. Courtesy of Gilbert Pineda Collection, Brownsville Community Collection, The University of Texas at Brownsville Library.