Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016

Interview with Karen and Clark Klein. Karen attended Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School before completed a course at Durham Business College. She worked at Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Ingram before marrying Clark in 1962. Clark also attended Notre Dame School and Tivy where the couple met. He served in the Army for three years, worked briefly the postal services, and enlisted again in the National Guard. He served until 1982 and achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. The couple had three children and lived in San Antonio, Austin for ten years, before moving back to Kerrville.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Klein, Karen Margaret Herzog & Klein, Clark Dennis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Alamo - treasure] captions transcript

[News Clip: Alamo - treasure]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: October 24, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gregg Barrios, June 21, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Gregg Barrios, June 21, 2016

Mr. Barrios was born and raised in Victoria, Texas. He started working for the local newspaper at the age of 16, writing book reviews. He was drafted into the military, trained as a medic and stationed in Austin, where he attended UT. He later became politicized and joined SDS, involved in anti-war activism. After graduating from college, he taught high school level English in San Antonio and later moved to Crystal City to support the 1969 walkout, eventually staying as a teacher. He wrote several plays that touched upon to Chicano/a identity and politics. Throughout the interview, Mr. Barrios discussed sexism in the Chicano movement, and the exclusion of LGBT Chicanos/as.
Date: June 21, 2016
Creator: Barrios, Gregg & Sinta, Vinicio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mario Salas, June 23, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mario Salas, June 23, 2016

This is a wide-ranging interview by Mario Salas from his time as a child to his aspirations in the political arena
Date: June 23, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Salas, Mario
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with T.C. Calvert, July 1, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with T.C. Calvert, July 1, 2016

Wide ranging interview with TC Calvert. He talks about growing up in San Antonio; his membership in SNCC;
Date: July 1, 2016
Creator: Calvert, T.C. & Arionus, Steve
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Van, June 24, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with David Van, June 24, 2016

Mr. Van Os grew up in segregated Kilgore, in East Texas; the first part of the interview is spent in his recollections of the era, including the eventual integration of the schools in the mid-to-late 1960s. He attended UT Austin, where he became involved in SDS and joined several activities that involved African American and Mexican American activists. While studying law, he did an internship with the law firm of David Richards, who had been working on voting rights litigation earlier that decade. After graduating, he worked as a union-side labor lawyer and represented the Austin chapter of the NAACP in a lawsuit to do away with at-large place system for city council elections. In addition to his early activism and work in civil rights litigation, Mr. Van Os talks about the relationship of racial and economic justice and the role of labor unions in ensuring both.
Date: June 24, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Van Os, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sam Adams and Al Bishop, November 15, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Sam Adams and Al Bishop, November 15, 2018

Interview with cousins Sam Adams and Al Bishop who discuss growing up in Center Point, Sam's time serving the marines (including Vietnam), Al's teaching and coaching high school students before working in insurance, and their families.
Date: November 15, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty; Bishop, Charles Alfred & Adams, James Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History