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Oral History Interview with B. J. Nelson, April 22, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with B. J. Nelson, April 22, 2002

Interview with B. J. Nelson, a staff sergeant in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He answers questions about his life in the military and coming home post-war.
Date: January 9, 2005
Creator: DeVore, Danielle & Nelson, B. J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with B. J. Nelson, April 22, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with B. J. Nelson, April 22, 2002

Interview with B. J. Nelson, a staff sergeant in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He answers questions about his life in the military and coming home post-war.
Date: April 22, 2002
Creator: DeVore, Danielle & Nelson, B. J.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willett E. Laughlin (open access)

Oral History Interview with Willett E. Laughlin

Interview with Willett E. Laughlin, a technician who drove and repaired tanks. He answers questions about his life during the war and his experience abroad. He is described as very lucky compared to most soldiers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lawhon, Courtney & Laughlin, Willett E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983

Transcript of interviews with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner and Fletcher Hickerson. Jean Shepherd and Leon Warner were residents of the Brownwood subdivision in Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. Fletcher Hickerson was the Coordinator of Emergency Services for the City of Baytown at the time of Hurricane Alicia. All three interviewees answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia, which caused major damage in the Baytown area.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Shepherd, Jean; Warner, Leon & Hickerson, Fletcher
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976

Transcript of an interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date: 2018
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, January 27, 1977 transcript

Oral History Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, January 27, 1977

Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Mount Belvieu.
Date: January 27, 1977
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Gunn, Loris Williams
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002

Interview with Pete Craig, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II from Houston, Texas. Craig describes his time as a Private 1st Class in the Infantry, as well as his experiences in basic training and the places he visited throughout the United States. Included at the end of the transcript is a written summarization by the interviewer, Colby Burmaster, which was provided with the two audiotapes of the interview.
Date: April 26, 2003
Creator: Burmaster, Colby & Craig, Pete
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., March 31, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., March 31, 2001

Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., a veteran of the U.S. Army from Karnes County, Texas who served in World War II. Brosh describes his time in basic training and experiences serving in Europe, as well as seeing American prisoners of war.
Date: March 1, 2003
Creator: Eakin, Elizabeth & Brosh, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983

Transcript of an interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Pruett, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Casey, Miller; Pruett, Mike & Traylor, Jerry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979

Transcript of an interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, Texas.
Date: 2018
Creator: Smoke, Amanda; Busch, William T. & Swofford, Sarah
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983

Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, residents of the Baytown area during Hurricane Alicia. All three women answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia causing major damage in the surrounding area.
Date: 1983
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Shepherd, Jean; Warner, Leon & Hickerson, Fletcher
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976 transcript

Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976

Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date: November 22, 1976
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983

Transcript of an interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer at the time Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd, the president of the Brownwood Civic Association. Lanham and Shepherd both share their memories of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia including work with the Red Cross helping clean up the damage caused by the hurricane and the effects on the Brownwood subdivision.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Lanham, Marcine & Shepherd, Jean
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979

Transcript of an interview with Phyllis Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include her early life and family background, including a description of a tent city, Horace Mann school, 1923, the picture show in Pelly, and her religious and community life in Cedar Bayou.
Date: 2018
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Phyllis Triggs, 1903-
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, February 25, 1986 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, February 25, 1986

Transcript of an interview with Jimmy Carroll, an early resident of Baytown, Texas. Carroll describes working conditions and the operations of the Humble Oil Company in Baytown, including describing some injuries and fatalities that occurred at the plant. Carroll continues on to share stories about safety and working conditions as well as segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Grover C. Edge, December 30, 1975 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Grover C. Edge, December 30, 1975

Transcript of an interview with Grover C. Edge, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1921. Topics include the early history of Baytown and the Humble Refinery, the VFW and the Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Edge, Grover C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with B. L. Henderson, April 25, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with B. L. Henderson, April 25, 2003

Interview with B. L. Henderson, a United States Marine veteran of the Korean War. Henderson answers questions concerning his service time as well as recounts certain operations and movements of he and his fellow Marines during his time in Korea. He tells about their rations, retreating procedures, and weaponry used.
Date: April 25, 2003
Creator: Evans, Tonya & Henderson, B. L.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., March 31, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., March 31, 2001

Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., a veteran of the U.S. Army from Karnes County, Texas who served in World War II. Brosh describes his time in basic training and experiences serving in Europe, as well as seeing American prisoners of war.
Date: March 31, 2001
Creator: Eakin, Elizabeth & Brosh, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979 transcript

Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979

Interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, TX.
Date: {1979-09-13,1979-10-02}
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Busch, William Thomas
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983

Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.
Date: August 30, 1983
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Traylor, Jerry; Casey, Miller & Prewitt, Mike
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975

Transcript of interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, Texas, the formation of the Exxon Annuitants' Club, and various activities for senior citizens in the Baytown area at the time of the interview.
Date: 2018
Creator: Sargis, Lynnette; Wood, Emmett C. & Webber, Betsy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Belk, April 22, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis Belk, April 22, 2003

Interview with Louis Belk, a B-17 Waist Gunner who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps (Air Force) in World War II from San Antonio, Texas. Belk describes his time training in Texas and experiences serving in England. He also talks about what it was like returning home to the United States from the war.
Date: December 19, 2004
Creator: Heath, Amanda & Belk, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, March 11, 1976 transcript

Oral History Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, March 11, 1976

Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown.
Date: March 11, 1976
Creator: McNeil, William J. & Pierson, Julia Lancaster
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Bean, November 15, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Bean, November 15, 2004

Interview with Robert Bean, a veteran who was wounded in action during World War II from Kirbyville, Texas. The transcript includes a list of questions, which focus on Bean's service with the 12th Armored Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in France and Germany, including his injuries and experience liberating two concentration camps.
Date: June 20, 2005
Creator: Gammon, Robert & Bean, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History