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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 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 Charles Albright, April 13, 2001
Interview with Charles Albright, a U.S. veteran who served as part of the 69th Engineering Topographical Company during the Korean War. It includes a brief list of questions with Albright's answers about his impressions while serving.
Date:
April 13, 2001
Creator:
Guest, Michael & Albright, Charles
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979
Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, a resident of Cedar Bayou, Texas circa 1900-1925. Busch details her childhood and early life in Cedar Bayou as well as the oil boom and early days of Baytown, Texas.
Date:
October 2, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Oral History Interview with Freddy Rios, March 19, 1987
Partial recording of an interview with Freddy Rios, a veteran who served in the Vietnam War during 1967 and 1968. He discusses his experiences as a soldier, including being wounded and the events that led to him receiving the Distinguished Service Medal.
Date:
March 19, 1987
Creator:
Rios, Freddy
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Harold Aiken, April 9, 2002
Interview with Harold Aiken, a veteran of the Korean War from Highlands, Texas. The interview includes a list of questions and Aiken's responses about his service in the U.S. Army (1946-1949) and impressions while stationed in Korea. While in the service, Aiken served as a truck mechanic for the 7th Division.
Date:
April 9, 2002
Creator:
Eakin, Elizabeth & Aiken, Harold G., Jr.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles A. Young, August 31, 1988
Interview with Charles A. Young, who arrived in Baytown in 1916, but also grew up in Evergreen, Texas. Young discusses his growing up in Evergreen, moving back to Baytown and working in the oil fields during his career with the Humble Refinery.
Date:
1988
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Young, Charles A.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gary Anderson, April 29, 2002
Interview with Gary Anderson, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard from Wausau, Wisconsin. It includes a list of questions about Anderson's time as a medic in the late 1970s in Baltimore and Houston, where he was part of the 389th Transportation Battalion, as well as his opinions on Desert Storm and September 11th.
Date:
April 29, 2002
Creator:
Contreras, Francisco & Anderson, Gary
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979
Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the consolidation of the tri-cities into the incorporated city of Baytown, the depression, the beginning of life insurance business, his service in World War II as a staff member of General Omar Bradley's Headquarters Unit, the Charter Commission, and the adoption of the City Charter.
Date:
August 29, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Stratton, Joel Bryan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gary Hightower, April 13, 2001
Interview with Gary Hightower, Signalman 1st Class Navy veteran of the Vietnam War originally from Baytown, Texas. Hightower answers specific questions concerning his time in Vietnam such as where he was stationed, what his job was, and if he had any scary combat moments; Hightower also explains his outlook on the war then, and in hindsight.
Date:
April 13, 2001
Creator:
Guest, Michael & Hightower, Gary
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975
Interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
Winter 1975
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Wood, E. C.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, August 11, 1976
Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX, including local politics and government.
Date:
August 11, 1976
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Tidmon, W. Orville
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Charles A. Young, August 31, 1988
Transcript of an interview with Charles A. Young, who arrived in the Baytown area in 1916. Mr. Young discusses his youth in Evergreen, Goose Creek and Orange Field, Texas. Young moved back to Baytown as an adult, and describes oilfields in the area as well as working conditions in the Humble Refinery, where he was employed.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Young, Charles A. & Mayo, Martha
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raymond Kilgore, May 27, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Raymond Kilgore, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mr. Kilgore discusses his family life and the early history of Cedar Bayou and Baytown, including the brickyards, the pontoon bridge over Goose Creek, the Interurban to Houston, the fig orchards of Highlands, and life and schooling in Cedar Bayou.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Smoke, Amanda; Kilgore, Raymond & Mayo, Martha
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979
Transcript of an interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, a resident of Cedar Bayou, Texas circa 1900-1925. Busch details her childhood and early life in Cedar Bayou as well as the oil boom and early days of Baytown, Texas.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore & Swofford, Sarah
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History