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Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000
Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, an Air Corps pilot during World War II and resident of Kerrville for 70 years. The interview includes his life as a pilot as well as the owner of ranches in both South Dakota and Texas.
Date:
August 3, 2000
Creator:
Sieker, Robert Edward; Snodgrass, Clarabell & Bethel, Ann
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Orbie Reeves, April 19, 2002
Interview with Orbie Reeves, a World War II veteran from Camp Verde, Texas. Reeves speaks of his time growing up in the Camp Verde area, his work as a butcher at the Kerrville State Hospital, and his experience serving in the Philippines during World War II.
Date:
April 19, 2002
Creator:
Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Orbie
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013
Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, whose husband's ancestors were Texas Hill Country settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Starkey discusses her husband's family history. She also talks about coming to Kerrville for a job with her family.
Date:
March 28, 2013
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Starkey, Ethel Baker
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, December 21, 2016
Interview with Bobby D. Blackburn, a retired FBI agent and firearms identification specialist, from Kerrville, Texas. He speaks about his memories of growing up in Kerrville and his time working with the FBI.
Date:
December 21, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Blackburn, Bobby D.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018
Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years.
Date:
September 25, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018
Interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family.
Date:
October 23, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jonas, William James, Jr.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018
Interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family.
Date:
October 23, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jonas, William James, Jr.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018
Interview with Walter Poppe, discussing immigration from Germany to Kerrville as a child, his time in the Navy, and his family.
Date:
November 6, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Poppe, Walter Eric
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018
Interview with Walter Poppe, discussing immigration from Germany to Kerrville as a child, his time in the Navy, and his family.
Date:
November 6, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Poppe, Walter Eric
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018
Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events and search that followed. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date:
October 2, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018
Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relating to the interview are included after transcript.
Date:
October 16, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018
Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relating to the interview are included after the transcript text.
Date:
October 16, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan, December 11, 2018
Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan who lived in Kerrville since she was 4 years old and is a member of the prominent Peterson family. The family was responsible for building the Sid Peterson Hospital and Peterson Foundation. She and her husband John Sullivan (deceased) have 3 children. The interview traces her memories of the Peterson family and her upbringing in Kerrville. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date:
December 11, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Sullivan, Beverly Peterson
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan, December 11, 2018
Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan who lived in Kerrville since she was 4 years old and is a member of the prominent Peterson family. The family was responsible for building the Sid Peterson Hospital and Peterson Foundation. She and her husband John Sullivan (deceased) have 3 children. The interview traces her memories of the Peterson family and her upbrining in Kerrville. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date:
December 11, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Sullivan, Beverly Peterson
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James E. Nugent, May 19, 2019
Interview with Cal "Skip" Trammell and Nan Nugent-White about their father James E. (Jim) Nugent who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1979 and was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission for sixteen years.The interview details his upbringing, education, career as an attorney, navy service as a pilot in World War II, and family memories. Photos and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date:
May 10, 2019
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Trammell, Cal & Nugent-White, Bilie Nan Noreen
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Itasco Wilson, January 26, 2001
Interview with Itasco Wilson, who worked as a teacher in Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of teaching with her husband, B.T. Wilson, and touring with their choir and football team, as well as her community activities.
Date:
January 26, 2001
Creator:
Bethel, Ann; Wilson, Itasco & Bacon, Dan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999
Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of growing up on a ranch, experiencing the Great Depression, and earning the titles of "Citizen of the Year" and "Woman of the Year."
Date:
August 25, 1999
Creator:
Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle Barton
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, September 27, 2000
Interview with George Allen and Mary Virginia Stevens Holekamp, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes their stories of both the Holekamp and Stevens families, as well as the couple's ranching and community activities.
Date:
September 27, 2000
Creator:
Bethel, Ann; Holekamp, George Allen; Holekamp, Mary Virginia Stevens & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000
Interview with Thornton Secor from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes stories of his grandfather, Dr. William Lee Secor, who built the first hospital in Kerrville.
Date:
September 27, 2000
Creator:
Secor, Thornton; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, February 15, 2001
Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, a dance teacher and wife of a rancher From Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of participating in the National Wool Growers Association and Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers, as well as touring the U.S. as the director of the National Make-It-With-Wool organization, headquartered in Kerrville.
Date:
February 15, 2001
Creator:
Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Groff, Waldean McDougall
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anna Elisabeth "Betty" Sullivan Strohacker, August 31, 2001
Interview with Betty Sullivan Strohacker from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her early years of growing up in Kerrville, working for the Kerr County Rations Board, and participating in Home Demonstration Clubs and the Republican Women's Club.
Date:
August 31, 2001
Creator:
Strohacker, Anna Elisabeth Sullivan; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack and Frances Stevens, January 31, 2001
Interview with Jack and Frances Stevens from Kerr County. The interview includes their stories of growing up in Kerrville and of spending 30 years traveling the world together in the Navy before returning to Kerr County.
Date:
January 31, 2001
Creator:
Bethel, Ann; Stevens, Jack; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Stevens, Franes
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Itasco Wilson, January 26, 2001
Interview with Itasco Wilson, who worked as a teacher in Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of teaching with her husband, B.T. Wilson, and touring with their choir and football team, as well as her community activities.
Date:
January 26, 2001
Creator:
Bethel, Ann; Wilson, Itasco & Bacon, Dan
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History