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Oral History Interview with Mary Virginia Wall Simmons, March 19, 1987
Interview with Mary Virginia Wall Simmons about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
March 19, 1987
Creator:
Olson-León, Becky & Simmons, Mary Virginia Wall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Matthew Fry, November 15, 2019
Audio interview with Dr. Matthew Fry, a UNT professor, expert on environmental issues, and active member of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group (DAG). He discusses context for the Denton fracking ban and talks about the various articles that he's written about environmentalism and effects of fracking.
Date:
November 15, 2019
Creator:
Binkiewicz, Kyle
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rhonda Love, November 22, 2019
Audio interview with Rhonda Love, a psychology professor, city council member, and environmental activist from Denton, Texas. Love discusses her involvement with the Denton Drilling Advisory Group and the Frack Free Denton campaign, as well as her thoughts on applied democracy, her teaching career, and recent developments on the Denton City Council.
Date:
November 22, 2019
Creator:
Kuplack, Ian & Love, Rhonda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ed and Carol Soph, November 15, 2019
Audio interview with Ed and Carol Soph, environmental activists from Denton, Texas, regarding their involvement in the Frack Free Denton campaign and the controversy of hydraulic fracking in Denton County.
Date:
November 15, 2019
Creator:
Jafri, Noor; Soph, Carol Ann & Soph, Edward B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001
Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman regarding her experiences during World War II. She begins by discussing her family background: her parents were Jews born in Poland and emigrated to the United States. Ethel's European aunts, uncles and grandparents all likely died in the Holocaust. As a first grade student, she taught her mother, a Polish immigrant, how to read and write English. She recalls, wartime rationing, Victory Gardens, scrap drives, and antisemitism among her school-aged classmates in Dallas, Texas, and the end of the war.
Date:
March 24, 2001
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Schectman, Ethel Reisberg
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983
Interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer after Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd. 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.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Lanham, Marcine & Shepherd, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with C. M. Dickerson, June 29, 1976
Interview with C. M. Dickerson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the petroleum industry and trade in Baytown, TX.
Date:
June 29, 1976
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Dickerson, C. M., 1908-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975
Interview with Don McLeod, who moved to Mont Belvieu in 1929 from Beaumont, Texas. McLeod answers questions and describes the growth of the oil business in Mont Belvieu and Baytown, including what companies were already here and how the business has changed from then until now.
Date:
{1975-02-19,1975-03-01,1975-03-03}
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976
Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include John P. Sjolander and the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
February 26, 1976
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Scott, Annie Sjolander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willadene Hines, February 11, 1976
Interview with Willadene Hines, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her life growing up in Baytown.
Date:
February 11, 1976
Creator:
Peace, William K. & Hines, Willadene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, and Norman Dykes, 1983
Interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, Norman Dykes, residents of Baytown, Texas during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their experiences and memories of Hurricane Alicia.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Smith, Judy; Sanders, Irene; Jackson, William & Dykes, Norman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, May 14, 1977
Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Houston Riot of 1917.
Date:
May 14, 1977
Creator:
Villemez, Steve & Butcher, Fay Lathrop
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. B. Cummings, November 14, 1976
Interview with J. B. Cummings, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.
Date:
November 14, 1976
Creator:
Taylor, Kim & Cummings, J. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Kalbitz, 1983
Interview with Bob Kalbitz, speaking of the insurance losses after Hurricane Alicia hit in August 1983. Kalbitz describes in depth the insurance claims, and the damages brought on by the Hurricane, and a few anecdotes concerning insurance laws passed in Texas during the 1970's.
Date:
1983-23?
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Kalbitz, Bob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joan Johnson, 1976
Interview with Joan Johnson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1976-03-29,1976-04-15,1976-05-03,1976-05-12}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Johnson, Joan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976
Interview with R. W. Matthews, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Priscilla Club
Date:
August 8, 1975
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Matthews, R. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alena Mosley, October 16, 1979
Interview with Alena Mosley. Topics include the Hstory of Baytown, TX.
Date:
October 16, 1979
Creator:
Austin, Armittie & Mosley, Alena
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979
Interview with Phyllis Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her early life and family background, including a description of tent city, Horace Mann school, 1923, the picture show in Pelly, and her religious and community life in Cedar Bayou.
Date:
October 9, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Phyllis Triggs, 1903-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with B. E. Wilson, February 20, 1976
Interview with B. E. Wilson. Topics include the Humble dormitory, work in the refinery, the 1930's, company benefits, World War II era and post-World War II, and his Civil War interests.
Date:
February 20, 1976
Creator:
Maroney, James C. & Wilson, B. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Virginia Moreno, April 17, 1980
Interview with Virginia Moreno, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include history of Zamora and Moreno families, family history in early Texas and Baytown, courtship of Virginia and Joe Moreno, segregated schools in Baytown, Texas Rangers,Mexican citizens support of Texans against Santa Anna, and founding of Cuahutemoc
Date:
April 17, 1980
Creator:
Homberger, Myra & Moreno, Virginia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Laurene Douglas, January 27, 1976
Interview with Laurene Douglas, a former junior high teacher from Baytown, Texas. Mrs. Douglas answers questions regarding life in Baytown during the Depression and specific events such as Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Date:
January 27, 1976
Creator:
Maroney, James C. & Douglas, Laurene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Grover C. Edge, December 30, 1975
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:
December 30, 1975
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Edge, Grover C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987
Interview with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds from Baytown, Texas. These three women answer questions and describing their social and work experiences working at the Humble Oil Refinery during World War II.
Date:
{1987-10-15,1987-10-29}
Creator:
Eastwood, Marjorie; Easley, Mary C. & Bonds, Mary B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mr., Mrs. J. Rodger Read, 1980
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Read, residents of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include their life as employees of Humble Oil and Refining Co., the Depression, consolidation of the three small towns and the Minerva Club.
Date:
{1980-02-01,1980-02-15}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah; Read, Roger & Read, [Mrs. Roger]
System:
The Portal to Texas History