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Oral History Interview with D. K. L. Rittimann and J. L. Mays, January 26, 2016
Interview with Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance Rittimann and Janice Lowrance Mays, descendants of one of the original families to settle in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. They speak about their memories of growing up in Kerrville.
Date:
January 26, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Rittimann, Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance & Mays, Janice Lowrance
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Allie Bowman Burton, Jr., January 16, 2013
Interview with Allie Bowman Burton, Jr., a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, from Kerrville, Texas. Burton recalls his time at Tivy High School in Kerrville and his experiences as a prisoner of war during the Korean War.
Date:
January 16, 2013
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Burton, Allie Bowman, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Clay McBryde, April 3, 2012
Interview with Richard Clay McBryde, a rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. McBryde discusses his life as a rancher, his rodeo career, his education, and his short-lived football career. The interview transcript includes photos of Richard Clay McBryde, his rodeo years, and his family, on pages 16-21.
Date:
April 3, 2012
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & McBryde, Richard Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016
Interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date:
November 22, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter, February 14, 2001
Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes Salter's stories of Kerrville with her late and current husbands.
Date:
February 24, 2001
Creator:
Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wheeler Emerson Mosty, October 14, 2009
Interview with Wheeler Emerson Mosty, a World War II veteran and retired post office worker from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Mosty talks about his education, growing up in the Kerrville area, his service in WWII, local people and places, the flood of 1932, and his work at the Post Office.
Date:
October 14, 2009
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Mosty, Wheeler Emerson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, January 19, 2016
Interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, the daughter of the owners of Camp Rio Vista, from Houston, Texas. Stacy gives a brief history of her life, including her time living in Houston before moving to Kerrville as a freshman in high school, setting up a cooking school at Camp Waldemar, and running a catering business.
Date:
January 19, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Stacy, Gretchen Broun
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. B. Brown, III and S. W. Brown, October 11, 2016
Interview with Werdna Burton Brown, III ("Pinky"), and Spencer Whitewood Brown, both alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. Pinky and Spencer share their memories of growing up in Kerrville in the 1940's and 50's.
Date:
October 11, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Brown, Spencer Whitewood & Brown, Werdna Burton, III
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, August 15, 2011
Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, a former middle school secretary from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lidiak talks about growing up in Kerrville, her family, and her work at various businesses and the Veterans Administration hospital. She also discusses her husband's education, his service in World War II, and the auto companies he worked at.
Date:
August 15, 2011
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher & Lidiak, Jean Mathis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. H. Lewis and S. A. P. Lewis, January 26, 2015
Interview with Sylvia Ann Payne Lewis and Joe Herman Lewis, alumni of Doyle High School, from Kerrville, Texas. They speak about growing up in the black community of Kerrville during segregation.
Date:
January 26, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Lewis, Sylvia Ann Payne & Lewis, Joe Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, November 11, 2015
Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, a retired professor from Kerrville, Texas. He recalls his time as an Air Rescue Medic in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, as well as his time as a professor at a few different universities, some of which were in foreign countries.
Date:
November 11, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Luther, Joseph Neal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maxine Page Powell, February 12, 2015
Interview with Maxine Page Powell, a retired switchboard operator for the Kerrville Telephone Company, from Ingram, Texas. Powell speaks about her time as a switchboard operator and as a secretary for the Principal's office at Tivy Elementary, and as a member of a women's bowling league.
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes & Powell, Maxine Page
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with G. W. Haney and R. P. Haney, February 18, 2015
Interview with George Wyatt (Dub) Haney and Raye Joan Pickett Haney, a married couple from Kerrville, Texas. They give a brief history of their lives and their time in Kerrville.
Date:
February 15, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Haney, George Wyatt & Haney, Raye Joan Pickett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, January 14, 2008
Interview with Elsie Mona Guthrie Kullenberg, a Texan Hill Country native from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Kullenberg's daughter, Lois Kullenberg Hulse. Mrs. Kullenberg discusses her upbringing, her marriage to Upton Kullenberg, coming to Kerrville, the various businesses she and her husband ran, and driving a Model T.
Date:
January 14, 2008
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Kullenberg, Elsa Mona Guthrie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, December 1, 2009
Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, descendant of Mexicans born in Mexican territory that is now in Texas, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Garza talks about her family's history in the area before it became incorporated into Texas. She also talks about growing up in Kerrville, as well as local people and places.
Date:
December 1, 2009
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Rhodes, Laura & Garza, Maria Silva Ayala
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008
Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business.
Date:
August 14, 2008
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Durwood Allen Merritt, February 7, 2010
Interview with Durwood Allen "Boss" Merritt, a descendant of the Merritt and Foster families, from Hunt, Texas. Merritt speaks of his life in the rural area of Hunt, his family history, his time serving in the army during World War II, and founding the Hunt Methodist Church.
Date:
February 7, 2010
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher & Merritt, Durwood Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, April 18, 2013
Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, a Tivy High School alumnus, from Kerrville, Texas. Domingues recalls his time attending Tivy High School and St. Mary's University, his time living in Dallas, his work with his father as a surveyor, and his work on the Domingues Ranch.
Date:
April 18, 2013
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes; Stephens, Louis & Domingues, Charles Bowman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010
Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, the descendant of a ranching family in Kimble County, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lutz discusses her ranching family, meeting her husband, Warren Wiggins, who was later killed in the Philippines during World War II, meeting her second husband who had been in Wiggins's company in the Philippines, and the Dodge dealership her second husband ran.
Date:
March 23, 1918
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Heffington, Susan Wiggins & Lutz, Courtney Sieker Wiggins
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joel Jonce Craig, January 7, 2015
Interview with Joel Jonce Craig, an alumnus of Tivy High School, from Ingram, Texas. Craig recalls his time playing in a western band at local dances during his teenage years, as well as his time in a pop band called the Bluenotes that he played with after serving time in the United States Army.
Date:
January 7, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Holder, Bonnie Pipes Flory & Craig, Joel Jonce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Prentice Gerald Witt, November 24, 2015
Interview with Prentice Gerald Witt, an Air Force Veteran and retired Delta Airlines pilot, from Center Point, Texas. Witt recalls his time as a member of the Air Force and his time as a pilot.
Date:
November 24, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Witt, Prentice Gerald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kathlene Nelson Bennett McCall, February 3, 2016
Interview with Kathlene "Katchy" McCall, the composer of the Tivy High School Fight Song, from Kerrville, Texas. McCall describes memories of growing up in Kerrville, as well as her experiences participating in the band and newspaper at Tivy High School.
Date:
February 3, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & McCall, Kathlene Nelson Bennett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. B. Bell and R. A. Bell, October 18, 2016
Interview with Arthur Baker Bell and Robert Alan Bell, alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. The Bell brothers recount their memories of the public Cascade Swimming Pool, Robert's time as a university swimmer, Arthur's hitchhiking trip to Alaska, and their community activities that have occurred since their retirement.
Date:
October 18, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Bell, Arthur Baker & Bell, Robert Alan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elaine Carol Haufler Scogin, May 3, 2011
Interview with Elaine Carol Haufler Scogin, the descendant of German immigrants, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Scogin talks about her family's German heritage, her husband's service in World War II, local places and people, and her work as a secretary / bookkeeper / office manager for well known Kerrville businesses.
Date:
May 3, 2011
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Scogin, Elaine Carol Haufler
System:
The Portal to Texas History