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Baytown-La Porte Tunnel Opening transcript

Baytown-La Porte Tunnel Opening

Interviews with area citizens and speeches of prominent guest speakers, including Allen Shivers, governor, and Tommy Cook, president of Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce. Also, a recording of Edward R. Murrow's radio broadcast of "I can hear it now", recorded July 4, 1953 from station KREL, Baytown, TX.
Date: September 22, 1953
Creator: Murrow, Edward R.; Cook, Tommy & Shivers, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, September 19, 1979 transcript

Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, September 19, 1979

Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, a hospital worker for Humble Oil Refining Company in Baytown, Texas. Culver tells of his experiences working for Humble and the medical are given for the company, as well as a few anecdotes concerning the history of Baytown such as Humble Day celebrations.
Date: September 19, 1979
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979 transcript

Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979

Interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and moved to Baytown, Texas in 1925. Grimes answers a few questions about his experiences and tells lengthy stories concerning his early life in Ellis County as well as his move to Baytown. Grimes covers his employment at Humble Oil and Refining Co. as well as issues concerning Mexican American children being allowed to go to school in Baytown.
Date: September 25, 1979
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Grimes, L. Karl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ornell H. Balzer, September 4, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ornell H. Balzer, September 4, 2003

Interview with Ornell Balzer, beginning with the evolution of her career at M.D. Anderson. She recounts how she moved to Houston after graduating from nursing school and her return to M.D. Anderson. Ms. Balzer then details her memories of time spent working at Baker Estate and her interactions with colleagues and patients.
Date: September 4, 2003
Creator: Balzer, Ornell H. & Brunet, Lesley Williams
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas S. Matney, September 27, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Thomas S. Matney, September 27, 2007

Interview tith Dr. Thomas S. Matney discussing his youth, family, education, and career at MD Anderson. He begins the interview by talking about growing up in Texas and attending Trinity University of his bachelor's and master's degrees. He discusses his early career at MD Anderson and his research into bacteria and genetics.
Date: September 26, 2007
Creator: Matney, Thomas S. & Brunet, Lesley Williams
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Jowdy, Al
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron Mendoza, September 7, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Aaron Mendoza, September 7, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron Mendoza. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He attended torpedo school and was assigned to an aircraft torpedo lab at Kaneohe Naval Air Station. There he filled warheads with air so the torpedo could be retrieved after test fires. Torpedoes that passed quality control would then be filled with explosive warheads and loaded into underground silos. After 14 months, his unit was dispersed. Mendoza was in Great Lakes awaiting further orders when the war ended. He was discharged in December 1945 and worked as a civilian employee at Kelly Air Force Base, retiring with a GS-12 ranking. He then worked as a salesman for Control Data, selling supercomputers to the likes of NASA and Texaco. He emphasizes the importance of staying active in retirement, and at the age of 88 he ranked number one nationally in Wii bowling.
Date: September 7, 2012
Creator: Mendoza, Aaron
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wesley Phelps interview with Marco Roberts, September 22, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Marco Roberts, September 22, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 22nd, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Phelps interviews Marco Roberts on his involvement with the Gay Student Services organization at Texas A&M University. Roberts speaks on the lawsuit Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University, through which his group fought to be recognized as an official Texas A&M student organization. Roberts, as former president of the Gay Student Services, speaks on his experiences with political tensions in the group during the 1980s.
Date: September 22, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Linda Morales, September 30, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Linda Morales, September 30, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 30th, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Phelps interviews Linda Morales on her life as a dedicated activist and plaintiff in Morales v. Texas. She speaks on her experiences with racism and discrimination in the LGBT community in Houston, and her creation of the Latina lesbian AMIGA organization. Morales also speaks on discrimination faced by the LGBT community due to penal code 21.06, a discriminatory sodomy law which made "homosexual conduct" illegal in the state of Texas.
Date: September 30, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library