Oral History Interview with Elaine Crider Hurt, November 1, 2000 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Elaine Crider Hurt, November 1, 2000

Interview with Elaine Crider Hunt from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes her stories of the origins of Crider's Rodeo and Dancehall in Hunt, Texas, and an annual summertime rodeo and dance that continues weekly.
Date: November 1, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Hurt, Elaine Crider & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017

Interview with Raul Rafael "Rocky" Hernandez, Jr., a United States Army veteran and Austin restaurant owner from Kerrville. Rocky describes his memories growing up in Kerrville, work at the Huber Bakery, playing football at Tivy High School, being a Ranger in the United States Army, his accident, and starting restaurant with his wife.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hernandez, Raul, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017

Interview with Wayne Edward O'Bryant, who recalls his family history, growing up in Kerrville, Texas, and his career after inheriting his father's café and eventually owning an antique store in the same location.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & OBryant, Edward Wayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with the Schumacher Sisters, November 8, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with the Schumacher Sisters, November 8, 2016

Interview with Frances Schumacher Andrews, Billie Schumacher Zuber, and Jeanne Schumacher Sutton, three sisters who grew up in Kerrville. They discuss their family history, the Schumacher family business and land, and individual experiences working at the Kerrville Courthouse, becoming an accountant, and joining the military.
Date: November 8, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Andrew, Mary Frances Schumacher; Zuber, Billie Gayle Schumacher & Sutton, Jeanne Clare Schumacher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016 captions transcript

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 Joseph Neal Luther, November 11, 2015 captions transcript

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 Prentice Gerald Witt, November 24, 2015 captions transcript

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 Mary Elaine Jones, November 2, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mary Elaine Jones, November 2, 2016

Interview with Mary Elaine Adamek Jones, who worked as a labor and delivery nurse, got her doctorate of philosophy in cultural anthropology from Southern Methodist University, and directed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas at Arlington before retiring after 25 years. She also taught nursing for 13 years at the University of the Incarnate Word in Kerrville. The interview details her father's career as an accomplished saddle maker, her education, and career, and family memories. Mary Elaine and her husband, Thomas, have two children. Photos relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: November 2, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jones, Mary Elaine Adamek
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016

Interview with Karen and Clark Klein. Karen attended Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School before completed a course at Durham Business College. She worked at Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Ingram before marrying Clark in 1962. Clark also attended Notre Dame School and Tivy where the couple met. He served in the Army for three years, worked briefly the postal services, and enlisted again in the National Guard. He served until 1982 and achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. The couple had three children and lived in San Antonio, Austin for ten years, before moving back to Kerrville.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Klein, Karen Margaret Herzog & Klein, Clark Dennis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Wright, November 21, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with James Wright, November 21, 2017

Interview with James (Bud) Wright, an entomologist and inventor who has several patents. He received a PhD in Medical Entomology from Texas A&M in 1963 and worked in the field of printentomology. He specialized in neurohormonal mechanisms of metamorphosis and reproduction in economically damaging arthropods. He led the program that led to the eradication of the boll weevil. Married to Judy Wright, the two had a blended family of two sons, two daughters, and many grandchildren. The interview covers his family history, education and research, enjoyment of bass fishing, and ranching of cows and calves in retirement.
Date: November 21, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Wright, James Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sam Adams and Al Bishop, November 15, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Sam Adams and Al Bishop, November 15, 2018

Interview with cousins Sam Adams and Al Bishop who discuss growing up in Center Point, Sam's time serving the marines (including Vietnam), Al's teaching and coaching high school students before working in insurance, and their families.
Date: November 15, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty; Bishop, Charles Alfred & Adams, James Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Betty Wildman Braswell, November 1, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Betty Wildman Braswell, November 1, 2018

Interview Betty Jean Braswell, discussing what she remembers about growing up in Kerrville and having polio as a child, as well as information about her family and career as a teacher and business owner.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Braswell, Betty Jean Wildman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tommy Daniels, November 22, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Tommy Daniels, November 22, 2018

Interview with Tommy Daniels discussing his childhood in Kerrville, going to Rice University on a football scholarship, his career in banking, and his family.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Daniels, Thomas Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar, November 11, 1998 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar, November 11, 1998

Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of growing up in Kerrville, attending college, and being involved in the Kerrville community.
Date: November 11, 1998
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Hollar, Frankie Rosita Holdsworth & Bethel, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Waddell Pollard, November 17, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Thomas Waddell Pollard, November 17, 2015

Interview with Thomas Waddell Pollard, a County Judge in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. Pollard recounts his time going to school at Tivy Elementary, Tivy Junior High, and Tivy High School, his education at the University of Texas and South Texas College of Law, and his law practice.
Date: November 17, 2015
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Pollard, Thomas Waddell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raul Rodriguez Arreola, November 28, 2011 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Raul Rodriguez Arreola, November 28, 2011

Interview with Raul Rodriguez Arreola, a former postal worker from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Arreola talks about growing up in the area, local places and people, serving in the Gideons, and working at the Post Office. Mr. Arreola's second wife, Irene, was present for the interview and makes a comments throughout.
Date: November 28, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Arreola, Raul Rodriguez
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with J. R. Neunhoffer and M. O. Neunhoffer, November 13, 2013

Interview with Julius Real Neunhoffer and Marvin Oscar Neunhoffer, descendants of early German ranching settlers from Kerrville, Texas. The Neunhoffer brothers speak about their memories of Tivy High School and recount important events of their family history.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Neunhoffer, Julius Real, Jr. & Neunhoffer, Marvin Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History