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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
Interview about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview
Interview with about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adam Briggle, 2015
Audio interview with Adam Briggle, a professor at the University of North Texas, regarding the City of Denton Fracking Referendum. Professor Briggle focuses on several topics including his initial engagement with the fracking referendum, being contacted by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), the writing of the fracking ban, his reactions to the passing of the ban, and his arrest for protesting fracking.
Date:
2015
Creator:
Briggle, Adam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adam Briggle, November 11, 2019
Audio interview with Dr. Adam Briggle, a philosophy professor and environmental activist from Colorado, regarding his involvement in the Denton Drilling Awareness Group and Frack Free Denton campaign in Denton, Texas.
Date:
November 11, 2019
Creator:
Wolridge, Alexandria & Briggle, Adam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Al Flocke, October 22, 2000
Interview with Al Flocke, a radio operator during World War II. He discusses his flight training and being the radio operator on a B-24 bomber which did raids on Guam, Turk, Iwo Jima and other islands. He also relates anecdotes about food, rations, and living conditions on the islands.
Date:
October 22, 2000
Creator:
Nichols, Chuck & Flocke, Al
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004
Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, becoming an airplane mechanic, and going to flight school for pilot training. He was stationed in India and flew supplies into China over the Himalayas (known by pilots as "the Hump"). In China, he traded items such as jewelry or opium for information on Japanese troop placements in Burma. He also discusses his meetings with native Burmese and talks about later experiences he had after the war and during the Vietnam War.
Date:
October 8, 2004
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alana Irby, 2015
Audio interview with Alana Irby, a geography major at the University of North Texas, regarding the City of Denton Fracking Referendum.
Date:
2015
Creator:
Killion, Kyle & Irby, Alana
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alana Irby, 2015
Audio interview with Alana Irby, a geography major at the University of North Texas, regarding the City of Denton Fracking Referendum.
Date:
2015
Creator:
Killion, Kyle & Irby, Alana
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001
Interview with Albert Bouley, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Marines just after Pearl Harbor; his assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division; the battle of Guadalcanal; malaria and dysentery; the battle of Cape Gloucester; the use of Pavuvu as a base; the battle of Peleliu; his return to the United States; guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard and his service as an instructor in a heavy weapons school before the end of the war. He joined the Air Force 2 1/2 years later to be able to fly and work on planes, then retire to become a teacher in California, and finally settled in Texas.
Date:
June 27, 2001
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Bouley, Albert
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 Alice Fayle
Interview with Alice Fayle. Topics include her life in early Baytown, TX.
Date:
1975~
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Fayle, Alice, 1895-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amber Briggle, Nomveber 4, 2019
Audio interview with Amber Briggle, a community member who was active with the Frack Free Denton movement. She discusses her participation in local commissions and governmental groups, environmental activism, and how her activities are informed by her family relationships.
Date:
2019
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Briggle, Amber
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Amy, 2015
Audio interview with Amy (last name is unknown), an English major at Texas Women's University (TWU), regarding the City of Denton Fracking Referendum. The interview appears to take place at a rally designed to inform listeners about the effects of hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
Date:
2015
Creator:
Davis, W. & Amy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Annie May Web, March 24, 2001
Interview with Annie (Amy) May Webb discussing her husband's service and her experiences on the homefront during World War II. She describes delivering word of the birth of their daughter to her husband while he was aboard the USS Bennington serving with VMF-112.
Date:
March 24, 2001
Creator:
Bloomfield, Vivian & Webb, Annie May
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arwin Bowden, March 9, 2000
Interview with Arwin Bowden, a marine during World War II. He begins by discussing his training in San Diego and New Zealand before the Battle of Tarawa. He describes being wounded in the battle, the casualties he saw, and being shipped back to Pearl Harbor for treatment before joining the battle of Saipan. He describes ancedotes about Japanese killing themselves rather than surrendering, eating food from a garden watered from rainwater running down from outhouses, the wages he made, and the time he had leave.
Date:
March 9, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Bowden, Arwin J.
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 Barney Webber, May 5, 1986
Interview with Barney Webber, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1920. Webber answers general questions and describes life in early Baytown including crime, schooling, transportation and social life.
Date:
May 5, 1986
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Webber, Barney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979
Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, a resident of Cedar Bayou, Texas circa 1900-1925. Busch details her childhood and early life in Cedar Bayou as well as the oil boom and early days of Baytown, Texas.
Date:
October 2, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, August 18, 1986
Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a longtime resident of Baytown since approximately 1920. DuPlantis explains her work in creating a new Episcopalian Church within the city, and their ascension to parish status in 1936. Most of her stories revolve around the church and the original congregation from the early 1920's.
Date:
August 18, 1986
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & DuPlantis, Blanche
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, February 9, 1976
Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include 1923 through post World War II: Baytown in the 1920's and 1930's, the effect of World War II, banking business, the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Date:
February 9, 1976
Creator:
Maroney, James C. & DuPlantis, Blanche
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 Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003
Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date:
January 21, 2003
Creator:
Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002
Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Mr. Gibson's background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
System:
The Portal to Texas History