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Oral History Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, 1979
Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include World War Two and the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1979-08-09,1979-08-12}
Creator:
Chandler, Patricia M. & Snyder, Wilburn L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pat Ruyle, 1980
Interview with Pat Ruyle, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Robert E. Lee High School history and Baytown history.
Date:
1980
Creator:
Brown, Wanda & Ruyle, Pat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James E. Roche, May 1976
Interview with James E. Roche, a carpenter from Baytown, Texas after moving from New Britain, Connecticut the previous year. Roche answers questions concerning his moving to Texas in search of a job, the national economy, the overall job market, and if he knows others who are in his same situation.
Date:
1975-08/1976-05
Creator:
Roche, Christopher J. & Roche, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Collins, December 1, 1988
Interview with James Collins, a Vietnam War veteran originally from Galveston, Texas. Collins begins by telling of his experiences in Vietnam, and answering questions concerning aspects of his time overseas. Later in the interview he tells of his family history beginning as captured slaves in Kenya and their servitude in Georgia ultimately ending up in Louisiana after their freedom was granted.
Date:
December 1, 1988
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Collins, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979
Interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1979-09-13,1979-10-02}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, William Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond Kilgore, May 27, 1986
Interview with Raymond Kilgore, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mr. Kilgore discusses his family life and the early history of Cedar Bayou and Baytown, including the brickyards, the pontoon bridge over Goose Creek, the Interurban to Houston, the fig orchards of Highlands, and life and schooling in Cedar Bayou.
Date:
May 27, 1986
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Kilgore, Raymond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Nelson, April 7, 1977
Interview with Jim Nelson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1919. Nelson describes life prior to moving to Baytown, his family history in the area, and his later work with the oil rigs.
Date:
April 7, 1977
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Nelson, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Margaret B. Davis, 1976
Interview with Margaret B. Davis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Mrs. Davis talks about the Baytown area from 1915 to 1976.
Date:
{1976-01-16,1976-02-13,1976-07-07}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Davis, Margaret B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Garrett R. Herring, February 1980
Interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life in Humble and his subsequent arrival in 1917 to Middletown (Pelly), an account of the growth of the town, a lynching, origin of street names in Goose Creek, and the Herring Drug Store.
Date:
{1980-02-07,1980-02-14}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Herring, Garrett R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sara Snyder, 1975
Interview with Sara Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her coming to Baytown and Baytown history.
Date:
{1975-12-17,1975-12-22,1976-01-09}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Snyder, Sara
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Jimmy Carroll, February 25, 1986
Interview with Jimmy Carroll, an early resident of Baytown, Texas. Carroll explains how he came to Baytown from Houston in 1919 to work at the Humble Refinery, and continues to describe the early history of the refinery. Carroll continues on to share stories about safety and working conditions as well as segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.
Date:
February 25, 1986
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joyce Calhoon, November 20, 1979.
Interview with Joyce Calhoon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Texas book depository system, Jefferson County, and Liberty County
Date:
November 20, 1979
Creator:
Smith, Vicki & Calhoon, Joyce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Virgie Rivere
Interview with Virgie Rivere, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
1980~
Creator:
Kieve, Pam & Rivere, Virgie, 1898-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986
Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, who moved to Cedar Bayou in 1919 as a teacher. Mrs. Himes discusses life when she first moved such as her teaching and going to movies and games with other townspeople. Among other topics, Himes answers questions and describes her experiences with influenza, malaria, the Ku Klux Klan, and the hurricanes of 1900 and 1908.
Date:
February 4, 1986
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Himes, Louise Fowler & Fowler, Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society]
Speech made by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society discussing Texas heroes that had lived in the Baytown area dating back to the time before the Texas Revolution, such as David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, etc.
Date:
April 29, 1980
Creator:
Orton, Wanda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louise Travis, February 24, 1986
Interview with Louise Travis, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mrs. Travis discusses the early history of Cedar Bayou, including businesses, commerce, law enforcement and recreational activities, and meetings of the Ku Klux Klan and early storms of the area.
Date:
February 24, 1986
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Travis, Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, December 8, 1976
Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.
Date:
December 8, 1976
Creator:
Squyres, Amy & Wade, Mrs. William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, November 10, 1987
Interview with Clifford Warren, a veteran of World War II spending 3 1/2 years in captivity following the Battle of Corregidor. Warren answers many questions regarding his participation in World War II and shares his experiences of being held prisoner in Japanese prison camps.
Date:
November 10, 1987
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Warren, Clifford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, 1976
Interview with Jimmy Carroll, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1976-08-19,1976-09-29,1976-10-07,1976-12-01}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ella Williams
Interview with Ella Williams, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include a discussion about the 1915 hurricane on Hog Island in the San Jacinto River.
Date:
1975~
Creator:
Williams, Ella & Webber, Betsy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lorraine Silva, November 28, 1976
Interview with Lorraine Silva, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Chambers County and Anahuac, Texas.
Date:
November 28, 1975
Creator:
Roland, Ann & Silva, Lorraine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 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