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Oral History Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, December 12, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, December 12, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, former police officer, U.S. Customs worker, and bailiff from Kerrville. Zumwalt discusses his family, experience hunting and participating in archery tournaments, and career in law enforcement.
Date: December 12, 2017
Creator: Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Collins, Francelle Robison & Zumwalt, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Wright, November 21, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Wright, November 21, 2017

Transcript of an 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. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 21, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Wright, James Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wilma Teague, December 19, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Wilma Teague, December 19, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Wilma Dell Council Teague, a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Teague discusses her family and her father's furniture store and lumberyard in Kerrville, her experience in the Tivy High School band, her teaching career, and her volunteer work.
Date: December 19, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Teague, Wilma
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lois Shaw and Evelyn Shields, January 23, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lois Shaw and Evelyn Shields, January 23, 2018

Transcript of an interview with Lois Lorraine Green Shaw and Evelyn Mills Shields who have been friends for 49 years and live on the same street. Lois Shaw moved to Kerrville with her husband. She attended nursing school and worked in the operating room at Sid Peterson Hospital for many years, and later as a geriatrics administrator at a care facility. She is active in her church, St. Paul Methodist, and has served on many community boards. She and her husband Charles (deceased) had seven children. Evelyn Shields graduated from Doyle High School, she worked as therapist at Kerrville State Hospital for 33 years. She enjoys cooking and is active in her church, Mount Olive Baptist. She and her husband Vernon (deceased) had four children. Both women are members of the Red Hatters. Photographs relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: January 23, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Shaw, Lois Lorraine Green & Shields, Evelyn Mills
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with the Schumacher Sisters, November 8, 2016 (open access)

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

Edited transcript of an 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 Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Joe Schmerber, who worked for and helped establish departments in Mooney Aircraft Company and Bridgestone Tires. The interview discusses his parents, early years as one of nine children, his work experience, education, interest in aviation, and family life. Copies of photographs follow the transcript.
Date: December 5, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerber, Joe Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016

Transcript of an 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 Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Waynne Rogers, a rancher from Harper, TX near Kerrville. Rogers talks about family, his work ranching and shearing sheep and goats, his past education at Tivy High School and undergraduate metallurgical engineering degree, and different positions he held as an engineer.
Date: October 18, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Rogers, Waynne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016

Transcript of an interview with Jo Ann "Josie" Lochte Redden, Montessori educator and stained glass artist, discussing her German extended family, her upbringing in Kerrville, Texas, life in New York, and travel with her husband John throughout Texas and western United States to photograph, catalogue, and reproduce Native American pictographs, or rock paintings.
Date: December 6, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Redden, Jo Ann Lochte
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017 (open access)

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

Transcript of an 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. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison & OBryant, Edward Wayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Transcript of an interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016 (open access)

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

Transcript of an 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. Several photos follow the transcript text.
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 Mary Elaine Adamek Jones, November 2, 2016 (open access)

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

Transcript of an 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 San Antonio. 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 Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017 (open access)

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

Transcript of an 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 Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Ronald Girard, a veteran of the United States Air Force and post office worker. Girard describes his experiences as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force, participating in experimental tests run by the CIA at Area 51 as a part of the 1129th Special Activity Squad, experience in the Vietnam War, and working as a mail carrier in Kerrville.
Date: October 31, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Girard, Ronald Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joyce and Bob Barton, October 24, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joyce and Bob Barton, October 24, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Joyce and Bob Barton. Joyce played stand-up string bass with the Poverty Playboys. She holds a Fine Arts degree and painted, particularly oils. Her work has been exhibited in Kerrville and numerous regional juried shows. She is married to Bob Barton, a lawyer, who served as Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney, District Attorney, and District Judge. He also taught at St. Mary's Law School and authored two books for law enforcement officers. The couple have three children, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Several photos follow the transcript text.
Date: October 24, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Barton, Joyce Taylor
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for E. Boedeker] (open access)

[Calling Card for E. Boedeker]

Calling card with the name "Mrs. Ella May Boedeker" printed in script on the front. Contact information is handwritten below the name: "1109 Herold. H 2826."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Genealogical Society Annual Spring Workshop Registration Form, 1984] (open access)

[Dallas Genealogical Society Annual Spring Workshop Registration Form, 1984]

Paper containing information about the Dallas Genealogical Society Annual Spring Workshop. The topic is "The Genealogist and the Religious Transformation of the South 1750-1850" and the guest speaker is Mary E. Quinlivan. There is a handwritten note on the form reading "This was folded into the April 1984 Newsletter to correct omission Paragraph 2[..]."
Date: May 1984
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Free Angela Davis] (open access)

[Petition to Free Angela Davis]

Petition to free Angela Davis organized by the San Antonio Committee to Free Angela Davis, signed by twelve people.
Date: 1970~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pigs Run Amuck in the Colony of Baltimore Again (open access)

Pigs Run Amuck in the Colony of Baltimore Again

Document discussing the arrest of Harry "Saint" Smith in Baltimore and the actions of the police following his arrest. The address of the Black Panther Party, Baltimore Chapter is at the top of the page.
Date: 1970?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press Release: The Murder of Webb Eugene Boyd (open access)

Press Release: The Murder of Webb Eugene Boyd

Press release from the Black Coalition on Mass Media discussing the murder of Webb Eugene Boyd and announcing that the Department of Justice will be called to investigate.
Date: December 18, 1978
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statement of John W. Stanford, Jr. (open access)

Statement of John W. Stanford, Jr.

Statement of John W. Stanford, Jr. stating he's asked the American Civil Liberties Union to represent him in this petition and stating two additional concerns: that his ability to defend himself is compromised by the seizure of his papers and letters, and he is unable to continue running his business due to the seizure of much of his stock of books.
Date: January 9, 1964
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer Announcing the 1991 Dallas Genealogical Society Membership Roster] (open access)

[Flyer Announcing the 1991 Dallas Genealogical Society Membership Roster]

Flyer announcing the Dallas Genealogical Society 1991 Membership Roster to be published on April 15, 1991. The flyer provides information about how to be included in the roster and how to pay membership dues for the year 1991.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Research Project (open access)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Research Project

Document describing a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee research project with the purpose "to provide in depth understanding and a rational basis for action." The listed topics for research include local and international government actions, economic concerns, and media ownership.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brown, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History