Interview with Norman Brooks (Doc) Culver, a Humble Oil Refining Company hospital worker and World War I veteran, from Baytown, Texas. Mr. Culver answers questions and describes his experience in Baytown working as a hospital worker for Humble, after he arrived in 1919.

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.

Questions for an interview with James E. Roche, a carpenter from Baytown, Texas after moving from New Britain, Connecticut the previous year. This outline only contains the list of questions created for the interview; most questions concern the job market and migratory labor in Texas.

Outline of an interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown after moving in 1929 from Houston, Texas. This outline states what topics Long covered at certain times on the tape, from side 1 to side 2; Long covers his employment at the Humble Refinery, being a Goose Creek Policeman, law offices, etc.

Outline of interview with Joan Johnson. The author highlights some important time of the interview and certain answers.

Outline of an interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of the Baytown, Texas area since his arrival in 1917. This outline notes some topics covered by Herring during the interview such as his arrival to town, lynchings taking place, and the creation of street names in town.

Transcript of an 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.

Transcript of an 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.

Transcript of an 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.

Transcript of an interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a longtime resident of Baytown since approximately 1920. DuPlantis explains her role in founding the first Episcopal church in Baytown, Trinity Episcopal Church, and its ascension to parish status in 1936. Most of her stories revolve around the church and the original congregation from the early 1920's.

Transcript of an 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.

Transcript of an interview with Charles A. Young, who arrived in the Baytown area in 1916. Mr. Young discusses his youth in Evergreen, Goose Creek and Orange Field, Texas. Young moved back to Baytown as an adult, and describes oilfields in the area as well as working conditions in the Humble Refinery, where he was employed.

Transcript of an 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.

Transcript of interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, Texas, the formation of the Exxon Annuitants' Club, and various activities for senior citizens in the Baytown area at the time of the interview.

Interview with J. W. Carroll, B. B. Williams, Melvin Barry, and Bob Kalbitz, all members of the Exxon Oilers baseball team from Baytown, Texas. After a short introduction by Webber, these men all answer questions and describe their experiences before they arrived in Baytown and during their playing days for the Oilers.

Transcript of an interview with Grover C. Edge, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1921. Topics include the early history of Baytown and the Humble Refinery, the VFW and the Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club.

Transcript of an interview with J. Bryan Stratton, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the consolidation of the tri-cities into the incorporated city of Baytown, the Depression, the beginning of life insurance business, his service in World War II as a staff member of General Omar Bradley's Headquarters Unit, the Charter Commission, and the adoption of the City Charter.

Transcript of an 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.

Transcript of interviews with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner and Fletcher Hickerson. Jean Shepherd and Leon Warner were residents of the Brownwood subdivision in Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. Fletcher Hickerson was the Coordinator of Emergency Services for the City of Baytown at the time of Hurricane Alicia. All three interviewees answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia, which caused major damage in the Baytown area.

Transcript of an interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Pruett, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.

Transcript of an interview with Jimmy Carroll, an early resident of Baytown, Texas. Carroll describes working conditions and the operations of the Humble Oil Company in Baytown, including describing some injuries and fatalities that occurred at the plant. Carroll continues on to share stories about safety and working conditions as well as segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.

Transcript of an interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, Norman Dykes, employees of the City of Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their experiences and memories of Hurricane Alicia.

Transcript of an interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and a resident of Baytown,Texas since 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 and their education in Baytown.

Interview with Laurene Douglas, a former junior high teacher from Baytown, Texas. Mrs. Douglas answers questions regarding life in Baytown during the Depression and specific events such as Hurricane Carla in 1961.