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Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events, the search that followed, and changes made afterwards. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017

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 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 Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017

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 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 Wilma Teague, December 19, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wilma Teague, December 19, 2017

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 Robert L. Zumwalt, December 12, 2017 captions transcript

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

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 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 Joyce and Bob Barton, October 24, 2017 captions transcript

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

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.
Date: October 24, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Barton, Joyce Taylor
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 Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012 captions transcript

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

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 Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016 captions transcript

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

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 Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017

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.
Date: December 5, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerber, Joe Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lois Shaw and Evelyn Shields, January 23, 2018 captions transcript

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

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 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 Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018

Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018

Interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family.
Date: October 23, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jonas, William James, Jr.
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