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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, March 15, 2011
Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, a 94 year old former teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Schmerbeck discusses being brought up by her grandparents in Dallas, her education, her teaching career, and meeting her husband, Garrett Schmerbeck.
Date:
March 15, 2011
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Schmerbeck, Marium Frances Hood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Elizabeth Real Priour, October 6, 2016
Interview with Bertha Elizabeth Real Priour, a descendant of the Kerr County Real pioneer family, from Kerrville, Texas. Priour speaks of her memories growing up on a ranch on Turtle Creek, as well as her family history.
Date:
October 6, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Collins, Dennis; Priour, Don & Priour, Bertha Elizabeth Real
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with D. K. L. Rittimann and J. L. Mays, January 26, 2016
Interview with Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance Rittimann and Janice Lowrance Mays, descendants of one of the original families to settle in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. They speak about their memories of growing up in Kerrville.
Date:
January 26, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Rittimann, Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance & Mays, Janice Lowrance
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Allie Bowman Burton, Jr., January 16, 2013
Interview with Allie Bowman Burton, Jr., a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, from Kerrville, Texas. Burton recalls his time at Tivy High School in Kerrville and his experiences as a prisoner of war during the Korean War.
Date:
January 16, 2013
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Burton, Allie Bowman, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Clay McBryde, April 3, 2012
Interview with Richard Clay McBryde, a rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. McBryde discusses his life as a rancher, his rodeo career, his education, and his short-lived football career. The interview transcript includes photos of Richard Clay McBryde, his rodeo years, and his family, on pages 16-21.
Date:
April 3, 2012
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & McBryde, Richard Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Gretchen Broun Stacy, January 19, 2016
Interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, the daughter of the owners of Camp Rio Vista, from Houston, Texas. Stacy gives a brief history of her life, including her time living in Houston before moving to Kerrville as a freshman in high school, setting up a cooking school at Camp Waldemar, and running a catering business.
Date:
January 19, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Stacy, Gretchen Broun
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. B. Brown, III and S. W. Brown, October 11, 2016
Interview with Werdna Burton Brown, III ("Pinky"), and Spencer Whitewood Brown, both alumni of Tivy High School, from Kerrville, Texas. Pinky and Spencer share their memories of growing up in Kerrville in the 1940's and 50's.
Date:
October 11, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Brown, Spencer Whitewood & Brown, Werdna Burton, III
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, August 15, 2011
Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, a former middle school secretary from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lidiak talks about growing up in Kerrville, her family, and her work at various businesses and the Veterans Administration hospital. She also discusses her husband's education, his service in World War II, and the auto companies he worked at.
Date:
August 15, 2011
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher & Lidiak, Jean Mathis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. H. Lewis and S. A. P. Lewis, January 26, 2015
Interview with Sylvia Ann Payne Lewis and Joe Herman Lewis, alumni of Doyle High School, from Kerrville, Texas. They speak about growing up in the black community of Kerrville during segregation.
Date:
January 26, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Lewis, Sylvia Ann Payne & Lewis, Joe Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, November 11, 2015
Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, a retired professor from Kerrville, Texas. He recalls his time as an Air Rescue Medic in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, as well as his time as a professor at a few different universities, some of which were in foreign countries.
Date:
November 11, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Luther, Joseph Neal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maxine Page Powell, February 12, 2015
Interview with Maxine Page Powell, a retired switchboard operator for the Kerrville Telephone Company, from Ingram, Texas. Powell speaks about her time as a switchboard operator and as a secretary for the Principal's office at Tivy Elementary, and as a member of a women's bowling league.
Date:
February 12, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes & Powell, Maxine Page
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with G. W. Haney and R. P. Haney, February 18, 2015
Interview with George Wyatt (Dub) Haney and Raye Joan Pickett Haney, a married couple from Kerrville, Texas. They give a brief history of their lives and their time in Kerrville.
Date:
February 15, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Haney, George Wyatt & Haney, Raye Joan Pickett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Durwood Allen Merritt, February 7, 2010
Interview with Durwood Allen "Boss" Merritt, a descendant of the Merritt and Foster families, from Hunt, Texas. Merritt speaks of his life in the rural area of Hunt, his family history, his time serving in the army during World War II, and founding the Hunt Methodist Church.
Date:
February 7, 2010
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher & Merritt, Durwood Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, April 18, 2013
Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, a Tivy High School alumnus, from Kerrville, Texas. Domingues recalls his time attending Tivy High School and St. Mary's University, his time living in Dallas, his work with his father as a surveyor, and his work on the Domingues Ranch.
Date:
April 18, 2013
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes; Stephens, Louis & Domingues, Charles Bowman
System:
The Portal to Texas History