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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 Norman Brooks Culver, February 25, 1976
Interview with Norman Brooks (Doc) Culver, a Humble Oil Refining Company hospital worker, after World War One, 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.
Date:
February 25, 1976
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Culver, Norman Brooks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979
Interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and moved to Baytown, Texas in 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 being allowed to go to school in Baytown.
Date:
September 25, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Grimes, L. Karl
System:
The Portal to Texas History