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Oral History Interview with Joyce Calhoon, November 20, 1979.
Interview with Joyce Calhoon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Texas book depository system, Jefferson County, and Liberty County
Date:
November 20, 1979
Creator:
Smith, Vicki & Calhoon, Joyce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alena Mosley, October 16, 1979
Interview with Alena Mosley. Topics include the Hstory of Baytown, TX.
Date:
October 16, 1979
Creator:
Austin, Armittie & Mosley, Alena
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979
Interview with Phyllis Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her early life and family background, including a description of tent city, Horace Mann school, 1923, the picture show in Pelly, and her religious and community life in Cedar Bayou.
Date:
October 9, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Phyllis Triggs, 1903-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979
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.
Date:
October 2, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore
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
Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, September 19, 1979
Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, a hospital worker for Humble Oil Refining Company in Baytown, Texas. Culver tells of his experiences working for Humble and the medical are given for the company, as well as a few anecdotes concerning the history of Baytown such as Humble Day celebrations.
Date:
September 19, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979
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.
Date:
August 29, 1979
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Stratton, Joel Bryan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, May 14, 1977
Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Houston Riot of 1917.
Date:
May 14, 1977
Creator:
Villemez, Steve & Butcher, Fay Lathrop
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Nelson, April 7, 1977
Interview with Jim Nelson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1919. Nelson describes life prior to moving to Baytown, his family history in the area, and his later work with the oil rigs.
Date:
April 7, 1977
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Nelson, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, January 27, 1977
Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Mount Belvieu.
Date:
January 27, 1977
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Gunn, Loris Williams
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Steele M. McDonald, January 6, 1977
Interview with Steele M. McDonald, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include early Baytown, TX history through consolidation to the present.
Date:
January 6, 1977
Creator:
Tidmon, Grace & McDonald, Steel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, December 8, 1976
Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.
Date:
December 8, 1976
Creator:
Squyres, Amy & Wade, Mrs. William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976
Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date:
November 22, 1976
Creator:
Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. B. Cummings, November 14, 1976
Interview with J. B. Cummings, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.
Date:
November 14, 1976
Creator:
Taylor, Kim & Cummings, J. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, August 11, 1976
Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX, including local politics and government.
Date:
August 11, 1976
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Tidmon, W. Orville
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with C. M. Dickerson, June 29, 1976
Interview with C. M. Dickerson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the petroleum industry and trade in Baytown, TX.
Date:
June 29, 1976
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Dickerson, C. M., 1908-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Ellender, May 1976
Interview with George Ellender, a longtime resident of Baytown, Texas after being born in Cedar Bayou, Texas in 1888. Ellender answers questions about his early life as well as the early growth of both Cedar Bayou and Baytown, and the impact of Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Ellender, George & Fergerson, Elaine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, March 11, 1976
Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown.
Date:
March 11, 1976
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Pierson, Julia Lancaster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976
Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include John P. Sjolander and the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
February 26, 1976
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Scott, Annie Sjolander
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 B. E. Wilson, February 20, 1976
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.
Date:
February 20, 1976
Creator:
Maroney, James C. & Wilson, B. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willadene Hines, February 11, 1976
Interview with Willadene Hines, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her life growing up in Baytown.
Date:
February 11, 1976
Creator:
Peace, William K. & Hines, Willadene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, February 9, 1976
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.
Date:
February 9, 1976
Creator:
Maroney, James C. & DuPlantis, Blanche
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Laurene Douglas, January 27, 1976
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.
Date:
January 27, 1976
Creator:
Maroney, James C. & Douglas, Laurene
System:
The Portal to Texas History