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Oral History Interview with Jewelle Allen, June 8, 2016
Jewell Allen was born and raised in Georgetown. She graduated valedictorian from her high school and obtained a scholarship to attend Prairie View A&M University. She transferred to Huston–Tillotson University in Austin, where she met her husband, and graduated with a BA in English. She and her husband moved to Amarillo after he was recruited as a coach. She coached girls' basketball and taught English in Amarillo and was involved with Greek Letter organizations as well as the NAACP.
Date:
June 8, 2016
Creator:
Allen, Jewelle & Wisely, Karen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abel Bosquez, June 8, 2016
Basquez was raised in the Panhandle and joined the Marines as a young man. Upon returning, the settled in Amarillo and eventually obtained a job at Pantex. At Pantex, he became invovled with Union organizating and evetnually became an organizer lobbying in Washington DC. From there, he began joining other ogranizations such as LULAC to raise scolarship money as well as to promote voter regestration. He ran for State Representative in Amarillo three times.
Date:
June 8, 2016
Creator:
Bosquez, Abel; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne Woodward, June 9, 2016
Wayne Woodward discusses his early life and activism and civil rights issues and the discriminatory culture of the Texas Panhandle,
Date:
June 9, 2016
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine & Woodward, Wayne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elisha Demerson, June 11, 2016
Elisha Demerson was born and raised in Amarillo. Elisha Demerson and his twin brother both received appointments to West Point, but returned to Amarillo after two years to be near their ill mother. Elisha Demerson first worked at Pantex as a yard worker but entered West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) where he gained a bachelors then a masters in engineering. He has his own congregation as a minister. In addition, Elisha Demerson became the first African American Potter County Commissioner, the first African American county judge in Texas in the late 1980s, and the first African American City Council Member.
Date:
June 11, 2016
Creator:
Demerson, Elisha; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lilia Escajeda, July 6, 2016
Lilia Escajeda was born in El Paso, Texas. She grew up between El Paso, Van Horn, and Amarillo; and she remembers going to segregated schools in Van Horn. She settled in Amarillo as an adult after her husband died, and she eventually became the first female loan-officer for any bank in Amarillo, at the Amarillo National Bank. She joined various community organizations, boards, and became both the first Mexican American women Amarillo College board member and City Commissioner (later City Council Member).
Date:
July 6, 2016
Creator:
Escajeda, Lilia; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gilbert Guzman, June 7, 2016
Guzman was born in Edinburg and moved to Hart as a child. He later moved to Amarillo and bought his own small buisness. He helped revitalize the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in the 1980s.
Date:
June 7, 2016
Creator:
Guzman, Gilbert & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Amarillo]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at
Date:
September 11, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 27, 2000, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo flood]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 7, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo (flood)]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 30, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo leak VO]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
February 10, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo snow]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
January 22, 1983, 5:30 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo Snow]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, of snow covered areas in an urban downtown area. This story aired at 5pm.
Date:
January 19, 1990, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo water (For NBC)]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
May 27, 1978
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Amarillo Weather]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 30, 1991, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Arraign-School Amari]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 14, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cattle Reax]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. Story aired at 5pm.
Date:
February 26, 1998, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Court]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unidentified court case. Includes footage of the 181st district court room in Amarillo, Texas. This story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date:
January 17, 1978
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cullen Davis artist]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
November 16, 1977
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Davis]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 27, 1977, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Davis]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
November 3, 1977, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Davis]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 23, 1977
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Davis]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
November 11, 1977
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Davis]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
February 1, 2001
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library