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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979

Transcript of an 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: 2018
Creator: Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore & Swofford, Sarah
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975

Transcript of interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, Texas, the formation of the Exxon Annuitants' Club, and various activities for senior citizens in the Baytown area at the time of the interview.
Date: 2018
Creator: Sargis, Lynnette; Wood, Emmett C. & Webber, Betsy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcription of Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society] (open access)

[Transcription of Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society]

Transcript of a speech made by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society discussing Texas heroes that had lived in the Baytown area dating back to the time before the Texas Revolution, such as David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, etc.
Date: 2018
Creator: Orton, Wanda
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Alice Fayle (open access)

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Alice Fayle

Transcription of an interview with Alice Fayle describing her life in early Baytown, Texas.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Fayle, Alice, 1895-
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Ella Williams (open access)

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Ella Williams

Transcription of an interview with Ella Williams, a resident of Channelview, Texas, and the area surrounding Baytown since approximately 1920. Topics include a discussion about the 1915 hurricane on Hog Island in the San Jacinto River.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Williams, Ella
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976 (open access)

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976

Transcription of an interview with Maude Matthews, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Matthews discusses the activities of the Priscilla Club, a women's sewing club in Baytown which was the oldest continually operating club in Baytown at the time of the interview.
Date: 2018
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Swofford, Sarah
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, May 14, 1977 (open access)

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, May 14, 1977

Transcription of an interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include the Houston Riot of 1917.
Date: 2018
Creator: Villamez, Steve & Lathrop, Fay Butcher
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with C. M. Dickerson, June 29, 1976 (open access)

Transcription of Oral History Interview with C. M. Dickerson, June 29, 1976

Transcription of an interview with C. M. Dickerson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the petroleum industry and trade in the city.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Dickerson, C.M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976 (open access)

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976

Transcription of an interview with Mrs. Edward L. Scott, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Scott is the daughter of former Texas poet laureate John P. Sjolander, whom she discusses in her interview along with the history of Baytown and Goose Creek.
Date: 2018
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Scott, Annie Sjolander
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History