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Transcript of 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:
Douglas, Laurene & Maroney, James C., 1936-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Outline of an Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986]
Outline of an interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown after moving in 1929 from Houston, Texas. This outline states what topics Long covered at certain times on the tape, from side 1 to side 2; Long covers his employment at the Humble Refinery, being a Goose Creek Policeman, law offices, etc.
Date:
May 30, 1986
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Outline of Interviews with Garrett R. Herring, February 1980]
Outline of an interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of the Baytown, Texas area since his arrival in 1917. This outline notes some topics covered by Herring during the interview such as his arrival to town, lynchings taking place, and the creation of street names in town.
Date:
February 1980
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Herring, Garrett
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., 1936- & DuPlantis, Blanche
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Outline for an Interview with James E. Roche, May 1976]
Questions for an interview with James E. Roche, a carpenter from Baytown, Texas after moving from New Britain, Connecticut the previous year. This outline only contains the list of questions created for the interview; most questions concern the job market and migratory labor in Texas.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Roche, Christopher J. & Roche, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Outline of Interview with Joan Johnson, 1976]
Outline of interview with Joan Johnson. The author highlights some important time of the interview and certain answers.
Date:
{1976-03-29,1976-05-03,1976-05-12}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Johnson, Joan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Exxon Oilers Baseball Players, July 18, 1975
Interview with J. W. Carroll, B. B. Williams, Melvin Barry, and Bob Kalbitz, all members of the Exxon Oilers baseball team from Baytown, Texas. After a short introduction by Webber, these men all answer questions and describe their experiences before they arrived in Baytown and during their playing days for the Oilers.
Date:
July 18, 1975
Creator:
Webber, Betsy; Carroll, J. W.; Williams, B. B.; Barry, Melvin & Kalbitz, Bob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcription of 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:
1977
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Nelson, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes on oral history interview with Norman Brooks Culver, February 25, 1976]
Interview with Norman Brooks (Doc) Culver, a Humble Oil Refining Company hospital worker and World War I veteran, 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:
1976?
Creator:
Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Travis, February 24, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Louise Travis, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Travis discusses the early history of Cedar Bayou, including businesses, commerce, law enforcement and recreational activities, and meetings of the Ku Klux Klan and early storms of the area.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Travis, Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Mr., Mrs. J. Rodger Read, 1980
Transcript of an interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Read, residents of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include their life as employees of Humble Oil and Refining Co., the Depression, consolidation of the three small towns and the Minerva Club.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah; Read, Joseph Roger & Read, Eudoxia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979
Transcript of an 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:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Louise Fowler Himes, who moved to Cedar Bayou in 1919 as a teacher. Mrs. Himes discusses life when she first moved such as her teaching and going to movies and games with other townspeople. Among other topics, Himes answers questions and describes her experiences with influenza, malaria, the Ku Klux Klan, and the hurricanes of 1900 and 1908.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Himes, Louise Fowler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983
Transcript of an interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Pruett, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Casey, Miller; Pruett, Mike & Traylor, Jerry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, and Norman Dykes, 1983
Transcript of an interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, Norman Dykes, employees of the City of Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their experiences and memories of Hurricane Alicia.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Smith, Judy; Sanders, Irene; Jackson, William & Dykes, Norman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983
Transcript of an interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer at the time Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd, the president of the Brownwood Civic Association. Lanham and Shepherd both share their memories of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia including work with the Red Cross helping clean up the damage caused by the hurricane and the effects on the Brownwood subdivision.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Lanham, Marcine & Shepherd, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979
Transcript of an interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and a resident of Baytown,Texas since 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 and their education in Baytown.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Grimes, Leland Karl, 1895-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987
Transcript of an interview with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds from Baytown, Texas. These three women answer questions and describe their social and work experiences working at the Humble Oil Refinery during World War II.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Smoke, Amanda; Eastwood, Marjorie; Easley, Mary C.; Bonds, Mary B. & Bonin, Donna
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Virgie Rivere
Transcript of an interview with Virgie Rivere, a long-time resident of Liberty County, Texas. Ms. Revere discusses her childhood in Raywood, Texas, and describes her adult life in Liberty, Texas, including transportation over the years, a major fire that destroyed many buildings in Liberty and schools in Liberty County.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Kieve, Pam & Revere, Virgie, 1898-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975
Transcript of an interview with Don McLeod, who moved to Mont Belvieu in 1929 from Beaumont, Texas. McLeod answers questions and describes the growth of the oil business in Mont Belvieu and Baytown, including what companies were already here and how the business has changed from then until now.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975
Transcript of an interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of the Baytown, Texas, area beginning in 1921. Mageors describes the living conditions in Pelly, Texas, during its early days and speaks about working as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, then later for the school district and a store called Lack's. She also discusses various businesses present in Baytown and Pelly.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Knight, Karen & Majeors, Ruth, 1902-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown who moved here in 1929 from Houston, Texas. Long describes his early employment in Baytown at the Humble Refinery, and goes on to talk about his law practice, offices, and the growth of the town and his work establishing the first credit union in Baytown.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Long, Roy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with James Collins, December 1, 1988
Transcript of an interview with James Collins, a Vietnam War veteran originally from Galveston, Texas. Collins begins by telling of his experiences in Vietnam, and answering questions concerning aspects of his time overseas. Later in the interview he tells of his family history beginning as captured slaves in Kenya and their servitude in Georgia ultimately ending up in Louisiana after their freedom was granted.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Collins, James.; Mayo, Martha & Smoke, Amanda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, November 10, 1987
Transcript of an interview with Clifford Warren, a veteran of World War II spending 3 1/2 years in captivity following the Battle of Corregidor. Warren answers many questions regarding his participation in World War II and shares his experiences of being held prisoner in Japanese prison camps.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Warren, Clifford
System:
The Portal to Texas History