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Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975
Interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of Baytown, Texas beginning in 1921 when the town was named Pelly. Mageors explains living in town during the early days of Baytown as being very tough, and also discussing the ferry boat and Herring's Drug Store.
Date:
November 10, 1975
Creator:
Knight, Karen & Mageors, Ruth, 1902-
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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-
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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.
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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.
Object Type:
Text
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.
Object Type:
Sound
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)
Object Type:
Text
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-
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975
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:
{1975-02-19,1975-03-01,1975-03-03}
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
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.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joan Johnson, 1976
Interview with Joan Johnson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1976-03-29,1976-04-15,1976-05-03,1976-05-12}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Johnson, Joan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976
Interview with R. W. Matthews, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Priscilla Club
Date:
August 8, 1975
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Matthews, R. W.
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
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-
Object Type:
Sound
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.
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Grover C. Edge, December 30, 1975
Interview with Grover C. Edge, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1921. Topics include the early history of Baytown and the Humble Refinery, the VFW and the Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Date:
December 30, 1975
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Edge, Grover C.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, 1979
Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include World War Two and the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1979-08-09,1979-08-12}
Creator:
Chandler, Patricia M. & Snyder, Wilburn L.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History