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[Oral History Interview with Pat and Charles Van Deventer and Fannie Lou Throop]
Interview with Pat and Charles Van Deventer and Fannie Lou Throop about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Van Deventer, Pat & Van Deventer, Charles
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rachel Crews
Interview with Rachel Crews about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Crews, Rachel
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sara Snyder, 1975
Interview with Sara Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her coming to Baytown and Baytown history.
Date:
{1975-12-17,1975-12-22,1976-01-09}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Snyder, Sara
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ted Wilhoite
Interview with Ted Wilhoite about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wilhoite, Ted
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thelma Conine
Interview with Thelma Conine about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conine, Thelma
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Thelma Conine]
Interview with Thelma Conine about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conine, Thelma
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Thelma Conine, Aundrey and Willy Hillard, William Deacon, Deward Moore, Warren Dearing, and Earl Yates]
Interview with Thelma Conine, Aundrey and Willy Hillard, William Deacon, Deward Moore, Warren Dearing, and Earl Yates about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conine, Thelma F.; Hillard, Aundrey F.; Hillard, Willy R.; Deacon, William; Moore, Deward; Dearing, Warren et al.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Tom Walker]
Interview with Tom Walker about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Walker, Tom
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. Hoyt Baird, February 14, 1980, and Vernon Baird, February 28, 1980
Interviews with W. Hoyt Baird and Vernon Baird, chairman of the executive committee and President of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, respectively, concerning the history of the Mrs. Baird’s Bakery Co. and history of the Baird family of Fort Worth.
Date:
{1980-02-14,1980-02-28}
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Baird, W. Hoyt
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
[Oral History Interview with William Deacon]
Interview with William Deacon about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Deacon, William
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979
Interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1979-09-13,1979-10-02}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, William Thomas
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willis M. Pirkle
Interview with Willis M. Pirkle about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Pirkle, Willis M.
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 Interviews with Garrett R. Herring, February 1980
Interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life in Humble and his subsequent arrival in 1917 to Middletown (Pelly), an account of the growth of the town, a lynching, origin of street names in Goose Creek, and the Herring Drug Store.
Date:
{1980-02-07,1980-02-14}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Herring, Garrett R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Henry D. Akin Jr., 1989
Interview with Henry D. Akin Jr., an attorney from Amarillo, Texas. Akin discusses his family background, initial work as a lawyer and representing Richardson ISD, the Civil Rights Act, desegregating, issues with government financing while he was on the Richardson board, the Green Decision, Swann v. Charlotte-Meclenburg and busing, balancing the school district and related cases, and the Biracial Committee.
Date:
{1989-02-22,1989-03-30}
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Akin, Henry D., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Henry D. Akin, Jr., February-March 1989
Interview with Henry D. Akin, Jr., an attorney from Amarillo, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of work for the Richardson Independent School District integration of the Richardson and Hamilton Park schools, the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the closing of Hamilton Park Junior High School, and other legislation related to desegregation.
Date:
{1989-02-22,1989-03-30}
Creator:
Wilson, William & Akin, Henry D., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Herman W. Lay, 1974-1975
Interview with Herman W. Lay, executive committee chairman of Pepsi Co., Inc., from Greensville, South Carolina. Lay discusses his childhood and education, his earlier jobs, working in distribution during the Depression, buying the Barrett Food Company and founding H. W. Lay & Co., Inc., the company's growth and expansion, merger with the Frito Co. and gaining nationwide distribution, buying the Red Dot Co., merger with Pepsi, continued expansion, work with Eastern Bloc countries, establishment in the Arab world, the Japanese market, involvement in the Dallas economy, and words on successful entrepreneurship.
Date:
{1974-12-31,1975-02-20}
Creator:
Caruth, Donald & Lay, Herman W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986
Interview with Howard Yergin, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York City. Yergin discusses his career with the company, including his education and Army service, hiring by Caltex, move to Shanghai in 1948 and business conducted there, businessmen who helped reestablish Caltex's Chinese market after WWII, fleeing China in 1949, attempts at recouping capital from the Chinese government, operations in Hong Kong, changes in the oil market over the years, corporate financing, internal reorganization, OPEC, Persian Gulf economies, South African operations, the tanker fleet, and the company's move from New York to Dallas.
Date:
{1986-01-23,1986-01-24}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Yergin, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Margaret B. Davis, 1976
Interview with Margaret B. Davis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Mrs. Davis talks about the Baytown area from 1915 to 1976.
Date:
{1976-01-16,1976-02-13,1976-07-07}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Davis, Margaret B.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987
Interview with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds from Baytown, Texas. These three women answer questions and describing their social and work experiences working at the Humble Oil Refinery during World War II.
Date:
{1987-10-15,1987-10-29}
Creator:
Eastwood, Marjorie; Easley, Mary C. & Bonds, Mary B.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Olgie Ivey, Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, and Ben Ivey Jr., 1979
Interviews with Ben Ivey Jr., Olgie (Mrs. Ben) Ivey Sr., and Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, from Denton, Texas. The interviewees discuss Ben Ivey Sr's business ventures in Denton, including their family history, each's upbringing and education, the history and operations of businesses owned by the family, life in Denton, neighbors, and local government.
Date:
{1979-10-17,1979-11-14}
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd; Ivey, Olgie; Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey & Ivey, Ben, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984
Interview with Pete Evans, a Texas National Guard veteran and POW from Hamby, Texas. Evans discusses his time as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") which was captured by the Japanese in March, 1942, including: his upbringing; entering the Guard and training; mobilization, the Louisiana Maneuvers, and deployment to East Asia; diversion from the Philippines to Brisbane and then Java, after December 7th, 1941; assignment to Sangosari near Malang; the Japanese invasion and the American surrender; and experiences in internment at Surabaya, Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and the Orio district of Kitakyūshū.
Date:
{1984-02-15,1984-02-29,1984-03-07}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Evans, Pete
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Willie B. Johnson, February, 1990
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Interview with Mrs. Willie B. Johnson, a nurse from Kaufman, Texas. Johnson discusses growing up in a sharecropping family, racism in the community, work on the farm, her education, becoming a nurse and working at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, moving to Hamilton Park, unfair access to utilities, her children's education and difficulties with the school system, the Civic League, her husband, her children, other places she's lived, police harassment, the NAACP, and life in Hamilton Park. An addendum includes additional biographical information about Mrs. Johnson.
Date:
{1990-02-09,1990-02-22}
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Johnson, Willie B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library