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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raymond Kilgore, May 27, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Raymond Kilgore, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mr. Kilgore discusses his family life and the early history of Cedar Bayou and Baytown, including the brickyards, the pontoon bridge over Goose Creek, the Interurban to Houston, the fig orchards of Highlands, and life and schooling in Cedar Bayou.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Smoke, Amanda; Kilgore, Raymond & Mayo, Martha
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 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 Sara Snyder, 1975
Interview with Sara Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include her arrival in Baytown and Baytown history.
Date:
2018
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Snyder, Sara
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Steven Cass Hughes, February 28, 1960
Interview with Stephen C. Hughes, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include periods of the life of a 92 year old man who was visiting in Baytown. Most of his life was spent in the Midwest.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Hughes, Steven Cass & Miller, C.
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 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:
2018
Creator:
Peace, William K. & Hines, Willadene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979
Transcript of an 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, Texas.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Smoke, Amanda; Busch, William T. & Swofford, Sarah
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 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
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-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
System:
The Portal to Texas History