Pedro "Pete" Mendez was born in South Texas and arrived in the Texas Panhandle through migrant labor with his parents in the 1930s. His father died in Clarendon, TX and he was raised between Amarillo and Tucumcari, NM. He joined the Marines during WWII and served in Northern China. Upon returning, he began a small construction business and helped start the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He spoke on the opportunities he and other minority business owners had through government grants and contracts. Jessie Mendez grew up in Amarillo. She recounts segregated schools and business in Amarillo during her childhood. She especially recounts her mother helping end segregation for Mexican Americans in one theater. Jessie talked about not being able to gain a job as a secretary because of her Mexican ethnicity, and thus giving up in the prospect of being employed and settling for marriage. She also recounts pushing her husband to work for civil rights, but she herself followed tradition and stayed home to raise her children.

Contains executive correspondence regarding Cannon AFB, NM

Base Visit Report Cannon Air Force Base

Regional Economic Impact Of Cannon Air Force Base

Base Visit Book from BRAC Commission Visit to Cannon Air Force Base, NM dtd 23 June 2005. Document includes itinerary, base summary sheet, SECDEF recommendation, military capabilities index, installation review, state map and statistical data, state closure history list, and press articles and correspondence.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Bray, Clerk, Des Moines, NM to BRAC regarding Clovis City and Cannon Air Force Base, against closure.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Beth A. Burns, (Roosevelt County Clerk Deputy, New Mexico), regarding Cannon Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence - Letter to Commissioner Bilbray from Beth A. Burns (Roosevelt County clerk Deputy, New Mexico) regarding Cannon Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence to the Commissioners from Beth Burns (Clerk Deputy for Roosevelt county, New Mexico) regarding Cannon Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence to the Commissioners from Janet Collins (County Clerk for Roosevelt County, New Mexico) regarding Cannon Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence to Chairman Anthony Principi and the Commissioners from Linda Connelly (Chief Deputy Clerk of Roosevelt County, New Mexico) regarding Cannon Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Luciano Varela (Representative, New Mexico) on behalf of the New Mexico State Legislative Finance Committee to Chairman Principi regarding a request to reconsider BRAC recommendations for Cannon Air Force Base.

Executive correspondence - Letter to Chairman Principi from Michael S. Sanchez (Senator, NM) regarding Cannon Air Force Base.

Letters from Leandro J. Santi to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) concerning the closure of Cannon AFB. Santi pleads the base's case to each of the nine commissioners, relaying stories of his history with the base and the Clovis, New Mexico, community.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Fouts. Fouts joined the Navy in 1939 and trained in San Diego. Upon completion of basic training, Fouts joined the USS Argonne (AG-31). Later, he was stationed at the submarine base at Pearl Harbor when the war started. He recalls witnessing the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. He managed to get guns operational on the USS Widgeon (AM-22) before it got underway during the attack. Between the attacks, Fouts went alongside the USS Arizona (BB-39) and measured the holes in the hull. He continued serving as a diver at Noumea and Samoa in 1942-1943. He volunteered for submarine duty and was made five war patrols aboard the USS Pogy (SS- 266). Fouts tells several submarine stories. After the war, Fouts remained in the Navy for thirty years.

Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, the great-great granddaughter of James Kerr, from Canyon Lake, Texas. Mrs. Ray discusses her ancestor's life and his history in the Hill Country, as well as the Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony at the Kerr County Courthouse.

Interview with O.L. Davis concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Davis worked at a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico (Company 2868).

Transcript of an interview with Bill Oakley, from Ben Wheeler Texas, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oakley worked at camps in Carrizozo, New Mexico (Company 3808) and Tokay, New Mexico (Company 3808).

Newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an enterprising 66 year old artist at Santa Fe, new Mexico who lives in a small adobe building with his nine dogs five cats .

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about employees of general telephone of the Southwest who are in for a 27 per cent increase in wages and benefits over the next three years.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about drought conditions which have combined with unusually heavy grass and sage undergrowth from last year to convert western Texas and neighboring states to the west into a huge tinderbox.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about cattle dying of hunger because of a winter snowstorm.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jim Ryun awoke Monday in Albuquerque, N.M., and promptly trotted five miles up a nearby mountain."