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Travis County Clerk Records: Commissioners Court Minutes 14 (open access)

Travis County Clerk Records: Commissioners Court Minutes 14

Travis County Commissioners Court minutes from November 1971 to February 1973, documenting proceedings of county administrative court. Business transacted includes classification and expenditure of county funds, approval of claims, levy of taxes, care of paupers, construction and maintenance of public buildings and roads, management of other county works, calling of bids and letting of contracts, designation of election precincts, appointments of election judges, calling of elections, and approval of bonds of county officials. Arranged chronologically by date of proceeding.
Date: 1971-11/1973-02
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, November 9, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, November 9, 1971

Interview with Texas State Senator A. R. "Babe" Schwartz regarding his time during the regular and first special session of the 62nd Texas Legislature. Specifically, the struggle over the corporate profits tax.
Date: November 9, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwartz, A. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joel K. Walker, November 11, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joel K. Walker, November 11, 1971

Interview with Joel Walker, an employee of the Home Owners' Loan Association from Marietta, Oklahoma. Walker worked for the HOLA in Dallas during the Great Depression; he discusses working at a bank in Roswell, New Mexico, unemployment, hiring with HOLA in Dallas, how the Association operated, loan terms, mortgages, and foreclosures.
Date: November 11, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Walker, Joel K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971

Interview with Loren Brantley, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Daingerfield, Texas. Brantley discusses being stationed in Shanghai before the war, his experience in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked on December 8th, the Battle of Corregidor, and his internments at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and a coal mine near Nagasaki.
Date: November 19, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brantley, Loren H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. W. Salmon, November 19, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. W. Salmon, November 19, 1971

Interview with W. W. Salmon, an employee of the Home Owners' Loan Association from Denton, Texas, and Martin Edwards, also an HOLA employee, from South Carolina. Salmon and Edwards worked in the HOLA Dallas Regional Office during the Great Depression. They discuss the effect of the depression on Dallas, their opinions of Franklin Roosevelt, the beginnings of the HOLA, its operations and management, and their opinions on its impact.
Date: November 19, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Salmon, W. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971

Interview with Frank A. Hoke, banker and attorney. The interview includes Hoke's personal experiences about being an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Hoke talks about mortgage buying, loan amortization, insurance, home improvements, accounting procedures, politics and patronage, taxes and appraising, foreclosures, and loan servicing.
Date: November 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hoke, Frank A.
System: The UNT Digital Library