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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, February 25, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Jimmy Carroll, an early resident of Baytown, Texas. Carroll describes working conditions and the operations of the Humble Oil Company in Baytown, including describing some injuries and fatalities that occurred at the plant. Carroll continues on to share stories about safety and working conditions as well as segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, and Norman Dykes, 1983
Transcript of an interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, Norman Dykes, employees of the City of Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their experiences and memories of Hurricane Alicia.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Smith, Judy; Sanders, Irene; Jackson, William & Dykes, Norman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979
Transcript of an interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and a resident of Baytown,Texas since 1925. Grimes answers a few questions about his experiences and tells lengthy stories concerning his early life in Ellis County as well as his move to Baytown. Grimes covers his employment at Humble Oil and Refining Co. as well as issues concerning Mexican American children and their education in Baytown.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Grimes, Leland Karl, 1895-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Louise Fowler Himes, who moved to Cedar Bayou in 1919 as a teacher. Mrs. Himes discusses life when she first moved such as her teaching and going to movies and games with other townspeople. Among other topics, Himes answers questions and describes her experiences with influenza, malaria, the Ku Klux Klan, and the hurricanes of 1900 and 1908.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Himes, Louise Fowler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Travis, February 24, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Louise Travis, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Travis discusses the early history of Cedar Bayou, including businesses, commerce, law enforcement and recreational activities, and meetings of the Ku Klux Klan and early storms of the area.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Travis, Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983
Transcript of an interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer at the time Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd, the president of the Brownwood Civic Association. Lanham and Shepherd both share their memories of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia including work with the Red Cross helping clean up the damage caused by the hurricane and the effects on the Brownwood subdivision.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Lanham, Marcine & Shepherd, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976
Transcript of an interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Mr., Mrs. J. Rodger Read, 1980
Transcript of an interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Read, residents of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include their life as employees of Humble Oil and Refining Co., the Depression, consolidation of the three small towns and the Minerva Club.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah; Read, Joseph Roger & Read, Eudoxia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, September 19, 1979
Transcript of an interview with Norman Brooks Culver, administrator of the Humble Hospital, the hospital owned and operated by the Humble Oil Refining Company in Baytown, Texas. Culver tells of his experiences working for Humble and the medical care provided to company employees, as well as a few anecdotes concerning the history of Baytown, such as Humble Day celebrations, the founding of Baytown's Volunteer Fire Department, and the founding of the charitable organization now known as East Harris County Community Chest.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Smoke, Amanda; Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc) & Swofford, Sarah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Pat Ruyle, 1980
Transcript of an interview with Pat Ruyle, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Robert E. Lee High School history, Goose Creek history and Baytown history.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Brown, Wanda; Ruyle, Pat & Ruyle, [Mrs. Pat]
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979
Transcript of an interview with Phyllis Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include her early life and family background, including a description of a tent city, Horace Mann school, 1923, the picture show in Pelly, and her religious and community life in Cedar Bayou.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Phyllis Triggs, 1903-
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Wilburn L. Snyder, 1979
Transcript of an interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas. Mr. Synder is a veteran of World War II and discusses his experiences in the war and specifically as a prisoner in the Bataan Death March.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Chandler, Patricia M. & Snyder, Wilburn L.
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: Description of travel plans with modals
Transcription of Sumshot Khular discussing what it's like to travel to the USA with Daniel Tholung, Shobhana Chelliah, and Mary Burke. This conversation took place in Sumshot's living room on the January 11, 2018 in Thamlakhuren village, Chandel district, Manipur.
Date:
January 2018
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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