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Baytown-La Porte Tunnel Opening
Interviews with area citizens and speeches of prominent guest speakers, including Allen Shivers, governor, and Tommy Cook, president of Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce. Also, a recording of Edward R. Murrow's radio broadcast of "I can hear it now", recorded July 4, 1953 from station KREL, Baytown, TX.
Date:
September 22, 1953
Creator:
Murrow, Edward R.; Cook, Tommy & Shivers, Allen
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes on oral history interview with Norman Brooks Culver, February 25, 1976]
Interview with Norman Brooks (Doc) Culver, a Humble Oil Refining Company hospital worker and World War I veteran, from Baytown, Texas. Mr. Culver answers questions and describes his experience in Baytown working as a hospital worker for Humble, after he arrived in 1919.
Date:
1976?
Creator:
Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Albert R. Morgan
Interview summary about Albert R. Morgan, a Navy sailor from Austin, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Tavary, Tony
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Basil William Huntington
Interview summary about Basil William Huntington, a Navy aviator from Cross Plains, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dudley, Becky
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Claude F. Galloway
Interview summary about Claude F. Galloway, an Air Force bombardier pilot stationed in Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wellman, Greg
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about David Dryden
Interview summary about David Dryden, a navy sailor from Alexandria, Louisiana. He answers questions about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dryden, Cynthia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Eugene Evans
Interview summary about Eugene Evans, a radio operator and gunner stationed in Europe. His wife provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dunlop, Nicki
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about George Bryant
Interview summary about George Bryant, a Navy sailor from Houston, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Blankenship, Ricky
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Harry G. Daves, Jr.
Interview summary about Harry G. Daves, Jr., a Navy sailor from Baytown, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jouette, Donna
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Harry M. Combs
Interview summary about Harry M. Combs, an Air Corps morning report clerk stationed in Europe. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
McDermand, Darryl
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Horace E. Hart
Interview summary about Horace E. Hart, a Navy sailor from Houston, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Seago, Shannon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Jesse F. Stovall, Jr.
Interview summary about Jesse F. Stovall, Jr., a Marine soldier stationed in the Pacific. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Sorenson, Rob
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Lloyd Cakebread
Interview summary about Lloyd Cakebread, a Navy machinist from Omaha, Nebraska. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Saenz, Paul
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Marion Caughman
Interview summary about Marion Caughman, a Navy sailor from Houston, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Romero, Jenny
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Max Heatherington
Interview summary about Max Heatherington, a Navy sailor from Houston, Texas. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Carter, Shannon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Robert Farra
Interview summary about Robert Farra, an Air Corps pilot from Texas. The interview describes his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Willingham, Scott
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about Robert L. Gillette
Interview with Robert L. Gillette, an Army soldier from Tennessee. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Holland, Susan
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview Summary about William Stewart
Interview summary about William Stewart, a Navy sailor from Atlanta, Georgia. The interview provides details about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Sellers, Nancy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abe F. Hiebert
Interview with Abe F. Hiebert, a rifleman in the cavalry from Texas. He answers questions about his life during the war and his experience abroad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hiebert, Christy & Hiebert, Abe F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alena Mosley, October 16, 1979
Interview with Alena Mosley. Topics include the Hstory of Baytown, TX.
Date:
October 16, 1979
Creator:
Austin, Armittie & Mosley, Alena
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004
Interview with Alf Klaveness, a commanding officer on the destroyer USS Benham. Klaveness begins by discussing his family history after coming here from Norway and working for John Rockefeller; he answers questions about his role in the Navy and describes being in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri.
Date:
May 20, 2005
Creator:
Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004
Interview with Alf Klaveness, a commanding officer on the destroyer USS Benham. Klaveness begins by discussing his family history after coming here from Norway and working for John Rockefeller; he answers questions about his role in the Navy and describes being in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri.
Date:
April 16, 2004
Creator:
Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alice Fayle
Interview with Alice Fayle. Topics include her life in early Baytown, TX.
Date:
1975~
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Fayle, Alice, 1895-
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., March 31, 2001
Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., a veteran of the U.S. Army from Karnes County, Texas who served in World War II. Brosh describes his time in basic training and experiences serving in Europe, as well as seeing American prisoners of war.
Date:
March 1, 2003
Creator:
Eakin, Elizabeth & Brosh, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History