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Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998
Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, named Texas Woman of the Century, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Reeves talks about her life in Eagle Pass and San Antonio Texas, her education as the only female in her law school class, her career as a high school schoolteacher, and her horseback riding experience at Camp Waldemar. She describes organizing a girls' riding group, called "The Lassos," with whom she performed at the World's Fair in New York in 1938 and Washington D.C. Mrs. Reeves also briefly discusses the sheep ranching she did with her husband, Jack Reeves, the flood of 1928, and the flood of 1932.
Date:
February 27, 1998
Creator:
Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harry William Crate, June 9, 1998
Interview with Harry William Crate, former professor of mathematics and engineering with an interest in archaeology from Kerrville, Texas. Professor Crate discusses the results of various fossil and artifact finding expeditions around the Hill Country of Texas, specifically the numerous burned rock mounds found in the Kerry County area. He includes his opinions on why and how the burned mounds were created. As noted in the transcript, the interview continues in the manuscript of Professor Crate's wife, Melba Lee Williams Crate.
Date:
June 9, 1998
Creator:
Patton, Laura; O'Hara, Peggy; Crate, Harry William & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998
Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date:
March 9, 1998
Creator:
Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amos Lee Smith, March 1, 1998
Interview with Amos Lee Smith, a rancher from Center Point, Texas. Mr. Smith tells stories from his childhood, the years during the Depression, sheep ranching, his various occupations, and his activity in the local Methodist church.
Date:
March 1, 1998
Creator:
Witt, Gerald & Smith, Amos Lee
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998
Interview with Martha R. Johnson, owner of the popular Raleigh House Restaurant, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Johnson discusses the origins and establishment of her restaurant, which was named after her husband, Raleigh White Johnson. She described the success of the restaurant and her experiences running it for 34 summers.
Date:
June 6, 1998
Creator:
O'Hara, Kathy & Johnson, Martha Robinson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar, November 11, 1998
Interview with Frankie Rosita Holdsworth Hollar, a 99 year old Mexican woman who immigrated to Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Hollar is almost 100 years old at the time of the interview. Her family were some of the early residents of Kerrville and Kerr County, and her younger sister, Mary, eventually married Mr. H. E. Butts (founder of HEB). One of the oldest surviving members of the community, she describes her education, her career as a teacher, and how the area has changed over the years.
Date:
November 11, 1998
Creator:
Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann; Hollar, Frankie Rosita Holdsworth & Salter, Ammie Rose
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998
Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date:
March 3, 1998
Creator:
Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie Gallery Opening Reception]
Invitation car for the opening reception of the Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie Gallery at McMurry University.
Date:
March 12, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Reverend Matias Garcia Rodriguez, January 16, 1998
Interview with Matias Garcia Rodriguez, the reverend for Calvary Baptist Church, from Kerrville, Texas. Rev. Rodriguez discusses the history of Mexico as it relates to Texan history, including stories about his great-grandfather, Jose Policarpo "Polly" Rodriguez, an early pioneer of the Texas Hill Country. He goes through his own family history, family stories, his service in WWII, his education, and the people and places in Kerrville.
Date:
1998
Creator:
Rector, William & Rodriguez, Matias Garcia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Josephine (Dodo) Tobin Schreiner Parker, July 15, 1998
Interview with Josephine (Dodo) Tobin Schreiner Parker, great-granddaughter of Captain Charles A. Schreiner, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Parker delves into her famous great-grandfather's story, including his key role in the settling of Kerr County and Kerrville. She briefly mentions the presence of Tuberculosis in Kerrville, the local Cattleman's Association, being princess in the Battle of Flowers, and singing in the USO in New York.
Date:
July 15, 1998
Creator:
Stacy, William G. & Parker, Josephine Tobin Schreiner
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998
Interview with Melba Lee Williams, a former professor and descendant of some of the first settlers in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. In this interview, Mrs. Crate relates how her great-grandparents came with Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) to the first shingle camp established on the banks of the Guadalupe, in what later became Kerrville. Mrs. Crate briefly details her early life in Bandera, Texas, as well as Kerrville. She also recounts her memories of the flood of 1932.
Date:
June 9, 1998
Creator:
O'Hara, Peggy & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, November 17, 1998
Interview with Trixie Lucille Dixon Sample, registered nurse from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sample recounts stories from her 30 years working as a nurse at the Veteran's Hospital - including how she met her husband and the problems she encountered with the hospital's policy against married nurses.
Date:
November 17, 1998
Creator:
Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Sample, Trixie Lucille Dixon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Otto
Book discussing the life and times of Otto Henry Lund who came to America from Denmark. This book covers his journeys through Texas and his farming days and his marriage to Freda Young. Index begins on page 226.
Date:
1998
Creator:
Dunn, Charlotte V. Lund, 1935-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas and the Texas Surgical Society
Presidential address given by William H. Turney before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Turney discusses important "heroes" in Texas history, as well as his aspiration to be a hero of a surgeon.
Date:
October 5, 1998
Creator:
Turney, William H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Laura M. Patton, February 1, 1998
Interview with Laura M. Patton, whose father built the popular Arcadia Theatre, from Kerrville, Texas. Laura relates the history of the Arcadia Theatre, a well-known attraction in Kerrville, and describes some of the other local businesses and cultural phenomena in the area.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
O'Hara, Peggy & Patton, Laura M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
December 2, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
October 27, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
September 29, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
April 7, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 3, 1998
Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date:
February 3, 1998
Creator:
Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998, Supplement
Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, Texas Woman of the Century and riding instructor. Materials include an excerpt of her book, photographs of her family and educational background, riding activities, and teaching experience.
Date:
February 27, 1998
Creator:
Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998, Supplement
Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, physician and musician of Kerr County, including photographs of family, his career as a doctor, musical activities, and newspaper clippings.
Date:
March 3, 1998
Creator:
Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History