Photograph of an unknown couple. The woman is positioned standing to the left of the man while he is positioned sitting in a decorative wicker chair. He is pictured wearing all dark color clothing with a dark color hat. The woman is also wearing a dark color hat that has feathers in it, along with a light color shirt and dark color skirt.

Transcript of an interview with Mary Elaine Adamek Jones, who worked as a labor and delivery nurse, got her doctorate of philosophy in cultural anthropology from Southern Methodist University, and directed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas at Arlington before retiring after 25 years. She also taught nursing for 13 years at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. The interview details her father's career as an accomplished saddle maker, her education, and career, and family memories. Mary Elaine and her husband, Thomas, have two children. Photos relating to the interview follow the transcript text.