Oral History Interview with J. M. Auld, Jr., February 26, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with J. M. Auld, Jr., February 26, 2001

Interview with J. M. Auld, Jr., a rancher from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes his stories of his grandparents and the stories he heard from them, as well as his own stories of life as a rancher.
Date: February 26, 2001
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Auld, J. M., Jr.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, February 15, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, February 15, 2001

Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, a member of the sheep and goat industry from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Groff describes her, career as a dance and acrobatics teacher, as well as her involvement in the mohair and wool industry. She shares the details of her activity in the National Wool Growers Association, Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers, and her instrumental help in moving the National Make-It-With-Wool organization to Kerrville. She also briefly covers her immediate family history.
Date: February 15, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Groff, Waldean McDougall
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, February 15, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, February 15, 2001

Interview with Waldean McDougall Groff, a dance teacher and wife of a rancher From Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of participating in the National Wool Growers Association and Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers, as well as touring the U.S. as the director of the National Make-It-With-Wool organization, headquartered in Kerrville.
Date: February 15, 2001
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Groff, Waldean McDougall
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, February 27, 2000

Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, who was born in the Philippines and moved to Kerrville, Texas when she was 9. Mrs. Doyen details the reasons her family moved to the Philippines, and then to Kerrville. Within the interview, she also talks about her family history (including her Cherokee Indian heritage), the flood of 1932, her grandparent's jewelry store, Self's Jewelry, her schooling in Kerrville, meeting her husband, Glen Doyen, during World War II, and her various occupations throughout her life. Mrs. Doyen says she possesses many photos of Kerrville because of her and her mother's work as photography developers.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Doyen, Mary Margaret Hall & Doyen, Glen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, February 27, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen, February 27, 2001

Interview with Mary Margaret Hall Doyen from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her stories of her family businesses and life in Kerrville.
Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: Doyen, Mary Margaret Hall; Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hospital On The Hill captions transcript

Hospital On The Hill

A twenty-nine minute narrated video/slide history of the Kerrville State Hospital. The hospital roots in the treatment of tuberculosis are detailed including its development as the Kerrville State Sanatorium for Negroes in 1937, and the final status today as the Kerrville State Hospital for mental health. Interviews of former patients and staff are included.
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: Mosty, Mark; Lewis, Sylvia; Threadgill, Mary; Mills, Dorothy; Lewis, Joe; Gamble, Laura et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter, February 14, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter, February 14, 2001

Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes Salter's stories of Kerrville with her late and current husbands.
Date: February 24, 2001
Creator: Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter, February 14, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter, February 14, 2001

Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Salter from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes Salter's stories of Kerrville with her late and current husbands.
Date: February 24, 2001
Creator: Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Marcus "J.M." Auld, Jr., February 26, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe Marcus "J.M." Auld, Jr., February 26, 2001

Interview with Joe Marcus "J.M." Auld, Jr., a Texan rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Auld identifies his family members (including Kerr County pioneers who immigrated from Scotland), describes the difficulties of ranch life, and mentions local cultural phenomena. The interview includes stories of "Indians," eradicating the screwworm fly from Kerr County, and life during the Great Depression. He also discusses the role of game hunting to today's ranchers.
Date: February 16, 2001
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Auld, Joe Marcus, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Dickerson, February 27, 2000, Supplement (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Dickerson, February 27, 2000, Supplement

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with former pilot Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, including an article in the Kerrville Daily Times about Dickerson's experience in the Women's Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a German National. Mrs. Dickerson also talks about running a flying service in the Kerrville airport with her husband, Carl Meek, during the early days of aviation after WWII.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001

Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, a retiree who has lived in Kerrville, Texas intermittently over the years. Mrs. Salter discusses visiting her grandparents in Kerrville, meeting her first husband, Julian "Joe" Garrett, a Canadian immigrant, her involvement with planes, her substitute teaching career, and her work with the Audubon Society.
Date: February 14, 2001
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History