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[Transcription of Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society]
Transcript of a speech made by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society discussing Texas heroes that had lived in the Baytown area dating back to the time before the Texas Revolution, such as David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, etc.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Orton, Wanda
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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-
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Ella Williams
Transcription of an interview with Ella Williams, a resident of Channelview, Texas, and the area surrounding Baytown since approximately 1920. Topics include a discussion about the 1915 hurricane on Hog Island in the San Jacinto River.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Williams, Ella
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976
Transcription of an interview with Maude Matthews, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Matthews discusses the activities of the Priscilla Club, a women's sewing club in Baytown which was the oldest continually operating club in Baytown at the time of the interview.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Swofford, Sarah
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, May 14, 1977
Transcription of an interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include the Houston Riot of 1917.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Villamez, Steve & Lathrop, Fay Butcher
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with C. M. Dickerson, June 29, 1976
Transcription of an interview with C. M. Dickerson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the petroleum industry and trade in the city.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & Dickerson, C.M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976
Transcription of an interview with Mrs. Edward L. Scott, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Scott is the daughter of former Texas poet laureate John P. Sjolander, whom she discusses in her interview along with the history of Baytown and Goose Creek.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Roberts, Linda & Scott, Annie Sjolander
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975
Transcript of interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, Texas, the formation of the Exxon Annuitants' Club, and various activities for senior citizens in the Baytown area at the time of the interview.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Sargis, Lynnette; Wood, Emmett C. & Webber, Betsy
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979
Transcript of an interview with J. Bryan Stratton, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the consolidation of the tri-cities into the incorporated city of Baytown, the Depression, the beginning of life insurance business, his service in World War II as a staff member of General Omar Bradley's Headquarters Unit, the Charter Commission, and the adoption of the City Charter.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983
Transcript of an interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Pruett, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Casey, Miller; Pruett, Mike & Traylor, Jerry
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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-
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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-
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
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-
Object Type:
Text
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
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with James Collins, December 1, 1988
Transcript of an interview with James Collins, a Vietnam War veteran originally from Galveston, Texas. Collins begins by telling of his experiences in Vietnam, and answering questions concerning aspects of his time overseas. Later in the interview he tells of his family history beginning as captured slaves in Kenya and their servitude in Georgia ultimately ending up in Louisiana after their freedom was granted.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Collins, James.; Mayo, Martha & Smoke, Amanda
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, November 10, 1987
Transcript of an interview with Clifford Warren, a veteran of World War II spending 3 1/2 years in captivity following the Battle of Corregidor. Warren answers many questions regarding his participation in World War II and shares his experiences of being held prisoner in Japanese prison camps.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha & Warren, Clifford
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History