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Oral History Interview with Esperanza Acosta, July 9, 2016.
Ms. Acosta spoke about working on military bases at the Base Exchange--working her way up to management.
Date:
July 9, 2016
Creator:
Acosta, Esperanza; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Alvarado, June 28, 2016
Robert talks about growing up in San Antonio; his time with the Brown Berets; and environmental racism with the chemical spill at Kelly AFB
Date:
June 28, 2016
Creator:
Alvarado, Roberto; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations]
This home movie documents the Anderson family's travel and vacations in the Southwest region. The film begins with a trip to HemisFair' '68 and Sharon's birthday dinner. The film continues with the ruins of the Tassie Belle Blast Furnace in New Birmingham and the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (7 min., 28 sec.) , an unidentified downtown area (11 min. 22 sec.), a Valentine's Day celebration (12 min., 14 sec.), a trip to Salado, Texas (13 min. 28 sec.) and The Alamo (17 min., 48 sec.), and concludes with a visit to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (19 min., 23 sec.).
Date:
1968/1970~
Creator:
Anderson, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Becky Brenner, July 5, 2016
Becky talks about her activism, mostly outside of Texas, with SNCC & SDS; her later career; and lifelong commitment to racial justice
Date:
July 5, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Brenner, Becky
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Flores, July 10, 2016
Rebecca talks about growing up in rural areas and in San Antonio, working in the fields, her time at Texas A&I, and her politicization at University of Michigan; she also talks about feminism; she also talks about her exclusion from the Chicano Movement to a certain degree because she worked full time;
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Flores, Rebecca
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Flores, July 10, 2016
Rebecca talks about growing up in rural areas and in San Antonio, working in the fields, her time at Texas A&I, and her politicization at University of Michigan; she also talks about feminism; she also talks about her exclusion from the Chicano Movement to a certain degree because she worked full time.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Flores, Rebecca
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jaime Martinez, July 1, 2016
Jaime Martinez was a Civil rights activist and farm worker advocate from San Antonio. Martinez served as the Chairman of the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation board and was a lifetime advocate for civil rights. Martinez grew up on the West side San Antonio and attended Lanier High School. In his interview, he talked about his life as a labor organizer, having a street named after him, and what it takes to be an organizer. He died in July of 2017.
Date:
July 1, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Martinez, Jaime
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claudis Minor on June 25, 2016
Claudis talks about his parents working at Kelly Field; discrimination at Kelly; segregation in San Antonio; sports--black and brown; his time in the military--stationed in Ethiopia; SNCC in San Antonio;
Date:
June 25, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Minor , Claudis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Diana Montejano on June 29, 2016.
Diane Montejano is a poet, educator, and activist. In her interview, Montejano talks about growing up on the west side of San Antonio, her role in the Brown Berets, differences between Southside/Westside Berets, and the decline of Berets.
Date:
June 29, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Montejano, Diana
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mario Salas, June 23, 2016
This is a wide-ranging interview by Mario Salas from his time as a child to his aspirations in the political arena
Date:
June 23, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Salas, Mario
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mario Compean, June 20, 2016
Compean talks about his activism, MAYO, RUP, Committee for Barrio Betterment, Barrios Unidos
Date:
June 20, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Compean, Mario
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carlos Richardson on June 30, 2016.
Richardson discusses his personal history as an African-American in San Antonio, Texas, learning about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Austin, and creating a branch in San Antonio.
Date:
June 30, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Richardson, Carlos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Van, June 24, 2016
Mr. Van Os grew up in segregated Kilgore, in East Texas; the first part of the interview is spent in his recollections of the era, including the eventual integration of the schools in the mid-to-late 1960s. He attended UT Austin, where he became involved in SDS and joined several activities that involved African American and Mexican American activists. While studying law, he did an internship with the law firm of David Richards, who had been working on voting rights litigation earlier that decade. After graduating, he worked as a union-side labor lawyer and represented the Austin chapter of the NAACP in a lawsuit to do away with at-large place system for city council elections. In addition to his early activism and work in civil rights litigation, Mr. Van Os talks about the relationship of racial and economic justice and the role of labor unions in ensuring both.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Van Os, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gregg Barrios, June 21, 2016
Mr. Barrios was born and raised in Victoria, Texas. He started working for the local newspaper at the age of 16, writing book reviews. He was drafted into the military, trained as a medic and stationed in Austin, where he attended UT. He later became politicized and joined SDS, involved in anti-war activism. After graduating from college, he taught high school level English in San Antonio and later moved to Crystal City to support the 1969 walkout, eventually staying as a teacher. He wrote several plays that touched upon to Chicano/a identity and politics. Throughout the interview, Mr. Barrios discussed sexism in the Chicano movement, and the exclusion of LGBT Chicanos/as.
Date:
June 21, 2016
Creator:
Barrios, Gregg & Sinta, Vinicio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BF-3711: Association of Air Medical Services, EMS Video
Video about the use of the Bell 412 for airborne EMS featuring hospital officials from across the United States discussing the capabilities and value of the 412. The video was produced for the Association of Air Medical Services, a trade association representing air medical programs and personnel.
Date:
1991
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe Bernal, July 1, 2016
In the first part of his interview, Mr. Bernal talks about his experiences growing up in the west side of San Antonio. He talks about living conditions and the different jobs he had as a young man to help his household. He also discussed the conditions in the area schools, and the way Mexican American youth were steered toward trades instead of going to college. He also talks about his experience in the military; he was sent to the Philippines and Japan. Upon returning to the U.S., Mr. Bernal attended Trinity U., and later became a school teacher. Two part interview.
Date:
July 1, 2016
Creator:
Bernal, Joe; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Bernal, July 5, 2016
The second part of a two part interview focuses on the early years of his political career, his relationship with the Good Government League and some of his accomplishments as a state representative. Throughout the interview, Mr. Bernal talks about the political and economic context in San Antonio. At the end of the interview, he talks about the role of Raza Unida in his eventual electoral defeat.
Date:
July 5, 2016
Creator:
Bernal, Joe; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with T.C. Calvert, July 1, 2016
Wide ranging interview with TC Calvert. He talks about growing up in San Antonio; his membership in SNCC;
Date:
July 1, 2016
Creator:
Calvert, T.C. & Arionus, Steve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Junior Pruneda, February 4, 2015
Interview with ose Maria Pruneda, Jr. called Junior a Country Western musician. He played several instruments including guitar, fiddle, bass, and steel guitar. He was hired by Bob Wills and played with the Poverty Playboys, played at the Grand Ole Opry, toured throughout the United States, and was inducted into the Western Swing Hall of Fame. In addition to his career, the interview discusses his parents, growing up in the Mexican-American community of Kerrville, and his grandparents lives in Del Rio and Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico. Junior's wife Bobbie and son Joe contribute to the interview.
Date:
February 4, 2015
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Pruneda, Jose Maria, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018
Interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I.
Date:
December 4, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016
Interview with Karen and Clark Klein. Karen attended Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School before completed a course at Durham Business College. She worked at Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Ingram before marrying Clark in 1962. Clark also attended Notre Dame School and Tivy where the couple met. He served in the Army for three years, worked briefly the postal services, and enlisted again in the National Guard. He served until 1982 and achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. The couple had three children and lived in San Antonio, Austin for ten years, before moving back to Kerrville.
Date:
November 16, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Klein, Karen Margaret Herzog & Klein, Clark Dennis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sam Adams and Al Bishop, November 15, 2018
Interview with cousins Sam Adams and Al Bishop who discuss growing up in Center Point, Sam's time serving the marines (including Vietnam), Al's teaching and coaching high school students before working in insurance, and their families.
Date:
November 15, 2018
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty; Bishop, Charles Alfred & Adams, James Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, December 1, 2009
Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, descendant of Mexicans born in Mexican territory that is now in Texas, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Garza talks about her family's history in the area before it became incorporated into Texas. She also talks about growing up in Kerrville, as well as local people and places.
Date:
December 1, 2009
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Rhodes, Laura & Garza, Maria Silva Ayala
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Macario Ramirez on June 15, 2016.
Macario Ramirez was born in 1937 in San Antonio. His family were migrant farm workers and traveled to the Midwest every year. He was in the military from 1956-59. Upon his return from the war, he gets involved in War on Poverty programs. Mr. Ramirez worked in Labor Training Programs in San Antonio, which eventually leads him to move to D.C. and work with a Man Power Training Program through the Department of Labor. He arrives in Houston and founded Casa Ramirez, a space that celebrate and provides culture and folklore to the Mexican American community of Houston.
Date:
June 15, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra & Ramirez, Macario
System:
The Portal to Texas History