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Interview With George Mitchell (3) By Andrea L’Hommedieu, George J. Mitchell

George J. Mitchell Oral History Project

Biographical Note
George J. Mitchell was born on August 20, 1933, in Waterville, Maine, to Mary Saad, a factory worker, and George Mitchell, a laborer. Senator Mitchell spent his youth in Waterville. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College in 1954, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps until 1956. In 1960 he earned a law degree from Georgetown University. Mitchell worked for Senator Edmund S. Muskie as executive assistant and as deputy campaign manager during Muskie's 1972 presidential campaign. He later became U.S. senator (D-Maine) 1980-1995, Senate majority leader 1989-1995, and, upon his …

Ua94/5/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Bowling Green Business University Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of Bowling Green Business University alumni personal papers.

Ua6/1/1 Lost River Cave & Valley - Oral History Project, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed oral history files regarding Lost River Cave & Valley.

Ua3/8/9 President's Office-Meredith Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Thomas Meredith.

Ua3/3/5 President's Office-Thompson Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about Kelly Thompson and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/6/6 President's Office-Zacharias Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories by and about Donald Zacharias.

Ua3/4/8 President's Office-Downing Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories by and about Dero Downing.

Ua3/7/4 President's Office-Alexander Interviews/Oral History File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Kern Alexander.

Ua3/5/2 President's Office-Minton - Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about John Minton and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Interview No. 1502, Arnaldo Chavarria Dds

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

Dr. Chavarria is the sixth child in a line of nine siblings. After graduating from high school, Dr. Chavarria briefly worked at a factory before applying and getting accepted to the El Paso Community College Dental Hygiene program. Dr. Chavarria worked as a dental hygienist before applying and being accepted to dental school in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating dental school, Dr. Chavarria worked with Dr. Watson, the El Paso City/County Health Department as well as La Fe Clinic and Sun Plaza Clinic. Soon after, Dr. Chavarria opened his practice on the Eastside of El Paso. Dr. Chavarria has received …

Interview No. 1502, Arnaldo Chavarria Dds

Combined Interviews

Dr. Chavarria is the sixth child in a line of nine siblings. After graduating from high school, Dr. Chavarria briefly worked at a factory before applying and getting accepted to the El Paso Community College Dental Hygiene program. Dr. Chavarria worked as a dental hygienist before applying and being accepted to dental school in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating dental school, Dr. Chavarria worked with Dr. Watson, the El Paso City/County Health Department as well as La Fe Clinic and Sun Plaza Clinic. Soon after, Dr. Chavarria opened his practice on the Eastside of El Paso. Dr. Chavarria has received …

Roger Bass, Roger Bass, Arthur Bednar, Charles Closmann

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Roger Bass, environmentalist and a founding member of the St. Johns Riverkeeper, interviewed by Arthur Bednar and Charles Closmann on November 19, 2010.

Bob And Kae Andry, Bob Andry, Kae Andry, Chris Brooks, Clayton Galloway

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Bob and Kae Andry, co-founders of Save Rodman Reservoir, interviewed by Chris Brooks and Clayton Galloway on November 13, 2010

Robert Knight, Robert Knight, Margaret Devore

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Robert Knight, leading expert and scientist working on protection of Florida springs and executive director of the Florida Springs Institute, interviewed by Margaret Devore on November 10, 2010.

Frankie Pacetti, E.J. Pacetti And Sandie Stratton, Frankie Pacetti, E.J. Pacetti, Sandie Stratton, Jennifer Warren, Melissa Williams

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Frankie Pacetti, a noted sports and commercial fisherwoman, E.J. Pacetti, an experienced commercial crabber in the region and Sandie Stratton, interviewed by Jennifer Warren and Melissa Williams on October 30, 2010.

Interview No. 1597, Leticia Carabajal

Combined Interviews

Her maternal grandfather she explains fought alongside Pancho Villa and was eventually killed; she explains that her father is a bracero but she did not discover this until he began speaking about working in Utah, Colorado, and California; her father worked as a bracero in order to support the family, eventually buying a house with his earnings; she points out that her father does not have his bracero documentation; she began seeing articles about braceros in local newspaper, consequently she began recording her conversations with her dad and gave him a journal so he could write down his experiences; she …

Ron Littlepage, Ron Littlepage, Robert Mcdermott

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Ron Littlepage, staff columnist at the Florida Times Union, interviewed by Robert McDermott on October 26, 2010.

Vince Seibold, Vince Seibold

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Vince Seibold, division chief of the City of Jacksonville Environmental Quality Division, interviewed by Charles Cold on October 25, 2010.

Neil A. Armingeon, Neil A. Armingeon, Katie Tofano

Voices from the Stream: An Environmental History of the St. Johns River

Neil A. Armingeon, St. Johns Riverkeeper (at the time of the interview), interviewed by Katie Tofano on October 22, and November 18, 2010.

Interview No. 1501, Jose Luis Lopez

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

After graduating from The University of Texas at El Paso in 1975, Joe worked at Safeway groceries and with two advertising agencies. He worked for Coca-Cola selling Minute Maid orange juice as an unpaid worker in order to gain experience in the advertising field. Coca-Cola hired Joe and he began working in New Products bringing new items to local grocery stores. Joe did well and was moved to run a small division within Coca-Cola that allows them to test new products, come up with new names and then work on the selling and distribution of the products. Joe was the …

Interview No. 1501, Jose Luis Lopez

Combined Interviews

After graduating from The University of Texas at El Paso in 1975, Joe worked at Safeway groceries and with two advertising agencies. He worked for Coca-Cola selling Minute Maid orange juice as an unpaid worker in order to gain experience in the advertising field. Coca-Cola hired Joe and he began working in New Products bringing new items to local grocery stores. Joe did well and was moved to run a small division within Coca-Cola that allows them to test new products, come up with new names and then work on the selling and distribution of the products. Joe was the …

Interview With Peter Lunder By Mike Hastings, Peter H. Lunder

George J. Mitchell Oral History Project

Biographical Note
Peter H. Lunder was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on September 14, 1933, to Ann and Michael Lunder. He was graduated from Colby College in 1956 with a degree in business. He joined the family shoe business, where he eventually became president and co-chair of the board for Dexter Shoes. His uncle was Harold Alfond. In 1977 he was part of the Yawkey Group that bought the Red Sox. He served on the Smithsonian American Art Museum Board in the early 1990s, and at the time of this interview he was an overseer of Colby College.

Summary
Interview includes …

Interview No. 1500, Jose Luis Villanueva

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

Not included.

Interview No. 1499, Rosa Santana

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

Rosa had her first job when she was 13-14 years old working at an A&W drive thru. While Rosa was in high school, she was a part of DECA, a program that helps students learn about professional jobs and Rosa was able to work at the Popular Department store in El Paso, Texas. Rosa married and moved to Las Vegas for short time and had a daughter. Rosa moved back to El Paso and after a few jobs, Rosa went to work for Kelly Staffing Services. Working at Kelly, Rosa was able to get involved and grow professionally within the …

Interview No. 1499, Rosa Santana

Combined Interviews

Rosa had her first job when she was 13-14 years old working at an A&W drive thru. While Rosa was in high school, she was a part of DECA, a program that helps students learn about professional jobs and Rosa was able to work at the Popular Department store in El Paso, Texas. Rosa married and moved to Las Vegas for short time and had a daughter. Rosa moved back to El Paso and after a few jobs, Rosa went to work for Kelly Staffing Services. Working at Kelly, Rosa was able to get involved and grow professionally within the …

Interview No. 1500, Jose Luis Villanueva

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Ms-116: 1864 Diary Of Corporal Robert Ridge, Thomas P. Lester

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The diary contains information on the activities of Robert Ridge during 1864, and the first two months of 1865. It contains daily entries, list of proverbs, important events and dates, mail sent, mail received, members of Company B 95th Illinois Volunteers, money sent home, clothing acquired, addresses, rations, and Army Corps commanders.

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Ms-117: Papers Of George H. Sweet Jr. ’42, Elizabeth M. Ungemach

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This collection gives insight into the pre- and inter-wartime life of George H. Sweet Jr. ’42 as a member and captain of L.S.T. 358 in the Mediterranean. It also provides general information about World War II in the Mediterranean and L.S.T.s. It further gives a glimpse of the experiences of Donald Sweet ’49 as an aircrewman in the Pacific theater, specifically about life and important happenings during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.

Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about …

Interview No. 1498, Kelly Thomas Pacheco

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

Kelly gives her father, the late George Thomas the credit of having mentored and guided her through the residential building business and Kelly also recognizes she learned decorating from watching her mother who had a natural talent for decorating. Kelly began decorating model homes while in high school. After high school, Kelly ventured into her own business called Del Pueblo Furniture and she would purchase furniture in México and re-sell it in the United States. At the end of 1989, Kelly began working for her father in his business Carefree Homes. Kelly eventually branched out with her own business, Quality …

Interview No. 1498, Kelly Thomas Pacheco

Combined Interviews

Kelly gives her father, the late George Thomas the credit of having mentored and guided her through the residential building business and Kelly also recognizes she learned decorating from watching her mother who had a natural talent for decorating. Kelly began decorating model homes while in high school. After high school, Kelly ventured into her own business called Del Pueblo Furniture and she would purchase furniture in México and re-sell it in the United States. At the end of 1989, Kelly began working for her father in his business Carefree Homes. Kelly eventually branched out with her own business, Quality …