Arts and Humanities Commons^™

Interview No. 744, Christine Kelso

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her law school experiences, career developments, the role of the Women's Bar Association of El Paso, the crudeness of El Paso Bar Association skits of the past, and actions of the Women's Bar to change the nature of the skit.

Interview No. 743, Carol Pennock

Combined Interviews

A discussion of her law school experiences, hiring practices of El Paso law firms, her job as special rape and child abuse prosecutor in the D. A.'s Office, the attitudes of judges, attorneys, and jurors toward female attorneys, attempts to bar her from the courtroom when she was pregnant, the role of the Women's Bar Association in El Paso, and problems encountered in combining career with single parenting.

Interview No. 758, Raquel Windsor

Combined Interviews

Experiences of being a Spanish-speaking girl of Mexican heritage living in South Texas during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Interview No. 738, Deborah Kanof

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her law school experiences, job hunting after graduation in 1978; courtroom experiences, reaction of judges and clients to female lawyers, women as prosecutors. She explains her feelings about the Women's Bar Association and Bar Banquet skits.

Interview No. 715, Sister Justa Justyn

Combined Interviews

Biography. Childhood in Old Bohemia; life in America; becoming a nun; teaching; separation from family as a result of communism in Czechoslovakia; life in China and helping Chinese people; war with Japan; changes in El Paso

Interview No. 736, Elizabeth Rodgers

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her law school experiences, hiring practices toward women attorneys, reacting to career choice by family and friends, reaction of clients to female lawyers, Women's Bar Association in El Paso, and Bar Banquet skits in the 1970' s.

Interview No. 714, José Avila

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences as a student at Texas Western College, 1964- 1967; experiences as Dean of Students, including the days of the Chicano Student Movement on campus; changes at U.T. El Paso since 1964.

Interview No. 742, Janet Ruesch

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her reasons for attending law school, experiences in law school, career developments, difficulty with residency requirements when taking the Texas Bar Exam, reactions of jurors, judges, and clients to females in law, beginnings of the Women's Bar Association in El Paso, Bar skits, and change in attitudes toward women lawyers and judges.

Interview No. 740, Pat Palafox

Combined Interviews

Discussion of law school experiences at the University of New Mexico, her law practice and municipal judgeship, the male atmosphere of labor law and negotiations. reactions to women lawyers and judges, and Bar skits.

Interview No. 713, Dennis Marquez Bixler

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; coming to the U.S. from Mexico in 1959 and early experiences here; experiences in the Army, including Vietnam; experiences as a student at UTEP, including student concerns, anti-war sentiment and the takeover of the Administration Building by MECHA and its results; outstanding professors; changes in the university

Interview No. 739, Ruth Kern

Combined Interviews

College years in Chicago, her move to Texas in 1946 and the problems encountered trying to find a job as a lawyer. She started her family law practice in 1967 and explains why she has more female clients than male. She recounts how her membership in the all-male El Paso Bar Association depended on her agreeing not to attend the annual dinner meeting where off-color skits were traditional. She tells about her political career, discrimination against women attorneys, and the founding of the Women's Ba r .

Interview No. 752, Alicia Chacon

Combined Interviews

Childhood experiences in Canutillo and Ysleta; adolescent years; the social segregation of Anglos and Mexican-Americans at Ysleta High School in the 1950s; why she did not attend college; her employment history; family life and traditions; changes in Ysleta during the past forty years; community involvement; reflections on her public service.

Interview No. 735, Kitty Schild

Combined Interviews

Discussion of college courses, law school experiences, hiring practices toward women attorneys in mid-1970' s, reactions to career choice by family and friends, reaction to female judges, and the founding of the Women's Bar Association in El Paso. She also explains her feelings about the Bar Banquet Skits in the 1970' s.

Interview No. 716, Winnifred Duitman

Combined Interviews

Hi story of the Paso del Norte Porcelain Art Club

Interview No. 658, Thomas Conolly

Combined Interviews

Biographical synopsis; how

he learned to train horses with Rill Daley; work as a horse trainer in the U.S.; work at the Babicora Ranch in

Mexico. ownedby the Terrazas family and later by the Hearst family; work as a horse trainer and jockey.

Interview No. 659, Helen O'Shea Keleher

Combined Interviews

Life history of Mrs. Keleher's father, John L. O'Shea, superintendent of railroad building in the Alamoqordo area; recollections of Alamogordo and Cloudcroft in the early days; recollections of early El Paso; recollections of the Depression years; work with Rio Vista Farm, home for neglected children

Interview No. 660, Antonio Gonzalez

Combined Interviews

Description of life on the south side durinq a period of marked antihispanic feelinq in El Paso, from approximately 1917 to 1940.

Interview No. 662, Margaret Schuster Meyer

Combined Interviews

Her father, Dr. Michael Schuster.

Interview No. 661, Ben A. Parker

Combined Interviews

Border Patrol training; experiences working as a Border Patrol agent in
El Paso, including several anecdotes; situation along the border today

Interview No. 656, Luis R. Lujan

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; experiences as a student at U.T.E.P.; experiences working on the East Coast and in California; returning to El Paso and working at U.T.E.P.

Interview No. 657, Elouise Phelan

Combined Interviews

How Vet Village and the Vet Set club began; everyday life

in Vet Village.

Interview No. 651, Edna Mc Iver

Combined Interviews

Memories of attending Texas Western College, including relations with students and professors; discrimination encountered while out of town on school trips; professors who influenced her.

Interview No. 650, Syd Cohen, Andy Cohen

Combined Interviews

Experiences playing professional baseball (Syd played in Mexico under the name ofPablo Garcia); coaching experiences at UTEP.

Interview No. 673, C. L. Sonnichsen

Combined Interviews

How he came to the Texas School of Mines in 1927; recollections of campus life including students, professors, and administrators; changes in students through the years; courses taught; Mexican Americans on the campus; why he decided to work with the Arizona Historical Society.

Interview No. 649, Neftali Ruelas

Combined Interviews

Disillusionment upon his return to El Paso after WWII; discrimination against Mexican Americans; recollections of various professors; Vet Village Trailer Camp.