Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 575, Parade Of Presidents

Combined Interviews

Selected speeches of McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, F. D. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, L. B. Johnson.

Interview No. 577, Echoes Of Two World Wars

Combined Interviews

Speeches from various personalities of World Wars I and II.

Interview No. 1, Irene C. Lowe

Combined Interviews

Biography; incidents and personalities of El Paso during the 1930's; cultural and social activities; Ciudad Juárez during the 1930's; Prohibition; discrimination in El Paso.

Interview No. 576, Winston Churchill

Combined Interviews

Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech.

Interview No. 6, Kenneth Flynn

Combined Interviews

Discussion of a study of South El Paso slum areas he made while a newspaper reporter, including a comparison with slum areas of other U. S. cities.

Interview Nos. 51.1 -- 51.11, José María Arguedas, Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Jorge Icaza, Enrique Lafourcade, Marta Lynch, Leopoldo Marechal, Juan Rulfo, Ernesto Sabato, José León Sanchez, Augustín Yañez

Combined Interviews

Los autores discuten sus vidas, el trabajo e influencias en la escritura. Authors discuss their lives, work, and influences on their writing. Tapes in Spanish.

Interview No. 67, John J. Middagh

Combined Interviews

Speech given to th eWesterners Club on old-time El Paso bordellos.

Interview No. 16, Margarita Terrazas

Combined Interviews

History of Terrazas family; Don Luis and Don Joaquín Terrazas; Silvestre Terrazas and the Correo de Chihuahua; Pancho Villa; Francisco I. Madero.

Interview No. 9, John Mccarty

Combined Interviews

Incidents relating to Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, and other famous cowboys.

Interview No. 599.2, Lyndon B. Johnson

Combined Interviews

News conference in which he discusses Vietnam, finances, and his decision not to run for the presidency in 1968.

Interview No. 15, George F. Simpson

Combined Interviews

Incidents and personalities of early 20th Century El Paso, including the career of Capt. Greet, the Tenderloin District, and political corruption.

Interview No. 60, Major Edward F. Hinkle

Combined Interviews

Experiences during World War I.

Interview No. 56, Mrs. C. C. Chase

Combined Interviews

Incidents and personalities of early 20th Century El Paso and Las Cruces, including Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, Captain Greet; and the career and personality of her father, recollections of her mother.

Interview No. 30.1, George A. Feather

Combined Interviews

Account of the history of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Interview No. 571, Kennedy Assassination

Combined Interviews

News coverage of the assassination. [on 7-inch reels only.]

Interview No. 574, Oswald Shooting

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 326.6, Dick Rodriguez

Combined Interviews

Biographical comments; working in the Secret Service; information on the Columbus raid.

Interview No. 326.5, Mrs. Lee Riggs

Combined Interviews

Personal account of Columbus Raid; Henry Ford trial; biographical comments

Interview No. 326.4, Louis Ravel, Arthur Ravel

Combined Interviews

Events leading to and after the raid; biographical comments; Henry Ford and the Chicago Tribune.

Interview No. 326.3, Jack Breen

Combined Interviews

After being out of Columbus, he talks of his return to the town the day after the raid and about the information he gathered about the raid; General Pershing; the growth of Columbus after the raid; World War I; black troops stationed at Columbus; work with Customs Service 1920-1956; ordeal of being taken prisoner by Villa's men.

Interview No. 326.2, Maude Medders

Combined Interviews

Account of her capture and stay with villistas; Columbus raid.

Interview No. 326.1, Maude Medders, Juan Favela, Jack Breen

Combined Interviews

Personal accounts of the raid.

Interview No. 488.1, Sterling Rhodes

Combined Interviews

Southeastern New Mexico history, including ranches, events, Pat Garrett, Judge Fountain killing, A. B. Fall.

Interview No. 488.2, Kerbey S. Weems

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; travel to Texas in a covered wagon; experiences as a cowboy at the XIT ranch; went to New Mexico in 1882; talks about Pat Garrett; Billy the Kid; Oliver Lee; Jim Gillialand; the Judge Fountain killing; early days in Weed, El Paso and Alamagordo; dances; Hot Springs (now Truth or Consequences) and La Luz, New Mexico.

Interview No. 5, J. Frank Dobie

Combined Interviews

Discussion of his life, his attitudes toward his own writings and how they have changed, his audience, bookstores.

Interview No. 581, Robert S. Kerr

Combined Interviews

"Is Our Foreign Policy in the Far East Working?" (On 7-inch reel only)

Interview No. 583, Douglas Mcarthur

Combined Interviews

Excerpt from Keynote Speech, Republican National Convention, ca. 1950s.

(on 7-inch reel only.)

Interview No. 582, Joe Louis/Max Schmeling Fights, 1936 And 1938

Combined Interviews

Excerpts for these two championship bouts. (On 7-inch reel only)