Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 31 - 60 of 141
Full-Text Articles in Oral History
Interview No. 943, Berinstein, Grun, Kaplasky, Cullucar, Nachitigali, Luterstein, Blejer
Interview No. 943, Berinstein, Grun, Kaplasky, Cullucar, Nachitigali, Luterstein, Blejer
Combined Interviews
Discuss their family background; what made them join organizational activities; the obstacles they've encountered; their jobs and relations between men and women in community activities; how they combined work, family and volunteerism.
Interview No. 949, Catherine Hassid
Interview No. 949, Catherine Hassid
Combined Interviews
Came to Argentina from Smyrna. Tells how they wanted to move to Los Angeles, but they rather stayed in Argentina and lost their money; her mother cut herself off from life; later integrated into the Smyrnan and larger Jewish communities; attended W/20- sefaradi, Comision de Fiestas of the Club of her temple, Hacoai, and Sociedad Hebraica.
Interview No. 940, Luisa Guelman De Belmes
Interview No. 940, Luisa Guelman De Belmes
Combined Interviews
Active in the Sociedad Hebraica Argentina. Eastern European background. Philanthropic activities in the Hogar de Burzaco para Ancianos y Niños and Institute Welzman. Attended benefit activities of other organizations.
Interview No. 941, Dora Schwartz
Interview No. 941, Dora Schwartz
Combined Interviews
Active in cultural centers, where she participated in theater. Lived in Jewish Colonization Association lands in Entre Rios, Argentina. Active in cultural centers, where she participated in theater. Lived in Jewish Colonization Association lands in Entre Ríos, Argentina.
Interview No. 924, Radio Series World War Ii
Interview No. 924, Radio Series World War Ii
Combined Interviews
8 part radio series entitled "Legacy: The Impact of World War II" written by Barthy Byrd, member of UTEP faculty, communications Department. Topics included are: the physical impact of the war, the psychological impact of the war, the impact on African Americans and Jews, the impact on El Paso, and social impact on the war. The programs aired on PBS affiliated KTEP-FM, El Paso in September and October, 1995, Script of 8 programs accompanies cover sheet.
Interview No. 872, Betty J. Ligon
Interview No. 872, Betty J. Ligon
Combined Interviews
Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; discusses journalism career at PATEX Ordnance Plant, Amarillo TX, and various newspapers in West Texas; taking flying lessons; reflects on ethic isolation, discrimination and segregation during WWII.
Interview No. 871, Robert Upton
Interview No. 871, Robert Upton
Combined Interviews
Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; recollects brief period spent in Los Alamos, NM. and his impressions of Manhattan Project physicists Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi; work experience at Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia Laboratory, Albuquerque, and Imperial Valley, CA; German POWs at Fort Bliss, including Werner von Braun.
Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres
Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres
Combined Interviews
Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; provides detailed description of capture by German ski troopers after being shot down on combat mission to Regensberg, Germany; daily life in POW camps; liberation of camp by Russian Army; discrimination and prejudice in U.S. military.
Interview No. 869, Mary A. Lacy
Interview No. 869, Mary A. Lacy
Combined Interviews
Part of World War II: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; childhood memories of WWII, including rationing, curfews, blackouts, contributions of school children, and fashions; recalls arrival of telegram notifying family of father's death while on active duty in Europe, reflects on mother's success in overcoming difficulties raising family as single parent; discusses attending Texas Western College under War Orphan Bill.
Interview No. 863, Billy Pat Mckinney
Interview No. 863, Billy Pat Mckinney
Combined Interviews
Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; extensive biographical information; recounts his experiences tracking, trapping, hunting and managing mountain lions, desert bighorn sheep, deer and bear in Black Gap Wildlife Management Area and Natural Area at Lajitas; establishment of Big Bend National Park and Black Gap Wildlife Management Area; how and why and why Big Bend residents sold land for creation of national park.
Interview No. 866, Thomas W. Stovall
Interview No. 866, Thomas W. Stovall
Combined Interviews
Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; recalls enlistment in CCC and transfer of his 200-man company to Big Bend; discusses his duties as tent camp cook in Chisos Basin; prospective on role of CCC in the park and in lives of corps members.
Interview No. 864, Julia Nail Moss
Interview No. 864, Julia Nail Moss
Combined Interviews
Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project discusses social life among residents of Big Bend before and during acquisition of property for national park; recalls feasibility study by park system; effects of drought and overgrazing of livestock; destruction of family home by park service; offers her opinions on park service preservation policy, predator control; effect of Depression on ranchers' decisions to sell their land; family's governess; contact with Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1930s.
Interview No. 865, Cornelio Ramírez
Interview No. 865, Cornelio Ramírez
Combined Interviews
Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; discusses building roads and bridges within the park; recalls childhood and education at Terlingua and delivering meals to miners; his involvement in rescue and recovery of hikers and tourists; recalls stint as park service crew member constructing water supply system to Chisos Basin; destruction of ranch homes and other structures by park service; construction of Panther Junction and Rio Grande Village.
Interview No. 868, Gordon L. Black
Interview No. 868, Gordon L. Black
Combined Interviews
Part of Health Care on the Border Project; biographical data; recollects medical education, internship, and stint in U.S. Navy during World War II; experiences as medical technician at Southwestern Hospital; history of radiology in El Paso; recalls meeting Dr. John W. Cathcart, early El Paso, early El Paso radiologist; discusses area hospitals, including Hotel Dieu, Providence, Sierra, and Sun Towers, establishment of El Paso Cancer Treatment Center.
Interview No. 814, Betty Seabrooke
Interview No. 814, Betty Seabrooke
Combined Interviews
Discusses experience as one of a group of El Paso women sent to San Antonio to learn hot to service aircraft during World War II; tells about her work at Biggs Field and El Paso Municipal Airport refueling planes; discusses social life during the war years especially dances held for servicemen at the service clubs at Ft. Bliss; describes personal encounter with Charles Lindburgh when he flew through El Paso.
Interview No. 815, Helen Wilkins
Interview No. 815, Helen Wilkins
Combined Interviews
Part of World War II Project. El Paso Homefront; biographical information; recalls Fort Bliss payroll pick-up at El Paso National Bank with armed guards and sacks of money; discusses rationing and arrival of troop trains; recalls dances at Liberty Hall and Rec Hall with Big Bands such as Tommy Dorsey; reflects on POWs, Italian camp across the street from Washington Park and the German Camp at Fort Bliss.
Interview No. 867, Roscoe Weaver
Interview No. 867, Roscoe Weaver
Combined Interviews
Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; provides details about CCC, its policy and activities in park prior in acquisition by National Park Service; discusses environment, plant life, and wildlife of Chisos Basin and other areas; relations with Castolon residents and other communities along the Rio Grande; describes typical CCC work day; tells of strike at Chisos Basin in dispute with U.S. Army officer and subsequent arrival of armed troops from Fort Bliss; economic and social benefits of CCC; environmental changes in Big Bend 1942-1992.
Interview No. 813, Rosa Kondo Honda
Interview No. 813, Rosa Kondo Honda
Combined Interviews
Recalls her experiences as one of the few non- Mexicans enrolled at Bowie High School; social activities, economic conditions during the Great Depression; El Paso movie theaters; evidence of discrimination against Mexican by Anglos; reaction of Japanese community to bombing of Pearl Harbor; discusses confiscations of her U.S. identification card by U.S. officials during an attempt to cross the international border to visit her parents in El Paso; subsequent expulsion to Mexico city; Reflects on Japanese detainees; private Japanese school in Mexico city; Reflects on Japanese assimilation into Mexican society; views of the Mexican people.
Interview No. 805, Irvin Steele
Interview No. 805, Irvin Steele
Combined Interviews
Extensive discussions of role of Boy Scouts in civilian activities in El Paso; explains nature of Boys Scouts and her operation; recalls family's role in World War II; sentiments about return brothers from the War.
Interview No. 807, Matilde Rodriguez
Interview No. 807, Matilde Rodriguez
Combined Interviews
Discusses how she came to El Paso; Relationship between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; experiences of her husband in Germany during the World War II.
Interview No. 806, Martha E. Sanchez
Interview No. 806, Martha E. Sanchez
Combined Interviews
Mentions schools attended in El Paso; work in La Popular; experiences of her family during World War II; relationship between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; overall feelings about the War.
Interview No. 810, Francis Blumenthal
Interview No. 810, Francis Blumenthal
Combined Interviews
Recollects volunteer activity during World War II; experiences sentiments of having fiancee away during the War; social activities; Jewish community in El Paso; experiences as nursery aide; changing attitudes in El Paso after the War.
Interview No. 809, Alfred Blumenthal
Interview No. 809, Alfred Blumenthal
Combined Interviews
Recalls immigration from Germany; early days in U.S.; acquisition of U.S. citizenship; enlistment in Army; stint as Army officer in El Paso and Pacific Theater during the War; discusses return from active duty abroad.
Interview No. 811, Freddie Lee Reese
Interview No. 811, Freddie Lee Reese
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; discusses different schools attended in El Paso; Pearl Harbor; entertainment available to teenagers; memories of dining out in Juarez; work at Sears; U.S. Post Office; Biggs Army Airfield; POW's; recounts helping to entertain soldiers at William Beaumont Medical Center, changes in El Paso since the War.
Interview No. 812, John Reese
Interview No. 812, John Reese
Combined Interviews
Discusses dental technician training in Denver; employment at Fort Bliss; church attendance; meeting with future wife; German and Italian POW's; duty on U.S.-Mexico international bridge giving kits to Juarez-bound soldiers; recounts names of fellow employees in clinic; guarding Christmas decorations.
Interview No. 801, Albert Lucero
Interview No. 801, Albert Lucero
Combined Interviews
Recounts life on the farm and experience of the World War II homefront; shares perceptions of the meaning of the war; feeling in the family regarding older siblings who were in the service; experience of rationing, attitudes toward a German family in the area; Discusses the POW camp established in Anthony, Texas to provide labor for cotton farms.
Interview No. 803, Cecilia Concha
Interview No. 803, Cecilia Concha
Combined Interviews
Family background; memories of World War II years while high school student at St. Joseph's Academy in El Paso; Pearl Harbor; employment in El Paso during and after the war; serviceman brother's returning on leave; reactions in El Paso when war was over; rationing, avoiding rationing by shopping in Juarez; discrimination towards Hispanics by local businesses.
Interview No. 808, Alfred Ratner
Interview No. 808, Alfred Ratner
Combined Interviews
Recollects working experiences with various El Paso department stores including The White House, Myron's, and Franklin's; discusses activities of the Office of the Price Administration (OPA); Italian POW's interned at Fort Bliss; rationing; business climate in El Paso during the War.
Interview No. 804, Tommie Gillespie
Interview No. 804, Tommie Gillespie
Combined Interviews
Recalls nursing and nursing training during WWII; El Paso health care facilities including Providence Hospital, Hotel Dieu, Southwestern General Hospital, and William Beaumont Hospital; discusses bond drives; involvement in Civilian Defense and other homefront activities; El Paso physicians and the medical profession in general.
Interview No. 802, Rosa Martínez
Interview No. 802, Rosa Martínez
Combined Interviews
Recalls early childhood in El Paso; schools attended; work in the Immigration Office; work as a translator in the Censorship Department; entertainment after work; recounts attitude of neighborhood toward war; overall feelings about the War.