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University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas at El Paso. Institute of Oral History—interviews.
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Interview No. 762, Leona Washington
Interview No. 762, Leona Washington
Combined Interviews
Her experiences growing up and living in El Paso, the segregation she encountered, her relationship with Hispanics and the contributions of Blacks to the city.
Interview No. 765, Ruth Nash King
Interview No. 765, Ruth Nash King
Combined Interviews
Discusses social and cultural activities of blacks in El Paso during the 20s, 30s, and 40s.
Interview No. 751, Frances Hills
Interview No. 751, Frances Hills
Combined Interviews
Childhood in El Paso; attendance at Douglass School; the black experience in El Paso including typical occupations, recreation, shopping, and medical care; her college years in Alabama; career in Civil Service; relationships with Hispanics; segregation; Jim Crow cars; some discussion of anti-discrimination ordinances in the 1960s.
Interview No. 717, José I. Oaxaca
Interview No. 717, José I. Oaxaca
Combined Interviews
Brief biographical data, recollections of his experiences as an engineering student in the 1980s, his scholarship, St. Pat's Day
Interview No. 718, Wilson H. Elkins
Interview No. 718, Wilson H. Elkins
Combined Interviews
Recollections of his years as president of the College.
Interview No. 763, Wyndham Kemp White
Interview No. 763, Wyndham Kemp White
Combined Interviews
Southern background, his childhood summers in Virgina, college years at VMI, ancestors' role in Civil War, polo playing in El Paso and Juarez, horses, shows, and ranching.
Interview No. 710, Nancy Hamilton
Interview No. 710, Nancy Hamilton
Combined Interviews
Campus activities, including sorority life, dances, St. Patrick's Day initiation, and pranks; the Journalism Department; recollections of professors and students; desegregation of Texas Western College in the 1950s.
Interview No. 711, Rosa Guerrero
Interview No. 711, Rosa Guerrero
Combined Interviews
Experiences at Texas Women's University at Denton in 1953; Experiences at Texas Western College in the 1950s; her work in South El Paso; the significance of UTEP to the El Paso community.