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Interview No. 1650, Eddie Mullens

Combined Interviews

Eddie Mullens describes his career as a publicity director for the Texas Western College basketball team. When Coach Don Haskins first invited him to the campus, George McCarty, the athletic director, offered him a job. Mullens did not take the job at first due to the low pay, until he was called back days later with the offer of a higher salary. He believed Texas Western had a great team but did not foresee that it would make it to the national competition. Mullens is credited with giving nicknames to the team members such as Jim Barnes who he called …

Interview No. 1651, Richard Myers

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Richard Myers discusses his background and experience playing for the Texas Western College basketball team that won the 1966 NCAA championship. As a native of Kansas, he discusses his optimistic first impressions of El Paso, coach Haskins, and his team. While his team attained notoriety for having five all-star African American players, Myers notes that their placement was due to their abilities, not because of their skin color. The media was responsible for placing such a heavy emphasis on his teammates’ skin color as the season progressed. He maintains that his team was not racially discriminated against as they travelled. …

Interview No. 1653, Nevil Shed

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Nevil Shed discusses his experience playing for the Texas Western College basketball team. He discusses his initial prospects of working in the fast food industry but then decided it was not a career path he wanted to follow. Shed was recruited into Texas Western College basketball team thanks to a recommendation made by a former player of the team who recommended him to Coach Don Haskins. He then describes his first impressions of El Paso, its mountains, and its friendly atmosphere. Unlike other college campuses, he enjoyed that people talked to him to ask how he was doing. Coach Haskins …

Interview No. 1649, Jean H. Miculka

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Jean H. Miculka begins by describing how he attained his job as an assistant coach for the Texas Western College basketball team. He describes his first impressions of the team as promising since the freshmen consistently beat the varsity students. As a coach, he confronted various challenges that emerged as Texas Western gained notoriety; they confronted various teams who placed all their efforts in trying to defeat them. Nevertheless, it was his team’s ability to score points and to cripple the others’ defense that overcame this challenge. He never felt discrimination whenever his team played against others from the Southwest …

Interview No. 1652, Togo Railey

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Togo Railey discusses his recruitment and experience playing for the Texas Western College basketball team. As a basketball player in Austin High School, he had two influential coaches who influenced his decision to attend Texas Western College. While in high school, he recalls the presence of Texas-Western’s basketball coach, Don Haskins, who actively promoted basketball in El Paso and was always looking for recruits. He discusses his admiration for Coach Haskins who he describes as well mannered, a taskmaster, and basketball enthusiast. Railey also describes his first impressions of the Texas-Western basketball team, who he knew would perform well because …

Interview No. 927, Donald L. Williams

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Discusses formative years in Houston, Texas; college career at UTEP; details 1969 election as the first African American president of UTEP's Student Government Association.

Interview No. 917, Ramón Rosas Lugo

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Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; refugee of Mexican Revolution; student days at Texas College of Mines; discusses job experiences in Bolovia including supervising underground mining crew of 60 Bolivian women and witnessing a revolution; his job in the Santa Bárbara mines; Mexicanization of foreign-owned companies; mining union activity in Mexico.

Interview No. 908, Salvador Treviño

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Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts schooling and early jobs as miner; details his involvement with Mexican government as director of Comisión de Fomento Minero; tells of his years as owner-manager of various Mexican mines; discusses mining laws of Mexico from 1931-1990; tells his experiences as Director General of Peñoles; describes exploration efforts of various mining companies.

Interview No. 783, Milton Ottey

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Describes first impression of El Paso; compares educational systems in Canada an U.S; tells about his track career as a high jumper including competition in 1984 Olympics, gold medals at the commonwealth games in 1982 and 1986; discussions of UTEP's coaching staff; comments about track team members Bert Cameron and S. Nyambui and comments on high numbers of foreign athletes on Ted Bank's UTEP track team ; describes UTEP'S winning the NCAA indoor track championship.

Interview No. 875, Salvador F. Treviño

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Biographical data; shares recollections of students days at Texas College of Mines, 1936-1941; impressions of professors; work experiences in Mexican mining industry.

Interview No. 710, Nancy Hamilton

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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

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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.

Interview No. 656, Luis R. Lujan

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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

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

in Vet Village.

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. 750, Joseph M. Ray

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Ten cassettes include reflection and comments on the following topics:

1.- Board of Regents

2.- Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of UT Systems

3.- The Mother University in Austin

4.- Faculty Autonomy

5.- Quality of Faculty

6.- Quality of Students

7.- Library Endowment

8.- Athletics

9.- Public Involvement

10.- Seek and teach the truth and the importance of research

11.- Latin American Program

Interview No. 696, Melvin N. Harris

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Biographical data; experiences with discrimination in Akron, Ohio and El Paso; experiences living in Juarez and problems encountered; experiences in the union and as president of the same, especially his leadership during the 1977 Darbyshire strike; subsequent problems with finding employment.

Interview No. 764, John Paul Savage

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This is not an interview, but rather well-organized reminiscences. Biographical information includes much about early Socorro and El Paso. Describes his years as student at Texas School of Mines 1917-1921, student activities and faculty stories. Much information about mines in the Southwest and general info on mining industry.

Interview No. 355, Vernie A. Stembridge

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Introduction of Dr. Stembridge, including biographical data; speech by Dr. Stembridge.

Interview No. 420, Bernardo Villegas

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Biographical data; school years; College of Mines; Mexican Revolution; job experiences; the Depression; Prohibition; the word Chicano; opinions on the Chicano Movement and undocumented workers; old El Paso streetcars; the Chinese community in El Paso; entertainment in old El Paso; some old-time El Paso doctors.

Interview No. 129, John P. Savage

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Early days of the University; experiences with the mining industry in Mexico during the 1920's and 1930's.

Interview No. 115, Fred W. Bailey

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Early days of the College of Mines; experiences with the mining industry in Mexico; the Mexican Revolution.

Interview No. 92, Eugene O. Porter

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Biography; some points of early El Paso area history; his experiences at the University; professors and administrators he has known; his outside activities, including the El Paso County Historical Society and Password.

Interview No. 85, Baxter Polk

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Work as a Librarian; University professors and administrators he has known; acting as a hobby.

Interview No. 119, John Schaffer

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Biography; the Mexican Revolution; early days of the College of Mines; the El Paso Natural Gas Company.

Interview No. 61, Denny Moses

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Early days of the University and sketches of former University presidents

Interview No. 62, William F. Webb

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Early days of the University and changes it has undergone.

Interview No. 45, Eugene M. Thomas

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History of campus buildings, including design and construction.