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Interview No. 23, Woodrow W. Bean
Interview No. 23, Woodrow W. Bean
Combined Interviews
Post-war development of El Paso; work with sub-committee on higher education; political campaigns; role in the building of Thomason General Hospital; the Sun Bowl, Trans-Mountain Road, and the Cordova Bridge.
Interview No. 27, Chester Chope
Interview No. 27, Chester Chope
Combined Interviews
Early 20th Century El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; size and atmosphere of the two cities; personalities of members of the newspaper staff; political corruption; social life; Chinese population; Ciudad Juárez during Prohibition; Fort Bliss; Pancho Villa; improvements in transportation.
Interview No. 35, Eleanor Greet
Interview No. 35, Eleanor Greet
Combined Interviews
Career of Capt. Greet; importance of El Paso as a living place for tuberculosis patients at the turn of the century; leading families of early El Paso.
Interview No. 34, Modesto Gómez
Interview No. 34, Modesto Gómez
Combined Interviews
Account of early 20th Century El Paso, including saloons, schools, and city buildings.
Interview No. 26, Emmett Issacs
Interview No. 26, Emmett Issacs
Combined Interviews
Early recollections of his youth in the Organ-Las Cruces, New Mexico, area, including cattle ranching, Indians, homesteaders, Pat Garrett, frontier justice, stagecoach lines, mining, and the Lincoln County War.
Interview No. 12, Mr. Ernest E. Polk, Mrs. Ernest E. Polk
Interview No. 12, Mr. Ernest E. Polk, Mrs. Ernest E. Polk
Combined Interviews
Life in Texas in the early part of the 20th Century, including business, politics, and social life.
Interview No. 17, Willis Walter
Interview No. 17, Willis Walter
Combined Interviews
Biography; incidents and personalities of New Mexico history, including Pat Garrett, Martin Lohman, and A. B. Fall.
Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.
Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.
Combined Interviews
Recounts immigration of family from Lithuania to U. S.; briefly sketches history of Jewish community in El Paso; father's role in founding Congregation of Mena Zion; arranged marriage of parents; opening of pawn shop in South El Paso, City Loan and Jewelry, by father and cousin Sam Ravel; shootings in El Paso at turn of century; purchase of ammunition, guns, and pistols by Pancho Villa; Columbus Raid; Pershing Expedition to Mexico; El Paso's red light district on Ninth Street in 1930s; physical examinations of prostitutes; comments on El Paso's recognition as health center for tuberculosis patients; recounts tuberculosis sanitoriums in …
Interview No. 2, Mrs. William Shapiro
Interview No. 2, Mrs. William Shapiro
Combined Interviews
El Paso during the 1940's; social and cultural activities; El Paso Symphony Orchestra; her involvement in the Conference for Human Welfare (group to promote integration in El Paso); strikers at ASARCO and Phelps Dodge refineries after World War II.
Interview No. 1, Irene C. Lowe
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.