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Interview No. 170, Carl Hertzog
Interview No. 170, Carl Hertzog
Combined Interviews
Biography; job as printer in the 1920's; Ciudad Juárez during prohibition.
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. 3, Henry D. Buchanan
Interview No. 3, Henry D. Buchanan
Combined Interviews
Incidents of El Paso history, especially the period of Ku Klux Klan strength during the 1920's; career as a priest, including his experiences as a chaplain during World War II; building of churches in the El Paso area.
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.
Interview No. 15, George F. Simpson
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.