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Interview No. 744, Christine Kelso

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her law school experiences, career developments, the role of the Women's Bar Association of El Paso, the crudeness of El Paso Bar Association skits of the past, and actions of the Women's Bar to change the nature of the skit.

Interview No. 743, Carol Pennock

Combined Interviews

A discussion of her law school experiences, hiring practices of El Paso law firms, her job as special rape and child abuse prosecutor in the D. A.'s Office, the attitudes of judges, attorneys, and jurors toward female attorneys, attempts to bar her from the courtroom when she was pregnant, the role of the Women's Bar Association in El Paso, and problems encountered in combining career with single parenting.

Interview No. 758, Raquel Windsor

Combined Interviews

Experiences of being a Spanish-speaking girl of Mexican heritage living in South Texas during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Interview No. 738, Deborah Kanof

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her law school experiences, job hunting after graduation in 1978; courtroom experiences, reaction of judges and clients to female lawyers, women as prosecutors. She explains her feelings about the Women's Bar Association and Bar Banquet skits.

Our Paper 12/1984, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 27, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter

Professor J. Barre Toelken, Director of the Folklore and Ethnic Studies Program at the University of Oregon, will deliver the Marshall Dodge Memorial Folklore Lecture Thursday, February 21, at 7:30 p.m. in 100 Nutting Hall on the University of Maine (Orono) campus. His topic will be "You've Got to Watch His Lips: Image and Meaning in American Indian Humor."

Barre Toelken is one of the most distinguished folklorists in the business. He's been President of the American Folklore Society, Editor of the Journal of American Folklore, Chairman of the Folk Arts Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, and …

Interview No. 715, Sister Justa Justyn

Combined Interviews

Biography. Childhood in Old Bohemia; life in America; becoming a nun; teaching; separation from family as a result of communism in Czechoslovakia; life in China and helping Chinese people; war with Japan; changes in El Paso

Interview No. 736, Elizabeth Rodgers

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her law school experiences, hiring practices toward women attorneys, reacting to career choice by family and friends, reaction of clients to female lawyers, Women's Bar Association in El Paso, and Bar Banquet skits in the 1970' s.

Interview No. 714, José Avila

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences as a student at Texas Western College, 1964- 1967; experiences as Dean of Students, including the days of the Chicano Student Movement on campus; changes at U.T. El Paso since 1964.

Interview No. 742, Janet Ruesch

Combined Interviews

Discussion of her reasons for attending law school, experiences in law school, career developments, difficulty with residency requirements when taking the Texas Bar Exam, reactions of jurors, judges, and clients to females in law, beginnings of the Women's Bar Association in El Paso, Bar skits, and change in attitudes toward women lawyers and judges.

Interview No. 740, Pat Palafox

Combined Interviews

Discussion of law school experiences at the University of New Mexico, her law practice and municipal judgeship, the male atmosphere of labor law and negotiations. reactions to women lawyers and judges, and Bar skits.

Interview No. 713, Dennis Marquez Bixler

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; coming to the U.S. from Mexico in 1959 and early experiences here; experiences in the Army, including Vietnam; experiences as a student at UTEP, including student concerns, anti-war sentiment and the takeover of the Administration Building by MECHA and its results; outstanding professors; changes in the university

Interview No. 739, Ruth Kern

Combined Interviews

College years in Chicago, her move to Texas in 1946 and the problems encountered trying to find a job as a lawyer. She started her family law practice in 1967 and explains why she has more female clients than male. She recounts how her membership in the all-male El Paso Bar Association depended on her agreeing not to attend the annual dinner meeting where off-color skits were traditional. She tells about her political career, discrimination against women attorneys, and the founding of the Women's Ba r .

Interview No. 752, Alicia Chacon

Combined Interviews

Childhood experiences in Canutillo and Ysleta; adolescent years; the social segregation of Anglos and Mexican-Americans at Ysleta High School in the 1950s; why she did not attend college; her employment history; family life and traditions; changes in Ysleta during the past forty years; community involvement; reflections on her public service.

Interview No. 735, Kitty Schild

Combined Interviews

Discussion of college courses, law school experiences, hiring practices toward women attorneys in mid-1970' s, reactions to career choice by family and friends, reaction to female judges, and the founding of the Women's Bar Association in El Paso. She also explains her feelings about the Bar Banquet Skits in the 1970' s.

Our Paper 11/1984, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 716, Winnifred Duitman

Combined Interviews

Hi story of the Paso del Norte Porcelain Art Club

Our Paper 10/1984, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 694, María Elena García Connolly

Combined Interviews

Why her family had to leave Mexico and come to the United States in 1916; settlement in El Paso; her schooling at St. Mary's, Loretto and El Paso High; her attendance at the Texas College of Mines; work as a teacher; some Mexican American graduates from the College of Mines and their careers; professors; sports; dances. Length

Our Paper 09/1984, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Interview With Albertha Cook, Albertha Cook

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In her August 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Albertha Cook discussed her time at the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA) and the organization’s association with DHEC. Cook covered the issues with the health system and physicians not understand what sickle cell anemia was and how to diagnose it, the lack of education in Black communities on genetic disorders, and the Black community’s aversion to admitting illness. She also discussed the issues with testing for sickle cell anemia, COBRA’s sickle cell anemia program’s goals, and DHEC’s involvement with sickle cell anemia education, prevention, and treatment. This interview was conducted for …

Interview With Joe Chambers - Oh 330, Joe Chambers, Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation

Winthrop University Oral History Program

This collection consists of an interview with Dr. Joe Chambers (1932-2019) concerning his work with the Health Department in South Carolina involving sickle cell disease. Dr. Chambers begins the interview by discussing his education, his time working in public health, his military service, his medical career, and his introduction to sickle cell disease in medical school. Dr. Chambers also discusses William Saunders and his work, the objectives of the Health Department concerning sickle cell disease, genetic counseling, testing and screening, the stigma surrounding sickle cell disease, community interest in sickle cell disease, the purpose of public health services, and issues …

Interview No. 658, Thomas Conolly

Combined Interviews

Biographical synopsis; how

he learned to train horses with Rill Daley; work as a horse trainer in the U.S.; work at the Babicora Ranch in

Mexico. ownedby the Terrazas family and later by the Hearst family; work as a horse trainer and jockey.

Our Paper 08/1984, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 659, Helen O'Shea Keleher

Combined Interviews

Life history of Mrs. Keleher's father, John L. O'Shea, superintendent of railroad building in the Alamoqordo area; recollections of Alamogordo and Cloudcroft in the early days; recollections of early El Paso; recollections of the Depression years; work with Rio Vista Farm, home for neglected children

Interview No. 660, Antonio Gonzalez

Combined Interviews

Description of life on the south side durinq a period of marked antihispanic feelinq in El Paso, from approximately 1917 to 1940.

Interview No. 662, Margaret Schuster Meyer

Combined Interviews

Her father, Dr. Michael Schuster.

Interview With Louvenia Barksdale - Oh 325, Louvenia Delores Barksdale, Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation

Winthrop University Oral History Program

This collection includes an interview of Louvenia D. Barksdale (1913-1990), who founded the Sickle Cell Foundation in 1974 (which was renamed the L.D. Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in her honor). In this interview, Ms. Barksdale discusses her early life, education, and experience as an African American educator in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Ms. Barksdale also discusses her initial interest in sickle cell disease, the formation of her organization, the South Carolina Genetic Grant, the functions of the L.D. Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation (particularly testing, screening, transportation, and caring for the community), the difficulties of running the organization, donations from …

Interview No. 665, Robert Lyons

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; experiences at UTEP; past and present work
experiences; views on ethnic and sex equality, family life, fitness,
children.

Interview No. 661, Ben A. Parker

Combined Interviews

Border Patrol training; experiences working as a Border Patrol agent in
El Paso, including several anecdotes; situation along the border today