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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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 716, Winnifred Duitman

Combined Interviews

Hi story of the Paso del Norte Porcelain Art Club

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

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.

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 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

Interview No. 679, Don Hagans

Combined Interviews

How he decirled to go to UTEP; how he became President of the Student Senate; student movements on the campus; campus activities in the 1960s; views on the future of UTEP.

Interview No. 697, R. Milton Leech

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; how he came to Texas Western College; the beginning of the Drama and Speech program (and eventually the Drama and Speech Department), and the first plays produced; persons from Fort Bliss who helped the drama program get started; favorite productions; former students who have gone on professionally in the theatre and in higher education; administrative work, including Executive Director of Mission '73, Assistant to the President (Dr. Ray), the first Vice President at UTEP, and Acting President, student unrest and ethnic concerns, changes and condition in curriculum, facilities and activities; contributions to the Drama Department since 1971; future …

Interview No. 695, Tom Chism

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; how he came to Texas Western College; activities as BSU director; faculty and staff he has known; his work on the committee to desegregate El Paso in the late fifties; how he became Director of Student Activities; the designinq of the new Union Building; the Lyceum Series; the Film Series; New Student Orientation Proqram; the International Student Office; recruiting program; Study Skills and Tutorial Service; housing problems; various university personalities; the ye~rs of the student revolution; Templeton's administration; commencement; various anecdotes.

Interview No. 680, Jackson Turrentine

Combined Interviews

Speech: "Autobiography of an El Paso Schoolboy".

Interview No. 656, Luis R. Lujan

Combined Interviews

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. 675, Catherine Kistenmacher

Combined Interviews

Recollections of the College of Mines, 1944-48.

Interview No. 677, Esperanza Moreno

Combined Interviews

How she became a librarian; how she came to work at the College of Nursing and Allied Health; recollections of students, faculty, and personal activities while at TWC; her activities while in school; her activities in the Catholic Church; how she met her husband; the CAYOPE Club (Catholic Young People's Organization).

Interview No. 664, Mimi R. Gladstein

Combined Interviews

Recollections of college life in the 1950s; comparison of students of the
fifties and the eighties; student protest in 1972; what the mission of the
University should be; strengths of the University.

Interview No. 692, Wayne E. Fuller

Combined Interviews

How he came to UTEP; changes in the student body since 1955; changes the faculty and administration had; President Joseph t~. Ray and how he helped the university; thoughts on the future of the university.