History Commons^™

Interview No. 161, Antonio J. Bermudez

Combined Interviews

Relaciones México-Estados Unidos; historia política y económica de Ciudad Juárez; programas de desarrollo fronterizo incluyendo el PRONAF; industrialización fronteriza; Zonas libres; biografía.

Oral History Interview: William Allen Cross, William Allen Cross

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

In his interview, William Allen Cross discusses Prohibition and bootlegging in Huntington, West Virginia. Mr. Cross was a theater manager for the Keith Albee Theater (referred to as the State Theater) in Huntington, WV. Although he did not make moonshine, he was a buyer during Prohibition. He discusses how bootleggers sold their whiskey and provides locations for stills. Mr. Cross also focuses on how to make moonshine, whiskey, and wine. He reminiscences about “the Strip” between 10^th and 11^th Streets in Huntington, WV, that served from 1925-1945 as a red-light, gambling, and bootlegging district. In the audio clip …

Interview No. 134, María López

Combined Interviews

Raza Unida National Convention of 1972; party activities at the state and local level.

Interview No. 133, Walter D. Thomas

Combined Interviews

Experiences with the Pershing Expedition; Dean Eugene Thomas of the College of Mines (his brother); early El Paso and Fort Bliss.

Boeve, William Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Don Van Reken

General Holland History

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 132, Charles C. Stewart

Combined Interviews

Autobiography.

Interview No. 131, Thomas G. Pillsbury

Combined Interviews

Autobiography.

Interview No. 130, Enrique Acevedo

Combined Interviews

Biografia; Cd. Juarez y El Paso en los primeros años del siglo XX; la reunion de los presidentes Porfirio Diaz de Mexico y William Howard Taft de los Estados Unidos en Cd. Juarez y El Paso; Cd. Juarez en los años de la Revolucion Mexicana; los años de la zona libre en Cd. Juarez; discriminacion de Mexicanos en El Paso; la eleccion del Alcalde Telles de El Paso.

Interview No. 129, John P. Savage

Combined Interviews

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

Interview No. 128, Eduardo (Lalo) De Avila

Combined Interviews

History and development of the La Raza Unida Party in El Paso; the 1972 Muniz campaign for Governor.

Parallelisms In Attitude Of Vietnam Veterans & Veterans Of The Indian Wars As Reflected In Memoirs & Oral Traditions, Charles Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Oral narratives of Vietnam War veterans, collected at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, were paralleled to the written narratives of the Indian War soldiers abstracted from existing diaries, journals and autobiographies. A statistical analysis was applied to the Vietnam War texts to discern the attitudes of the informants as a group. Informants' attitudes towards the enemy and the enemy's guerrilla fighting style were shown to be similar to the attitudes of the Indian War soldiers in both areas. Both sets of similar attitudes resulted in high levels of frustration which produced occasional atrocities. By the application of folklore and folklore fieldwork, in …

Oral History Interview Transcript With Abilene Christian University History Professors, Marsha Harper, John Robinson, Ralph Smith, Earl Brown

Owen Glen Cosgrove Papers

No abstract provided.

Oral History Interview: Doris Copley Miller, Doris Copley Miller

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Doris Copley Miller resided in Wayne and Cabell Counties, West Virginia, for the majority of her life. She discusses the history of Marshall Academy and its progression to college and university status. She also focuses on education in West Virginia. In the audio clip provided, Mrs. Miller discusses teaching in Wayne County, West Virginia. She focuses the decor of her classrooms, the number of students, and the typical school day schedule. She also discusses games and recreation played by her students.

Oral History Interview: Lucy Quarrier, Lucy Quarrier

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Lucy Quarrier was a renowned weaver and a member of the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild. During the Depression, representatives from the state of West Virginia chose Mrs. Quarrier to teach rural women how to weave. She was also an accomplished gardener and used her green thumb to create vegetable dyes for her thread and weaving materials. Mrs. Quarrier taught weaving classes and her pupils became known as “The Lucy Quarrier Weavers.” She showcased her talents at arts and crafts festivals and often gave tutorials during the festivals. In her interview, Mrs. Quarrier discusses how she learned to weave. She focuses …

Interview No. 125, Crampton Jones

Combined Interviews

Personalities and events of the Pershing Punitive Expedition into Mexico.

Interview No. 148, Guillermo Balderas

Combined Interviews

Biografia; experiencias personales desde los 1920's, inclusive las que tuvo en Mexico, El Paso, Texas, y Nuevo Mexico.

Interview No. 126, Loretto Sisters

Combined Interviews

Sister Pancratia and Sister Rose Clare of the Sisters of Loretto discuss the history and development of El Paso's Loretto Academy.

Interview No. 175, Severo Márquez

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; la Revolución Mexicana; su emigración a Estados Unidos; sus trabajos en California; repatriación a México; sus trabajos en Cd. Juárez.

Interview No. 508, Don Domingo

Combined Interviews

Recuerdos de la Revolucion Mexicana en Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua; la influenza Espanola de 1918 (La Gripa del '18); Tarahumaras en contra de Porfirio Diaz; batallas.

Interview No. 193, Eduardo Rivero

Combined Interviews

La migracion de su familia a El Paso y sus impresiones de El Paso en 1913; experiencias laborales y otras experiencias en El Paso.

Interview No. 127, Bebe H. Coonly

Combined Interviews

Autobiography; role of her family in El Paso area history, including the formation of the Hicks-Ponder company.

Interview No. 124, E. W. Rheinheimer

Combined Interviews

El Paso History; Prohibition; the medical community in El Paso.

Interview No. 327, Rafael López Kirker, Nicanora López Kirker

Combined Interviews

Biography; family history; Kirker's founding of union in company in Santa Rita, New Mexico and problems encountered.

Oral History Interview: William T. Arnold, William T. Arnold

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

William T. Arnold (Bill Arnold), a Native West Virginian, lived the majority of his life in Clay County. Mr. Arnold spent his early childhood on a farm on Galon Mountain. After the death of his father, Mr. Arnold moved with his family to various towns within Clay County. In 1911, when he was eleven years old, Mr. Arnold started his first job in coal mining, working thirteen hours a night as a water dipper. When he was eighteen years old, Mr. Arnold began working as a postman and delivered mail on a route near the New River, between the towns …

Interview No. 123, Reies López-Tijerina

Combined Interviews

Speech given at UTEP on the role of the mestizo in the Southwest; also, his political activities and philosophy.

Interview No. 121, Florence C. Melby

Combined Interviews

Biography; social customs in early El Paso; ethnic relations; founding of the Pan American Round Table; the Mexican Revolution; the Diaz-Taft meeting in 1909; career of her father.

Interview No. 118, Homer Hirsch

Combined Interviews

Mining industry in the Southwest during the early part of the 20th Century; early El Paso.

Interview No. 144.1, José Lizárraga

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; aspectos culturales de Cd. Juárez; influences de El Paso sobre la cultura de Cd. Juárez. Biography; cultural aspects of Ciudad Juárez; influence of El Paso on Ciudad Juárez culture and society. Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 144.3, Felix López Urdiales

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; condiciones socioeconómicas en Cd. Juárez a principios del siglo; la Revolución Mexicana; inmigración y los Texas Rangers; experiencias como trabajador migrante en los Estados Unidos.

Biography; early social and economic conditions in Ciudad Juárez; the Mexican Revolution; immigration and the Texas Rangers; experiences as a migrant worker in the United States.

Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 144.2, Edmundo Rodríquez

Combined Interviews

La educación industrial en Cd. Juárez; el establecimiento del Centro No. 19 en Cd. Juárez.

Technical and industrial education in Ciudad Juárez; establishment of the Centro.

Tape and transcript in Spanish.