History Commons^™

Interview No. 61, Denny Moses

Combined Interviews

Early days of the University and sketches of former University presidents

Interview No. 73, Alma N. Ferguson

Combined Interviews

Early 20th Century El Paso, including downtown buildings, social customs, and prominent families.

Interview No. 59, Cecilio A. Arredondo

Combined Interviews

Sus experiencias durante la Revolucion Mexicana; El Paso en los principios del siglo XX. (Experiences as pharmacist in early 20th Century El Paso; recollections of the Mexican Revolution)

Bopf, Bill Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Len Last Name Unknown

General Holland History

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 54, Margarita Jáquez De Alcalá

Combined Interviews

El Teatro de Cd. Juárez; la administración del Presidente Municipal Carlos Villareal. (Ciudad Juarez Theater; administration of the Mayor of Ciudad Juarez) Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 63, Manuel Acosta

Combined Interviews

Autobiography; former Art teachers, including Urbici Soler; Peter Hurd; personal experiences.

Interview No. 58, Jane B. Perrenot

Combined Interviews

Biography; El Paso society in the early part of the 20th century; recreational activities.

Interview No. 75, Elizabeth R. Dyer

Combined Interviews

Early El Paso; social life and domestic activities.

Interview No. 106, Charles Armijo

Combined Interviews

The Mexican Revolution; early 20th Century El Paso; old Fort Bliss; growth of the city of El Paso.

Interview No. 491, Z. Anthony Kruszewsky

Combined Interviews

KTEP radio interview on Soviet-American relations. (On 7-inch reel only.)

Interview No. 62, William F. Webb

Combined Interviews

Early days of the University and changes it has undergone.

Oral History Interview: Anna Casto Hopkins, Anna Casto Hopkins

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Born in Jackson County, West Virginia, Mrs. Anna Hopkins spent most of her life on a farm near Beech Fork, West Virginia. After breaking her hip in 1971, she moved to Ripley, West Virginia, where she was still residing at the time of the interview. Mrs. Hopkins reminisces about her childhood experiences, farm chores, neighborhood gatherings, and holiday celebrations. She also discusses the Depression and the two world wars.

Oral History 2: Lawrence Purdy Somerville, Lawrence Purdy Somerville

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Mr. Somerville lived on a farm near Ravenswood, West Virginia, until age fourteen. He then enlisted in the army and served in the Spanish-American War as a member of the occupational troops in the Phillipines. Subjects he discusses include: life on the farm, medical and educational facilities and opportunities. Mr. Somerville also discusses the reasons for his enlistement into the army at such an early age. At the time of the interview, Mr. Somerville was residing in Vienna, West Virginia.

Interview No. 71, Dennis Vannerson

Combined Interviews

Letter with biographical information.

Ua37/6 Gayle Carver & L.Y. Lancaster Interview, Sara Tyler, L. Y. Lancaster, Gayle Carver

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Interviews conducted by Sara Tyler with Gayle Carver and L.Y. Lancaster. The majority of the interviews are about the history of the Kentucky Building and Kentucky Museum collections. There is also information regarding WKU in the 1910s through 1950s, student activities, WKU Bookstore, faculty and staff members, Henry Cherry and other information about the early history of WKU.

0028: John L. Hawkins Letters, 1928-1929, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Huntington, West Virginia, resident. Included are manuscript of a history of West Virginia compiled from secondary sources and oral tradition, personal reminiscences of 'Devil Anse' Hatfield, poetry, and personal papers. Correspondence between John L. Hawkins and Franklin D. Roosevelt, concerning the National Democratic Convention of 1932.

0034: Henry A. Smith Letter, 1881, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Marshall College student's letter to R. W. Vandal of Schilling, Roane County, West Virginia, discussing his courses, his boarding house and the community.

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Tape recordings and transcripts of oral interviews with residents in the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky Tri-State region regarding such topics as farming, schools, health care, folk customs, and many others related to life in this Appalachian region.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Marshall University Oral History Collection here.

Interview No. 154, David Carrasco

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences in the Armed Forces; education; experiences with the Peace Corps in Latin America; Job Corps Center in El Paso.

Interview With Ron Carman, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Ron Carman interviewed by an unknown interviewer ca. October 17, 1972. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview No. 30.2, George A. Feather

Combined Interviews

Information on the life of Martin Amador.

Interview No. 157, Cleofas Calleros

Combined Interviews

Early life and migration to El Paso; reenganches and railroad workers; family background; immigration in Juarez-El Paso; beginning of work with U.S. Catholic Conference; Mexican evacuation, 1904-1905; housing in El Paso; Diaz-Taft meeting; wages in El Paso; refugees; World War I (brief); deportations of the 1930s; repatriations back to the United States; the term "Chicano."

Interview No. 91.2, Mrs. Richard Falcón

Combined Interviews

Press conference regarding the circumstances of Falcón's death.

Interview No. 89, José A. Gutiérrez

Combined Interviews

Press conference concerning La Raza Unida Party and American Politics

Interview No. 88, César Chavez

Combined Interviews

Speech to Farah Strikers in El Paso

Interview No. 11, S. L. A. Marshall

Combined Interviews

Viet Nam; discussion of his military career; books he has written on military matters; political and military leaders he has known.

Oral History Interview: Mattie Spencer Price, Mattie Spencer Price

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Born at Henderson, West Virginia, Mrs. Price was a teacher for Kanawha County, West Virginia for forty-four years. As of 1972, Mrs. Price was retired and residing in Hernshaw, West Virginia. Mrs. Price relates the story of her reasons for entering the teaching profession and her career while teaching at one-room schoolhouses. She also discusses some of the situations and problems involving transportation and employment confronting the people of Hernshaw, West Virginia.

Interview With Anna Jeanne Moore Price, David Harrell Jr.

Oral Interviews Collection

A transcript of an interview by David Harrell,Jr. of Jeanie Price Moore, daughter of Jack Moore, about the healing revivals of the 1950s. Audio of this interview is held in the Holy Spirit Research Center. https://webopac.oru.edu/record=b1250846~S13

Interview No. 18.1, C. L. Sonnichsen

Combined Interviews

Career as a professor; incidents and personalities of University history; discussion of his books.

Interview No. 91.1, Abelardo Delgado, Ricardo Sánchez

Combined Interviews

Press conference concerning the issue of painting the Bookmobile of the El Paso Public Library.