History Commons^™

Interview No. 768, Colbert Coldwell

Combined Interviews

Recollections of Coldwell and Eubank families, who settled in the El Paso area before the arrival of the railroads and farmed in the Lower Valley.

Interview No. 761, James F. Hulse

Combined Interviews

Discusses early years of the law firm, in particular cases he handled in the 1930's.

Interview No. 748, Nevil Shed

Combined Interviews

New York native, first impressions of Texas Western, experiences playing basketball for TWC, the 1966 basketball season, coaches Moe Iba and Don Haskins, the Final Four, the TWC-Kenntucky championship game

Interview No. 759, Orsten Artis

Combined Interviews

Experiences playing basketball for TWC, the 1966 basketball season options of coaching staff, black-white controversy.

Interview No. 756, Wesley E. Stiles

Combined Interviews

Early Border Patrol History in Del Rio, Texas; Immigration Law.

Interview No. 762, Leona Washington

Combined Interviews

Her experiences growing up and living in El Paso, the segregation she encountered, her relationship with Hispanics and the contributions of Blacks to the city.

Interview No. 765, Ruth Nash King

Combined Interviews

Discusses social and cultural activities of blacks in El Paso during the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Interview No. 751, Frances Hills

Combined Interviews

Childhood in El Paso; attendance at Douglass School; the black experience in El Paso including typical occupations, recreation, shopping, and medical care; her college years in Alabama; career in Civil Service; relationships with Hispanics; segregation; Jim Crow cars; some discussion of anti-discrimination ordinances in the 1960s.

Interview No. 717, José I. Oaxaca

Combined Interviews

Brief biographical data, recollections of his experiences as an engineering student in the 1980s, his scholarship, St. Pat's Day

Interview No. 718, Wilson H. Elkins

Combined Interviews

Recollections of his years as president of the College.

Interview No. 723, Fred W. Hanes

Combined Interviews

Discusses his career development, assesses the weaknesses and strengths of the UTEP Library, tells of his relationships with different administrations and the planning and construction of the new library building, which was completed in 1984.

Interview No. 763, Wyndham Kemp White

Combined Interviews

Southern background, his childhood summers in Virgina, college years at VMI, ancestors' role in Civil War, polo playing in El Paso and Juarez, horses, shows, and ranching.

Interview No. 710, Nancy Hamilton

Combined Interviews

Campus activities, including sorority life, dances, St. Patrick's Day initiation, and pranks; the Journalism Department; recollections of professors and students; desegregation of Texas Western College in the 1950s.

Interview No. 711, Rosa Guerrero

Combined Interviews

Experiences at Texas Women's University at Denton in 1953; Experiences at Texas Western College in the 1950s; her work in South El Paso; the significance of UTEP to the El Paso community.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.