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Interview No. 901, Aurelio Torres Felix Sep 1995

Interview No. 901, Aurelio Torres Felix

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; praises ASARCO as the "best engineering school in Mexico"; discusses effect of Mexicanization on mining industry in Mexico.


Interview No. 897, Enrique Gaitán Cortez Sep 1995

Interview No. 897, Enrique Gaitán Cortez

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts early experiences of operating gold mine at Minillas, Durango, mercury mines at Atontonilco, Zacatecas, and Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, and antimony mines at Tanger and Pacheco, Zacatecas; first flotation mill at Velardeña, Durango; Mexican government agency Comisión de Fomento Minero; mining property selection; decline of independent miners.


Interview No. 900, John T. Humphreys Aug 1995

Interview No. 900, John T. Humphreys

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; shares memories or early jobs in mining industry in Montana, Honduras and Nicaragua in 1940s; working and living conditions; high points of career managing San Francisco del Oro near Parral, Chihuahua; economic factors affecting mines in 1950s; Mexicanization.


Interview No. 896, Alejandro Gaitán Cortez Aug 1995

Interview No. 896, Alejandro Gaitán Cortez

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; shares recollections of silver, lead, and zinc mines in vicinity of San Juan de Guadalupe, Durango, at Sierra de Ramírez; gold, silver, and lead mines at Minillas, Zacatecas; developing and operating mercury mines in district of La Rosa, Durango; recognition of mercury minerals, especially calomel (HgCI); methods of retorting mercury ores; retort fuels; general working conditions.


Rogers, Bill Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jul 1995

Rogers, Bill Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Stroh, Roger Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jul 1995

Stroh, Roger Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Vande Water, Randy Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jul 1995

Vande Water, Randy Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Leenhouts, Jack And Thelma Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jul 1995

Leenhouts, Jack And Thelma Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Kooiker, Ken And Marilyn Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Kooiker, Ken And Marilyn Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Harper, Beverly Frego Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Harper, Beverly Frego Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Freestone, Marvin And Margie Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Freestone, Marvin And Margie Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Hoekstra, Harry A Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Hoekstra, Harry A Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Appledorn, Barbara J Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Appledorn, Barbara J Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Van Slot, Andy Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Van Slot, Andy Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Overbeek, Larry Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Overbeek, Larry Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Van Vyven, Margaret Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Van Vyven, Margaret Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Bredeweg, M Dawn Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Bredeweg, M Dawn Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Karsten, John Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Karsten, John Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Duistermars, Mary Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Duistermars, Mary Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Van Howe, Kristi Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

Van Howe, Kristi Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


De Blecourt, Jaap R Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch Jun 1995

De Blecourt, Jaap R Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Some Recent Publications Of Maori Texts, John Charlot Jun 1995

Some Recent Publications Of Maori Texts, John Charlot

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Wichers, Neil E Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch May 1995

Wichers, Neil E Oral History Interview: Tulip Time, Jason Valere Upchruch

Tulip Time

No abstract provided.


Interview No. 873, George Concha Mar 1995

Interview No. 873, George Concha

Combined Interviews

Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; recollects active duty in Pacific Theater, including bombardment of Tarawa, central Pacific island, and battle of Okinawa; reflects on role models in Company E, the all-Hispanic unit from El Paso , 141st Regiment, 36thTexas Division.


Interview No. 874, Pollard Rodgers Mar 1995

Interview No. 874, Pollard Rodgers

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; settlement of Chamizal dispute; organization Chamizal construction field force; construction of principal projects; relocation of railroad yards and track, International bridges, Rio Grande channel; construction of new river chanel; cooperation between U.S. Commissioner Joseph Friedkin and Mexican Commissioner David Herrera Jordan.


Interview No. 872, Betty J. Ligon Mar 1995

Interview No. 872, Betty J. Ligon

Combined Interviews

Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; discusses journalism career at PATEX Ordnance Plant, Amarillo TX, and various newspapers in West Texas; taking flying lessons; reflects on ethic isolation, discrimination and segregation during WWII.


Interview No. 881, José Cisneros Jan 1995

Interview No. 881, José Cisneros

Combined Interviews

Recollects immigration from Mexico to U.S.; art career; friendship with artist/author Tom Lea, typography and book designer Carl Hertzog.


0613: Paul D. Stewart Papers, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1995

0613: Paul D. Stewart Papers, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains documents and correspondence by John Seeley of New Jersey, and Jonathan Taylor of the 24th Ohio Infantry, Co. D. Jonathan Taylor materials include discharge papers from June 1864 and a letter to his sisters and brother in Chattanooga, Tennessee from March 1864 discussing camp life. John Seeley materials include an envelope to Mrs. Charles Seeley (his mother) in Bridgeton, New Jersey, as well as two letters, both to his mother. The letters, from March 1862 and December 23rd of an unknown year, cover camp life, including Christmas, religion, and daily events among other topics.


Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein Dec 1994

Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein

Combined Interviews

Recollects early childhood and adolescence in Poland; ghetto life under Nazi occupation; slave labor camp at Plaszaw; Auschwitz experience; war effort in Czechoslovakia; liberation.


Interview No. 871, Robert Upton Dec 1994

Interview No. 871, Robert Upton

Combined Interviews

Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; recollects brief period spent in Los Alamos, NM. and his impressions of Manhattan Project physicists Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi; work experience at Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia Laboratory, Albuquerque, and Imperial Valley, CA; German POWs at Fort Bliss, including Werner von Braun.