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De Pree, Max Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jul 1994

De Pree, Max Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

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Interview No. 849, Jane H. Bright Jul 1994

Interview No. 849, Jane H. Bright

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend Park Oral History Project; biographical data including service in Women's Air Service Project (WASPs) and Women Army Corps during World War II and years as school teacher; her perspective on family life and hardships in Big Bend area during the Depression; death of father during Spanish influenza epidemic, 1919-20; mother's life in Big Bend area during Mexican Revolution; Depression-era purchase and slaughter of family's cattle by U.S. government; social segregation of area's Anglo and Hispanic communities; detailed description of parent's cow-camp residence in Rosillos Mts.

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Interview No. 851, Joseph Carithers Jul 1994

Interview No. 851, Joseph Carithers

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; explains personal interest in conservation; details physical conditions of park, employee morale, and criminal activities present in Big Bend upon becoming superintendent; tells anecdote about collision of Lady Bird Johnson's airplane with an antelope; discusses ecology of park; offers perspectives on overgrazing and ecological restoration; creation of Big Bend wilderness areas; relations between Mexican citizens and government officials.

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Hallacy, Louis, Ii Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jul 1994

Hallacy, Louis, Ii Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

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Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone Jul 1994

Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone

Combined Interviews

Recalls early childhood and adolescence in Czechoslovakia; events and life in slave labor camp in Hungary; liberation.

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Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht Jul 1994

Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht

Combined Interviews

Shares thoughts on the psychological warfare used by Nazis; tells about condition in eastern Europe during the war and life in labor camp.

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Interview No. 855, James Ely Jul 1994

Interview No. 855, James Ely

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; recalls experiences as river rider preventing Mexican cattle from entering Texas during hoof and mouth disease epidemic in Mexico in the 1940s; recounts fishing activities on the Rio Grande; dangers of high water on the river; living conditions at Hot Springs; cotton farming in San Vicente, discusses killing rattlesnakes and burning river cane despite National Park Service policies prohibiting such activities.

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Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen Jul 1994

Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen

Combined Interviews

Recollections og ghetto life under Nazi Occupation; time spent in concentration camp Lithuania; reflects on treatment of Jews by fellow Lithuanians and Germans.

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Tep, Khon Oral History Interview (Cambodian): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier Jun 1994

Tep, Khon Oral History Interview (Cambodian): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier

Asian and African American Residents of Holland

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Wells, Hollis C Oral History Interview (African-American): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier Jun 1994

Wells, Hollis C Oral History Interview (African-American): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier

Asian and African American Residents of Holland

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Tran, Binh Oral History Interview (Vietnamese): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier Jun 1994

Tran, Binh Oral History Interview (Vietnamese): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier

Asian and African American Residents of Holland

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Frost, Carl Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jun 1994

Frost, Carl Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

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Bauer, Fred T Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jun 1994

Bauer, Fred T Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

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Conrad, Charles F Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jun 1994

Conrad, Charles F Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

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Singhanath, Vondgeuane Oral History Interview (Laotian): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier Jun 1994

Singhanath, Vondgeuane Oral History Interview (Laotian): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier

Asian and African American Residents of Holland

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Ruch, Richard Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jun 1994

Ruch, Richard Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

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Streur, Harold Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jun 1994

Streur, Harold Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

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Sligh, Robert L, Jr Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jun 1994

Sligh, Robert L, Jr Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

Ryan Harvey with Holland area business leaders who have utilized the Scanlon Plan, a form of management where all employees are encouraged to take a more active role in the company. Interviewees include: Fred Bauer, Dwane Baumgardner, James W. Brooks, Charles Conrad, Max DePree, Gary DeWitt, Bernard Donnelly, Carl Frost, Ron Griffith, Louis Hallacy II, G.W. Haworth, Gail Hering, Robert "Buzz" Kersman, Lawrence Lee, Seymour Padnos, Richard Ruch, Rob Sligh, David Slikkers, Delores Slikkers, Harold Streur, and Patrick Thompson. Both transcripts and cassette tapes are available for each interview.

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Padnos, Seymour K Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan C. Harvey Jun 1994

Padnos, Seymour K Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan C. Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

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Nguyen, Tung Oral History Interview (Vietnamese): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier Jun 1994

Nguyen, Tung Oral History Interview (Vietnamese): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier

Asian and African American Residents of Holland

No abstract provided.

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Mcintosh, Mary Oral History Interview (American Involved With The Vietnamese Community): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier Jun 1994

Mcintosh, Mary Oral History Interview (American Involved With The Vietnamese Community): Asian And African American Residents Of Holland, Donna M. Rottier

Asian and African American Residents of Holland

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Interview No. 859, Juan D. Hernández May 1994

Interview No. 859, Juan D. Hernández

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Ben National Park Oral History project; biographical data; recalls father's shifting of residence from Boquillas, TX to Boquillas, Mexico, to avoid immigration authorities; discusses various families and residents of Boquillas, Hot Springs, San Vicente and mining communities, border lifestyles; recalls farming in the Boquillas area; discusses acquisition of land by U.S. Government for inclusion in the national park; forced removal from Big Bend area of Mexican and Mexican-American residents.

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Thompson, Patrick Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey May 1994

Thompson, Patrick Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

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Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores May 1994

Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores

Combined Interviews

Part of the Chamizal Oral History Project; member of Electoral District Committee during election Teófilo Borunda; assignation of Cordoba Island; physicals characteristics of island; economic activities and housing of residents; stages of Chamizal Treaty, including signing and infrastructures, bridges, and canal; meeting of Mexican President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Interview No. 844, Nestor Valencia Apr 1994

Interview No. 844, Nestor Valencia

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; biographical data; history of Chamizal issue; explains origin of term Chamizal; describes his responsibilities during implementation of treaty; trip to Mexico City to work with Inter-Secretarial Commission of Chamizal Affairs; reaction of Chamizal residents to treaty; businesses forced to relocate; land use issues; transferring property and structures to Mexican government; proposed construction of alien detention facility in area; Four Point Program; national parks of both sides of border; new international bridges; initiation of the maquiladora industry.

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Interview No. 842, J. Samuel Moore Apr 1994

Interview No. 842, J. Samuel Moore

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; history of Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger, and Thurmond, law firm representing U.S. at 1911 arbitration hearing on Chamizal; role of Richard F. Burges as U.S. Associate Counsel in Chamizal arbitration hearing; historical background of Chamizal issue; Mexico City meeting of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Mexico President Adolfo Lopez Mateos; reasons for delay in setting Chamizal issue; describes Chamizal tract and discusses Public Law 88-300; relocation of Chamizal residents and businesses; paper he authored on Chamizal dispute; sources of information of Chamizal issue.

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Interview No. 835, Joaquín Bustamante Apr 1994

Interview No. 835, Joaquín Bustamante

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; recounts employment with the National Irrigation Commission in Mexico City; provides historical sketch of Chamizal issue; tell about National Border Program or PRONAF (Programa Nacional Fronterizo); role in preparation of publications El Chamizal: Solución Gráfico; relationship between boundary commissioners on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border.

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Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García Apr 1994

Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamnizal Oral History Project; biographical data; relates story of the three generation fight for 29 hectares of land lost when Rio Grande changed course; comments about his book El Chamizal, Caso Inconcluso. (See also No. 70)

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Interview No. 847, Bob Ybarra Apr 1994

Interview No. 847, Bob Ybarra

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; recollects recruitment by IBWC as border specialist and trouble shooter, history of Chamizal dispute; sentiments of residents on forced relocation; construction of new international bridges; proposed alien detention facility; highlights of Four Point Program; comments on script of historical narrative, "The Brown Report"; anecdotes about narrators in Chamizal Memorial documentary.

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Interview No. 837, Joseph F. Friedkin Apr 1994

Interview No. 837, Joseph F. Friedkin

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; biographical data; early career with IBWC Commissioner; history of Chamizal dispute; special congressional legislation authorizing payment yo property owners in Chamizal area; logistics of relocating families, businesses, railroads and utilities in land transfer,; relationship between commissioners on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border; relocating of international bridges; Four Points Program; commemorative ceremony to celebrate signing of Chamizal Treaty.

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