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Full-Text Articles in Oral History
Mark Stevens, Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens, Mark Stevens
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mark Stevens discusses his time as a law student at St. Mary’s University School of Law as well as his early legal career as a criminal defense attorney. He explains how he helped create the Criminal Justice Clinic and details memorable cases from his time as a supervising attorney there. Mark also discusses his teaching philosophy and how the clinic works with the community.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Robert Mueller, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Robert Mueller, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
The interview focuses on the demographic in COPS/Metro and its impact. In particular, he speaks to demographic change in San Antonio and COPS/metro over the years. Furthermore, Robert talks about COPS/Metro’s ideal future. It also contains Robert’s memorable moments in the organization and what he learned from it.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Maria Tijerina, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Maria Tijerina, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
Maria gave her thoughts about how the COPS/Metro is evolving in its racial dynamics, and how it now includes more ethnic groups and organizations. She commented on how the racial climate and tension in San Antonio has always been hard for minority groups, particularly on the Westside. She gave an extreme and yet real example about redlining. Maria also shared her thoughts on the decision-making process and the future of the COPS/Metro.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Gabriella Parra
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Gabriella Parra
COPS/Metro
Sister Gabriella Lohan discusses her background in education. She explains how she became involved with COPS and some initiatives she has worked on. She discusses what she has experienced in her time with COPS.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Lizzy Gore, Gabriella Parra
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Lizzy Gore, Gabriella Parra
COPS/Metro
Lizzy Gore discusses her time with COPS and the extended network of social organizations as well as her background in education. She explores how her education has affected her role as an organizer and what she has learned through organizing. She also discusses her personal background and future hopes for COPS initiatives.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Rita Nealon, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Rita Nealon, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Rita Nealon shares her experiences with COPS/Metro over her years in San Antonio. She talked about COPS success and the key role women played in challenging the status quo and advocating for the needs of their community. She talked about actively working within her community for affordable housing, gun control and voter turnout. She hopes the organization will continue to focus on local issues and empower marginalized communities.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Rose Araujo-Iracheta shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro advocating for community needs, focusing on persistence, collaboration and resilience. She emphasized the role that social justice plays in her motivation to assist co-workers, neighbors, school districts and all communities of San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Kensley Dieckow
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Kensley Dieckow
COPS/Metro
In the oral history interview of Sr. Gabriella Lohan, she discusses San Antonio’s social and political history, as well as the role COPS / Metro Alliance has played in reaching marginalized communities across the city. Over time, COPS / Metro has adapted to new issues like education and fair banking, reflecting changing community needs while staying true to its core mission of empowering citizens and promoting democracy. Throughout the interview, Sr. Lohan explored the role her faith has played throughout her life’s work in social justice.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Kensley Dieckow
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Kensley Dieckow
COPS/Metro
In the oral history interview of Linda Davila, she reflects on her involvement with COPS, starting from its early days in 1974 when the organization tackled issues like flooding, to her recent efforts, as a leader from St. Timothy Parish, in advocating for affordable housing. Linda discusses the importance of community listening sessions and the role personal stories played in her passion for social justice. Despite changes in community support and expansion of COPS / Metro's reach across San Antonio, the organization remains dedicated to listening to community needs and relationship building. Looking ahead, Linda sees COPS / Metro continuing …
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Bernadette Barrett, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Bernadette Barrett, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
Sister Bernadette Barrett shared her thoughts about the racial shift and demographic change in COPS/Metro and San Antonio. Furthermore, she discusses how COPS/Metro uses diverse voices in its decision-making process and empowers young people and minority groups to come to the table with high-ranking city executives. Lastly, Sr. Bernadette reflects on her takeaways from her work in community organizing with COPS/Metro.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
In her interview, Linda explained her role in COPS/Metro and shared her optimistic point of view on racial dynamics in San Antonio and COPS/Metro. She also shared examples of COPS/Metro expanding its membership beyond the West Side and increasing diversity within its organization. However, she claims more work must be done regarding immigration rights. Lastly, Linda shared memorable experiences from her work with COPS/Metro, including collaborating with Texas State Representatives on immigration legislation and city officials on affordable housing bonds.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Gabriella Parra
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Gabriella Parra
COPS/Metro
Rose Araujo-Iracheta shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro advocating for community needs, focusing on persistence, collaboration and resilience. She emphasized the role that social justice plays in her motivation to assist co-workers, neighbors, school districts and all communities of San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Theresa Pohl
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Theresa Pohl
COPS/Metro
Christina Castro spoke about the impact that COPS has had on the city of San Antonio and the surrounding neighborhood. The topics included; housing, corporate meetings, flood control, community impact, and more.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Sarah Neal
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Sarah Neal
COPS/Metro
Christina talks about a man who died in a house fire because he had no city services (water, electricity, etc.) She mentioned how sewers would back up into people's kitchens during major rain events. Christina talks about how COPS mentored one woman, Julia Sanchez, in particular so that she could present at City Hall. This lady told her story which helped pass a bond to get the flooding and sewers fixed. Christina also talked about the need for Senior Housing and the building of “market rate” apartments which did not help the seniors because they could not afford the market …
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Theresa Pohl
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Theresa Pohl
COPS/Metro
Linda Davila spoke about the impact that COPS has had on the city of San Antonio and the surrounding neighborhood. The topics included storytelling, involvement, disagreements, community impact, and more.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Christina Castro shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro advocating for resources and addressing substandard living conditions. She discussed her involvement in various social justice initiatives, including advocating for affordable housing, school tax abatements, and accessible neighborhood libraries. She spoke of the importance faith has in driving her activism. Christina also shared some memorable moments of empowerment, delivering community wins for educational partnerships scholarships, after-school programs, and economic development projects.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Willie Mae Clay, Gabriella Parra
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Willie Mae Clay, Gabriella Parra
COPS/Metro
Willie Mae Clay discusses her educational background and how she applied this in her work. She explains how her passion drew her to COPS/Metro Alliance.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Sarah Neal
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Sarah Neal
COPS/Metro
In this interview, Rose Araujo-Iracheta discusses her involvement with COPS/METRO and the environmental and community improvements in the southwest side of San Antonio, particularly focusing on drainage, flooding, and infrastructure.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendonza, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendonza, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
In his interview, Steve Mendoza reflected on the history of redlining and resource inequality in San Antonio and the impact it’s had on the neighborhoods COPS/Metro serves. He also discusses demographic changes within the COPS/Metro organization. He prides himself on the success of COPS/Metro’s Project Quest education program that has benefited the people living on the Westside. Looking to the future, Steve hopes COPS/Metro develops more programs for the changing needs and demographics of San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Robert Mueller, Theresa Pohl
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Robert Mueller, Theresa Pohl
COPS/Metro
Robert Mueller spoke about the impact that COPS has had on the city of San Antonio and the surrounding neighborhood. The topics included; gun control, corporate meetings, community impact, how COPS works, and more.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendoza, Theresa Pohl
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendoza, Theresa Pohl
COPS/Metro
Steve Mendoza spoke about the impact that COPS has had on the city of San Antonio and the surrounding neighborhood. The topics included; Project QUEST, youth involvement, disagreements, community impact, and more.
Cops/Metro Alliance- Stmu Oral Histories With Lizzy Gore, Kensley Dieckow
Cops/Metro Alliance- Stmu Oral Histories With Lizzy Gore, Kensley Dieckow
COPS/Metro
In the oral history interview of Lizzie Gore, she shares her motivations behind pursuing a career in social justice and personal journey joining the COPS organization. She reflects on the challenges she faced going to community organizing from an education background. Lizzy shares a proudest moment involving the Cassiano Homes Project, where a struggling community, with COPS' support, successfully advocated for city funding to improve housing conditions. Looking to the future, Lizzy sees COPS evolving to meet the changing institutional landscape in San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Rita Nealon, Sarah Neal
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Rita Nealon, Sarah Neal
COPS/Metro
Sister Rita talks about the horrible conditions of the roads on the Westside of San Antonio back in the 1970 and how they were much better when she came back to San Antonio in the1990. Sister Rita tells a story of two girls who were very poor and had to walk home in 18 inches of water because of flooding and how their house door was made of particle board. Sister Rita also talked about how proud she was of the kids who became teachers and nurses despite their poor living conditions and parents being immigrants or not speaking english. …
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Maria Tijerina, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Maria Tijerina, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Maria Tijerina shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro emphasizing the importance of volunteering and community involvement. She discussed how COPS helped her become more active in her community, advocating for higher city wages and improving public housing. She also discussed challenges her parish faced through COVID pandemic and enduring high leadership turnover rates.
An Oral History Project: Shirley Knutson And Rural Ministry Initiative, Carly Bagley
An Oral History Project: Shirley Knutson And Rural Ministry Initiative, Carly Bagley
Capstone Projects
This project examines oral history methods through a series of interviews with Shirley Knutson. These interviews focus on her life and her intentions for Rural Ministry Initiative, a Lutheran residency program for clergy interns. Shirley describes her experiences in rural communities as a child, student, teacher, wife, and mother. This project aims to help historians understand ethical practices and effective principals when conducting oral history projects while also exploring historical themes of domesticity, religion, and family relations from the perspective of a woman living in the Midwest United States during the mid- to late-20th century.
Westside Sound Oral History Project, Norberto "Geremy" Landin
Westside Sound Oral History Project, Norberto "Geremy" Landin
Capstone Projects
The West Side Sound Oral History Project is a collaborative effort that stemmed from the application for a seed grant from the UTSA Westside Community Partnerships Faculty Seed Grants. The grant program serves with the intention of projects that are “likely to catalyze and support meaningful community and academic engagement across research spectrum to improve bienestar of WCP [Westside Community Partnerships] residents.” The project collects oral history interviews with community members, musicians, DJs and music enthusiasts that were/are a part of this music genre scene. West Side Sound is a genre of music that was largely influenced by a combination …
The Cobalt Oral History Project:Reflections On A Near-Century Of Archaeology, Glory Turnbull
The Cobalt Oral History Project:Reflections On A Near-Century Of Archaeology, Glory Turnbull
Capstone Projects
The CoBALT (Coastal Bend Archaeological Logistics Team) Oral History Project is a series of interviews conducted by Glory Turnbull featuring CoBALT members Bill Birmingham, Ben McReynolds, Frank Condron, Jud Austin, and Rickey Ramseur. CoBALT is a group of citizen archaeologists that protect archaeological sites and excavate in the Coastal Bend of Texas, primarily in the town of Victoria. CoBALT’s history is previously unrecorded, but features heavily in these interviews, in addition to information about Coastal Bend archaeology from the 1950s to present. The members of CoBALT have excavated, surveyed, or collected at nearly all of the archaeological sites in Victoria …
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With George Montague, Peter Coons
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With George Montague, Peter Coons
Rattlers Remember
In this interview, Fr. George Montague reflects on his time serving as a professor and chaplain at St. Mary’s University. His former office was in the Marianist Heritage House in Pecan Grove, a building he described having served over time as a laboratory, then an office, and now a storage space.
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With Jim Jakely, Euris Morales
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With Jim Jakely, Euris Morales
Rattlers Remember
In this interview, Brother Jim Jakely narrates his experience burying Marianist in the St. Mary’s University Cemetery. He describes the different characteristics that make the Marianist Cemetery unique, then goes on to explain the requirements for individuals to be buried there, as well as the various incidents that have occurred in the cemetery throughout the years.
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With Scott Sleder, Kacey Diaz
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With Scott Sleder, Kacey Diaz
Rattlers Remember
In this interview, Scott Sleder shares his experience catching pokemons around various locations of St Mary’s University, including iconic landmarks such as the Bell Tower. Sleder describes the process of capturing different Pokemon characters and reflects on the personal benefits that this activity can provide.