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Interview No. 864, Julia Nail Moss Feb 1994

Interview No. 864, Julia Nail Moss

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project discusses social life among residents of Big Bend before and during acquisition of property for national park; recalls feasibility study by park system; effects of drought and overgrazing of livestock; destruction of family home by park service; offers her opinions on park service preservation policy, predator control; effect of Depression on ranchers' decisions to sell their land; family's governess; contact with Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1930s.

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Interview No. 860, Tom Leary Feb 1994

Interview No. 860, Tom Leary

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; discusses border conflict during Mexican Revolution; family's move from Rosillos to Marathon after Glen Spring raid in 1916; recalls arrival of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1930s; conditions for travel, social life; early tourist to park area; arrival of electricity and telephones; relations between ranchers and park; offers service; discusses livestock and wildlife issues, water use/availability in the park; offers insight into life at Study Butte and Terlinqua; cross-border relations with Mexican citizens.

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Interview No. 854, Bill Dodson Feb 1994

Interview No. 854, Bill Dodson

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; discusses family's manufacturing of candelia wax; provide insight to his life in Black Gap area; its wildlife , fossil collection and several natural phenomena, including slink holes and unexplained lights at night, particularly during rainy periods; discusses three-month stint during 1950s working with survey crew in the park; prospecting activities in the area.

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Interview No. 865, Cornelio Ramírez Feb 1994

Interview No. 865, Cornelio Ramírez

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; discusses building roads and bridges within the park; recalls childhood and education at Terlingua and delivering meals to miners; his involvement in rescue and recovery of hikers and tourists; recalls stint as park service crew member constructing water supply system to Chisos Basin; destruction of ranch homes and other structures by park service; construction of Panther Junction and Rio Grande Village.

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Interview No. 868, Gordon L. Black Feb 1994

Interview No. 868, Gordon L. Black

Combined Interviews

Part of Health Care on the Border Project; biographical data; recollects medical education, internship, and stint in U.S. Navy during World War II; experiences as medical technician at Southwestern Hospital; history of radiology in El Paso; recalls meeting Dr. John W. Cathcart, early El Paso, early El Paso radiologist; discusses area hospitals, including Hotel Dieu, Providence, Sierra, and Sun Towers, establishment of El Paso Cancer Treatment Center.

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Interview No. 814, Betty Seabrooke Feb 1994

Interview No. 814, Betty Seabrooke

Combined Interviews

Discusses experience as one of a group of El Paso women sent to San Antonio to learn hot to service aircraft during World War II; tells about her work at Biggs Field and El Paso Municipal Airport refueling planes; discusses social life during the war years especially dances held for servicemen at the service clubs at Ft. Bliss; describes personal encounter with Charles Lindburgh when he flew through El Paso.

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Interview No. 815, Helen Wilkins Feb 1994

Interview No. 815, Helen Wilkins

Combined Interviews

Part of World War II Project. El Paso Homefront; biographical information; recalls Fort Bliss payroll pick-up at El Paso National Bank with armed guards and sacks of money; discusses rationing and arrival of troop trains; recalls dances at Liberty Hall and Rec Hall with Big Bands such as Tommy Dorsey; reflects on POWs, Italian camp across the street from Washington Park and the German Camp at Fort Bliss.

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Interview No. 867, Roscoe Weaver Feb 1994

Interview No. 867, Roscoe Weaver

Combined Interviews

Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; provides details about CCC, its policy and activities in park prior in acquisition by National Park Service; discusses environment, plant life, and wildlife of Chisos Basin and other areas; relations with Castolon residents and other communities along the Rio Grande; describes typical CCC work day; tells of strike at Chisos Basin in dispute with U.S. Army officer and subsequent arrival of armed troops from Fort Bliss; economic and social benefits of CCC; environmental changes in Big Bend 1942-1992.

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Interview No. 813, Rosa Kondo Honda Jan 1994

Interview No. 813, Rosa Kondo Honda

Combined Interviews

Recalls her experiences as one of the few non- Mexicans enrolled at Bowie High School; social activities, economic conditions during the Great Depression; El Paso movie theaters; evidence of discrimination against Mexican by Anglos; reaction of Japanese community to bombing of Pearl Harbor; discusses confiscations of her U.S. identification card by U.S. officials during an attempt to cross the international border to visit her parents in El Paso; subsequent expulsion to Mexico city; Reflects on Japanese detainees; private Japanese school in Mexico city; Reflects on Japanese assimilation into Mexican society; views of the Mexican people.

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Interview No. 1621, Albert Blumenthal, Frances Blumenthal Jan 1994

Interview No. 1621, Albert Blumenthal, Frances Blumenthal

Combined Interviews

He did basic training for the Army in Maryland. Mrs. Blumenthal was 10th Sun Queen in 1944 at the Sun Carnival. Describes how there was no parade because of rationing, but the festival was still held. Mr. and Mrs. Blumenthal moved to Toledo after the war, but returned to El Paso in 1946. Mr. Blumenthal describes his role in getting Cancer Treatment Center in El Paso. Discusses creation of a medical center area around the old St. Joseph’s Hospital, and negotiating the purchasing of land to build the treatment center. Mr. Blumenthal also describes the death of his father when …

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Interview No. 830, Barbara Leigh Rees Dec 1993

Interview No. 830, Barbara Leigh Rees

Combined Interviews

Part of Health Care on the Border Project; childhood memories of accompanying father on hospital rounds and his office in Roberts-Banner Bldg; describes father's practice, his "no appointment" system and payment by Mexican patients in silver during WW II; parents' membership in El Paso County Medical Society; Medical Society acquisition of S.T. Turner home; father's work at the Baby Sanitarium in Cloudcroft, NM, and St. Anne'S Clinic; discusses growing up in Manhattan Heights.

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Interview No. 805, Irvin Steele Dec 1993

Interview No. 805, Irvin Steele

Combined Interviews

Extensive discussions of role of Boy Scouts in civilian activities in El Paso; explains nature of Boys Scouts and her operation; recalls family's role in World War II; sentiments about return brothers from the War.

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Interview No. 806, Martha E. Sanchez Nov 1993

Interview No. 806, Martha E. Sanchez

Combined Interviews

Mentions schools attended in El Paso; work in La Popular; experiences of her family during World War II; relationship between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; overall feelings about the War.

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Interview No. 810, Francis Blumenthal Nov 1993

Interview No. 810, Francis Blumenthal

Combined Interviews

Recollects volunteer activity during World War II; experiences sentiments of having fiancee away during the War; social activities; Jewish community in El Paso; experiences as nursery aide; changing attitudes in El Paso after the War.

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Interview No. 811, Freddie Lee Reese Nov 1993

Interview No. 811, Freddie Lee Reese

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; discusses different schools attended in El Paso; Pearl Harbor; entertainment available to teenagers; memories of dining out in Juarez; work at Sears; U.S. Post Office; Biggs Army Airfield; POW's; recounts helping to entertain soldiers at William Beaumont Medical Center, changes in El Paso since the War.

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Interview No. 807, Matilde Rodriguez Nov 1993

Interview No. 807, Matilde Rodriguez

Combined Interviews

Discusses how she came to El Paso; Relationship between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; experiences of her husband in Germany during the World War II.

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Interview No. 809, Alfred Blumenthal Nov 1993

Interview No. 809, Alfred Blumenthal

Combined Interviews

Recalls immigration from Germany; early days in U.S.; acquisition of U.S. citizenship; enlistment in Army; stint as Army officer in El Paso and Pacific Theater during the War; discusses return from active duty abroad.

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Interview No. 812, John Reese Nov 1993

Interview No. 812, John Reese

Combined Interviews

Discusses dental technician training in Denver; employment at Fort Bliss; church attendance; meeting with future wife; German and Italian POW's; duty on U.S.-Mexico international bridge giving kits to Juarez-bound soldiers; recounts names of fellow employees in clinic; guarding Christmas decorations.

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Interview No. 801, Albert Lucero Nov 1993

Interview No. 801, Albert Lucero

Combined Interviews

Recounts life on the farm and experience of the World War II homefront; shares perceptions of the meaning of the war; feeling in the family regarding older siblings who were in the service; experience of rationing, attitudes toward a German family in the area; Discusses the POW camp established in Anthony, Texas to provide labor for cotton farms.

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Interview No. 803, Cecilia Concha Nov 1993

Interview No. 803, Cecilia Concha

Combined Interviews

Family background; memories of World War II years while high school student at St. Joseph's Academy in El Paso; Pearl Harbor; employment in El Paso during and after the war; serviceman brother's returning on leave; reactions in El Paso when war was over; rationing, avoiding rationing by shopping in Juarez; discrimination towards Hispanics by local businesses.

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Interview No. 821, Henry Dodson Garrett M.D., Rebecca Garrett Nov 1993

Interview No. 821, Henry Dodson Garrett M.D., Rebecca Garrett

Combined Interviews

Part of the Health Care on the Border Project; Wm. Beaumont Army Hospital during WW II; relationship between civilian and military physicians; El Paso-County Hospital; treatment of tuberculosis ; Woman's Auxiliary of El Paso County Medical Society; acquisition of S.T. Turner home by Medical Society; prevention of polio and care of polio patients in El Paso and Hot Springs, N.M.; founding of El Paso County Historical Society and its publication, Password.

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Interview No. 808, Alfred Ratner Nov 1993

Interview No. 808, Alfred Ratner

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Recollects working experiences with various El Paso department stores including The White House, Myron's, and Franklin's; discusses activities of the Office of the Price Administration (OPA); Italian POW's interned at Fort Bliss; rationing; business climate in El Paso during the War.

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Interview No. 804, Tommie Gillespie Nov 1993

Interview No. 804, Tommie Gillespie

Combined Interviews

Recalls nursing and nursing training during WWII; El Paso health care facilities including Providence Hospital, Hotel Dieu, Southwestern General Hospital, and William Beaumont Hospital; discusses bond drives; involvement in Civilian Defense and other homefront activities; El Paso physicians and the medical profession in general.

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Interview No. 882, Ewing C. Waterhouse Nov 1993

Interview No. 882, Ewing C. Waterhouse

Combined Interviews

Part of World War II: El Paso Homefront Project; discusses architectural work and day-to-day maintenance performed at Fort Bliss, Logan Heights, and Biggs Field.

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Interview No. 822, Venice E. Neilsen Gibney Oct 1993

Interview No. 822, Venice E. Neilsen Gibney

Combined Interviews

Part of Health on the Border Project; experiences with U.S. Army Nurse Corps; assignments at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, at Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan, and at 350th MASH Unit at Wm. Beaumont Army Hospital; treatment of polio patients; closing of Hotel Dieu and Newark Maternity Hospital; discusses nursing profession.

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Interview No. 883, Roger S. Mccabe Oct 1993

Interview No. 883, Roger S. Mccabe

Combined Interviews

Part of WWII El Paso Homefront Project; remembers joining Illinois National Guard; active duty at Fort Bliss; training; activity at Fort Bliss after bombing of Pearl Harbor; overseas duty.

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Interview No. 800, Tom Lea Oct 1993

Interview No. 800, Tom Lea

Combined Interviews

Interview covers his life and his literary and artistic careers in detail. Topics include: El Paso history, the Mexican Revolution when his father, Tom Lea, Sr. was mayor of El Paso, 1915-1917; formative years in El Paso; major influences on his art; his years at Chicago Art Institute, 1923-1933; mural competitions sponsored by WPA during the Depression; experiences as war correspondent, 1941-1945, for Life magazine; description of research, writing, and illustrating his books, 1949-1968; reflections on his work as a studio painter, 1960-1994. A complete outline of interview accompanies transcript.

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Interview No. 1620, Jane S. Bargman Oct 1993

Interview No. 1620, Jane S. Bargman

Combined Interviews

She describes growing up in the home of a medical doctor, her father. Parents had immigrated to New York from Germany. Dr. Spier had attended medical school in Germany. The couple moved to El Paso before Mrs. Bargman was born. She recalls that her father took care of the medical needs for the family until she was six or seven. She attended Dudley School until it was shut down, and then transferred to Mesita Elementary School. Her father’s main practice was delivering babies, but he performed surgeries as well. Mrs. Bargman gained medical knowledge through taking calls and helping his …

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Interview No. 890, Rafael Navarro Mendoza Jul 1993

Interview No. 890, Rafael Navarro Mendoza

Combined Interviews

Part of WWII-Mexican Air Force Oral History Project; recalls military training in Georgia and Oklahoma; attending military schools in Mexico, France and Italy.

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Interview No. 889, Genaro Romero Parra Jul 1993

Interview No. 889, Genaro Romero Parra

Combined Interviews

Par of WWII-Mexican Air Force Oral History Project; discusses enlistment; training in U.S.; Pacific Theater.

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