Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 692, Wayne E. Fuller

Combined Interviews

How he came to UTEP; changes in the student body since 1955; changes the faculty and administration had; President Joseph t~. Ray and how he helped the university; thoughts on the future of the university.

Interview No. 664, Mimi R. Gladstein

Combined Interviews

Recollections of college life in the 1950s; comparison of students of the
fifties and the eighties; student protest in 1972; what the mission of the
University should be; strengths of the University.

Interview No. 657, Elouise Phelan

Combined Interviews

How Vet Village and the Vet Set club began; everyday life

in Vet Village.

Interview No. 667, Marjorie Lawson, Juan Lawson

Combined Interviews

How they first came to E1 Paso; how Mrs. Lawson first applied at the English Department, problems involved, and relations with students and faculty; how Dr. Lawson first applied at the physics department  problems involved, and relations with faculty and adminstrators; how Dr. Lawson became Dean of Science in 1975; the Lawsons' experiences and those of their Children in El Paso compared to other places; people who have had an influence on their lives.

Interview No. 666, Louise Resley Wiggins

Combined Interviews

Beginning of her career at UTEP with the Math Department;

activities as Assistant Dean of students; social life on the

campus; student unrest; minority students.

Interview No. 678, William C. Herndon

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; recollections of campus life, including students, professors, and social life.

Interview No. 663, John Phelan

Combined Interviews

Student life; life in Vet's Village; recollections of professors and students.

Interview No. 668, Héctor Holguin

Combined Interviews

Why he attended TWC;

Hispanic students on campus in the

fifties; Social life on campus.

Interview No. 689, Pollard Rodgers

Combined Interviews

Recollections of college life, 1936-41, including buildings, professors (especially Cap Kidd). students, dances, pranks, engineer initiation; reunions with Mexican engineering ex-students; the Ex-students Association; Homecoming activities in the 1930s and 1940s. Length

Interview No. 687, Virginia Fisk, Carolyn Fisk Overley, Richard Overley

Combined Interviews

Recollections of college life in the 1960s, including dorm life, the engineering fraternity and initiation;: social life; going to Juárez; college life in the 1940s, including physical aspects, social life, and sororities.

Interview No. 651, Edna Mc Iver

Combined Interviews

Memories of attending Texas Western College, including relations with students and professors; discrimination encountered while out of town on school trips; professors who influenced her.

Interview No. 684, Jackie Williams, Judson Williams

Combined Interviews

The beginning of the Music Department at the College ,of M1ines and musical programs presented; development of the Journal ism Department; how Mr. and Mrs. Williams met; faculty gatherings; the effect of World War II on the campus; the development of the Mass Communications Department; anecdotes concerning student publications; Dr. Williams' responsibilities as Dean of Students; pranks; the name change; recommendations for the future of UTEP.

Interview No. 676, Lurline H. Coltharp

Combined Interviews

Recollections of the Colleges of Mines, 1929-31, including football, the begining of the Golddiggers, and anecdote about capp kidd.

Interview No. 650, Syd Cohen, Andy Cohen

Combined Interviews

Experiences playing professional baseball (Syd played in Mexico under the name ofPablo Garcia); coaching experiences at UTEP.

Interview No. 669, Gladys J. Stratton

Combined Interviews

Reminiscences of students, faculty, and activities while at the College of Mines, 1919-1920.

Interview No. 670, Myrtle Ball

Combined Interviews

How she and her husband came to El Paso. and first teaching

experiences in the city; experiences at the College of Mines,

including stage productions.

Interview No. 686, Fay W. Nelson

Combined Interviews

The first graduating class of the Texas School of Mines, of which Mr. Nelson was one of three; administrators and professors; how Mr. Nelson began teaching at the College of Mines; the first girls on campus; the APO engineering fraternity and St. Patrick's Day activities; the co-op (bookstore) in Main Building, run by Prof. NElson; faculty parties; how she and Prof. Nelson met

Interview No. 673, C. L. Sonnichsen

Combined Interviews

How he came to the Texas School of Mines in 1927; recollections of campus life including students, professors, and administrators; changes in students through the years; courses taught; Mexican Americans on the campus; why he decided to work with the Arizona Historical Society.

Interview No. 691, W.T. Bush

Combined Interviews

How he came to school at the College of Mines; recollections of professors and students; gambling; the Prohibition era; classes. [Technical difficulties]

Interview No. 649, Neftali Ruelas

Combined Interviews

Disillusionment upon his return to El Paso after WWII; discrimination against Mexican Americans; recollections of various professors; Vet Village Trailer Camp.

Interview No. 683, Maxine Steele, Thad Steele

Combined Interviews

How Mr. Steele became a student at the College of Mines; the football program; professors and students; fraternities; St. Patrick's Day activities; t·1rs. Steele's responsibilities; dormitory life; social activities; pranks; the Outstanding Ex banquet in 1968.

Interview No. 672, Emily T. Zillich

Combined Interviews

Activities, course work. buildings. professors and

other reminiscences of the College of Mines in

the 1930s.

Interview No. 693, St. Clair Halbert

Combined Interviews

How he came to the university; growth and changes of the university; peace corps training; trust funds; various presidents he worked with; greatest satisfaction he has gotten from working at UTEP; pro~ems at the university.

Interview No. 688, John S. White

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; how he came to UTEP in 1948; recollections of administrators, professors, and buildings.

Interview No. 685, Richard W. Myers

Combined Interviews

How he came to school in El Paso; Basketball season; the 1966 Championship team, games played, celebrations; Sports Illustrated articles about black athletes. TWC-UTEP athletics in the mid-sixties

Interview No. 802, Rosa Martínez

Combined Interviews

Recalls early childhood in El Paso; schools attended; work in the Immigration Office; work as a translator in the Censorship Department; entertainment after work; recounts attitude of neighborhood toward war; overall feelings about the War.

Interview No. 690, Thomas G. Barnes

Combined Interviews

Coming to the Physics Department in 1938; faculty members; working with the Civilian Pilot Training program and war research between 1942-1945; how he wrote Foundations of Electricity and Magnetism; course load; scheduling cl asses; the name change to Texas Western College; the Schellenger Research Laboratories.

Interview No. 702, Martha Lou Broaddus, Mohrhauser J. Broaddus

Combined Interviews

Recollections of professors, sororities and fraternities, pranks, dress codes, going to Juarez, and other campus activities.

Interview No. 681, Ralph Coleman

Combined Interviews

Recollections of administrators and tuition fee; the building of the Schellenger Research Lab; St. Patrick's Day activities of the Engineering students; different sites of the Engineering Department; evolution of the Engineering Department; how the first Union Building was built; campus dances; pranks played by students and faculty; athletics.

Interview No. 642, William Strain, Valilyan Strain

Combined Interviews

Experiences during World War II; fossil hunting on Mt. Cristo Rey amid U.S. machin gun nests; Charlie Steen, "The Uranium King"; definition of "Peedoggies"; Cap. Kidd; interesting and amusing recollections of campus life; faculty members who came to El Paso for their health; teaching load.