Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 168, Dr. Fred Brewer

Combined Interviews

Biography; Mexican Americans in World War II; experiences as a POW; Bataan March; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 162, Frank Parga Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences at Texas Western College, 1961-1965; Chicanos in business; experiences with the National Guard; views on assimilation.

Interview No. 203, Paul Rey

Combined Interviews

Business in El Paso; his experiences in the military since World War II.

Interview No. 205, Max Weber

Combined Interviews

Biography.

Interview No. 295, Lorenzo G. Alarcon

Combined Interviews

Biography; the founding of San Elizario in 1683; the Salt War of 1877; Billy the Kid and the San Elizario Jail; Loretto School; first flour mill in San Elizario; church fire; oldest pecan tree in Texas.

Dave Kouba (With Jack Knotts), May 12-14, 1975

Hmong Oral History Project

Transcription of tapes recorded May 12-14, 1975, by Dave Kouba documenting the evacuation of General Vang Pao and the Hmong from Laos to Thailand.

Interview No. 152, J. C. Machuca

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; experiencias en el condado de Presidio, Texas; experiencias como empleado del Departamento de Migracion y escuelas publicas en El Paso; el establecimiento de LULAC en El Paso. Biography; experiences working in the County of Presidio, Texas; experiences working with the Department of Immigration and public schools in El Paso; the founding of LULAC in El Paso.

The Hensley Settlement: An Oral Folk History Of Its Material Culture, Michael Morse

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A number of aspects of the life style and material culture of a mountain settlement in Eastern Kentucky are studied to provide a portrait of life in that region in the early part of this century.

The Hensley Settlement was established about 1903 when two families, the Hensleys and the Gibbonses, moved onto a 509 acre survey on top of Brush Mountain near Middlesboro, Kentucky. luring the course of almost forty—eight years on the mountain, the settlers multiplied into a community of over eighty people and constructed in excess of 100 log buildings. They had their own school, gristmills, and …

Interview No. 153.2, Mario Acevedo

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; la Revolución Mexicana; experiencias con la discriminación; época de la Ley Seca en los Estados Unidos; el Ku Klux Klan; el G. I. Forum. Biography; educational experiences; experiences with discrimination; Prohibition; the Ku Klux Klan; G. I. Forum. Tape and transcript in Spanish

Interview No. 179, José V. Avila Escobedo

Combined Interviews

Su participación en la Revolución Mexicana en Cd. Juárez; situación económica durante la Revolución Mexicana.

Interview With Mary Denny Matthews - Oh 016, Mary Denny Matthews

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In her April 21, 1975 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Mary Denny Matthews shares her experiences as a student from 1915-1919 and her career at Winthrop from 1920-1942. Matthews lends stories of student life and how WWI shaped Winthrop. Matthews also explains why she decided not to teach and instead have a career at Winthrop. Matthews concludes her interview with details on the strike at Winthrop for equal pay for women. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

Interview No. 180, María Lucero De Cuéllar

Combined Interviews

Costumbres sociales y tradiciones de Ciudad Juárez desde 1900 hasta 1970; vida social en Ciudad Juárez; experiencias en el campo de la cultura como visitante en El Paso.

Interview No. 159, Freddy Morales

Combined Interviews

The causes and effects of the Bowie High School Incident.

Interview No. 204, Jesus J. Estrada

Combined Interviews

Biography; segregation of schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; social mores of the 1940's; work with juvenile delinquents; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 201, Lorenzo Alarcon

Combined Interviews

Biography; Salt War of 1877; life in San Elizario

Interview No. 202, Tent City Volunteers

Combined Interviews

Tiendas de campaña (Ciudad de Carpas) en El Paso ubicadas en la esqina de las caller Quinta y Ochoa en Sur El Paso. Esta campaña, llevada a cabo por varios residentes de esta area, se organizo como parte de una protesta para la consecucion de mejores viviendas. Las tres senoras entrevistadas ofrecieron sus servicios de cocina para las personas involucradas en este movimiento. La entrevista incluye informacion sobre el problema de la vivienda y los residentes de Tiendas de Campaña en la Ciudad.

Interview No. 160, Vicenta Luevano

Combined Interviews

Biografía; migración a Cd. Juárez; experiencias en trabajos; proceso de establecimiento en el barrio bajo; empleo de sus hijas; puntos de vista sobre emigración a los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 482, Guillermo Villareal

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; education; discrimination of Mexican Americans in education and jobs.

Interview No. 151, Arturo Hernandez

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; experiencias como trabajador migratorio en California, Illinois, Michigan, y Texas; experiencias como chofer en Cd. Juarez.

Oral History Interview: James A. Harmon, James A. Harmon

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

James A. Harmon was born in 1890 on his grandfather’s farm outside of Red House, WV. Mr. Harmon reminiscences about his childhood growing up on a 350-acre farm. He earned a sixth grade education at a two-room schoolhouse. When he was 14 years old, Mr. Harmon started his career on the river on the Steamer Calvert. During his interview, Mr. Harmon focuses on his varied jobs on many steamboats. Although he performed well in all of his duties, his greatest passion was engineering. He received his engineer’s license when he was 21 years old. In the audio clip provided, …

Interview No. 172, Armond Jackson

Combined Interviews

Battle for Ciudad Juarez in 1919; agriculture in the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area; Mexican immigration; bracero and mojado deportations of the 1930's.

See also Interview no. 519

Interview No. 769, Hana Farah

Combined Interviews

Describes the founding of Farah Manufacturing Company and discusses family members.

0112: Jude Stewart Papers, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

`Activities of the Church of God in Jesus' Name,' a report on a Pentecostal church in Wyoming County, West Virginia, for the Oral History Collection at Marshall University.

0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection, 1880-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Vertical Files consist of a variety of topics related to the Huntington, Ohio, and Kentucky regions of the United States. The collection covers the time period from the 1880s to the time of the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society's closure in 1974. The boxes were arranged in alphabetical order based on topic.

The bulk of the vertical file collection relates to activities, events, buildings, and personalities of the Cabell County, West Virginia tri-state area of southwestern West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and eastern Kentucky. The collection includes material related to the Civil War, railroads and transportation in West Virginia, …

Interview With Ms. Lovett, Dale Lovett, Jay Fraser, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Ms. Lovett, Dale Lovett, and Jay Fraser were all interviewed by Esther Mallard, ca. 1975.