Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 646, Arthur Adams

Combined Interviews

Experiences as a Border Patrol agent,1948-1957; working with Chinese illegal

aliens, 1950s; experiences with the U.S. Customs Service .

Interview No. 1760, Parra

Combined Interviews

Parra started working at Farah in the Spring of 1968, she then quit for two years and came back in 1969. She decided to go back because his son wanted to go to college and Parra wanted to support him monetarily. After a couple of years, she started to get tired of the continuous bad treatment, soon after the strike began.

As soon as she started to work for Farah, she noticed the different and superior type of treatment each worker received. Parra remembers some of the workers would go out with managers to try and get a raise. She …

Brown Tucker Interview - Part 1 (Calloway County), Calloway County, Kentucky, Brown C. Tucker, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection

An interview with Brown Tucker of Murray, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on the origin and history of community names of Calloway County, Kentucky.

Interview No. 609, Richard Ross

Combined Interviews

Join the Marine Corps and due to accident was discharged honorably in Houston. He has dedicated most of his time doing sketches. He especially finds pleasure doing so in Mexico, do to the typical decorations and customs. he relates his experiences in an encampment in Mexico.

Stielstra, Jennie Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Don Van Reken

General Holland History

No abstract provided.

Oltman, Theodore V And Helen Oral History Interview: Old China Hands Oral History Project, Julie Van Wyk

Old China Hands Oral History Project

This project was made possible by a grant from the Youthgrants 1n the Humanities Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency established by Congress to promote research, education,and public activity in the humanities.

Bulthuis, Klaas Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Don Van Reken

General Holland History

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 1748, Gisela Avalos

Combined Interviews

Her name is Gisela Avalos and she was fighting in the strike in May 9th. She says that they were fighting for their rights that she knew they were violating them. She also mentions that she had a husband in that time and he accepted to leave her because she needed to become a new person. She says that at the beginning they wouldn’t so anything about the company violating their rights, but they got tired and they went to the union to protest for women rights, but many men won’t listen to them and that had to be change. …

Floyd Lewis Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project Ii, Deborah A. Lenning

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

James Siplon Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Nancy L. Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Vanderbush, Alvin W Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Nancy Swinyard

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

Muilenburg, John And Virginia Oral History Interview: Old China Hands Oral History Project, Julie Van Wyk

Old China Hands Oral History Project

This project was made possible by a grant from the Youthgrants 1n the Humanities Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency established by Congress to promote research, education,and public activity in the humanities.

“They Made Us Dance In The Pig Trough!” Mrs. Blanche Story’S Oral Accounts Of Dating, Courtship, Marriage And Sexual Attitudes In Northcentral Nebraska, 1885-1910, Gayle Waggoner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Oral recollections concerning dating, courtship, marriage and related attitudes were collected from a single informant, Mrs. Blanche Story of Butte, Nebraska. Through in-depth questioning during twelve tape-recorded interview sessions, value- and attitude-oriented accounts were secured for the years 1885 to 1910, the late frontier period in northcentral Nebraska. These detailed reminiscences focus on common life experiences related to interpersonal relationships and the institutions related to them, resulting in a personal or folk history. The single greatest problem in research was the lack of documentation for the attitudinal content of the texts. Corroboration of both specific information and broad patterns of …

Talman, Rose Oral History Interview: Old China Hands Oral History Project, Hope College

Old China Hands Oral History Project

This project was made possible by a grant from the Youthgrants 1n the Humanities Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency established by Congress to promote research, education,and public activity in the humanities.

Interview No. 304, Kenneth Flynn

Combined Interviews

Views on problems of the border; the work of Project Bravo; uniqueness of Ciudad Juárez / El Paso; non-Mexican American ethnic groups in El Paso.

Interview No. 287.3, Organization Of U. S. Border Cities (Ousbc)

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of meeting held in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Interview No. 339, Ed Kerley

Combined Interviews

Talk on the Maquiladoras.

Floyd Lewis Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project I, Deborah A. Lenning

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Bruce, Elizabeth Gordon Oral History Interview: Old China Hands Oral History Project, Julie Van Wyk

Old China Hands Oral History Project

This project was made possible by a grant from the Youthgrants 1n the Humanities Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency established by Congress to promote research, education,and public activity in the humanities.

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson

WKU Administration Documents

An interview on June 27, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Carlton Jackson.

Kleis, Clarence Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Nancy Swinyard

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

George Petropolous Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Deborah Lenning, Nancy Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Radus Kemperman Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Deborah A. Lenning, Nancy L. Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Platz, Jessie Oral History Interview: Old China Hands Oral History Project, Julie Van Wyk

Old China Hands Oral History Project

This project was made possible by a grant from the Youthgrants 1n the Humanities Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency established by Congress to promote research, education,and public activity in the humanities.

Russell Hershberger Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Deborah A. Lenning, Nancy L. Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Interview No. 338, Gerald L. Coyle

Combined Interviews

"Work of the INS in the El Paso Area."

Interview No. 457, Adolfo Gonzalez D.

Combined Interviews

Relata detalles de un incidente en el cual afirma que fue detenido por unos oficiales de Inmigracion en un puente en El Paso.

Cleo Colburn Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Deborah A. Lenning, Nancy L. Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Rudolph Marxer Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Deborah A. Lenning

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Yntema, Dwight B With Clara E Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Nancy Swinyard

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.