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1994

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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.


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.


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 …


Winter 1994, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1994

Winter 1994, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

No abstract provided.


Summer 1994, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1994

Summer 1994, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

No abstract provided.


The Scanlon Plan: Holland's "Work Ethic" Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey Jan 1994

The Scanlon Plan: Holland's "Work Ethic" Oral History Interview: Carl Frost Center Oral History Project, Ryan Harvey

Carl Frost Center Oral History Project

No abstract provided.