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Interview No. 23, Woodrow W. Bean Aug 1968

Interview No. 23, Woodrow W. Bean

Combined Interviews

Post-war development of El Paso; work with sub-committee on higher education; political campaigns; role in the building of Thomason General Hospital; the Sun Bowl, Trans-Mountain Road, and the Cordova Bridge.


Interview No. 31, William Fink Aug 1968

Interview No. 31, William Fink

Combined Interviews

Tells about his kidnapping by Pancho Villa; Villa's personality; impressions of the Tarahumara Indians.


Interview No. 40, R. E. Legross Aug 1968

Interview No. 40, R. E. Legross

Combined Interviews

Calisher's Store fire of 1990; El Paso area wildlife; farming in the El Paso area.


Interview No. 27, Chester Chope Jul 1968

Interview No. 27, Chester Chope

Combined Interviews

Early 20th Century El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; size and atmosphere of the two cities; personalities of members of the newspaper staff; political corruption; social life; Chinese population; Ciudad Juárez during Prohibition; Fort Bliss; Pancho Villa; improvements in transportation.


Interview No. 35, Eleanor Greet Jul 1968

Interview No. 35, Eleanor Greet

Combined Interviews

Career of Capt. Greet; importance of El Paso as a living place for tuberculosis patients at the turn of the century; leading families of early El Paso.


Interview No. 34, Modesto Gómez Jul 1968

Interview No. 34, Modesto Gómez

Combined Interviews

Account of early 20th Century El Paso, including saloons, schools, and city buildings.


Interview No. 38, Clarence Harper Jul 1968

Interview No. 38, Clarence Harper

Combined Interviews

El Paso politics after 1900; President McKinley's visit; early saloons and city buildings.


Interview No. 52, E. A. Wright Jul 1968

Interview No. 52, E. A. Wright

Combined Interviews

Career in Public Service; Information on Mexican Revolution


Interview No. 42, Kate Porcher Jul 1968

Interview No. 42, Kate Porcher

Combined Interviews

Life in Roswell and Las Cruces, New Mexico, during the early part of the 20th Century; early El Paso, especially the Logan family and Capt. Greet.


Interview No. 44, Mrs. Tommy Powers Stamper Jul 1968

Interview No. 44, Mrs. Tommy Powers Stamper

Combined Interviews

Early El Paso, including the history of her family; Billy the Kid; Pat Garrett's family; personalities and events of early El Paso


Interview No. 48, Mrs. Hugh White Jun 1968

Interview No. 48, Mrs. Hugh White

Combined Interviews

El Paso around the turn of the century; Capt. Greet; Chinese population; Stormsville; Pat Garrett; Tenderloin District.


Interview No. 26, Emmett Issacs May 1968

Interview No. 26, Emmett Issacs

Combined Interviews

Early recollections of his youth in the Organ-Las Cruces, New Mexico, area, including cattle ranching, Indians, homesteaders, Pat Garrett, frontier justice, stagecoach lines, mining, and the Lincoln County War.


Interview No. 12, Mr. Ernest E. Polk, Mrs. Ernest E. Polk Apr 1968

Interview No. 12, Mr. Ernest E. Polk, Mrs. Ernest E. Polk

Combined Interviews

Life in Texas in the early part of the 20th Century, including business, politics, and social life.


Interview No. 599.1, Martin Luther King Assassination Apr 1968

Interview No. 599.1, Martin Luther King Assassination

Combined Interviews

News broadcasts of the Martin Luther King assassination, with excerpts from his speech at the Washington Monument, 1963.


Interview No. 3, Henry D. Buchanan Feb 1968

Interview No. 3, Henry D. Buchanan

Combined Interviews

Incidents of El Paso history, especially the period of Ku Klux Klan strength during the 1920's; career as a priest, including his experiences as a chaplain during World War II; building of churches in the El Paso area.


Interview No. 17, Willis Walter Jan 1968

Interview No. 17, Willis Walter

Combined Interviews

Biography; incidents and personalities of New Mexico history, including Pat Garrett, Martin Lohman, and A. B. Fall.


Interview No. 570, 35th Democratic National Convention Jan 1968

Interview No. 570, 35th Democratic National Convention

Combined Interviews

News coverage of the convention. [On 7-inch reel only.]


Interview No. 572, Voices From The Past Jan 1968

Interview No. 572, Voices From The Past

Combined Interviews

25 tapes containing recordings of various political, entertainment and religious personalities.


Interview No. 575, Parade Of Presidents Jan 1968

Interview No. 575, Parade Of Presidents

Combined Interviews

Selected speeches of McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, F. D. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, L. B. Johnson.


Interview No. 576, Winston Churchill Jan 1968

Interview No. 576, Winston Churchill

Combined Interviews

Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech.


Interview No. 577, Echoes Of Two World Wars Jan 1968

Interview No. 577, Echoes Of Two World Wars

Combined Interviews

Speeches from various personalities of World Wars I and II.


Interview No. 1, Irene C. Lowe Jan 1968

Interview No. 1, Irene C. Lowe

Combined Interviews

Biography; incidents and personalities of El Paso during the 1930's; cultural and social activities; Ciudad Juárez during the 1930's; Prohibition; discrimination in El Paso.


Interview No. 6, Kenneth Flynn Jan 1968

Interview No. 6, Kenneth Flynn

Combined Interviews

Discussion of a study of South El Paso slum areas he made while a newspaper reporter, including a comparison with slum areas of other U. S. cities.


Interview No. 10, Bob Mcnellis Jan 1968

Interview No. 10, Bob Mcnellis

Combined Interviews

Career and personality of Otis Aultman, oldtime El Paso photographer, and discussion of the Aultman Collection (especially that portion of it dealing with the Mexican Revolution).


Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D. Jan 1968

Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.

Combined Interviews

Recounts immigration of family from Lithuania to U. S.; briefly sketches history of Jewish community in El Paso; father's role in founding Congregation of Mena Zion; arranged marriage of parents; opening of pawn shop in South El Paso, City Loan and Jewelry, by father and cousin Sam Ravel; shootings in El Paso at turn of century; purchase of ammunition, guns, and pistols by Pancho Villa; Columbus Raid; Pershing Expedition to Mexico; El Paso's red light district on Ninth Street in 1930s; physical examinations of prostitutes; comments on El Paso's recognition as health center for tuberculosis patients; recounts tuberculosis sanitoriums in …


Interview Nos. 51.1 -- 51.11, José María Arguedas, Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Jorge Icaza, Enrique Lafourcade, Marta Lynch, Leopoldo Marechal, Juan Rulfo, Ernesto Sabato, José León Sanchez, Augustín Yañez Jan 1968

Interview Nos. 51.1 -- 51.11, José María Arguedas, Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Jorge Icaza, Enrique Lafourcade, Marta Lynch, Leopoldo Marechal, Juan Rulfo, Ernesto Sabato, José León Sanchez, Augustín Yañez

Combined Interviews

Los autores discuten sus vidas, el trabajo e influencias en la escritura. Authors discuss their lives, work, and influences on their writing. Tapes in Spanish.


Interview No. 67, John J. Middagh Jan 1968

Interview No. 67, John J. Middagh

Combined Interviews

Speech given to th eWesterners Club on old-time El Paso bordellos.


Interview No. 2, Mrs. William Shapiro Jan 1968

Interview No. 2, Mrs. William Shapiro

Combined Interviews

El Paso during the 1940's; social and cultural activities; El Paso Symphony Orchestra; her involvement in the Conference for Human Welfare (group to promote integration in El Paso); strikers at ASARCO and Phelps Dodge refineries after World War II.


Interview No. 16, Margarita Terrazas Oct 1967

Interview No. 16, Margarita Terrazas

Combined Interviews

History of Terrazas family; Don Luis and Don Joaquín Terrazas; Silvestre Terrazas and the Correo de Chihuahua; Pancho Villa; Francisco I. Madero.


Interview No. 9, John Mccarty Jul 1967

Interview No. 9, John Mccarty

Combined Interviews

Incidents relating to Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, and other famous cowboys.