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Interview No. 908, Salvador Treviño Mar 1996

Interview No. 908, Salvador Treviño

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts schooling and early jobs as miner; details his involvement with Mexican government as director of Comisión de Fomento Minero; tells of his years as owner-manager of various Mexican mines; discusses mining laws of Mexico from 1931-1990; tells his experiences as Director General of Peñoles; describes exploration efforts of various mining companies.

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Interview No. 909, Luis A. Jáuregui Mar 1996

Interview No. 909, Luis A. Jáuregui

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts experiences as engineer at Fresnillo 1946-1949; describes work as land surveyor; development of barite mining and processing for domestic markets.

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Interview No. 910, Evaristo Valdés López Mar 1996

Interview No. 910, Evaristo Valdés López

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes early job experiences in San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, and Santa Eulalia; recalls starting his manufacturing company and supplying Mexican mining industry followed Mexicanization.

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Margaret Jolly's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Margaret Jolly Mar 1996

Margaret Jolly's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Margaret Jolly

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Lin Poyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Lin Poyer Mar 1996

Lin Poyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Lin Poyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Pascal Boyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Pascal Boyer Mar 1996

Pascal Boyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Pascal Boyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Geoffrey M. White Response On The Book Review Forum On Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Geoffrey M. White Mar 1996

Geoffrey M. White Response On The Book Review Forum On Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Geoffrey M. White

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Interview No. 898, José J. García Jan 1996

Interview No. 898, José J. García

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project ; details job activities and responsibilities; changes in working conditions, personnel makeup, and social life in mining camp after Mexicanization; mining communities of San Antonio and San Luis at San Francisico del Oro Mine.

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Oral History Interview: Calvin Jean Zirkle, Calvin Jean Zirkle Jan 1996

Oral History Interview: Calvin Jean Zirkle, Calvin Jean Zirkle

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. This file contains an appendix of writings, photographs, and supporting information. Calvin J. Zirkle discusses: his family; his personal background; his service in the Korean War; difficulties he faced finding a job after the war; joining the military again (in the Air Force); his service in Vietnam (including being superintendent of vehicle maintenance); West Virginians in military service; his Bronze Star medal; his retirement; and other topics. This folder also contains works of poetry and prose.

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Interview No. 905, Kelly Spilsbury Jan 1996

Interview No. 905, Kelly Spilsbury

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; discusses working and living conditions in Mexican mining operations; details changes in ASARCO after Mexicanization; impressions of Jorge Larea, former CEO of ASARCO Mexicana.

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Interview No. 893, Robert C. Byrd Jan 1996

Interview No. 893, Robert C. Byrd

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts first jobs as junior engineer at Charcas and shift boss at Huayapa Mine; Taxco; describes and compare working and living conditions at O'OKiep Mine, South Africa to those in Mexican mines; describes mining units at La Prieta and Santa Bárbara; experiences at Bonanza Mine, Nicaragua, during Sandinista rebellion; later experiences in Bolivian tin mines.

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Mid-Twentieth Century Pioneering Of The Royal Slope Of Central Washington, Ellis Wayne Allred Jan 1996

Mid-Twentieth Century Pioneering Of The Royal Slope Of Central Washington, Ellis Wayne Allred

Graduate Student Projects

Pioneering of the Royal Slope in central Washington State is explored. Interviews with original settlers, especially those who arrived in 1955 and 1956, the first two years in which water from The Columbia Basin Project was available for farming on the Royal Slope, are the primary sources used. An overview of earlier attempts to settle the area without the benefit of water and power is also included.

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Winter 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Winter 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

Newspaper format

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Summer 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Summer 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

Newspaper format

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Fall 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Fall 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

No abstract provided.

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World War Ii: On The Home Front - M. Francis Coulson Interview, Jenny Sonnenberg Jan 1996

World War Ii: On The Home Front - M. Francis Coulson Interview, Jenny Sonnenberg

Adams County History

Americans love anniversaries. The fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War has afforded citizens an opportunity to remember with pride the great men and events of a war that saved the world from totalitarian tyranny. Happily, memories of World War II have not been restricted to recalling battlefield heroics or diplomatic intrigues. Across the United States, public libraries and local historical societies have commemorated the Home Front during the war years with exhibits that recapture the texture of life on farms, factories, in classrooms, and at home during what Studs Terkel has labeled "the Good War." These …

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Adams County History 1996 Jan 1996

Adams County History 1996

Adams County History

No abstract provided.

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Interview With Jane H. Adams - Oh 241, Jane H. Adams Jan 1996

Interview With Jane H. Adams - Oh 241, Jane H. Adams

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In her 1996 interview with Ron Chepesiuk, Jane Adams described her time as a 1960s radical. She covered various topics, including bohemians, socialism, beatniks, civil rights, women’s liberation and consciousness, the Vietnam War, counterculture, and World War II. Adams also discussed the Student Peace Union, SNCC and its factions, Progressive Labor, prairie populism, feminism, the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, and other ‘60s activists. Adams also briefly discussed her current work with the indigenous people of Latin America and her work as a professor. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

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0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains a manuscript by W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson titled “Farm Bureau Community History of Pea Ridge.” The manuscript includes information beyond history such as natural resources and community stories. This community was later incorporated in Huntington, West Virginia. Ms. W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924

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Interview No. 904, José Anthony Quintana Dec 1995

Interview No. 904, José Anthony Quintana

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes hospital facility and medical services provided to 3,000 mine employees and their dependents; treatment of work related injuries; surgical procedures performed at mine hospital, which were a "first" in Mexico; living conditions at mine camp of Colonia San Antonio.

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C. Dale Hopkins Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Oral Survivors Histories Collection, Dale C. Hopkins, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons Dec 1995

C. Dale Hopkins Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Oral Survivors Histories Collection, Dale C. Hopkins, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed C. Dale Hopkins on December 11, 1995 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mr. Hopkins discusses his experiences as a child during the flood.

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Interview No. 885, World War Ii Border Homefront Nov 1995

Interview No. 885, World War Ii Border Homefront

Combined Interviews

Topics presented and discussed by lectures and panelists include women's labor during the war; Mexican American women and the war, American's response to the Holocaust; the war in the lives of children; children on the homefront. Summary and Program included.

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Interview No. 894, Gabriel Elizondo Ruiz Nov 1995

Interview No. 894, Gabriel Elizondo Ruiz

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project ; describes career steps taken to become general manager at Santa Bárbara, the first Mexican national to hold this position; recounts methods implemented by IMMSA following Mexicanization to increase mine production and modernize mines and mills.

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Interview No. 903, Melchor Moriel Nov 1995

Interview No. 903, Melchor Moriel

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; details complexities of negotiating union labor contracts with mining companies; shares recollections of living conditions at La Prieta and San Francisco Mines.

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Interview No. 884, Richard C. White Nov 1995

Interview No. 884, Richard C. White

Combined Interviews

Family history; childhood; WWII combat experiences; political career (Texas House of Representatives, 1954-1958, U.S. House of Representatives, 16th Congressional District, 1964-1981); anecdotes about U.S. Presidents Johnson, Kennedy, Mexican Presidents Meteos López and Díaz Ordaz; his major Congressional accomplishments (Chamizal National Memorial; Border Highway, Casther Range, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Guadalupe Mountains National Park); Congressional trips and personal meetings with world leaders. A complete outline accompanies cover sheet.

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Interview No. 899, Arturo M. Domínguez Morales Oct 1995

Interview No. 899, Arturo M. Domínguez Morales

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; Experiences as manager of small mine in remote sierras of Chihuahua; operating practices and the environment; living and working conditions at mining camps; especially San Francisico del Oro Mine, prior to Mexicanization; changes at mines after Mexicanization; activities and changes in mission of Mexican government agencies, Comisón de Fomento Minero and Consejo de Recursos Minerales.

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Ua77/2/1 Hall Of Distinguished Alumni Induction, Alva Matherly Clutts Oct 1995

Ua77/2/1 Hall Of Distinguished Alumni Induction, Alva Matherly Clutts

WKU Administration Documents

Speech by Alva Matherly Clutts upon her induction into the WKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

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Gone But Not Forgotten: The Cultural Resources Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams Oct 1995

Gone But Not Forgotten: The Cultural Resources Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Interview No. 924, Radio Series World War Ii Oct 1995

Interview No. 924, Radio Series World War Ii

Combined Interviews

8 part radio series entitled "Legacy: The Impact of World War II" written by Barthy Byrd, member of UTEP faculty, communications Department. Topics included are: the physical impact of the war, the psychological impact of the war, the impact on African Americans and Jews, the impact on El Paso, and social impact on the war. The programs aired on PBS affiliated KTEP-FM, El Paso in September and October, 1995, Script of 8 programs accompanies cover sheet.

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Interview No. 895, Louise Ferrari De Petrucci Sep 1995

Interview No. 895, Louise Ferrari De Petrucci

Combined Interviews

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; details duties as camp administrator; reflect on changes after Mexicanization.

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