Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 127, Bebe H. Coonly

Combined Interviews

Autobiography; role of her family in El Paso area history, including the formation of the Hicks-Ponder company.

Interview No. 124, E. W. Rheinheimer

Combined Interviews

El Paso History; Prohibition; the medical community in El Paso.

Interview No. 327, Rafael López Kirker, Nicanora López Kirker

Combined Interviews

Biography; family history; Kirker's founding of union in company in Santa Rita, New Mexico and problems encountered.

Oral History Interview: William T. Arnold, William T. Arnold

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

William T. Arnold (Bill Arnold), a Native West Virginian, lived the majority of his life in Clay County. Mr. Arnold spent his early childhood on a farm on Galon Mountain. After the death of his father, Mr. Arnold moved with his family to various towns within Clay County. In 1911, when he was eleven years old, Mr. Arnold started his first job in coal mining, working thirteen hours a night as a water dipper. When he was eighteen years old, Mr. Arnold began working as a postman and delivered mail on a route near the New River, between the towns …

Interview No. 123, Reies López-Tijerina

Combined Interviews

Speech given at UTEP on the role of the mestizo in the Southwest; also, his political activities and philosophy.

Interview No. 121, Florence C. Melby

Combined Interviews

Biography; social customs in early El Paso; ethnic relations; founding of the Pan American Round Table; the Mexican Revolution; the Diaz-Taft meeting in 1909; career of her father.

Interview No. 118, Homer Hirsch

Combined Interviews

Mining industry in the Southwest during the early part of the 20th Century; early El Paso.

Interview No. 144.1, José Lizárraga

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; aspectos culturales de Cd. Juárez; influences de El Paso sobre la cultura de Cd. Juárez. Biography; cultural aspects of Ciudad Juárez; influence of El Paso on Ciudad Juárez culture and society. Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 144.2, Edmundo Rodríquez

Combined Interviews

La educación industrial en Cd. Juárez; el establecimiento del Centro No. 19 en Cd. Juárez.

Technical and industrial education in Ciudad Juárez; establishment of the Centro.

Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 144.3, Felix López Urdiales

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; condiciones socioeconómicas en Cd. Juárez a principios del siglo; la Revolución Mexicana; inmigración y los Texas Rangers; experiencias como trabajador migrante en los Estados Unidos.

Biography; early social and economic conditions in Ciudad Juárez; the Mexican Revolution; immigration and the Texas Rangers; experiences as a migrant worker in the United States.

Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 143, José Cruz-Burciaga

Combined Interviews

Experiencias de su infancia en Colorado y en Cd. Juarez; condiciones economicas y sociales en el area Cd. Juarez-El Paso a principios del siglo; influenza de 1918; racismo en Texas; la depresion en los años '30; la Mafia en Chicago; Mexicanos deportados durante la depresion.

Interview No. 141, Margarita Jáquez De Alcalá

Combined Interviews

Historia socioeconómica de Cd. Juárez y El Paso; la Revolución Mexicana; el sistema educativo en Cd. Juárez. Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 117, Jacob Rodge

Combined Interviews

Experiences as ASARCO company physician during the Mexican Revolution; topics of El Paso history.

Interview No. 145, Clemente Bolio

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; crisis economica en Cd. Juarez durante la decada de 1930 y el factor turismo; urbanizacion y mejoramiento comercial e industrial de Cd. Juarez en 1940; colonias perifericas; la abogacia en Cd. Juarez; economia de Cd. Juarez durante la Revolucion Mexicana; papel del Grl. Calles en la estabilizacion bancaria nacional; la ley seca en Estados Unidos y su repercusion economica en la frontera norte de Mexico; imagen de Cd. Juarez en el interior de la Republica y dificultades para viajar hacia el norte del pais; establecimiento del Fuerte Concordia en El Paso; zona libre en las ciudades fronterizas de …

Interview No. 116, Mario Ojeda-Gómez

Combined Interviews

Speech given at UTEP on United States-Mexico relations.

Interview No. 115, Fred W. Bailey

Combined Interviews

Early days of the College of Mines; experiences with the mining industry in Mexico; the Mexican Revolution.

Interview With Charles B. Vail And Emily Vail - Oh 178, Charles Brooks Vail, Emily Vail

Winthrop University Oral History Program

Dr. Charles B. Vail (1923-) was the sixth president of Winthrop, serving from 1973 to 1982. He is joined in this interview by his wife, Emily Vail. Grace B. Freeman, editor of the Winthrop Alumni Magazine, interviews Dr. and Mrs. Vail for an article in the publication. In this interview, Dr. Vail discusses teaching and administration at multiple institutions, serving as an administrator, and having to quit teaching. Mrs. Vail discusses her husband’s personality, voice, desire for challenges, her role as the first lady, and finishing her graduate degree. Dr. Vail also discusses deciding to be a college president at …

Interview No. 146, Armando B. Chavez M.

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; sistema educativo en el estado de Chihuahua; centros principales de Cd. Juarez en la decada de 1930 e imagen actual de la ciudad; fisonomia urbanistica de El Paso; la Depresion y su repercusion en la vida fronteriza; desempleo, repatriacion de mexicanos y consecuencias sociales; repercusiones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el factor socio-economico de Cd. Juarez; la Revolucion Mexicana y progresivo mejoramiento del nivel de vida; industria nacional; sobresueldo magisterial; reciprocidad comercial Cd. Juarez-El Paso; prerrogativas fronterizas; relaciones politico-economicas del gobierno municipal de Cd. Juarez y el gobierno central de Mexico; relaciones socio-economicas entre las ciudades fronterizas …

Oral History Interview: Forrest Atkinson, Forrest C. Atkinson

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

During his interview, Forrest Atkinson reminisces about growing up on a farm in Cabell County, West Virginia. His father was a tobacco farmer and timber cutter. He focuses on food preservation processes and home entertainment, including music and books. He also focuses on changes in technology during his lifetime. In the audio clip provided, Mr. Atkinson discusses raising and selling tobacco.

Interview No. 147, Manuel Rodriguez

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; situacion economica en el area El Paso-Cd. Juarez (1940-1973); gradual aumento de sueldos; residentes de Estados Unidos en Mexico.

Interview No. 111.2, Jorge Fernandez

Combined Interviews

Impresiones de la Universidad, la ciudad de El Paso, y en general los Estados Unidos.

Impressions of the University, the El Paso area, and the United States.

Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 111.1, Fernando Crisosto

Combined Interviews

Impresiones de la Universidad, la ciudad de El Paso, y en general los Estados Unidos.

Impressions of the University, the El Paso area, and the United States.

Tape in Spanish.

Oral History Interview: Frank Brooks, Frank Brooks

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Frank Brooks was born in Fayette County, WV, but grew up in Carter County, KY, in the early 1900s. He attended a one room school house through the third grade. Mr. Brooks began working in coal mines with his father in Borderland, WV, when he was 13 years old. In the audio clip provided, he discusses his first time in a coal mine. He focuses on how he tried to appear bigger than he was in order to be able to work. In his interview, Mr. Brooks compares and contrasts the labor conditions in the mines before and after unionization. …

Interview No. 120, Howard Mccord

Combined Interviews

Biography; influences on his poetry.

Interview No. 110.2, Paulino Viteri

Combined Interviews

Impresiones de las Universidad, la ciudad de El Paso, y en general los Estados Unidos.

Impressions of the University, the El Paso Area, and the United States.

Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 109, Francisco Noriega

Combined Interviews

La Revolucion Mexicana; Mexico en los ultimos anos del siglo XIX; El Paso en los principios del siglo XX.

Oral History Interview: Charles R. Knightstep, Charles R. Knightstep

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Charles Knightstep was born in Jackson County, WV, but resided in Mason County WV, for the majority of his life. Mr. Knightstep reminiscences about his life growing up on a farm. He describes the process of drying fruits and vegetables and burying apples and potatoes for use during the winter. He explains how his grandmother and mother made lye soap, cottage cheese, and apple butter. He also describes courting his wife and visiting her by horse and buggy. Mr. Knightstep worked for the Kanawha and Michigan railroad beginning in 1915, when he was 15 years old. He describes the changes …

Interview No. 108, Joseph Friedkin

Combined Interviews

Speech given to the El Paso County Historical Society on the activities and accomplishments of the Commission.

Interview No. 110.1, Wilfredo Ramírez

Combined Interviews

Impresiones de la Universidad, la ciudad de El Paso, y en general los Estados Unidos.

Impressions of the University, the El Paso area, and the United States.

Tape and transcript in Spanish.

Interview No. 107, Fred Weldon

Combined Interviews

Speech at the Border Regional Librarians Association Seminar, entitled, "Impact on Libraries of the Recent Supreme Court Decisions on Pornography."