Interview with Anna Elisabeth "Betty" Sullivan Strohacker, a former Rations Board worker during WWII, from Kerrville, Texas. Betty talks about her family's migration to the area, her work on the Rations board, life on a ranch, and her activity in the Kerr County Historical Commission and the Republican Party.
The Kerr County Historical Commission (KCHC) was established in 1975, with representatives from all areas of the county. This unit of the Texas Historical Commission works under the guidance of the Kerr County Commissioners Court, who appoints members.
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Interview with Anna Elisabeth "Betty" Sullivan Strohacker, a former Rations Board worker during WWII, from Kerrville, Texas. Betty talks about her family's migration to the area, her work on the Rations board, life on a ranch, and her activity in the Kerr County Historical Commission and the Republican Party.
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44 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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Editor's Note: The following is a transcript of an audiotape and has been altered only slightly for clarity of meaning." (page 6)
[Oral History Interview with Betty Sullivan Strohacker, August 31, 2001], ark:/67531/metapth636793
Oral History Interview with Anna Elisabeth Sullivan Strohacker, August 31, 2001, Supplement - ark:/67531/metapth1542807
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Interview with Betty Sullivan Strohacker from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes her early years of growing up in Kerrville, working for the Kerr County Rations Board, and participating in Home Demonstration Clubs and the Republican Women's Club.
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[Oral History Interview with Betty Sullivan Strohacker, August 31, 2001], ark:/67531/metapth636793
Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with former WWII Rations Board worker Anna Elisabeth "Betty" Sullivan Strohacker, including family photographs, excerpts of her contributions to books and newspapers, and a document she wrote about the history of the Sullivan family.
Oral History Interview with Anna Elisabeth Sullivan Strohacker, August 31, 2001, Supplement - ark:/67531/metapth1542807
Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Strohacker, Anna Elisabeth Sullivan.Oral History Interview with Anna Elisabeth Sullivan Strohacker, August 31, 2001,
text,
August 31, 2001;
Kerrville, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth795288/:
accessed May 24, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Kerr County Historical Commission.