Interview with Jack and Frances Real Stevens, a ranching and former Navy couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple describes their individual childhoods, growing up in town and on a ranch, as well as their travels around the world. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens also discuss their involvement with the Kerrville community. The interview includes a history of the Kerrville German Dance Club, on pages 2-4.
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 Jack and Frances Real Stevens, a ranching and former Navy couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple describes their individual childhoods, growing up in town and on a ranch, as well as their travels around the world. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens also discuss their involvement with the Kerrville community. The interview includes a history of the Kerrville German Dance Club, on pages 2-4.
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43 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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Computer file note on the bottom left of page 2.
Editor's Note: "The following is a transcript of an audiotape and has been altered only for clarity of meaning." (page 10)
Computer file note on the bottom right of page 10.
[Oral History Interview with Jack and Frances Stevens, January 31, 2001], ark:/67531/metapth636795
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Interview with Jack and Frances Stevens from Kerr County. The interview includes their stories of growing up in Kerrville and of spending 30 years traveling the world together in the Navy before returning to Kerr County.
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[Oral History Interview with Jack and Frances Stevens, January 31, 2001], ark:/67531/metapth636795
Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Stevens, Jack & Stevens, Frances Real.Oral History Interview with Jack and Frances Real Stevens, January 31, 2001,
text,
January 31, 2001;
Kerrville, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth795448/:
accessed May 24, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Kerr County Historical Commission.