Kerr County Historical Commission - 16 Matching Results

Search Results

Oral History Interview with Jack L. Groff, October 12, 2000

Description: Interview with Jack L. Groff, a sheep and goat specialist from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Groff, describes his career advising ranchers how to raise goats and sheep for over 50 years, his activities as a mohair and wool specialist for Texas A&M, and his involvement with the National Mohair Council. He discusses the uses and production of mohair and wool fibers, and tracks the industry's spatial and economic growth over the years.
Date: October 12, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Groff, Jack L.
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jack L. Groff, October 12, 2000

Description: Interview with Jack L. Groff, a rancher from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes discussion of his past activities in the sheep and goat raising industry and his current duties as president of the Mohair Council of America and as a consultant and wool and mohair specialist.
Date: October 12, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Groff, Jack L.
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Maxine Page Powell, February 12, 2015

Description: Interview with Maxine Page Powell, a retired switchboard operator for the Kerrville Telephone Company, from Ingram, Texas. Powell speaks about her time as a switchboard operator and as a secretary for the Principal's office at Tivy Elementary, and as a member of a women's bowling league.
Date: February 12, 2015
Duration: 57 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes & Powell, Maxine Page
transcript

Oral History Interview with Maxine Page Powell, February 12, 2015

Description: Interview with Maxine Page Powell, a retired switchboard operator for the Kerrville Telephone Company, from Ingram, Texas. Powell speaks about her time as a switchboard operator and as a secretary for the Principal's office at Tivy Elementary, and as a member of a women's bowling league.
Date: February 12, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes & Powell, Maxine Page

Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Description: Interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 12, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, December 12, 2017

Description: Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, former police officer, U.S. Customs worker, and bailiff from Kerrville. Zumwalt discusses his family, experience hunting and participating in archery tournaments, and career in law enforcement.
Date: December 12, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Collins, Francelle Robison & Zumwalt, Robert L.
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, December 12, 2017

Description: Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, former police officer, U.S. Customs worker, and bailiff from Kerrville. Zumwalt discusses his family, experience hunting and participating in archery tournaments, and career in law enforcement.
Date: December 12, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Collins, Francelle Robison & Zumwalt, Robert L.

Oral History Interview with William Edward "Bill" Dickey, October 12, 2000

Description: Interview with William Edward "Bill" Dickey, a fiddle player from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Dickey's ancestors were some of the first Kerr County settlers. He talks about his family's history, including a feud between his relatives, the Hendersons, and the Hopes. He recounts the development of his music career as a left-handed fiddler.
Date: October 12, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Dickey, William Edward & Dickey, James
Back to Top of Screen