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Oral History Interview with Cecil Vernon Wellborn, March 31, 2015

Description: Interview with Cecil Vernon Wellborn, a retired civil engineer who helped construct the Dallas City Hall, from Center Point, Texas. Wellborn speaks of his time as a civil engineer, specifically his work on the Veterans Administration Hospital in Kerrville and the Dallas City Hall.
Date: March 31, 2015
Duration: 43 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Collins, Dennis & Wellborn, Cecil Vernon
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Oral History Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, April 18, 2013

Description: Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, a Tivy High School alumnus, from Kerrville, Texas. Domingues recalls his time attending Tivy High School and St. Mary's University, his time living in Dallas, his work with his father as a surveyor, and his work on the Domingues Ranch.
Date: April 18, 2013
Duration: 16 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes; Stephens, Louis & Domingues, Charles Bowman
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Oral History Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, April 18, 2013

Description: Interview with Charles Bowman Domingues, a Tivy High School alumnus, from Kerrville, Texas. Domingues recalls his time attending Tivy High School and St. Mary's University, his time living in Dallas, his work with his father as a surveyor, and his work on the Domingues Ranch.
Date: April 18, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stewart, Mary Lee Jobes; Stephens, Louis & Domingues, Charles Bowman
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Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events, the search that followed, and changes made afterwards. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles

Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events and search that followed. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
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Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events and search that followed. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Duration: 26 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles

Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999

Description: Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, vice-chair of the Kerr County Historical Commission from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Snodgrass talks about growing up on a primitive ranch, struggling to survive during the Depression, meeting and marrying her husband, their family, their involvement with music, and her efforts to preserve the history of Kerr County. She also briefly discusses the honors and awards her volunteer work has earned her. Pages 2-13 include a written statement by Miles Abernathy… more
Date: September 25, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
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Oral History Interview with Clifton Fifer Jr., December 13, 2016

Description: Interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., a member of the Buffalo Soldiers who attended both segregated and integrated schools in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. Fifer speaks about his time attending segregated schools, attending integrated schools, and growing up in Kerrville's black community.
Date: December 13, 2016
Duration: 43 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Fifer, Clifton, Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Clifton Fifer Jr., December 13, 2016

Description: Interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., a member of the Buffalo Soldiers who attended both segregated and integrated schools in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. Fifer speaks about his time attending segregated schools, attending integrated schools, and growing up in Kerrville's black community.
Date: December 13, 2016
Duration: 40 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Fifer, Clifton, Jr.

Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999

Description: Interview with Clyde Jones, former part-owner of Kerrville's first radio station, KERV, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Jones discusses how he came to the area and his involvement with radio station, as well as some of the challenges he and his crew encountered. He also talks about his work with the Mental Health and Retardation Center at the Kerrville State Hospital. Mr. Jones briefly discusses his band, The Poverty Playboys.
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Jones, Clyde
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Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999

Description: Interview with Clyde Jones from Kerrville, Texas. The interview includes his stories of working at KERV, Kerrville's first radio station, and starting the Mental Health and Retardation Center at the Kerrville State Hospital.
Date: April 5, 1999
Duration: 39 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Jones, Clyde & Bethel, Ann

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998

Description: Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, named Texas Woman of the Century, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Reeves talks about her life in Eagle Pass and San Antonio Texas, her education as the only female in her law school class, her career as a high school schoolteacher, and her horseback riding experience at Camp Waldemar. She describes organizing a girls' riding group, called "The Lassos," with whom she performed at the World's Fair in New York in 1938 and Washington D.C. Mrs. Reeves also briefly d… more
Date: February 27, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
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Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010

Description: Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, the descendant of a ranching family in Kimble County, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lutz discusses her ranching family, meeting her husband, Warren Wiggins, who was later killed in the Philippines during World War II, meeting her second husband who had been in Wiggins's company in the Philippines, and the Dodge dealership her second husband ran.
Date: March 23, 1918
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Heffington, Susan Wiggins & Lutz, Courtney Sieker Wiggins
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Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015

Description: Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, the director of Heart O' the Hills Camp, from Houston, Texas. Ragsdale recalls her time going to summer camps during her childhood, her time studying journalism at Texas Woman's University, and her time working at Heart O' the Hills Camp. Photos relating to the interview follow the transcript.
Date: December 14, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Ragsdale, Cynthie Jane
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Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015

Description: Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, the director of Heart O' the Hills Camp, from Houston, Texas. Ragsdale recalls her time going to summer camps during her childhood, her time studying journalism at Texas Woman's University, and her time working at Heart O' the Hills Camp.
Date: December 14, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Ragsdale, Cynthie Jane
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Oral History Interview with D. K. L. Rittimann and J. L. Mays, January 26, 2016

Description: Interview with Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance Rittimann and Janice Lowrance Mays, descendants of one of the original families to settle in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. They speak about their memories of growing up in Kerrville.
Date: January 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Rittimann, Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance & Mays, Janice Lowrance
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Oral History Interview with D. K. L. Rittimann and J. L. Mays, January 26, 2016

Description: Interview with Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance Rittimann and Janice Lowrance Mays, descendants of one of the original families to settle in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. They speak about their memories of growing up in Kerrville.
Date: January 26, 2016
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Rittimann, Doris Kathlyeen Lowrance & Mays, Janice Lowrance

Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Don Eugene "Gene" Lock, descendant of Kerr County pioneers and rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Lock talks about how his family ended up in the area, his experience as a rancher, and his memories of horse breeding and racing. He also discusses his work for Kerrville's newspaper, the Mountain Sun, and his Bible education. Mr. Lock mentions briefly that he boxed as a young man.
Date: September 14, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Lock, Don Eugene
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Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Don Eugene Lock, a rancher and pressman from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes his stories of growing up on ranches, working for the Mountain Sun newspaper for 35 years, and eventually owning his own ranch.
Date: September 14, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Lock, Don Eugene; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann

Oral History Interview with Dr. Bill Blackburn, April 20, 2022

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dr. Bill Blackburn, Kerrville pastor, author, and mayor. Blackburn discusses his family, education, call to ministry, service as a Family Life Consultant to the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention, leadership in many community-based service organizations, and terms as Mayor of Kerrville.
Date: April 20, 2022
Creator: Jones, Mary Elaine & Blackburn, Bill
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