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Oral History Interview with Flora Gossett, June 19, 2015

Description: Interview with Flora Gossett, a retired domestic worker and church secretary, from Tyler, Texas. In the interview she describes her early life, experiences with Jim Crow discrimination in East Texas.
Date: June 19, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Gossett, Flora; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Tommy Wilkerson, July 19, 2016

Description: Mr. Wilkerson was born in Montgomery, Texas. He attended segregated schools in Montgomery and remained active in the area. In his interview, Mr. Wilkerson described how segregation operated in Montgomery, the state of education for African-American children, his family's history in the area, and his work in volunteering, community outreach, and as a member of the city council.
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmin; May, Meredith & Wilkerson, Tommy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Johnny Mata, July 19, 2016

Description: Mr. Mata grew up in Wharton and Houston and, although most of his knowledge was based on his activism in Houston, he was part of cases on the outskirts as a board member of LULAC, an EEOC officer, and while taking part of organizational leadership. He also had some information on cases like Hernandez v. Texas, police-civil coalitions, Black-Brown coalitions, and activism in Houston.
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle & Mata, Johnny
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Robert Quintero on July 19, 2016.

Description: Robert Quintero was born in Galveston, Texas in 1964. He grew up in a mixed neighborhood on the Island and attended Ball High School. Mr. Quintero's parents were involved in LULAC and met through the organization's baseball games. His parents' involvement in LULAC began at a young age as he attended LULAC meetings and events as a kid. His father, Paul Quintero, was the owner of several businesses in the Island, and was prominent in the community as he became the first Mexican-American council m… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Quintero, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Izola Collins, July 19, 2016

Description: Izola Collins was born in Galveston, Texas in 1929. Her mother's family has been on the island since the 1860s when her great grandfather, Horace Scull, moved his children and wife into the area. Her grandfather, Ralph Albert Scull, was one of the first African American teachers in Galveston. She grew up in the East End of the Island, where she believed a life of luxury although her family was poor. She attended Central High School and joined the band and learned about African American history.… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Collins, Izola
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with James Yates, July 19, 2016

Description: Yates grew up in segregated Conroe and attended both segregated and integrated schools. Yates was a member of the Conroe High football teams that sought to increase the amount of Black women representation on the cheerleading team and during homecoming pageantry in the early 1970s. Yates also became one of first Black football players on the University of Texas-Austin football team in the mid-1970s. Yates also discussed working in various jobs including law enforcement and the oil industry.
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 47 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmin; May, Meredith & Yates, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with James and Robbyne Fuller, July 19, 2016

Description: Robbyne Hacker Fuller was born in Clarksville, Texas in 1943. She attended schools in Clarksville through 5th grade until her family moved to Midland, Texas. She graduated from African American Carver High School in Midland in 1961. She attended San Angelo Jr. College, Odessa College, and graduated from Midland College with an associate’s degree. In 1964 she became the first African American women to sale real estate in Midland. She retired from Texas Instruments and was a major part of foundin… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Fuller, James; Fuller, Robbyne & Wisely, Karen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002

Description: Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Mr. Gibson's background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date: October 19, 2002
Duration: 56 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harold Aiken, April 9, 2002

Description: Interview with Harold Aiken, a veteran of the Korean War from Highlands, Texas. The transcript includes a list of questions and Aiken's responses about his service in the U.S. Army (1946-1949) and impressions while stationed in Korea. While in the service, Aiken served as a truck mechanic for the 7th Division.
Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Eakin, Elizabeth & Aiken, Harold G., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Louis Belk, April 22, 2003

Description: Interview with Louis Belk, a B-17 Waist Gunner who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps (Air Force) in World War II from San Antonio, Texas. Belk describes his time training in Texas and experiences serving in England. He also talks about what it was like returning home to the United States from the war.
Date: December 19, 2004
Creator: Heath, Amanda & Belk, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Garland Huey, April 24, 2003

Description: Interview with Garland Huey, a United States Navy veteran of World War II originally from Baytown, Texas. Huey answers questions about how he entered the Navy and his initial experiences; he tells a lengthy story of most of his time aboard ship, including one instance where one of the main guns got jammed.
Date: June 19, 2003
Creator: Hinojosa, Filiberto & Huey, Garland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, January 19, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, the daughter of the owners of Camp Rio Vista, from Houston, Texas. Stacy gives a brief history of her life, including her time living in Houston before moving to Kerrville as a freshman in high school, setting up a cooking school at Camp Waldemar, and running a catering business.
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Wilma Teague, December 19, 2017

Description: Interview with Wilma Dell Council Teague, a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Teague discusses her family and her father's furniture store and lumberyard in Kerrville, her experience in the Tivy High School band, her teaching career, and her volunteer work.
Date: December 19, 2017
Duration: 44 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Teague, Wilma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Richard Jennings, April 20, 2004

Description: Interview with Richard Jennings, a member of a bomber squadron that flew missions during World War II in Europe, and a squadron commander during the Korean War, born near Charleston, West Virginia. Jennings answers questions concerning how he came to be in the Army, and where all he was stationed and trained. Most of his answers contain details of bombing missions he was a part of as well as his experiences during the Korean War.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: Nawaz, Muhammad & Jennings, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Bob Murphey, April 19, 1969

Description: Interview with attorney and former Sergeant-at-Arms of the Texas House of Representatives Bob Murphey, who is from Nacogdoches, Texas. Mr. Murphey is also an accomplished public speaker and the nephew of former Governor Coke Stevenson, who he comments on. In the interview, he discusses his experiences while serving as Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Murphey also describes his thoughts and personal views on the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.
Date: April 19, 1969
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Murphey, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Eloy Padilla on July 19, 2018

Description: Even though Eloy Padilla lived in a neighborhood under the jurisdiction of Del Rio ISD, he and his brother transferred voluntarily to San Felipe, which they considered to have a more welcoming environment. He recalled being passed over for opportunities in Del Rio school sports due to his ethnicity. After finishing high school, Padilla went to UT in the 60s and quickly became involved in Chicano activism; he was one of the first members of MASO, and joined their activities in and out of campus.… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 01 second
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Padilla, Eloy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Diana Abrego, July 19, 2016

Description: Diana Abrego talks about being a migrant worker in her early years. She also talks about living in the borderland; being of two worlds, both Mexico & the U.S. She also talks about Del Rio's San Felipe's barrio and the segregation. Some black/brown relations in San Felipe. Being in the brown berets in Del Rio.
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Abrego, Diana; Arionus, Steve & Sinta, Vinicio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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