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Oral History Interview with Dallas Willis, July 29, 2016

Dallas “Dally” Willis was born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas but grew up in Cleburne, Texas, raised by a single mother of seven children after his father abandoned the family. Willis attended high school in Cleburne and joined the Marine Corps in 1941. In the Marine Corps, Willis worked as an aerial photographer mapping the Pacific territories controlled by Japan. Upon returning to Cleburne, Willis worked for Southwestern Bail and joined the Communication Workers of America union. He moved to Midlan… more

Date: July 29, 2016

Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds

Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Willis, Dallas

Item Type: Video

Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

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Oral History Interview with Lydia Madrigal on July 29, 2016

Lydia Evaro Madrigal was born in Odessa, Texas in 1957 and grew up in the majority minority area of south Odessa. She attended Zavala Elementary, Travis Elementary, Ector County Junior High and High School, and transferred to Permian Basin high school for the higher level of academic classes. Madrigal graduated from high school in 1975. She then attended Odessa College, and began working in a local television station due to a suit by attorney Richard Abalos due to the lack of people of color in… more

Date: July 29, 2016

Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 30 seconds

Creator: Wisely, Karen & Madrigal, Lydia