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Oral History Interview with Emory M. Spencer, September 30, 1971

Interview with attorney Emory M. Spencer. The interview includes Spencer's personal experiences about being an attorney. Spencer talks about the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas 1920-71, cotton farming, Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan, gambling, the development of the Aransas County Airport, oil exploration, housing subdivisions, the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission, hurricanes, agriculture, property values, and prominent citizens of the county.

Date: September 30, 1971

Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Spencer, Emory M.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson, March 13, 1970

Interview with Hattie Bell McKamey Ferguson (Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson), farmer and homemaker, who shares her observations on the land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1910 to 1970. She also discusses small town social life, the agrarian life, Mexican-Anglo relations, and King Ranch.

Date: March 13, 1970

Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Ferguson, Hattie Bell McKamey, 1911-