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[Outline for an Interview with James E. Roche, May 1976]

Description: Questions for an interview with James E. Roche, a carpenter from Baytown, Texas after moving from New Britain, Connecticut the previous year. This outline only contains the list of questions created for the interview; most questions concern the job market and migratory labor in Texas.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Roche, Christopher J. & Roche, James E.
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Exxon Oilers Baseball Players, July 18, 1975

Description: Interview with J. W. Carroll, B. B. Williams, Melvin Barry, and Bob Kalbitz, all members of the Exxon Oilers baseball team from Baytown, Texas. After a short introduction by Webber, these men all answer questions and describe their experiences before they arrived in Baytown and during their playing days for the Oilers.
Date: July 18, 1975
Creator: Webber, Betsy; Carroll, J. W.; Williams, B. B.; Barry, Melvin & Kalbitz, Bob
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, November 10, 1987

Description: Transcript of an interview with Clifford Warren, a veteran of World War II spending 3 1/2 years in captivity following the Battle of Corregidor. Warren answers many questions regarding his participation in World War II and shares his experiences of being held prisoner in Japanese prison camps.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Warren, Clifford
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976

Description: Transcript of an interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date: 2018
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983

Description: Transcript of interviews with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner and Fletcher Hickerson. Jean Shepherd and Leon Warner were residents of the Brownwood subdivision in Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. Fletcher Hickerson was the Coordinator of Emergency Services for the City of Baytown at the time of Hurricane Alicia. All three interviewees answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia, which caused major damage in the Baytown area.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Shepherd, Jean; Warner, Leon & Hickerson, Fletcher
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Bob Kalbitz, 1983

Description: Transcript of an interview with Bob Kalbitz, speaking of the insurance losses after Hurricane Alicia hit in August 1983. Kalbitz describes in depth the insurance claims, and the damages brought on by the hurricane, and a few anecdotes concerning insurance laws passed in Texas during the 1970's.
Date: 2018
Creator: Kalbitz, Bob & Mayo, Martha
Partner: Lee College

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976

Description: Transcription of an interview with Maude Matthews, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Matthews discusses the activities of the Priscilla Club, a women's sewing club in Baytown which was the oldest continually operating club in Baytown at the time of the interview.
Date: 2018
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Swofford, Sarah
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Charles A. Cates, March 14, 1974

Description: Interview with Charles A. Cates, a businessman, U.S. Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Cates talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1943-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his libe… more
Date: March 14, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cates, Charles A., 1908-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Horace Chumley, April 3, 1974

Description: Interview with Horace Chumley, retired law enforcement officer, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and member of the “Lost Battalion.” Chumley discusses his experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date: April 3, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Chumley, Horace, 1916-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James R. Heldenfels, January 5, 1972

Description: Interview with James R. Heldenfels, a businessman from Beeville, Texas. Heldenfels discusses the origins of the Heldenfels Brothers dredging company, his education, the company's operations and organization, conservationists, federal regulation of shell dredging, his customers, barges, shell dredging practice, the local economy, finances, and property developments.
Date: January 5, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Heldenfels, James R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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