Texas Oral History Collection - 6 Matching Results
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- Oral History Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, June 30, 1981
- Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, owner and operator of Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything. The interview includes Ellis' personal experiences of employment with his father, Frank Ellis, in the general store. Ellis talks about his family background, effects of the Great Depression in New Hope, Texas businesses, food market opening, business operations during World War II, his employment as a feed salesman, general store advertising, his father's use of peddling wagon, Dallas fair and Mesquite trade day, and retirement.
- Oral History Interview with Earl Yates, Jr., July 30, 1982
- Interview with Earl Yates, Jr. about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
- [Outline of an Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986]
- Outline of an interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown after moving in 1929 from Houston, Texas. This outline states what topics Long covered at certain times on the tape, from side 1 to side 2; Long covers his employment at the Humble Refinery, being a Goose Creek Policeman, law offices, etc.
- Oral History Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986
- Interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown after moving in 1929 from Houston, Texas. Long answers questions and details his early employment in Baytown at the Humble Refinery, and goes on to talk about his law practice, offices, and the growth of the town.
- Oral History Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, August 30, 1983
- Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.
- Oral History Interview with Charles R. Easley, September 39, 1989
- Interview with Charles R. Easley, a United States Navy veteran from Newport, Oregon, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin.