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Oral History Interview with James E. Roche, May 1976

Description: Interview with James E. Roche, a carpenter from Baytown, Texas after moving from New Britain, Connecticut the previous year. Roche answers questions concerning his moving to Texas in search of a job, the national economy, the overall job market, and if he knows others who are in his same situation.
Date: 1975-08/1976-05
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: Roche, Christopher J. & Roche, James E.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975

Description: Interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of Baytown, Texas beginning in 1921 when the town was named Pelly. Mageors explains living in town during the early days of Baytown as being very tough, and also discussing the ferry boat and Herring's Drug Store.
Date: November 10, 1975
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Knight, Karen & Mageors, Ruth, 1902-
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Lorraine Silva, November 28, 1976

Description: Interview with Lorraine Silva, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Chambers County and Anahuac, Texas.
Date: November 28, 1975
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Roland, Ann & Silva, Lorraine
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975

Description: Interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date: Winter 1975
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Wood, E. C.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Grover C. Edge, December 30, 1975

Description: Interview with Grover C. Edge, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1921. Topics include the early history of Baytown and the Humble Refinery, the VFW and the Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Date: December 30, 1975
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Edge, Grover C.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Laurene Douglas, January 27, 1976

Description: Interview with Laurene Douglas, a former junior high teacher from Baytown, Texas. Mrs. Douglas answers questions regarding life in Baytown during the Depression and specific events such as Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Date: January 27, 1976
Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Maroney, James C. & Douglas, Laurene
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, February 9, 1976

Description: Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include 1923 through post World War II: Baytown in the 1920's and 1930's, the effect of World War II, banking business, the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Date: February 9, 1976
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Maroney, James C. & DuPlantis, Blanche
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Willadene Hines, February 11, 1976

Description: Interview with Willadene Hines, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her life growing up in Baytown.
Date: February 11, 1976
Duration: 38 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Peace, William K. & Hines, Willadene
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with B. E. Wilson, February 20, 1976

Description: Interview with B. E. Wilson. Topics include the Humble dormitory, work in the refinery, the 1930's, company benefits, World War II era and post-World War II, and his Civil War interests.
Date: February 20, 1976
Duration: 43 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Maroney, James C. & Wilson, B. E.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, February 25, 1976

Description: Interview with Norman Brooks (Doc) Culver, a Humble Oil Refining Company hospital worker, after World War One, from Baytown, Texas. Mr. Culver answers questions and describes his experience in Baytown working as a hospital worker for Humble, after he arrived in 1919.
Date: February 25, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Culver, Norman Brooks
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976

Description: Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include John P. Sjolander and the history of Baytown, TX.
Date: February 26, 1976
Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Scott, Annie Sjolander
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, March 11, 1976

Description: Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown.
Date: March 11, 1976
Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: McNeil, William J. & Pierson, Julia Lancaster
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with George Ellender, May 1976

Description: Interview with George Ellender, a longtime resident of Baytown, Texas after being born in Cedar Bayou, Texas in 1888. Ellender answers questions about his early life as well as the early growth of both Cedar Bayou and Baytown, and the impact of Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Date: May 1976
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Ellender, George & Fergerson, Elaine
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with C. M. Dickerson, June 29, 1976

Description: Interview with C. M. Dickerson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the petroleum industry and trade in Baytown, TX.
Date: June 29, 1976
Duration: 32 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Dickerson, C. M., 1908-
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, August 11, 1976

Description: Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX, including local politics and government.
Date: August 11, 1976
Duration: 43 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Tidmon, W. Orville
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with J. B. Cummings, November 14, 1976

Description: Interview with J. B. Cummings, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.
Date: November 14, 1976
Duration: 15 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Taylor, Kim & Cummings, J. B.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976

Description: 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: November 22, 1976
Duration: 40 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, December 8, 1976

Description: Interview with Mrs. William H. Wade, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Hurricane Carla.
Date: December 8, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Squyres, Amy & Wade, Mrs. William H.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Steele M. McDonald, January 6, 1977

Description: Interview with Steele M. McDonald, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include early Baytown, TX history through consolidation to the present.
Date: January 6, 1977
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & McDonald, Steel M.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, January 27, 1977

Description: Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Mount Belvieu.
Date: January 27, 1977
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Gunn, Loris Williams
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Jim Nelson, April 7, 1977

Description: Interview with Jim Nelson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1919. Nelson describes life prior to moving to Baytown, his family history in the area, and his later work with the oil rigs.
Date: April 7, 1977
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Nelson, James M.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, May 14, 1977

Description: Interview with Fay Butcher Lathrop, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Houston Riot of 1917.
Date: May 14, 1977
Duration: 45 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Villemez, Steve & Butcher, Fay Lathrop
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979

Description: Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the consolidation of the tri-cities into the incorporated city of Baytown, the depression, the beginning of life insurance business, his service in World War II as a staff member of General Omar Bradley's Headquarters Unit, the Charter Commission, and the adoption of the City Charter.
Date: August 29, 1979
Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Stratton, Joel Bryan
Partner: Lee College
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