Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972 Page: 1
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James H. Sorenson, Jr.Interviewer: Dr. A. Ray Stephens
Place of Interview: Rockport, TexasDr. Stephens:
Mr. Sorenson:Date: July 3, 1972
This is an interview with Mr. James H. Sorenson, Jr.,
Box 1015, Rockport, Texas 78382. The date is July 3,
1972.
I was born on July 14, 1918, at Oakshore, which is in
Fulton townsite, Aransas County, Texas, and lived in
this area for the first five or six years of my life
at Oakshore and at Swan Lake Club, which was a
hunting club established by my grandfather on Swan
Lake. My first year in school was at Port Lavaca,
Texas, where my mother's family owned land. I actually
attended school in Rockport only in the third grade
and again during my fifth year in school. I attended
high school in Corpus Christi, what is now Miller High
School--it was then Corpus Christi High School--at
Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, and back to
Corpus Christi for graduation. I worked for a period
of time between graduation from high school and the
time I entered Saint Mary's University in San Antonio,
at that time with Johnson Fish Company, which was a
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Stephens, A. Ray & Sorenson, Jr., James H. Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972, book, July 3, 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529123/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.