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Abilene Military History: Ft. Phantom, Camp Barkeley, and Dyess Air Force Base

Description: Transcript of the military story of Abilene, presented in three parts. The first part of the story was presented by Jerri Alexander, who talked about Fort Phantom Hill, the 1850s army fort now owned by the Alexander family. Mike Myers, a graduate student in history at Hardin-Simmons University spoke about the World War II installation known as Camp Barkeley. Lt. Pam Fenner introduced and spoke of the history of Dyess Air Force Base, the SAC installation and home of the C-130s and B-1 bombers lo… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Alexander, Jerri
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The Abilene Village in my Heart

Description: Greene presented a lecture for the Abilene Centennial Series on his memories of growing up in Abilene. His talk included stories about Abilene's Carnegie Library, when his grandmother was the librarian; selling newspapers on the Sunshine Special train; and encountering connections to Abilene as far away as New York City.
Date: unknown
Creator: Greene, A. C., 1923-
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The Abilene Village in my Heart

Description: Greene presented a lecture for the Abilene Centennial Series on his memories of growing up in Abilene. His talk included stories about Abilene's Carnegie Library, when his grandmother was the librarian; selling newspapers on the Sunshine Special train; and encountering connections to Abilene as far away as New York City.
Date: unknown
Duration: 31 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Greene, A. C., 1923-
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Abilene Military History: Ft. Phantom, Camp Barkeley, and Dyess Air Force Base

Description: This video recording of the military story of Abilene was presented in three parts. The first part of the story was presented by Jerri Alexander, who talked about Fort Phantom Hill, the 1850s army fort now owned by the Alexander family. Mike Myers, a graduate student in history at Hardin-Simmons University spoke about the World War II installation known as Camp Barkeley. Lt. Pam Fenner introduced and spoke of the history of Dyess Air Force Base, the SAC installation and home of the C-130s and … more
Date: unknown
Duration: 49 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Alexander, Jerri
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Did the Jazz Age come to Abilene?

Description: A lecture for the Abilene Centennial Series with Paul Lack and Gerald McDaniel discussed the coming of jazz to Abilene. The program was a part of a research project conducted by Dr. Lack and Dr. McDaniel.
Date: unknown
Duration: 37 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Lack, Paul
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A Century of Fashion

Description: Recording of a fashion show presented by the Abilene Chapter of the American Association of University Women at the public library as part of the Abilene Public Library Centennial Series.
Date: 1981
Duration: 51 minutes
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Catclaw Country

Description: Speech entitled "Catclaw Country" given by Katharyn Duff, regarding the history of the area around Abilene.
Date: unknown
Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Duff, Katharyn
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