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Oral History Interview with Josephine Schreiner Parker, July 15, 1998, Supplement

Description: Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with president of the Hill County Preservation Society Josephine "Dodo" Schreiner Parker, including photographs of Dodo, documents related to the career of her great-grandfather, Captain Charles A. Schreiner, and a booklet about the House of Schreiner.
Date: July 15, 1998
Creator: Stacy, William G. & Parker, Josephine Tobin Schreiner
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Harry William Crate, June 9, 1998

Description: Interview with Harry William Crate, former professor of mathematics and engineering with an interest in archaeology from Kerrville, Texas. Professor Crate discusses the results of various fossil and artifact finding expeditions around the Hill Country of Texas, specifically the numerous burned rock mounds found in the Kerry County area. He includes his opinions on why and how the burned mounds were created. As noted in the transcript, the interview continues in the manuscript of Professor Crate… more
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: Patton, Laura; O'Hara, Peggy; Crate, Harry William & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998

Description: Interview with Melba Lee Williams, a former professor and descendant of some of the first settlers in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. In this interview, Mrs. Crate relates how her great-grandparents came with Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) to the first shingle camp established on the banks of the Guadalupe, in what later became Kerrville. Mrs. Crate briefly details her early life in Bandera, Texas, as well as Kerrville. She also recounts her memories of the flood of 1932.
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Peggy & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998

Description: Interview with Martha R. Johnson, owner of the popular Raleigh House Restaurant, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Johnson discusses the origins and establishment of her restaurant, which was named after her husband, Raleigh White Johnson. She described the success of the restaurant and her experiences running it for 34 summers.
Date: June 6, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Kathy & Johnson, Martha Robinson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Description: Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date: March 9, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Description: Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetr… more
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1998

Description: Program for the 103rd annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 13 through the 15, 1998 at the Holiday Inn, Y.O. Ranch Hotel, in Kerrville, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was called to order by President B. Rice Aston, in the Spanish Oak Room of the Hotel.
Date: March 1998
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
transcript

Oral History Interview with Amos Lee Smith, March 1, 1998

Description: Interview with Amos Lee Smith, a rancher from Bandera County for the Kerr County Historical Commission Oral History Project. The interview includes his experiences during the Depression, as well as his life as a rancher, a butcher shop owner, and employee of Continental Oil Company.
Date: March 1, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Witt, Gerald; Smith, Amos Lee & Bethel, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998

Description: Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, named Texas Woman of the Century, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Reeves talks about her life in Eagle Pass and San Antonio Texas, her education as the only female in her law school class, her career as a high school schoolteacher, and her horseback riding experience at Camp Waldemar. She describes organizing a girls' riding group, called "The Lassos," with whom she performed at the World's Fair in New York in 1938 and Washington D.C. Mrs. Reeves also briefly d… more
Date: February 27, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
transcript

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998

Description: Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves from Eagle Pass, Texas. The interview includes her stories of growing up on the Mexican border, later moving to San Antonio and becoming a member of "The Lassos," and teaching horseback riding.
Date: February 27, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Witt, Gerald; Reeves, Connie Douglas & Bethel, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998, Supplement

Description: Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, Texas Woman of the Century and riding instructor. Materials include an excerpt of her book, photographs of her family and educational background, riding activities, and teaching experience.
Date: February 27, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interviews with Charles A. Schreiner, 1998

Description: Interview with Charles A. Schreiner, III, a rancher and businessman from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes Schreiner's recollection of Kerr County history and his experiences as a rancher in Texas and Montana. A Schreiner family tree, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to Schreiner are also included.
Date: February 18, 1998
Creator: Hedgpeth, Don; Stacy, William G. & Schreiner, Charles A., III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: February 1998
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.) & Wilson, Itasco Woodard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
transcript

Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Description: Audio of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers.
Date: February 1998
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Bacon, Dan & Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Laura M. Patton, February 1, 1998

Description: Interview with Laura M. Patton, whose father built the popular Arcadia Theatre, from Kerrville, Texas. Laura relates the history of the Arcadia Theatre, a well-known attraction in Kerrville, and describes some of the other local businesses and cultural phenomena in the area.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Peggy & Patton, Laura M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, Spetember 19, 1998

Description: Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, former owners of Kerrville's well-loved restaurant, "The Grove," from Ingram, Texas. The couple talks about the history of their restaurant, the day-to-day operation of the establishment, local people and places, and moving back to the area after a short stint in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Rector, William; Grayson, Dorothy & Taylor, Levi
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
transcript

Oral History Interview with Rev. Matias Rodriguez, January 16, 1998

Description: Interview with Matias Rodriguez, a reverend from Kerrville, Texas, whose family has lived in the hill country of Texas for seven generations, since 1829. The interview includes Rodriguez's experiences as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church and as a prisoner of war in World War II.
Date: January 16, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Rodriguez, Matias; Bethel, Ann & Rector, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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