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["Sally Ruth Preddy, Rural Route A, Lubbock, Texas"]

Description: Photograph of "Sally Ruth Preddy, Rural Route A, Lubbock, Texas, 2/18/1928." Preddy is sitting on a pile of rocks holding a hat decorated with pompoms. Included with Phillippi photographs--may have been sent to a family member as a token of friendship. Trees in background. A bench in front of a tree to the right. Back and bottom front of photograph identifies Preddy in ink.
Date: February 18, 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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Interview with Kent Hance, 1984

Description: Interview with Kent Hance, a candidate for the Texas seat in the U.S. Senate. In the interview, Hance discusses his campaign.
Date: 1984
Duration: 29 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Hance, Kent & McCaleb, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Interview with Walt McDonald, 1985

Description: Interview with Walt McDonald, poet and professor at Texas Tech University. In the interview, McDonald discusses the importance of creative writing and teaching children to write.
Date: 1985
Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: McDonald, Walt & McCaleb, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Description: Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008

Description: Interview with Frances Howland "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual childhoods, life during the depression, and life in the Kerr County area. Mr. Swayze discusses his service in the Air Force and Mrs. Swayze discusses her teaching career.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Swayze, Francis H. & Swayze, Cora Nell Cunningham
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, October 26, 2000

Description: Interview with Sibyl Bennett Sutherland, a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Sutherland talks about growing up in Center Point, her teaching career, and her father's book, "Kerr County Texas, 1856 to 1956." The interview includes excerpts from Sibyl's journal, documenting 43 years of her life.
Date: October 26, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Sutherland, Sibyl Bennett
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[News Article: Endowed Chair Honors Pathologist, draft]

Description: Draft of a short news article intended to accompany a photograph in a newspaper. The text describes a photo of Dr. Grover E. Murray, and Willard Paine expressing their gratitude to Dr. May Owen for establishing the endowed Chair in Pathology in the School of Medicine at Texas Tech University. The photo is not included.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tarpley, Dan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[News Release: Special To The Fort Worth Star-Telegram]

Description: News release from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center news and publication office about Dr. May Owen receiving an honorary degree from Texas Tech. The release also discusses Dr. Owen's background, career, and other achievements.
Date: June 21, 1985
Creator: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Newspaper Clipping: Tech To Honor Medical Pioneer]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Texas Tech University giving Dr. May Owen an honorary Doctors of Human Letters degree. The article also briefly details Dr. Owen's background, career, and accomplishments, as well as the events surrounding Dr. Owen's receiving of the honor. On the back of the clipping is part of an advertisement.
Date: June 2, 1985
Creator: Smith, Billy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Texas Medical Association
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Price, June 29, 2016

Description: Floyd Price was born in Lubbock and grew up in a near by town. Floyd graduated from Dunbar High School in 1959. He received a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Wayland Baptist University in 1976. Floyd is a retired veteran of the Lubbock Police Department where he served for 33 years. He also served in the U.S. Army. Currently he works part-time with the Lubbock County Sheriff's Department.Floyd has always been a public servant, and especially enjoys working wit… more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Price, Floyd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Clyde James, June 27, 2016

Description: Clyde “Chico” James grew up in segregated 1940s and 1970s Lubbock. He later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He spent time in Mexico City and has lived between Lubbock and Mexico City for several decades. In Lubbock, James has been active in city politics and neighborhood associations. Specifically, James helped start an effort to save a Lubbock magnet school attended by Mexican Americans from destruction by a anti-Mexican school board.
Date: June 27, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & James, Clyde
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with T.J. Patterson, June 21, 2016

Description: T.J. Paterson was born in Waxahachie, Texas and grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas. He went to Bishop College in Marshall, Texas and majored in physical education. He then moved to Lubbock to work for a private school. Upon meeting and marrying his wife, he stayed in Lubbock. Patterson was the first African American elected to the Lubbock City Council and served in that role for two decades.
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 45 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Patterson, T.J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Emilio Abeyta, June 24, 2016

Description: Emelio E. Abeyta was born in the Santa Rosa, New Mexico area. His family moved to Littlefield for his father’s work. Abeyta began attending Catholic seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then Ohio as a teenager. He served as a priest in various West Texas towns. While serving in Slaton, Texas, Abeyta ran for school board, becoming the first ethnic Mexican school board member and aiding in the integration of the town’s schools. He left the priesthood to work for the Civil Rights Division of the D… more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Abeyta, Emilio; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jessie Rangel

Description: Jessie Rangel was born in Big Lake, Texas. After working in Lubbock, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico, he joined the Marine Core during the 1960s. He saw action in Vietnam, and upon returning to Lubbock, enrolled in Texas Tech University. At Texas Tech University, he was part of MEChA and the larger Chicano Movement. Rangel graduated with a degree in political science. After graduation, he obtain an administration job at Texas Tech University and continued participating in social justice move… more
Date: June 20, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Rangel, Jessie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Flores, June 20, 2016

Description: Gilbert A. Flores grew up in Slaton, Texas where he attended a segregated “Mexican School” and then a integrated school where he faced abuse and discrimination alongside other Mexican American children. Upon graduating from high school, he moved to Lubbock and began to work in various jobs until he opened up his own successful auto-parts store during the early 1970s. In 1993 he became the second Mexican American to be elected into the Lubbock County Commissioner’s Court.
Date: June 20, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Flores, Gilbert & Zapata, Joel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Darnell Hooper, June 23, 2016

Description: David Donell Hooper was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. He went to segregated schools and was in junior high when Lubbock’s schools were integrated. Hooper witnessed when Willie Ray Collier (an African American student) was shot and killed September 9, 1970 at the historically African American Dunbar High School by Jeff Carve (a white student). Hooper also remembered the riots that followed, the police oppression enacted upon Lubbock’s African American community, and the visitation of the Bl… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Hooper, Darnell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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