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Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I. Ahead of the transcript, there are copies of photos, clippings, letters, and documents.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relat… more
Date: October 16, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with James E. Nugent, May 10, 2019

Description: Transcript of an interview with Cal "Skip" Trammell and Nan Nugent-White about their father James E. (Jim) Nugent who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1979 and was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission for sixteen years.The interview details his upbringing, education, career as an attorney, navy service as a pilot in World War II, and family memories. Photos and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: May 10, 2019
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Trammell, Cal & Nugent-White, Bilie Nan Noreen
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016

Description: Transcript of an interview with Jo Ann "Josie" Lochte Redden, Montessori educator and stained glass artist, discussing her German extended family, her upbringing in Kerrville, Texas, life in New York, and travel with her husband John throughout Texas and western United States to photograph, catalogue, and reproduce Native American pictographs, or rock paintings.
Date: December 6, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Redden, Jo Ann Lochte
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016

Description: Transcript of an interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: November 22, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Betty Wildman Braswell, November 1, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Betty Jean Braswell, discussing what she remembers about growing up in Kerrville and having polio as a child, as well as information about her family and career as a teacher and business owner. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Braswell, Betty Jean Wildman
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: October 23, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jonas, William James, Jr.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Description: Interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I.
Date: December 4, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Interview with Charles (Charly) Seale, who served with the Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol Service during the flood of July 17, 1987 near Comfort, Texas. The flood took the lives of ten children. Charles was in the the first responding helicopter involved in the rescue operation and recounts the events, the search that followed, and changes made afterwards. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, January 19, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Gretchen Broun Stacy, the daughter of the owners of Camp Rio Vista, from Houston, Texas. Stacy gives a brief history of her life, including her time living in Houston before moving to Kerrville as a freshman in high school, setting up a cooking school at Camp Waldemar, and running a catering business.
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Kathlene Nelson Bennett McCall, February 3, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Kathlene "Katchy" McCall, the composer of the Tivy High School Fight Song, from Kerrville, Texas. McCall describes memories of growing up in Kerrville, as well as her experiences participating in the band and newspaper at Tivy High School.
Date: February 3, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Sam McDowell Junkin, February 9, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Sam McDowell Junkin, a past president of Schreiner College and Presbyterian minister, from Kerrville, Texas. Junkin gives a brief history of his life, including growing up in Kerrville, his time at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary School, serving as a Presbyterian minister, and serving as the president of Schreiner College.
Date: February 9, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Joseph Neal Luther, November 11, 2015

Description: Transcript of interview with Joseph Neal Luther, a retired professor from Kerrville, Texas. He recalls his time as an Air Rescue Medic in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, as well as his time as a professor at a few different universities, some of which were in foreign countries.
Date: November 11, 2015
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Thomas Waddell Pollard, November 17, 2015

Description: Transcript of interview with Thomas Waddell Pollard, a County Judge in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. Pollard recounts his time going to school at Tivy Elementary, Tivy Junior High, and Tivy High School, his education at the University of Texas and South Texas College of Law, and his law practice.
Date: November 17, 2015
Creator: Collins, Kelli
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., December 13, 2016

Description: Transcript of interview with Clifton Fifer, Jr., a member of the Buffalo Soldiers who attended both segregated and integrated schools in Kerrville, from Kerrville, Texas. Fifer speaks about his time attending segregated schools, attending integrated schools, and growing up in Kerrville's black community.
Date: December 13, 2016
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Maxine Page Powell, February 12, 2015

Description: Transcript of interview with Maxine Page Powell, a retired switchboard operator for the Kerrville Telephone Company, from Ingram, Texas. Powell speaks about her time as a switchboard operator and as a secretary for the Principal's office at Tivy Elementary, and as a member of a women's bowling league.
Date: February 12, 2015
Creator: Webb, Jeanie Archer
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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