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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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
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

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ronald Girard, October 31, 2017

Description: Interview with Ronald Girard, a veteran of the United States Air Force and post office worker. Girard describes his experiences as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force, participating in experimental tests run by the CIA at Area 51 as a part of the 1129th Special Activity Squad, experience in the Vietnam War, and working as a mail carrier in Kerrville.
Date: October 31, 2017
Duration: 58 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Girard, Ronald Lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Rocky Hernandez Jr., November 14, 2017

Description: Interview with Raul Rafael "Rocky" Hernandez, Jr., a United States Army veteran and Austin restaurant owner from Kerrville. Rocky describes his memories growing up in Kerrville, work at the Huber Bakery, playing football at Tivy High School, being a Ranger in the United States Army, his accident, and starting restaurant with his wife.
Date: November 14, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hernandez, Raul, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wayne O'Bryant, November 7, 2017

Description: Interview with Wayne Edward O'Bryant, who recalls his family history, growing up in Kerrville, Texas, and his career after inheriting his father's café and eventually owning an antique store in the same location.
Date: November 7, 2017
Duration: 56 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & OBryant, Edward Wayne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Waynne Rogers, October 18, 2017

Description: Interview with Waynne Rogers, a rancher from Harper, TX near Kerrville. Rogers talks about family, his work ranching and shearing sheep and goats, his past education at Tivy High School and undergraduate metallurgical engineering degree, and different positions he held as an engineer.
Date: October 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 01 second
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Rogers, Waynne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with the Schumacher Sisters, November 8, 2016

Description: Interview with Frances Schumacher Andrews, Billie Schumacher Zuber, and Jeanne Schumacher Sutton, three sisters who grew up in Kerrville. They discuss their family history, the Schumacher family business and land, and individual experiences working at the Kerrville Courthouse, becoming an accountant, and joining the military.
Date: November 8, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Andrew, Mary Frances Schumacher; Zuber, Billie Gayle Schumacher & Sutton, Jeanne Clare Schumacher
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wilma Teague, December 19, 2017

Description: Interview with Wilma Dell Council Teague, a teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Teague discusses her family and her father's furniture store and lumberyard in Kerrville, her experience in the Tivy High School band, her teaching career, and her volunteer work.
Date: December 19, 2017
Duration: 41 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Teague, Wilma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, December 12, 2017

Description: Interview with Robert L. Zumwalt, former police officer, U.S. Customs worker, and bailiff from Kerrville. Zumwalt discusses his family, experience hunting and participating in archery tournaments, and career in law enforcement.
Date: December 12, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Collins, Francelle Robison & Zumwalt, Robert L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan, December 11, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Beverly Peterson Sullivan who lived in Kerrville since she was 4 years old and is a member of the prominent Peterson family. The family was responsible for building the Sid Peterson Hospital and Peterson Foundation. She and her husband John Sullivan (deceased) have 3 children. The interview traces her memories of the Peterson family and her upbringing in Kerrville. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: December 11, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Sullivan, Beverly Peterson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Crash at Crush

Description: Essay describing the Crash at Crush, a publicity stunt organized by MKT, [Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad], in which two train engines were crashed, as seen by Joseph Foit. The story was told by Joseph to his granddaughter, Patricia Stover Cloud.
Date: September 6, 2011
Creator: Cloud, Patricia Stover
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: History of West Museum

Oral History Interview with Sam Adams and Al Bishop, November 15, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with cousins Sam Adams and Al Bishop who discuss growing up in Center Point, Sam's time serving the marines (including Vietnam), Al's teaching and coaching high school students before working in insurance, and their families. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 15, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty; Bishop, Charles Alfred & Adams, James Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Tommy Daniels, November 22, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Tommy Daniels discussing his childhood in Kerrville, going to Rice University on a football scholarship, his career in banking, and his family. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Daniels, Thomas Earl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Hagi Hagigholam, November 20, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Hossein "Hagi" Hagigholam a entreprenuer and resturanter. The interview discuss his upbringing in Tehran, life in the US, and career. Hagi came to the United States from Iran at age eighteen. He and three friends moved from Houston to Kerrville to attend Shreiner College to become more proficient in English. He stayed in Kerrville and worked as a waiter, before going into partnership with some businessmen in Kerrville to open a Mexican restaurant. He is the owner… more
Date: November 20, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hagigholam, Hussein
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Walter Poppe, discussing immigration from Germany to Kerrville as a child, his time in the Navy, and his family. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 6, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Poppe, Walter Eric
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Charles Seale, October 2, 2018

Description: Transcript of an 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 and search that followed. Photos of Charles follow the transcript.
Date: October 2, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Seale, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Clipping: The Odds on Starting a Business]

Description: Digest magazine clipping discussing various anecdotes about people who tried to start businesses and failed, or various other factors that people should consider when thinking about starting a new business. At the end of the article, there is a brief joke about a bishop in New York, followed by a one-page article discussing an interview with Pope Pius XII.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Kahm, H. S. (Harold S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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