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Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984

Description: Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fre… more
Date: November 7, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Salmon, Ruth Scantlin Roach, 1896-1986
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Funeral Program for Wilbur T. Eusan, June 8, 1984]

Description: Funeral program for Wilbur T. Eusan, born April 13, 1914. The funeral was held June 8, 1984 at Saint Paul United Methodist Church, officiated by Hector J. Grant, Pastor. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Southern Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: June 8, 1984
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

Oral History Interview with Bob and Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984

Description: Interview with Ada Reed and Bob Brewer, owners and operators of A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants. In the interview, the Brewers discuss their family backgrounds, marriage, losses on charge accounts during the Great Depression, the change from clerk-service to self-service operation of the store, the credit business, purchasing clothes at the Dallas fashion market, customer interests, changes in product lines, commercial and residential growth in the Bertram area, using direct mail and… more
Date: March 14, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Brewer, Ada Reed & Brewer, Bob
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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