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Oral History Interview with Ofelia Vasquez-Philo, June 24, 2016

Description: Ofelia Vasquez-Philo was born December 28, 1932 in Seguin, Texas, and was the oldest of nine children. She grew up on Freeman Ranch, in Wimberley, Tx., where her father was the ranch foreman. She married Joe Vasquez, Jr. in 1950 and they raised 7 children in San Marcos. After Joe's death in 1986, she married Harry Philo. Ofelia worked part-time in 1966 at the Office of Community Action. In 1970, she became executive director, a position she would hold until her retirement in 1993. During this … more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Vasquez-Philo, Ofelia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Celestino Mendez, June 16, 2016

Description: Mr. Mendez was born and raised in the San Marcos area, where he attended the "Mexican school". He reminisced on the pervasive discrimination against Mexican Americans during his youth. His studies at Texas State were interrupted by the draft during the Korean War years. Mr. Mendez was a member of a political alliance between Mexican Americans, liberal Anglos and African Americans in San Marcos; this coalition, later called Hays County Independent Party, helped elect some of the first minority p… more
Date: June 16, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Mendez, Celestino
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Growing up in Texas

Description: Memoir written by Annie Margaret Rankin Warner and Virginia "Jenny" Louise Rankin Marshall of stories on growing up in West Texas from 1866-1995.
Date: 2016
Creator: Rankin Warner, Annie Margaret & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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