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Monica Perales interviews Sylvia Garcia, the first Hispanic woman to be elected Commissioner in Harris County. Garcia discusses her personal life, growing up in Palito Blanco, her family, childhood...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Holly Cooper conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Houston Pilot Holly Cooper discusses how she came to be a pilot, following her father’s suggest...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with John Couvillon conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. John Couvillon was born in 1920 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father worked for Standard...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Leland Culligan conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Leland Culligan is from Birmingham, Alabama, his father was the vice-president of a coal...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Edith Villaseñor from the University of Houston's William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design & Art Library interviews artist Dan Li about her exhibit "Spring" as part of the UH Artists Talk program. D...
Dan Pulaski traces the movement of people from north to south of the bayou, based on affluence. He talks about Riverside's perception, and the prominent Jewish families in the area. He talks about ...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
City Councilman and architect David Robinson discusses city planning and governmental processes used to improve neighborhoods, flood prevention, and transportation in the City of Houston. Additiona...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Belton Oliver, Patricia; Gregory, Elizabeth; Gray, Lisa
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A panel discussion led by Lisa Gray with three deans, Patricia Benton Oliver, Ikhlas Sabouni, and Sarah Whiting in which they discuss the shifting gender dynamics in the world of architecture, both...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Rev. Donald R. Dickson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Rev. Dickson graduated from Yates High School in 1958. He was born and raised in the ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with A.G. Domingue conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1915, A. G. Domingue was raised in Carencro in a farming family. He began working as a...
Donald Caesar discusses the reaction of the Riverside community when his family moved in as the first Black family. He tells the story of the neighbors all pooling money and making an offer to purc...
Interview with Donald Hill about the role of lending institutions in the Riverside neighborhood. He notes that lenders have not served the Black residents of the Riverside neighborhood well, and sp...
Interview with Dora Finger about her experience living in Riverside. She discusses neighborhood children, and the many large parties and holiday gatherings she hosted. Finger describes the integrat...
Drew Robins discusses how his family came to live in Riverside. He describes what it was like to grow up in Riverside in the 1950s and 1960s, and the sense of security he felt. He talks about how b...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Elmer Duplantis conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Elmer Duplantis was born and raised in Chauvin, Louisiana. His father worked for Texaco for ...
Interview with Edith Eisner about her move to Riverside in 1960 as it was integrating, despite her friend's dismay. She discusses the "This Is Our Home" yard sign initiative. She also talks about a...
Andrea Greene interviews former Houston city council member Eleanor Tinsley. She discusses her life and career, challenges such as school integration and facing resistance as a woman in politics, h...
Elwyn Lee begins the interview by discussing what it was like to grow up in Houston in the 1950s and 1960s, describing Houston as very segregated at that time. Sheila Jackson Lee describes Riversid...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Orde Evans conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Orde Evans was born in 1922 in Basil, Louisiana. After WWII, he moved to Lafayette in 1947, to wo...
Evelyn and Peter Thornton talk about living north of the bayou, and moving due to all the apartment homes that were built in that area. They characterize their current area south of the bayou as fr...
Gregory, Elizabeth; Swilley, Catherine; Cartey, Anne
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Betty Adams moderates a panel with four former nuns, Catherine Swilley, Anne Cartey, Sheila Doran-Benyon, and Lucia Betteler. Topics discussed include: individual experiences as nuns, reasoning for...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Warren R. "Dick" Farmer conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Warren "Dick" Farmer was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. His father was...
The Princes discuss the origin of the Groovey Grill, and how they chose the Calumet location. They describe wanting to open an establishment for Black citizens to be able to frequent. They go on to...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Jim Florstedt conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jim Florstedt was born in 1944 and his father was in the State Department, the family moved fr...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Frances Rich talks about how she and her husband came to live in Riverside. She discusses the role of the civic club and the yard sign movement. She describes the fear surrounding integration, and ...
Frances Rich describes how she and her neighbors wanted to set an example with Riverside and create a community in the South that had no racial barriers, a neighborhood that would be integrated but...
Interview with Frank Goldberg about the perception of the changes in the neighborhood being a tragedy, though he does not view it that way. Goldberg relates a story of his family's move to the Brae...
Interview with Fredell Lack-Eichhorn about what motivated her to live in Riverside. She describes what it was like in the 1950s when they moved in, as homes were still being constructed and how the...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Larry Frederick conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Larry Frederick was born in 1938 in Abbeville, Louisiana. His father drove truck and lat...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Lionel Galvan conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Lionel Galvan was born and raised in Texas. He went to Texas A&M for about a year and then...
Gaylen Harris and Bill Bardwell discuss their experience as the first white residents to move onto their block in Riverside. They relate their experience moving in as a white, same-sex couple. The...
Gene McDavid talks about his early childhood in McComb, Mississippi, his father’s Army and journalism careers, his high school and college football experience, meeting his wife Betty at Southeaster...
Gene McDavid discusses his career at the Houston Chronicle, starting as a linotype operator, moving to Assistant Production Director and acting Production Director, and ultimately rising to General...
Gene McDavid talks about changes in the newspaper business, including improvements in printing technology and the advent of radio and later television news programming. He also talks about his invo...
Gene McDavid discusses personal and professional mentors and other notable people who influenced his life and career. He also talks about his involvement with University of Houston leadership and t...
George Martin discusses the decision to live north of the Bayou because of its convenience. He said many people chose to move south of the bayou when the neighborhood became more racially mixed, bu...
George McElroy discusses the Jack Caesar bombing. McElroy describes the white community as reacting to the bombing with shame and the Black community reacting to the bombing with anger. McElroy thi...