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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 Malcolm J. Pye conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Pye is the patriarch of a family that has been a part of the opera house from its incepti...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Dr. Phil Rabinowitz is a former professor of Oceanography and Geology & Geophysics in the College of Geosciences, at Texas A&M University. Throughout his career, Rabinowitz has taught and completed...
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 Uma Rajguru conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Uma Rajguru is a retired medical technologist. She was born in Poona and raised in Bombay where ...
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 Mary Ramos conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mary Louise Ramos (neé Palacios) was born in Houston, TX in 1950. She recounts her early days in...
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 Redmond conducted as part of the Houston History Project. After graduating from Tulsa University with a Masters degree in Petroleum and Geological Engine...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Villiers Reggio joined the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in 1976, where he aided in covering the leasing aspect of the offshore oil and gas program in the Gulf of Mexico. Reggio worked on National...
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 Reilly conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. John Reilly grew up in Iowa, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1943, and served 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 Kelyne Reis conducted as part of the Houston History Project. In part 1 of the recordings, contemporary artist Kelyne Reis discusses her artistic career in Ho...
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 Andre Rey-Grange conducted as part of the Houston History Project. When UH’s Center for Public History and the University Libraries collaborated to create 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 Richard Reyes conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Richard Reyes was born in 1951 in Oakton, Texas. In this interview, he describes how he came t...
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 Christine Reyna conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Christine Reyna grew up in the Magnolia Park neighborhood of Houston. She is the second gene...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Jim Rike was born and raised in Malakoff, a small Texas town. His career began at Kilgore Junior College, from which he transferred into Texas A&M University. Rike only got through a few years at A...
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 William Robb conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Captain Bill Robb grew up near a seaport in Scotland. He went to sea as an apprentice at age 16...
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 Joseph Wilson Robin conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Joseph W. Robin was born in 1937 in Breaux Bridge, where his family had cotton and heife...
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 Russell Robin conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Russell Robin was born in 1931 in Breaux Bridge. At 17 he got a job on a dredging crew with Mc...
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 Dr. Paul Roby conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Roby is the Director of Neighbors-2-Neighbors Program, Office of Disaster and Preparedness...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Myron Rodrigue was born and raised in Thibodaux, Louisiana, in 1947. Rodriguez earned an engineering drafting certificate and joined the U.S. Army reserves, and in 1958 joined up with McDermott. Af...
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 Armando Rodriguez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Judge Armando Rodriguez was born and raised in Houston. He became the first Mexican Ameri...
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 Diana Rodriguez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Diana Rodriguez was interviewed in her office, City of Houston Emergency Medical Service...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Rolando Romo traces his personal history, upbringing and education and how these factors led to his interest in Houston history and historical organizations, and found his own, the Tejano Associati...
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 III Rucks conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William Rucks III was born in Nashville, Tennessee but at an early age moved to Oklahoma City. He ...
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 Forrest Sadler conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1921, Forrest Sadler grew up in east Texas in the small town of Troup. His father wor...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Carmen Salinas, a native of San Antonio, recounts her family history in the United States, Mexico, and Texas. She has both Spanish and Native American ancestry, both of which are well-documented. S...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This enjoyable and engaging interview with Mr. Sapp centers, among other things, on his experience with and insight into the Houston Symphony as a member of the Board. The interview took place at M...
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 Dr. Emilio Sarabia conducted as part of the Houston History Project. The family of Dr. Emilio Sarabia, a retired physician at the time of the interview, was o...
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 Lindsey Schechter conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Lindsey Schecter is the owner operator of Houston Dairymaids, an artisan cheese wholesaler...
Recording of lecture given by physicist Gerald Holton on April 29, 1966, at the annual Humanities Series at SMTI (Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, now University of Massachusetts...
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 Kathy Scott Gurnell conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Kathy Scott-Gurnell was born in Houston, went to college at UT in Austin, then follo...
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 Emmet Sellers conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Emmet Sellers was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on July 27, 1927. He was drafted by the U. S. ...
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 Capt. John Shaw conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Captain John R. Shaw was born in Flint, Michigan in 1952, and later served four years as a N...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Paulina de Paz interviews Adrian Shelly, executive director of Air Alliance Houston, at his office on October 16, 2015. Shelly discusses his own early life and education history before focusing on ...
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 O. J. Shirley conducted as part of the Houston History Project. After serving in World War II as a B17 pilot, Mr. O.J. Shirley attended the University of Okla...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview was conducted on August 14, 2006, in Mr. Sloan’s office located at 2318 Atascosita Rd., Humble, Texas 77396. The essence of this narration focuses on the response of Harris County, ...
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 Latisha Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Latisha Smith was born in Detroit, MI, attended Michigan State for undergrad then Hahneman...
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 Marva Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Marva Hicks Smith was born in Hungerford, Texas in 1930s. She and her sister, Shirley, atten...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Marie Southern begins by discussing her education at the various schools she attended, growing up in Corpus Christi, and then coming to Houston, where she attended St. Nicholas School. Moving to Ho...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Bill Stallworth was born in Rosebud, Texas, in 1932. After attending Tarleton for a few years, Stallworth transferred to Texas A&M University in 1951. After two years spent in the U.S. Air Force, S...
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 Judy Stansbury, Laura Hund, and Lindsey Staudt conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewer: Anna Burke.
American Institute of Architects. Houston Chapter; Rick, Robert; Nunn, Addison Stayton, Sr.
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Stayton Nunn, along with his wife Ila Brown Nunn discusses his background, professional practice, and teaching with Robert Rick. Additional keywords: Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.), Rice Un...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Gordon Sterling was raised in Ontario, Canada, and quickly developed an interest in engineering. He earned a master’s degree in structural engineering at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania in 1965, ...
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 Leighton Steward conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Leighton Steward was a geologist for Shell Oil in the Gulf of Mexico for many years. He gr...
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 Cliff Swanlund conducted as part of the Houston History Project. After graduating Purdue with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1953, Cliff Swanlund began his ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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John Swoboda’s parents immigrated from Czechslovakia, and John was born in Galveston, Texas. When a third party showed Swoboda’s father plans for an offshore drilling rig, John helped with its fabr...
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 William "Bill" H. Taylor conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William “Bill” Taylor was a member of the 1955 Houston ROTC Quartermasters Regiment...
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 Thomas Téllez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Tom Téllez is an internationally renowned track coach who athletes have won a considerable a...
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 William Terrell conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William Terrell was born in 1943, in Kilgore, Texas, and is a third generation oilfield work...
Recording of lecture given by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar at the "Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century," held in Trieste, Italy, September 1...
This recording begins abruptly. Ray Hill speaks with John Indo, author of "The Iron Ghetto." Call ins from listeners wanting to connect with family members who are in Texas prisons.
Ray Hill speaks with John Indo, author of "The Iron Ghetto". The program also takes call ins from listeners wanting to connect with family members who are in Texas prisons.
Ray Hill interviews Marc Mauer about his book "Race to Incarcerate." He discusses the rise of mass incarceration since the 1970s, racial segregation in prisons, access to health care, and more. Epi...
This recording begins abruptly and has poor quality recording. Ray Hill and guests discuss a Fifth Ward Peer Support Network gully clean-up event. Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon opportunities for...
This recording begins abruptly. Ray Hill interviews Maureen Dixon about her Gulf Coast Trade Center in New Waverly, Texas. The organization assists individuals recently released from the prison sys...
Recording of lecture given by John Archibald Wheeler at the "Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century," held in Trieste, Italy, September 18-25...
Recording of lecture given by Andrzej Trautman at the "Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century," held in Trieste, Italy, September 18-25, 1972,...
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 Philip Thibodeaux conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Phil Thibodeaux heads up the Domestics Operations for Chet Morrison Contractors (CMC). Th...
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 Terge "Ted" Thorjussen conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ted Thorjussen is a native of Oslo, Norway. He started in the ship-broker business, t...
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 Roy "Scotty" Tibbs conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Scott Tibbs is the president of Gulf Craft, Inc. an aluminum crew boat ship builder locat...
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 Juan Torres conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Juan Torres was born and raised in Magnolia Park. During the interview he talks about what life...
Recording of lecture given by MIT Provost and Dean of Science Jerome Wiesner on October 28, 1966, at the annual Humanities Series at SMTI (Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, now Un...
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 Jack Valinski conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jack Valinski, one of the three founders of Pride Houston along with Carol Clark and Brian Kee...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview was conducted in the office of Dr. Vallbona, 3701 Kirby, Houston, Texas, on July 29, 2006. Dr. Vallbona’s medical services were performed in the Astrodome-Reliant Center, where he e...
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 Tony Vallone conducted as part of the Houston History Project. For Tony Vallone, fine dinning is not defined by the price of the meal or how fancy the dining ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Hank Van Calcar grew up on a ranch in Oregon, and attended Oregon State University to study power engineering. With an additional master’s degree from OSU in hand by 1959, Van Calcar worked on cont...
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 Kay Van Cleave conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1937 and moving to Houston in 1953, Kay Van Cleave offers a glimpse into early gay li...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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George Vance grew up in Brooklyn, and from high school shipped off immediately to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Vance would end up spending twenty years in the Coast Guard, the first half as a ship...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Leon Vincken was educated in the Netherlands in mechanical engineering, and joined Shell Oil in 1955. Vincent was immediately sent to Venezuela, where he spent the next decade of his career. Upon r...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Kenneth Waldorf was raised in southern California, and attended both Berkeley and the U.S. Naval Academy. After graduating, Waldorf went directly to work for Exxon in its marine engineering section...
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 Pamela Walker conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pamela Walker is an educator, author, activist, and one of the founders of Houston’s Bayou Cit...
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 Barry Ward conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Following the destruction of Hurricane Alicia, Trees for Houston was born and focused on planting...
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 David Waters conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Native Houstonian David Waters is a Houston Symphony Orchestra musician who plays the trombone ...
