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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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On October 11, 2016, Nathan Fannin interviewed Bill Worrell to discuss his career in broadcast and professional basketball in Houston. Worrell speaks about his beginnings at the University of Houst...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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On September 13th, 2016, Houston History Magazine interviewed seven Wheatley alumni to discuss the now non-existent Turkey Day Classic football game that used to occur between Phyllis Wheatley Seni...
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Nancy Beck Young interviews former Governor Bill Hobby about Texas politics, his race, and his campaign as governor, and the proceeding of the state House and Senate during his career. He begins by...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Nancy Beck Young interviews former Democratic Senator Don Adams about Texas politics during his tenures in the state House and the Senate. He begins his reflections by recalling the Constitutional ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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In this interview, Nancy Beck Young talks with former Texas Governor Mark White on a variety of topics related to his career, as well as state and national politics. He discusses the political shif...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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As a part of a series of EMS Oral Histories, Frank Mettlach discusses basic biographical information and a brief description of his life before becoming a paramedic, taking classes and on the job t...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Bill Hausinger dispatched Otis L. Owens and Glen Morris to respond to Houston’s first EMS call on April 10, 1971, at 12:30 a.m. The interview opens with a recording of that first call. They then sh...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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HFD EMS Assistant Chief David Almaguer discusses how he became a paramedic, the impact of Life Flight on Houston medicine, his memories of Red Duke, and the role Houston EMS has played in its 45-ye...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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In Fall 2015, Houston History Magazine interviewed five alumni of Yates High School to discuss the Turkey Day Classic football game that saw the competition between Phyllis Wheatley and Jack Yates ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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A student at the University of Houston interviews Domenick Molinaro on his life and Houston’s history after his arrival in 1960. Born in Germany, the interviewee describes his rough upbringing alon...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Vietnam War immigrant Suzanne Chew briefly describes her passage from Vietnam to the United States, the traditions she has kept from her homeland, and America’s influence on her and her family. She...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Tom Lambert, the CEO of Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County discusses the history of transit in Houston, including popular modes of travel and the reasons for their popularity. The inte...
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This is an oral history interview with Shae Hill conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Shea Hill discusses the current and future goals and happenings of the Heights Woman’s Club in Hou...
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. Temple Northup conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Temple Northup is co-director of the Gulf Coast Food Project, which is based at the U...
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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 Edward T. Cotham conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Civil War historian Edward Cotham discusses the personal and military history of Confederat...
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This is an oral history interview with Marlon Mitchell conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Since 1993, Marlon Mitchell has been with Houston Business Development Incorporated (formerl...
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 A. Pratt conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Joe Pratt is the coordinator of the Energy Management and Policy Group and teaches courses i...
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 Kenneth Houston conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Former NFL player and Hall of Famer, Kenneth Houston discusses many topics from his feelings...
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 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 is an oral history interview with Angela Holder conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Houston Community College history professor Angela Holder discusses the Camp Logan Riot of 191...
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. Alison Leland conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Alison Leland, a political science professor at the University of Houston talks about ...
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 Edgar A. Bering conducted as part of the Houston History Project. University of Houston, Main Campus physics and electrical and computer engineering profess...
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 Keli Chevalier conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Major Keli Chevalier, the founder of the nonprofit Trauma to Triumph, discusses how she came ...
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 Angel Z. Fraga conducted as part of the Houston History Project. The Felix Fraga Sr. came to Houston over a century ago. His six sons, known as the “Fraga Six...
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 Felix Fraga conducted as part of the Houston History Project. This interview with Felix Fraga starts with the story of Felix Fraga Sr. coming from Mexico to 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 Peter Zweig conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jackson Fox is a student leader of the Three Continents Program at the Gerald D. Hines College 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 Walter Hansen conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Walter Hansen is in charge of the restoration of the Danish Fishing Boat at Holocaust Museum H...
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...
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This is an oral history interview with Paul Berlin conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Radio personality Paul Berlin discusses his broadcasting career from his high school days in Mem...
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This is an oral history interview with Beverly Rudy conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Beverly Rudy discusses her early years growing up in Oklahoma and Arkansas. She left high schoo...
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This is an oral history interview with Pamela Braziel Allen and Ruby Lee Braziel conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pamela Braziel Allen, daughter of Overseer Ruby Lee Braziel, talks...
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 Anthony Jude Obi conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Anthony Obi is a Houston native Nigerian-American rap artist that goes by the name “Fat Ton...
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 Ira Perry conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ira Perry, director of marketing and public auctions for the Holocaust Museum Houston discusses ma...
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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This is an oral history interview with Susan Clayton Garwood conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Susan Clayton Garwood, the great-granddaughter of Houston cotton magnate, William Lock...
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 Hazel Jewel Brown conducted as part of the Houston History Project. In this interview Brown discusses what it was like growing up in the Third Ward, going 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 Robert E. Lee, III conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Robert E. Lee III begins with The Art of War by Sun Tzu and mentions how all major genera...
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 Wagih Abu-Rish conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Wagih Abu-Rish was born in Al-Eizariyah, or Bethany, Palestine in 1942. He left with his sib...
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 Steven Fox conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Stephen Fox is an architectural historian at Rice University, he discusses prominent Jewish archi...
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 Andrews and Beverly Gor conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Richard Andrews spoke about his background and experience with public 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 Rogene Gee Calvert and Andrea Caracostis conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Rogene Gee Calvert speaks about her interest in the welfare of the ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Wagner Freire was born and raised in Brazil, where he completed five years of civil and nuclear engineering education in 1957. After graduation, Freire quickly joined up with Petrobras, the country...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is a group interview with John Wilkerson, George Kennard, Jermayn Mack, Larry Thomas, Meg Toups, Patrick Jefferson, Rachelle Mack, Darvita Mack Powe, Leon Belcher and Michon Benson. This group...
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 Wesal Kesbeh conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Wesal Kesbeh was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents from the West Bank. The family moved 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 Maria Jimenez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Maria Jimenez came to Houston from Mexico with her family in 1957. She recalls growing up in 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 Brigitte Zabak conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Brigitte Zabak is a native Houstonian whose parents came to the United States from Ramallah, ...
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 Khalil Abusharekh conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in a refugee camp, Khalil Abusharekh spent over twenty years living in Gaza City. In ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview with Elwyn Lee, the current Vice President for Community Relations and Institutional Access (as of Fall 2013), recounts his roots and subsequent return to the city of Houston, espec...
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 Pradip Mehta conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pradip Mehta grew up in Bombay, India and majored in Chemical engineering at IIT Knapur. He wen...
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 Uday Mahagaonkar conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Uday Mahagaokar was born in Kanpur, India. He attended IIT Kanpur and majored in chemical e...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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John Carter’s father worked for a quarter of a century as a production manager for Burma Oil, and his son followed him into the oil business. Living in Glasgow, Scotland, Carter studied mechanical ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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John Rossman Huff played football at Rice University and Georgia Tech in the 1960s, and he graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the latter. After graduating in 1968, Huff joined the Of...
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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...
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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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This is an oral history interview with Vijay Bhuchar conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Vijay Bhuchar moved to Houston from New Orleans and Delhi in 1975. She enjoyed a multi-sites c...
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 Sarosh Manekshaw conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Sarosh Manekshaw was born in UP, India but attended a boarding school in Dehra Dun until hi...
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 Joe Pratt conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Joe Pratt is the NEH Cullen Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston. I...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview includes several exchanges in Urdu/Hindi since Mrs. Ajgaonkar’s first language is Marathi. All such passages have been translated into English. The Ajgaonkars are from Mumbai, India....
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 Mazahir Khan conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in Rampur, India, Mazahir Khan migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1955 where he attended 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 Virinder Bansal conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Hailing from Punjab, Virinder Bansal came to New York in 1970. An engineer by training, Mr. ...
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 Pankaj Desai conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pankaj Desai enjoyed an affluent childhood in Bombay where his parents had migrated in the 1930...
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 Vimal Kothari conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Vimal Kothari arrived in Houston from Bombay in 1979 to work on an MS in electrical engineerin...
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 Sharad Kavadi and Vasudha Kavadi conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Raised in Puna and Bombay, Sharad and Vasudha Kavadi have lived in Houston ...
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 Pradeep Anand conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pradeep Anand came to Houston from Bombay in 1978. Born in 1950, his grandparents and ancestor...
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 Nellie M. Caraway conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Nellie Caraway was born in Beaumont, Texas but has been a long-time resident of Housto...
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 Shirley L. Granger conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Shirley Granger was born in Hungerford, Texas in the 1930s. She and her siblings grew...
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 Cherry Lawrence conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Cherry Lawrence was born in Morbihan, Louisiana into a large family. She and her sibling...
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 Winston Mayes conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Mary Winston Mayes was born in Clayton, Mississippi. She recounts favorite cooking an...
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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This is an oral history interview with Anita Jaisinghani conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Anita Jaisinghani is chef and owner of Indika restaurant, located at 516 Westheimer in Hou...
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...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview is with raw food proponent and former owner of the Raw Truth Vegetarian Café, Cheryl M. Pradia. The interview explores Ms. Pradia’s introduction to the raw food movement, her tenure ...
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This is an oral history interview with Monica Pope conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Monica Pope was interviewed to gain knowledge of the farmers markets of Houston. She talked abou...
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 Alison Cook conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Alison Cook is the restaurant critic for the Houston Chronicle. She has been an active member of...
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This is an oral history interview with Nicholas Gutierrez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Nicholas Gutierrez, son of Buddy Guindon (commercial fisherman and owner of Katie’s Seafo...
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 Eleni Kyriazis conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Eleni Kyriazis is a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Houston, Texas. She h...
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 Danton Nix conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Danton Nix was interviewed on September 30, 2010, at Danton’s Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen, 4611 Mo...
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...
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Curtis Burton grew up in both Mississippi and India, and graduated from the University of Texas in 1979 with a degree in engineering. Burton took on with Otis Engineering, and was able to work on t...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Marshall Cloyd studied engineering at both Berkeley and Southern Methodist University before finishing a master’s at Stanford and Harvard Business School. In 1959, Cloyd began working in Mississipp...
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...
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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...
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Steven Wheeler hailed from Montana, from which he followed his father’s career into the oil industry and eventually to Houston. Wheeler earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M, and...
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Phil Wilbourn studied at Tennessee Tech University on a baseball scholarship, and graduated in 1966 with an engineering degree in hand. In 1967, Wilbur signed on with Texaco, and worked for two yea...
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This is an oral history interview with Omowale Luthuli Allen conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Omawale Lithuli Allen is a social worker case manager in Houston, Texas who works wit...