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61. Quentin R. Mease interview (21:46)

Quentin R. Mease interview
Date:
1985-10-30
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Quentin Mease discusses the "white flight" in Riverside and the Jack Ceasar bombing. He goes on to discuss the Quentin Mease Community Hospital on N. MacGregor, which was designed to be a back-up h...

62. Sol B. Weiner interview (20:54)

Sol B. Weiner interview
Date:
1985-10-30
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Sol Weiner talks about the origins of Beth Yeshurun. He talks about the relationship between the Jewish community and Riverside.

63. Manning M. Mott interview (26:58)

Manning M. Mott interview
Date:
1985-10-28
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Manning M. Mott discusses the different reactions of white residents to the Black residents moving into Riverside. Mott discusses the change in the quality of city services once Riverside became a ...

64. Anna and Jacob S. Waldman interview (12:08)

Anna and Jacob S. Waldman interview
Date:
1985-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Anna and Jacob S. Waldman share memories of their former Riverside residence, and the factors involved in their decision to leave Riverside.

65. Drew Robins interview (16:42)

Drew Robins interview
Date:
1985-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
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...

66. Martha Terrill interview (06:36)

Martha Terrill interview
Date:
1985-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Martha Terrill shares memories of the Caesar family and the Caesar bombing. She talks about the effect of integration on St. James' Episcopal Church.

67. George McElroy interview (11:17)

George McElroy interview
Date:
1985-10-26
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
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...

68. Stewart and Rhona Ryan Wilber interview (26:36)

Stewart and Rhona Ryan Wilber interview
Date:
1985-10-26
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Rhona and Stewart share memories of moving to Riverside and selecting a home. They talk about the extent of blockbusting in Riverside, and the role of deed restrictions. Rhona and Stewart discuss t...

69. Walter W. Kemmerer interview (06:23)

Walter W. Kemmerer interview
Date:
1985-10-26
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Dr. Kemmerer about how the University of Houston came to be operating in southeast Houston. He describes the university as an asset to Riverside Terrace, which was previously undevel...

70. Al Edwards interview (26:44)

Al Edwards interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Representative Al Edwards describes segregation in Houston when he was a child, and how Riverside has changed since then. He discusses the impact of high property values in the area on home buying....

71. James M. Douglas interview (10:38)

James M. Douglas interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Texas Southern University School of Law Dean, James Douglas, who describes his decision to live in Riverside. Douglas believes more university faculty and staff should live in the ne...

72. Marvin Zindler interview (07:27)

Marvin Zindler interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Marvin Zindler remembers the Jack Caesar bombing. He recalls it being unusual for an event regarding Black people to make the news. He views the bombing as more of a scare tactic than an attempted ...

73. Wally Honeywell interview (13:52)

Wally Honeywell interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Wally Honeywell, who discusses his motivation for moving to Riverside, in particular he notes the neighborhood's proximity to the University of Houston, and that he and his wife had ...

74. Evelyn B. and Peter Thornton interview (19:49)

Evelyn B. and Peter Thornton interview
Date:
1985-10-24/1985-10-26
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
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...

75. Jack Shannon interview (06:12)

Jack Shannon interview
Date:
1985-10-24
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jack Shannon talks about what made Riverside special and why he chose Riverside as a place of residence. He describes an exodus once Black residents began moving into Riverside.

76. Cherie Bourgin interview (26:58)

Cherie Bourgin interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Cherie Bourgin describes her family's move from Illinois, and their decision to settle in Riverside, despite some surprise on the part of members of the University of Houston. She describes many of...

77. Edith Eisner interview (09:04)

Edith Eisner interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
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...

78. Harry Brochstein interview (06:15)

Harry Brochstein interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Harry Brochstein talks about developing Alconbury Lane during the Korean War. He reflects on how Riverside was transformed from a prairie into a subdivision. He talks about how integration had a ne...

79. Jon Lindsay interview (08:00)

Jon Lindsay interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jon Lindsay lived in Riverside from 1964 to 1970. His family left Riverside because his family wanted to move to the countryside and bought a house in Tomball. He talks about placing the Harris Cou...

80. Elwyn Lee and Sheila Jackson Lee interview (22:33)

Elwyn Lee and Sheila Jackson Lee interview
Date:
1985-10-21
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
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...