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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 Yolanda Navarro Black conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Since the 1960s Yolanda Navarro Black has been a long time social and political activi...
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 Charlie Blackburn conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Charlie Blackburn had a long career with Shell beginning in 1952 after he graduated fr...
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 Bookout conducted as part of the Houston History Project. John Bookout had a tremendously successful career with Shell Oil Company. After serving in Wor...
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 Bob Bougeois conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bob Bougeois was born in Raceland, LA in 1934, he had four brothers. He studied physical educat...
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 Bradshaw conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jim Bradshaw is originally from Lake Charles, LA and moved to Lafayette in 1964. His father wor...
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 Lee Brasted conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Lee Brasted went got his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University in 1964. He joi...
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 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 Royce Breaux and Roy Breaux, Jr. conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Royce Breaux is the chairman of Breauxs Baycraft, Inc. and Roy Breaux Jr. 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 Vance Breaux conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Vance Breaux is president and part-owner of Breaux Brother's Enterprise. He and his brother, Wa...
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 Bill Broman conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Bill Broman got his B.S. and M.S. from Michigan Technological University. He joined Shell D...
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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Robert J. Brown found his first job in the petroleum industry in 1950, working as the tail chainman on a Tennessee Gas pipeline survey crew. His tenure with Tenneco took him between sites in New En...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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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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This is an oral history interview with Carlos Calbillo conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Carlos Calbillo was part of the radical movement during the Civil Rights Movement in the 196...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Dr. Luis R. Cano reflects on his career as a teacher and an activist in Houston. Dr. Cano started a school funded by grants. With only $35,000 he employed two others, and taught drop outs from HISD...
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 Dorothy Caram conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Dorothy Caram is an educator and community activist in the Mexican American community of 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 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 interview with Ray Douglas Carrington, III, a photography instructor at Jack Yates High School, both recalls the struggle for Civil Rights in Houston during the 1960s and calls for continued 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 Natalie Carrol conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen Brosnan and Ramona Hopkins.
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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This is an oral history interview with Reverend Lowell Case conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Reverend Lowell Case is one of thirteen siblings born in a historically agricultural ar...
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 J.C. Chargois conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. J. C. Chargois was born in 1924 in Lafayette and was the third child of Kezz and Louise Ch...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Depp Cheramie went to work for Texaco in his native Louisiana in 1971, when he was 19 years old. After a decade with the firm, Cheramie moved on to Shell Oil in 1982, working as a senior operator 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 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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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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Rob Christ attended Louisiana Tech University and emerged with dual degrees in aviation and accounting. After a stint as a CPA, Christ joined up with the work of his father, C.J. Christ, in the sub...
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 Robey Clark conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Robey Clark went to LSU in 1939 and joined the Navy before graduation. However, they still gave ...
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 John Clemmons conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen A. Brosnan and Timothy O'Brien.
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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This is an oral history interview with Ed Collins conducted as part of the Houston History Project. One of three boys, Ed Collins was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. His father owned a plumbin...
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 Mike Collins conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mike Collins is one of the very old hands at archaeology here in Texas. His specialty is lithic...
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 Bruce Collipp conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bruce Collipp graduated from MIT in 1953 with a masters degree. He started at Shell in 1954....