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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 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 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...
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 is an oral history interview with Norman "Pete" Salter conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Norman Salter was born in 1912 in Many, Louisiana, he was raised in northern Louisiana....
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...
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 Ben Schrick conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ben Schrick was born in 1941 in Iowa. He earned his Airframe and Power Plant Certificate from Am...
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 Frank Schwab conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Frank Schwab started in the oil industry in 1953 as a cook's helper for Stanolin Oil and Gas Co...
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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This is an oral history interview with John Shaw conducted as part of the Houston History Project. John Shaw is from Stanton, Illinois. He graduated from University of Illinois in 1949 and had a se...
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 is an oral history interview with Bobby Simon conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bobby Simon was born in Abbeyville, LA, and moved to Lafayette in 1959 to attend University of S...
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 Larry Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Larry Smith was born in 1932 in Crowley, but was raised in New Iberia. His father was a drilling...
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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This is an oral history interview with Claude Sonnier conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Claude Sonnier was born in 1918 in Scott, Louisiana, into a farming family. He attended South...
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.
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 S. Steinhorst conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Richard Steinhorst was born in Oklahoma and graduated with a degree in Petroleum Engin...
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 Donald Stemmans conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Don Stemmans was born in 1936 near Carencro. He spent 16 years in the oilfields for Superior...
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...
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...
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 "Bob" Truxell conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bob Truxell was born in 1924 in Illinois but moved to Nebraska when he was 6. He joined...
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 ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview’s focus was towards to destruction and rebuild efforts of the state parks along the Gulf coast that were struck by Hurricane Ike. This information is intended to be useful for the re...
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 Marvin Weinberg conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Many of the farmers who came into Houston to sell their produce were members of a community ...
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. Robinson West conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Robin West received his B.A. from University of North Carolina and his J.D. from Temple Uni...
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 Jr. Westell conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Casey Westell, Jr., former Director of Tenneco’s Industrial Ecology Department (Chief Ecolog...
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...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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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...
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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This is an oral history interview with Carl Wickizer conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Carl Wickizer went to work for Shell in 1954 after graduating from Oklahoma State University i...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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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...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Lou Wilkerson grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and he took a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arkansas. Subsequently, Wilkerson went to work for Shell in 1961, and later comp...
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 Eldridge "Tot" Williams conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Eldridge "Tot" Williams was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in 1927. His father, Geo...
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 Work conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dave Work was a top exploration manager for Amoco for many years and then with BP-Amoco after the...
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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This is an oral history interview with John Henry "Dickie" Written conducted as part of the Houston History Project. John Henry "Dickie" Written was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in 1937 but was r...
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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This is an oral history interview with Joe Young conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Joe Young attended Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana and received a degree in Geology. 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 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 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...