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1661. Johnston, Dwight (44:12)

Johnston, Dwight
Date:
2009-09-09
Main contributors:
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
Summary:
Dwight Johnston grew up in Dallas, Texas, into a family full of engineers. He attended Texas A&M University, and graduated with a degree in civil structural engineering. In 1978 he went to work in ...

1662. 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...

1663. Jones, Edith (1:02:00)

Jones, Edith
Date:
2007-09-18
Main contributors:
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
Summary:
This is an oral history interview with Edith Jones conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen A. Brosnan and Ramona Hopkins.

1664. Jones, Ollie Otis (O.O.) (1:29:00)

Jones, Ollie Otis (O.O.)
Date:
2009-07-22
Main contributors:
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
Summary:
Ollie “Double-O” Jones grew up near Nacogdoches, Texas, where he finished high school in 1949. Soon after graduation, the Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. (Tenneco) came in to survey a pipeline path,...

1665. Jonkman, Frederik Johan (27:03)

Jonkman, Frederik Johan
Date:
2000-09-30
Main contributors:
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
Summary:
This is an oral history interview with Frederik Johan Jonkman conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewer: Joseph A. Pratt.

1666. Joseph Mashburn (53:41)

Joseph Mashburn
Date:
2015-06-25
Main contributors:
Mashburn, Joe; Mod, Anna
Summary:
Joseph Mashburn discusses with Anna Mod his background, personal interests, professional practice and teaching. Additional keywords: Architecture -- Study and teaching, Career development, Architec...

1667. Joseph Samuels interview (06:40)

Joseph Samuels interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Joseph Samuels tours sites along Almeda Road that were significant to the Jewish community. He points out the former site of Kaplan's Delicatessen, and Dushkin's Cleaners.

1668. Joseph Samuels interview (20:10)

Joseph Samuels interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Joseph Samuels talks about Washington Terrace in relation to Riverside Terrace, and how the neighborhoods served the Jewish community. He talks about reactions among the Jewish community to the Jac...

1669. Joskowitz, Aaron (58:59)

Joskowitz, Aaron
Date:
2004-11-11
Main contributors:
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
Summary:
This is an oral history interview with Aaron Joskowitz conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Aaron Joskowitz is twenty-five years of age. He is the grandson of two Holocaust survivors. ...

1670. Journey to the sky: A history of the Alabama and Coushatta Indians of Texas (48:31)

Journey to the sky: A history of the Alabama and Coushatta Indians of Texas
Date:
1981
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
Documentary on the history and current conditions of life in the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, a history dating from the 1700s in Texas. Credits: Snavely, John (editor), Beasley, Brian (editor)...