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Rabbi Hyman Schachtel talks about integration, and says that for white residents to object to integration was for them to violate the highest teachings of any religion. He talks about the efforts h...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This interview with Rev. Hystad was conducted on August 3, 2006 at his office at the Second Baptist Church, 6400 Woodway Dr, Houston, Texas 77057.
The pastors of the church selected Rev. Hystad to...
Discussion on the experience of Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian immigrants in Houston, covering the present experience and future goals of the community. Credits: Zapalac, Jamie (director), Moore, J...
Silent footage of a fashion show; interview with State Board of Education candidate and Mickey Leland; silent footage of man painting a mural; followed by silent footage of Shriners' parade in down...
Recording of lecture given by theoretical physicist Philip Morrison on December 2, 1966, at the annual Humanities Series at SMTI (Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, now University ...
This program is a variety show featuring Ron and Patricia Owens. Footage also includes an interview with Bill Gilbreath. Credits: Coakley, Patrick (director), Kidd, Lou (chief cameraman), Breazale,...
Interview with Dr. J. B. Jones discussing the Weingarten's supermarket sit-in protest, and the decision to have the sit-in protest at Weingarten's due to its proximity to Texas Southern University.
Interview with Dr. J. B. Jones describing how "whites were tipping out" and "blacks were tipping in" when he moved to Riverside in 1959. He discusses the move from north to south of the bayou for p...
J. C. Nickens discusses why he chose to buy a home in Riverside and what the real estate market was like in Houston in the late 1970s. He discusses the decisions to place the Harris County Psychiat...
John Davenport goes to Baytown to see man's project to rebuild a PT-8 torpedo boat. There is a segment on handmade fishing lures and tips for catching fish in the Gulf; hand-drawn caricatures. In a...
John Davenport meets screenwriter Horton Foote, and a street performer and his two Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Other segments include a look at squids in nerve and cancer research, and a visit to a child...
John Davenport visits a fountain pen enthusiast; emu farmer; jazz photographer Tad Hershorn; Angola Prison in Louisiana which hosts the only prison-run radio station; "cowboy polo" players in Pasad...
John Davenport goes to Leakey, TX to meet a smuggler. There are segments on Houston's unoccupied Rice Hotel and the Texas Gatorfest. Davenport visits a post office in the tiny town of Chriesman, TX.
John Davenport visits a modern-day milkman. There is a segment on a beagle who sniffs out illegal substances for the USDA at the airport. Davenport visits a couple with a house full of collectable...
John Davenport goes to a salvage yard in Houston that has been operating since 1910. He meets a man who shines shoes for a living and a 91-year old McDonald's employee. There is a segment rememberi...
John Davenport visits women working in male-dominated professions. In the second half, he reports on one of the few remaining blacksmith/farriers working in the country today. Finally, Davenport hi...
John Davenport goes to Galveston to meet an 8th grade girl who plays on the middle school football team, then meets with a male kindergarten school teacher at Rosenberg Elementary School. Interview...
John Davenport visits a train engineer who is a 60-year old woman; then to Sylvan Beach train depot in La Porte. He visits lost and stolen property storage at Houston Police Department. There is a ...
John Davenport rides the Houston city bus with a charismatic driver, then to a museum of junk. He then visits the Museo Urbina de Historia de Mexico, and finally to the Texas Gatorfest to meet a ma...
John Davenport visits a Judge Neil Caldwell in Angleton, who is also a painter; then to C & D Flavor Co. to taste some snow cone flavors and meet the company owner who is also a big game hunter; Da...
John Davenport visits the Lockwood Inn for bar-b-que; then to Cafe Miami for Cuban food in Houston; Last Concert Cafe for Tex Mex and live music; a fortune cookie manufacturer in Houston; Sonora de...
John Davenport meets a man who played baseball in the Negro League during segregation. There is a look at the disparity between Founders Cemetery, a historical white cemetery, and College Park Ceme...
John Davenport visits Bernard Samson's collection of old televisions; a horse-drawn airstream trailer traveling cross-country; a concrete ship, the SS Selma, in Galveston Bay; a modern-day milkman;...
John Davenport visits Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, TX; a local exercise machine innovator; an automatic cart that makes deliveries in Houston Veteran's Hospital; registration of Texas cattle brands; ...
John Davenport goes to Leakey, TX to meet a smuggler; to meet screenwriter Horton Foote; the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, TX; a post office in the tiny town of Chriesman, TX; and finally to Angola Pr...
John Davenport meets a pawn shop owner who officiates weddings. There is a segment remembering the 1900 Galveston hurricane. Davenport visits the windmills in Poteet, TX.
John Davenport visits a 91-year old McDonald's employee; Port Arthur unclaimed luggage store; a store in Ledbetter, TX that has been operating continuously for 120 years. There is a segment on regi...
John Davenport meets a local inventor who has made model trains and airplanes who was a friend of Howard Hughes He then visits Sylvan Beach train depot in La Porte. There is a report from the Port ...
John Davenport visits a train engineer who is a 60-year old woman. Davenport looks at fortune cookie manufacturing in Houston, and a Baytown man's project to rebuild a PT-8 torpedo boat. There is a...
Interview with Jack Heard, Sr. about his role in the Jack Caesar bombing case. He describes how he and other detectives traced the evidence to identify Carl "Red" Davis and George Howell as the bom...
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.
Jack Weingarten recalls moving from north to south of the bayou as a child. He describes playing around the bayou and seeing baptisms take place there. He recalls playing in the Kuhlmann Cemetery b...
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 Jackson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bill Jackson is the Houston region sales manager for Gulf Offshore Logistics, a boat owner, ope...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Lucy Jackson begins with her early education at St. Nicholas School, her family’s background information, and her parent’s decision to send her to Catholic school. Walking every day to mass and the...
Teresa Tomkins-Walsh interviews Jacqueline Goettsche about the organization she founded, "The Women's Fund for Health Education and Research". She discusses the founding, the goals of the organizat...
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...
James B. Thomas speaks about his career as a specialist in interior architecture and how the field became acknowledged as a integral sub-field of architectural practice.
James Donatto describes the history of his home, built on property originally purchased by Stephen F. Austin, and inhabited by several notable people. He discusses the construction of the Harris Co...
James E. Furr discusses his career and his prestigious projects in Houston and elsewhere. Additional keywords: 1000 Main (formerly Reliant Energy Plaza).
James Falick speaks about his life and his career as an architect specializing in healthcare design. He and interviewer Bruce Crockford discuss Falick's work process at Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and...
Interview with Father Jim Tucker, discussing the racial makeup of his congregation at St. James' Episcopal Church., and the problem of being neither a wholly Black nor white congregation in the com...
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...
Jim and John Tucker talk about moving to Riverside as adolescents in 1968, when their father became pastor of St. James' Episcopal Church. John Tucker talks about feeling included by his Black clas...
Footage of Jesse Jackson at a speaking engagement as he describes the Rainbow Coalition. The Organization of Hispanics in Higher Education endorsed Jesse Jackson in his 1984 bid for U. S. President.
McConn, former mayor of Houston, credits the peacefulness of Riverside's integration to the Black community and its leadership. McConn predicts that with some repair, Riverside could become one of ...
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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Maria Jimenez details her family’s history of crossing the Mexican and United States border both legally and illegally for job opportunities, and then her own migration in 1958. She begins with her...
Jason Cantu interviews Joe Colaco, who discusses his education, his work as a structural engineer, especially of high rise buildings, and his work as a full professor at the University of Houston C...
Joe Russell describes how his family came to live in the Riverside area. He talks about how integration affected the neighborhood, and how long it took it took the different sides of the bayou to b...
Interview with John and Drucie Chase about their decision to move to Riverside Terrace in the 1950s. They discuss the purchase of the lot, and design of their home, and the reaction of white neighb...
Staub, John F.; American Institute of Architects. Houston Chapter; Rick, Robert
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John Staub discusses with Robert Rick his influences growing up, his architectural practice with a focus on his residential work and select commercial projects. Additional keywords: The Architect...
Jack McGinty, who used to live where Texas State Highway 288 is now, talks about changes in the neighborhood. McGinty discusses childhood sports rivalries, and playing along the bayou. He discusses...
John Paukune discusses with Kerry Goelzer his architectural career, with major emphasis on the construction of the Astrodome. Additional keywords: Structural design, Tellurometer, Ventilation, Shea...
John Zemanek interviewed by Patrick Peters and Catherine Essinger. Zemanek discusses his background. He mentions his residences at Pierce and Pierce; 1723 Colquitt Street, 1117 Peden Street, and 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 Deloris "Marie" Johnson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Deloris offered an insight into the class of 1958 at Yates High School. She was a st...
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 Deloris "Marie" Johnson and Napoleon Johnson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Deloris Johnson and Napoleon Johnson were classmates at Yates 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 Les "Pe-Te" Johnson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in Grand Taso, near Eunice, Louisiana. Served in the U.S. Air Force during Korean W...
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 Clyde Johnston conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Clyde Johnston was born in Norplet, Arkansas and his father worked for Texaco for 48 years. ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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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 ...
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...
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 Edith Jones conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen A. Brosnan and Ramona Hopkins.
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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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,...
Joseph Mashburn discusses with Anna Mod his background, personal interests, professional practice and teaching. Additional keywords: Architecture -- Study and teaching, Career development, Architec...
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.
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...
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 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. ...
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)...
Interview topics include Juan Rodriguez's life, his profession as a hairdresser, and participation in The Diana Foundation, Houston's oldest LGBT organization. Interview by Timothy Vale.
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 Kaigler conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1929 in Weslaco, Texas, Mr. Kenneth Kaigler went into the military service after he ...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Interview with Katherine Howe about growing up in Riverside neighborhood, and her family's eventual move away. In particular she discusses her family and her own impressions of the changes in the a...
Jane Ely interviews former Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire, a political science professor and the first woman to be elected to Houston government. She talks about her path into politics and her experi...
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 ...
Keith Bardin talks about the Riverside economy and the role St. James' Episcopal Church played in the community. He discusses Black society and community relations.
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 Kelly conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Tom Kelly was a long-time boat builder. He was vice-president of operations at Seward Seacraft ...
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 Kevin Kendall conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen A. Brosnan and Ramona Hopkins.
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 Altha Lee Kennedy conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Altha Lee Kennedy is a life-long resident of Lafayette and is the sister of J. C. Chargois...
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 ...