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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983

Description: Transcript of an interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer at the time Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd, the president of the Brownwood Civic Association. Lanham and Shepherd both share their memories of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia including work with the Red Cross helping clean up the damage caused by the hurricane and the effects on the Brownwood subdivision.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Lanham, Marcine & Shepherd, Jean
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976

Description: Transcript of an interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date: 2018
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Mr., Mrs. J. Rodger Read, 1980

Description: Transcript of an interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Read, residents of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include their life as employees of Humble Oil and Refining Co., the Depression, consolidation of the three small towns and the Minerva Club.
Date: 2018
Creator: Swofford, Sarah; Read, Joseph Roger & Read, Eudoxia
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, September 19, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with Norman Brooks Culver, administrator of the Humble Hospital, the hospital owned and operated by the Humble Oil Refining Company in Baytown, Texas. Culver tells of his experiences working for Humble and the medical care provided to company employees, as well as a few anecdotes concerning the history of Baytown, such as Humble Day celebrations, the founding of Baytown's Volunteer Fire Department, and the founding of the charitable organization now known as East Harr… more
Date: 2018
Creator: Smoke, Amanda; Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc) & Swofford, Sarah
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Pat Ruyle, 1980

Description: Transcript of an interview with Pat Ruyle, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Robert E. Lee High School history, Goose Creek history and Baytown history.
Date: 2018
Creator: Brown, Wanda; Ruyle, Pat & Ruyle, [Mrs. Pat]
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Phyllis Busch, October 9, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with Phyllis Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Topics include her early life and family background, including a description of a tent city, Horace Mann school, 1923, the picture show in Pelly, and her religious and community life in Cedar Bayou.
Date: 2018
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Phyllis Triggs, 1903-
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Raymond Kilgore, May 27, 1986

Description: Transcript of an interview with Raymond Kilgore, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mr. Kilgore discusses his family life and the early history of Cedar Bayou and Baytown, including the brickyards, the pontoon bridge over Goose Creek, the Interurban to Houston, the fig orchards of Highlands, and life and schooling in Cedar Bayou.
Date: 2018
Creator: Smoke, Amanda; Kilgore, Raymond & Mayo, Martha
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986

Description: Transcript of an interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown who moved here in 1929 from Houston, Texas. Long describes his early employment in Baytown at the Humble Refinery, and goes on to talk about his law practice, offices, and the growth of the town and his work establishing the first credit union in Baytown.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Long, Roy
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of the Baytown, Texas, area beginning in 1921. Mageors describes the living conditions in Pelly, Texas, during its early days and speaks about working as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, then later for the school district and a store called Lack's. She also discusses various businesses present in Baytown and Pelly.
Date: 2018
Creator: Knight, Karen & Majeors, Ruth, 1902-
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Virgie Rivere

Description: Transcript of an interview with Virgie Rivere, a long-time resident of Liberty County, Texas. Ms. Revere discusses her childhood in Raywood, Texas, and describes her adult life in Liberty, Texas, including transportation over the years, a major fire that destroyed many buildings in Liberty and schools in Liberty County.
Date: 2018
Creator: Kieve, Pam & Revere, Virgie, 1898-
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas. Mr. Synder is a veteran of World War II and discusses his experiences in the war and specifically as a prisoner in the Bataan Death March.
Date: 2018
Creator: Chandler, Patricia M. & Snyder, Wilburn L.
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, Texas.
Date: 2018
Creator: Smoke, Amanda; Busch, William T. & Swofford, Sarah
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975

Description: Transcript of an interview with Don McLeod, who moved to Mont Belvieu in 1929 from Beaumont, Texas. McLeod answers questions and describes the growth of the oil business in Mont Belvieu and Baytown, including what companies were already here and how the business has changed from then until now.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
Partner: Lee College

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Ella Williams

Description: Transcription of an interview with Ella Williams, a resident of Channelview, Texas, and the area surrounding Baytown since approximately 1920. Topics include a discussion about the 1915 hurricane on Hog Island in the San Jacinto River.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Williams, Ella
Partner: Lee College

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. E. L. Scott, February 26, 1976

Description: Transcription of an interview with Mrs. Edward L. Scott, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Scott is the daughter of former Texas poet laureate John P. Sjolander, whom she discusses in her interview along with the history of Baytown and Goose Creek.
Date: 2018
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Scott, Annie Sjolander
Partner: Lee College

Transcription of Oral History Interview with Mrs. R. W. Matthews, August 17, 1976

Description: Transcription of an interview with Maude Matthews, a resident of Baytown, Texas, since approximately 1920. Mrs. Matthews discusses the activities of the Priscilla Club, a women's sewing club in Baytown which was the oldest continually operating club in Baytown at the time of the interview.
Date: 2018
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Swofford, Sarah
Partner: Lee College
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