San Antonio (Tex.)--Theaters; Motion picture projectionists; Theaters--Employees; Majestic Theater (San Antonio, Tex.); Municipal Auditorium (San Antonio, Tex.)
Taught by his father to work as a movie projectionist, Parnell discusses experiences and aspects of movie and stage production through multiple jobs he learned.
Civil rights; African-Americans--Texas; African-Americans--Segregation; Dallas (Tex.); African Americans--Education--Texas; Church and social problems--Texas
Black Dallas educator Sadye Gee recalls the good and the bad of the city's gradual desegregation and the importance of the Hamilton Park neighborhood to Dallas' Black leadership.
United Service Organizations (U.S.).; USO-Camp Shows, Inc.; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.; Dancing.
Personal history of Betsy (Berkley) Robinson who left Seguin, Texas for New York City during the Depression. She trained and worked as a dancer and entertainer before joining the USO and working in the camp shows during World War II.
United States. Marine Corps.; Korean War, 1950-1955--Personal Narratives.;
Adams was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He served in the Marine Corps from 1950-1967, with 5 years spent on active duty in Southeast Asia
Topics: Marine Corps, Philippines, Korean War, Japan
Architects--Texas; La Villita (San Antonio, Tex.); Architecture--conservation and restoration; San Antonio (Tex.).--buildings
Office of O'Neil Ford, 528 King William Street, San Antonio, Texas
Eminent architect O’Neil Ford reminisces about one of his great loves, La Villita, while sorting through historic notes and photographs. The Depression-era restoration of La...
Weaving;Spinning;Cochineal; Dyes and dying;Dye plants--Texas
Nelda Wagner explains the process she demonstrates during the Folklife Festival to spin thread and yarn, using natural products for dying such as cochineal, marigolds, goldenrod, nut shells and lichen, and weaving.
Nagatori, Herbert.; Japanese Americans--Texans.;World War, 1939-1945.; San Benito (Tex.).
San Benito, TX. Herbert Nagatori discusses his experiences during WWII, the transition of Japanese social structure from Japan to US following the war, and personal family history.