Jazz musicians.; Dance orchestras.; Happy Jazz Band.; The Landing-San Antonio (Tex.).; Jim Cullum 1914-1973.
San Antonio, Texas The leader of the Happy Jazz Band and owner of Jim Cullum's Landing nightclub on San Antonio's River Walk, Jim Cullum Jr.'s life revolves around his talent and his passion for jazz. The son of a noted jazz artist, he grew up...
Sophia Vickery Ard, whose family settled in Salado in pre-Republic Texas, shares her reminiscences about the town from her mother's childhood in the 1870s to the 1980s. She includes recollections of the devastating 1921 flood in Salado and memories...
San Marcos (Tex.).; Hays County (Tex.).; Farm life--Texas.; Game protection--Texas.; Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.).
San Marcos, Texas Generations of Houston Henry Ellis' ancestors have lived in Hays County, including Cherokee tribesmen, ranchers and farmers. Their stories parallel the settlement of Central Texas.
San Antonio, Texas Born in northern Mexico in 1901 to a German father and Mexican mother, Caroline Elmendorf fled the Mexican Revolution, knew Pancho Villa, rubbed shoulders with Mexico's silver barons and then joined the Mexican exile community...
Nacogdoches, Texas Nacogdoches resident and local historian Carolyn Erickson hits the highlights of Nacogdoches' storied past, including the many Texas Revolutionary leaders who lived there. John Durst's 1,200 mile ride to warn of Gen. Santa...
Aeronautics--Military--Texas.; Air pilots, military.; United States. Air Force Airmen.; Bombers.; Airplanes--Flight testing.
Air Force Village, San Antonio, Texas Eugene L. Eubank was an aviation pioneer who started teaching World War I pilots in 1917 at Brooks Field's sod runway and helped develop the tactical flight guidelines that World War II combat pilots followed....
Historic buildings--Texas.; Historic buildings--Texas--San Antonio.; San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings.; Finck Cigar Factory (San Antonio, Tex.).; Finck, Henry William.; Finck, Edward Rheinhold.; Cigars.
Finck Cigar Company, 414 Vera Cruz, San Antonio, Texas Bill Finck is the fourth generation of his family to head San Antonio's Finck Cigar Company and the first to produce machine-made rather than hand-rolled cigars. Having learned the business...
Utopia (Tex.).; Uvalde County (Tex.).; Sabinal (Tex.).; Automobiles.; Telephone.
Sabinal Canyon, Utopia, Texas Born in the Sabinal Canyon in 1902, Henry Fisher shares his memories of the development of the area, including the first automobile, telephones and roads in the Uvalde and Bandera County areas. While a trip to San...
United States. Air Force--Finance offices.; United States. Air Force--Biography.; Berlin (Germany) History Blockade, 1948-1949.; Randolph Field (Tex.).
Fort Sam Houston Officer's Club, San Antonio, Texas The son of an Army sergeant and the first baby born at Camp Stanley, Stanley Fulcher was born into the military. He went on to shoulder billion-dollar responsibilities as a career finance...
Football--Texas.; McKinney (Tex).; Football--training.;University of Texas at San Antonio--Football.
Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, Gracy discusses his personal experiences, particularly playing football at McKinney High School, and his thoughts on football in Texas.
Katoaka, Reo.;Japanese Texans.;Emigration and immigration.;Landscaping.
Due to Mr. Katoaka's heavily-accented and broken English, this is not a verbatim transcription; best guess is made based on context of the conversation. Reo Katoaka tells of joining Japanese Merchant Marines for opportunity to come to US. Katoaka...
Kawahata, Henry.;Japanese Texans.;Farming.;World War, 1939-1945.
Hidalgo, Texas Henry Kawahata discusses 5th generation Japanese families whose ancestors came to Texas in the early 1900s, history of his family in Colorado, their move to Texas where his father began farming, experiences during World War II and...
Kishi, Taro.;Japanese Americans--Texans.;Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905.;Farming.
Vidor, Texas Taro Kishi tells of family's economic and cultural transition from medieval Japan to business opportunities in Texas through education and travel. Includes experience during Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905.
Kitayama, Happy.;Kitamaya, Kay.;Japanese Texans.;World War, 1939-1945.
Donna, TX Happy and Kay Kitayama discuss early family history, experience during World War II, and life on the border with Mexico, in Donna, TX. Included is a discussion of the first generation of Japanese in California who made their living as a...
Kozeni.; Japanese Americans--Texas. ;Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Heidelberg, Texas Mrs. Kozeni tells of move from California to relocation camp in Poston, Arizona during WWII and post-war move to family's farm in Texas.
Football--Texas.; Youth league football.; Football--fans.;Football--coaching.; John Jay High School (San Antonio, Tex.).; University of Texas at San Antonio--Football.
Nancy Medrano discusses her family involvement in sports, particularly the way she serves as a parent to support her son's football teams.
Wendish Americans.; Sorbian Americans.; Wends--Traditional medicine.; Wends--Rites and ceremonies.
Giddings, Texas Carl Mierschin and William Zoch describe how their families left Bautzen, Prussia in the 1840s to escape political and religious intolerance, settling in Serbin near Giddings, TX. They describe Wendish customs, early home cures,...
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.