United States. Army Nurse Corps.; Military nursing.; United States--Armed Forces--Nurses.; Generals.; Military biography.; Women-Texas.; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Dunlap home, 125 Brettonwood Drive, San Antonio, Texas Texas Women's Hall of Fame member Lillian Dunlap joined the Army Nurse Corps during World War II straight out of the Santa Rosa School of Nursing intent on serving only for the war's duration....
Garza grew up in Laredo, Texas and enlisted in the Navy after high school. He served from 1967 to 1993 in a variety of positions, including Company Commander.
Topics: Life in the Navy and his daily duties, experiences as a Company Commander
United States. Air Force.; United States--Armed Forces--Women.;
Mitchell enlisted in the Air Force in 1977 and served until 1993, retiring as a Master Sergeant. She has worked at Lackland AFB in civil service and at UTSA as a lecturer in the History Department.
Topics: Air Force experience, basic Training,...
San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; Social service--United States--Societies, etc.; Social workers, Black--Texas--San Antonio.; African Americans--Interviews.
Retired social worker and community activist. The first African American professional hired at the San Antonio State Hospital (1965). Ms. Austin gained national recognition in 1984 when she received the Social Worker of the Year award for her...
United States. Air Force.; Korean War, 1950-1955--Personal Narratives.;
Gaylor enlisted in the Air Force in 1948 and served for over 30 years. He was involved in US efforts in Korea and Southeast Asia. He was a Chief Master Sergeant at the time of his retirement.
Topics: Segregation, Korean War, women in the military
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.
San Antonio (Tex.).; Education--Texas.; Women--San Antonio (Tex.)--Interviews; Women--School administrators--San Antonio (Tex.);
Saldana grew up in San Antonio and was the first member of her extended family to earn a college degree. She became a math teacher and taugher for many years at Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio's Northside Independent School...
San Antonio, Texas
Born at the Negro Hospital in Houston in 1929 and reared in segregated Houston and New Orleans,”Trudy” Batiste became one of San Antonio’s most active and admired volunteers. She shares her life experiences as the daughter...
San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; Social service--United States--Societies, etc.; Social workers, Black--Texas--San Antonio.;
Retired social worker and community activist. The first African American professional hired at the San Antonio State Hospital (1965). Ms. Austin gained national recognition in 1984 when she received the Social Worker of the Year award for her...
University of Texas--Pan American, Edinburg (Tex.).; University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.; Military education.; Educators--Texas.
Following a military career, Pennington completed his doctoral degree and was administrator and teacher at Pan American University before being selected to coordinate the transition of Texas Southmost College from a two-year to an upper level...
St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church, Houston, Texas Syrian Orthodox Priest Father Daniel Daly and retired Military Col. Jack Nahas, both the sons of Orthodox priests who ministered in Texas, meet with an University of Texas Institute of Texan...
Folklore--Texas.; Authors--Texas.; Teachers--Texas.; Sonnichsen, C. L. (Charles Leland), 1901-1991.
Part of the Institute of Texan Cultures' Bad History Project, Joyce Roach discusses folklore and the personal interpretations of history that are handed down orally, with reference to C. L. Sonnichsen and "The Poetry of History".
Civil rights movements--Texas, East.; Civil Rights.; Robinson, Frank James, 1902-1976.; African Americans--Texas.
African American educator, Dorothy Robinson discusses her personal philosophy, family history, career and civil rights work of her husband, Frank Robinson, particularly in Palestine, Texas, which she continued after his death.
816 Terrell Road, San Antonio, Texas
Longtime San Antonio Light photographer Harvey Belgin recorded many of South Texas’ most memorable events of the 1940s-1980s, including the end of the 1950s drought with his famous photograph of a rain-spotted...
United States--Army;University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
Jim Hudson, Col, USA Retired, relates his personal and military experience in Germany, Ecuador, Vietnam, and the US, including Ft. Sam Houston. Following his retirement, Hudson volunteered as a docent at the University of Texas Institute of Texan...
Football--Texas.;Football players;Football--coaching;Professional sports;Civil rights
College and professional football player, Rance Olison, discusses his career in sports, as a public school teacher and coach, including his belief in the importance of education and working together to achieve common goals.