United States. Navy. Seabees.; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
San Antonio, Texas Retired Navy Vice Admiral Wallace Short describes his military career, including work with the Seabees, the Construction Battalion, begun during World War II by Admiral Ben Morull, a Civil Engineer, to build what was needed to...
Subjects discussed in this interview include: contractors/consultants; Corps of Engineers; Eagleland Reach; ecosystem restoration; floods and flood control; instream/downstream flows; landscaping; Mission Reach; Museum Reach; National Park Service;...
San Antonio, Texas Teresa Zertuche describes growing up on the Chapman Ranch near Falfurrias, Texas, ranching activities, attending school, family customs, family and personal history, including that of her father who left Saltillo, Mexico at age...
218 Canterbury Hill, San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio attorney W.B. Jack Ball reminisces about his childhood in Farmersville at the dawn of the 20th Century and his years at the University of Texas at Austin and the UT Law School from 1915-21 when...
Marshall Pottery Works (Marshall, Tex.).; Pottery, American--Texas.; Pottery craft.
Payne describes techniques and history of this East Texas pottery company which was established in 1895 and uses local clay deposits. Includes separate written history.
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Personal narratives.; Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.;
Scheffrahn was born in East Prussia in May 1918 and spent his childhood in Rastenburg. He was drafted into the German Army at the onset of World War II and served from 1939-1945. After the war he and his wife immigrated to the US under the...
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives.; United States. Air Force.;
John Kuborn, November 30, 2004
From Wisconsin, Kuborn enlisted in the Air Force in 1961. He served 3 tours in Vietnam and retired in 1980 as a Master Sergeant.
Topics: Vietnam War experience, Tet Offensive, military leave
African Americans--Civil rights--Texas--San Antonio--History.; African Americans--Interviews.; Mt. Zion Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.); San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.; Segregation--Texas--San...
Black was born in San Antonio on Nov. 28, 1916, the son of a Pullman porter and a housewife. After graduating from then-Douglass High School in 1933, he enrolled at St. Philip’s College. Black earned a bachelor’s degree in 1937 from Morehouse...
Raymondville, (Tex.); Willacy County, (Tex.); Harlingen, (Tex.); Frontier and pioneer life; Snow, Luther; Port Mansfield, (Tex.); King Ranch, (Tex.); Texas--Social life and customs; Rio Grande Valley, (Tex.)
The unique world of the Rio Grande Valley in the early years of the 20th century is shared by two who moved there in 1925 from Illinois. Freezes that destroyed fruit orchards, hurricanes that destroyed homes and lawlessness fueled by the ruffians...
Subjects discussed in this interview include: Bexar Regional Watershed Management Partnership; board activities/composition, politics/staff relations; congressional and legislative relations; Corps of Engineers; desalination; Digital Flood...
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...