Cowboys--personal narratives.; African American cowboys.; Horses.; Clowns.
Bulverde, Texas Famed professional rodeo clown Leon Coffee, a fourth-generation Black cowboy from Blanco, recalls the challenges of succeeding in the all-White rodeo world starting in the early 1970s. A gifted athlete, he broke horses on his...
Tschirhart, Martin D.; Tschirhart, August L. ;Hearses (Vehicles).; Burial;United States--Navy.; Castroville (Tex.).; University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio.
Martin D. Tschirhart tells of the burial ceremonies and stories about horse-drawn hearse that was maintained and driven by his father, August L. Tschirhart, who was paid by families to transport bodies in communities around Castroville, Texas. ...
Saldana, John Jesse.; United States Army--Infantry.; Canary Islanders.; Mexican Americans.; New Mexico.; United States--Post Office Department.; Postmasters.; San Antonio (Tex.).
John Jesse Saldana, Sr., 13th generation born in San Antonio of Irish, Canary Islander, Spanish and English heritage, tells of family history, his work with United States Postal Service before his 1942 enlistment in Army, combat experience as...
Saldana, John Jesse.; United States Army--Infantry.; Canary Islanders.; Mexican Americans.; New Mexico.; United States--Post Office Department.; Postmasters.; San Antonio (Tex.).
John Jesse Saldana, Sr., 13th generation born in San Antonio of Irish, Canary Islander, Spanish and English heritage, tells of family history, his work with United States Postal Service before his 1942 enlistment in Army, combat experience as...
Japanese Americans--Texas.; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.; Discrimination.
Jiroo Tanamachi tells of discrimination and restrictions for Japanese in California, resulting in family moving to Texas in the early 1900s for opportunity to buy land and begin farming. Includes discussion of discrimination and relocation of...
Co-founder of Gilberto Rodriguez and the Blue Notes, with his cousin, Gregorio Pedroza, they discuss history of their family, Tejano music, and the band.
San Antonio, Texas
Jazz trumpeter, band leader and nightclub owner Don Albert recalls his experiences playing in the 1920s and 1930s from New Orleans to San Antonio to Kansas City and Chicago. And he shares memories of some of jazz’s greatest...
Palestine (Tex.).; Anderson County (Tex.).; Schools--Texas.; Cotton gins and ginning.; Farm tenancy--Texas.
Personal recollections of Alva Robinson, whose father owned a properous cotton farm in Palestine, including information on farm life, education, social, religious activities during the early 20th century.
San Antonio (Tex.)--politics and government.; San Antonio (Tex.)--economic conditions
San Antonio, Texas.
The man who broke the Good Government League’s 20-year control of San Antonio’s city government, Charles Becker, talks about his service as mayor for four years and a City Councilman for two. He also expresses his long-term...
Subjects discussed in this interview include: accounting; architects; computers; contractors/consultants; engineering; laboratories; lawsuits (condemnations, water quality, etc.); office culture; Olmos Dam; real estate/surveying/land acquisition;...
Submarine warfare.; Pearl Harbor, attack on, 1941.; World War 1939-1945--Naval operations, submarines.
World War II submarine commands during which he sunk 19 enemy vessels, the second highest tally among American sub commanders. Cutter's observations and opinions are historic -- from his views that inferior Japanese radar was a major factor in the...