San Antonio, Texas Samman, whose parents were from Tripoli, Lebanon, discusses family history, Lebanese community in Texas, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Alpine (Tex.); Brewster County (Tex.); Sul Ross State University
Alpine, Texas
The influence of Sul Ross State University, the McDonald Observatory, well-traveled ranchers and culture-hungry residents made Alpine and Fort Davis much more cosmopolitan than their small size would indicate, long-time residents...
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...
Belgians Americans--Texas;Immigration and emigration;Belgian-American Club of Texas
Agnes VanderPoorten and Jeanne Persyn are interviewed during the Folklife Festival as representatives of the Belgian-American Club of Texas. The first Belgians came to Texas with LaSalle in 1685, but the greatest influx was in the late 1800s. ...
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...
Covered wagon trips.; Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
San Antonio, Texas Whitaker recounts the history of her family who moved to Texas during the 1830s, settling around Austin. Each summer her family took a covered wagon trip into the nearby hill country, camping, fishing and learning about the...
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Personal narratives.;
Pantzer was born in a suburb of Berlin, Germany in 1911, but immigrated to New York in 1929. He first worked for International Telegraph and Telephone as a customer service representative and then opened a restaurant, Gus, in the IT&T...
Marshall, Texas
Ollie Marshall Adams spent his working life as a machinist in the huge railroad shops in Marshall, beginning with his apprenticeship at age 17 in 1927. Adams recounts the economic and social impact the now-closed railroad complex...