George O. Coalson and Leslie Hunter
Approximately 700 audio cassettes
A1973-001; A1976-027; A1982-059; A1993-005; A1993-023; A1993-030; A1994-034; A1993-035; A1994-017; A1994-036; A1996-012; A1996-041; A1997-001; A1997-018; A1999-014; A1999-039; A1999-040; a1999-048; A1999-057; A1999-062; A1999-063; A1999-064; A1999-065; A2000-001; A2000-008; A2000-010; A2000-011; A2000-014; A2000-015; A2000-026; A2000-027; A2000-033; A2000-035; A2000-040; A2000-048; A2000-072; A2001-006; A2004-035; A2004-058; A2012-018; A2012-050; A2013-005; A2013-043; A2014-039
1890-1945 (unknown)
One part of the South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection is A1993-005. This accession is a series of oral interviews that were done in the early 1970’s that was done by the Texas A&I history department, George O. Coalson and Leslie Hunter. There are over 350 oral histories in A1993-005. Many of these interviews were with people who came to the area when the railroads did and help build towns like Kingsville, Bishop, and Driscoll to name a few. This of course is not a comprehensive summary of all the subject matter contained in these interviews. Some topics covered are personal dealings with the Klu Klux Klan, Texas Rangers, witchcraft, folk medicine, farming techniques, racial tensions, oil exploration, and day to day living.
The South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection is a collection of over 40 accessions of oral histories donated to the South Texas Archives. This collection started in 1973 and is being collection to this day. There are various topics and people in this collection but there is a link to some aspect of South Texas History.
Arranged in order received.
South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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Processing of this collection has been done by many archivist over the years. It is currently being reprocessed by Daniel Thacker. The Finding Aid was created and EAD document encoded by Daniel Thacker in March of 2019.