- A1996-041.0004
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Eduardo A. Cantu, of San Diego, Texas, tells about his life growing up when his father was a sharecropper in the San Diego area. Tells of the difficult times his family experienced during the Depression when everyone worked in the fields.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0005
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Al Garcia, conducted by Jesus Benitez. Garcia discusses his experience as a member of the Kingsville City Commission.
Donor papers not located. |
- A1996-041.0006
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Mary Hays, who will say only that she is in her 80s and her sister, Joy Chalk, talk about their memories of World War II. She tells of rationing and things they did not have.
FILED: Chalk
No donor papers found. |
- A1996-041.0007
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Emil Jesse, conducted by William Weathers. Jesse discusses his life growing up in Kingsville; his parents' farm in the San Fernando District, east of Kingsville; and being unhappy about being displaced when the U.S. Navy decided to build a base there in 1942.
No donor file. |
- A1996-041.0008
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Mucio Garza, of Kingsville talks about growing up in Kingsville. During the Depression he was a shoeshine boy and sometimes attended school at Austin School. He and his family were seasonal workers who traveled around the state picking various crops. In 1938 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corp and went to Arizona. Talks about WPA and PWA. He joined the navy during World War II.
Signed consent form and summary in donor file.
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- A1996-041.0009
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Kenneth J. Fritz, of Sington, talks about living and working on a dairy farm. He enlisted in the navy when he was 15 so that he could fight in World War II. After being wounded he quit. Then reenlisted in army and served during the Korean Conflict.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0010
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Ruby Gustavson, now of Kingsville, born in El Campo, tells about her experiences teaching during the Depression.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0011
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Antonia Casanova of Mission, TX tells about coming to Mission in 1944 from Nuevo Leon Mexico. She was married in Monterrey and they came to Mission as farmers. They experienced rationing. Her husband had lived in Mission and remembers about discrimination and segregation.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0012
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Bob & Joyce Riley of Corpus Christi talk about the development of Corpus Christi and how it looked in the early 1940s. They tell of Raymond's Garden, the Dragon Grill, Wyatt Plaza, Commerce Bank, the Madrid, the Driskill, the base facilities in Corpus. They also talk about the Red Cross and the USO.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0013
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Diedo Trevino of Kingsville, Texas talks about his life in Kingsville during the Depression era. He went to school until he was 16, then entered the Civilian Conservation Corp. When World War II started, he enlisted. Discrimination in the military was only if you were especially dark.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0014
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Doc Williams, of Harlingen, talks about growing up in Cuero, Texas where his father was a farmer. They ate well during the Depression because they were able to produce what they needed. They sold peanuts, cotton, corn and grain to make money, but had very little. Talks about going to school, but only through the 9th grade because school was a long way away and there was so much work to do on the farm. He volunteered for the army when he was 21 and World War II started. In the Air Force he was sent to England and talks about his experiences.
Consent form is not signed but present. Transcript of oral interview present in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0015
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Gilberto F. Gonzalez of Falfurrias talks about his experiences serving in the military during World War II. He went to Gibraltar, France, Italy, Germany and Austria. He received a silver star and cluster, a bronze star and a good conduct medal.
Signed consent papers and transcript in donor file. |
- A1996-041.0016
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Lila Rosas of Falfurrias, Texas talks about growing up and her life in Falfurrias during the Depression. Her father was disabled so he mostly did janitorial or yard work. Her mother took in ironing and other chores at their home. She says other people were poor.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
- A1997-001.0001
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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"Survival During the 1940s". Interview with Paula Vera Gonzalez, of Concepcion, Texas, conducted by Lilia Ellis Balderas. Mrs. Gonzalez discusses living in South Texas during World War II; crossing the border and shopping in Mexico for much of what they needed because it was not available in Texas; rationing; electricity coming to the area after the War; hearing only scarcely about the war because their radios were battery powered; and lack of medical care.
Consent form is signed and in donor file. |
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- A1997-001.0002
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Eugenio E. Gonzalez, of Eagle Pass, Texas, conducted by R. Linett Trevino. Mr. Gonzalez discusses his experiences during the Great Depression in South Texas; World War II; the death of his parents and siblings who starved to death during the Great Depression; how he managed to survive by hunting birds and working at a drugstore; how he enlisted in the army, but not until after the Great Depression; being sent to Hawaii, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; being sent to Okinawa; and his combat experiences.
Consent form is signed and in donor file. |
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- A1997-001.0003
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Raymond Rosa, of Kingsville, Texas, conducted by Brenda Alvarez. A retired Exxon employee, Mr. Rosa discusses life during the Great Depression, especially the government programs created; life on La Huerta Ranch in Duval County; picking cotton; education in South Texas; common illnesses of the time; and curanderos.
Consent form is signed and in donor file. |
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- A1997-001.0004
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Weldon Ray Goebel of Cuero, TX, conducted by Richard A. Laune. Goebel discusses farm life in the 1930s; raising crops; cattle; living conditions including the house generator, the stove, cooking, bathing and his responsibilities; the use of the cellar; gardens for food staples; meals and favorite foods; holiday experiences; transportation available during the 1936 flood; and school experiences.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
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- A1997-001.0005
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Nestor Garza of Penitas, TX, conducted by M'Estela Mendiola. Mr. Garza discusses the effects of World War II on his family in South Texas; his experiences in the Philippines Islands, Manila, and the South Pacific; and his experiences in military combat.
Signed consent form and transcript in donor file. |
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- A1997-001.0006
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Interview with Juan J. Flores of Harlingen, Texas, conducted by Rene Flores Jr. Mr. Flores discusses his recruitment into the U.S. Army during World War II; being trained in Alabama; segregation in the military; being deployed to England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria and Germany; combat assignments, especially Normandy.
Consent form is signed and in donor file. |
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- A1997-018.0001
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Gavina Escobar talks about her life in Escobares, Starr County, Texas where she has lived all of her life. Her family were migrant workers for a part of the time. She was afraid of the KuKluxKlan. The Depression brought very hard times.
Consent form is signed and in donor file. |
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- A1997-018.0002
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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William Shadrach Mims, of Sinton, TX was born Jan. 6, 1925 in Houston, TX. He remembers hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor when he was 16 and living in Alabama. He joined the navy and was sent to the Pacific theater. |
- A1997-018.0003
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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William Shadrach Mims, of Sinton, TX was born Jan. 6, 1925 in Houston, TX. He remembers hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor when he was 16 and living in Alabama. He joined the navy and was sent to the Pacific theater. |
- A1997-018.0004
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Introduction- place and date of birth, family background. Father was deported when they were all very young and never returned. Grandparents owned a store, but after his grandmother died it was all sold off. Hard times that the family endured because father weas gone- the children had to get jobs dto dhelp support mother. Mr. Villarreal took a job in a grocery store, but had problems with theft and later took a job at the Western Union. He did this at the hieght of the war. Remembers seeing the news reels of the war as a boy. Had to deliver telegrams to families with notices of dead or wounded relatives. Delivery of telegrams in Corpus Christi during the war. Particular incident in which Mr. Villarreal had to deliver a telegram to a family that informed them that their son had been killed in action. Remembers shining shoes as a young boy. Entered a training program sponsored by the government and learned how to become a welder. Recieved training and was sent to Houston to work at the Houston Ship Building yards. Discusssion of the difficulties of life in Houston (trouble with the "pachucos"). Drafted in 1946 and entered the Air Force as a mechanic. Description of the comotion at the end of the war and disappointment because he didn't get to go to Hawaii. |
- A1997-018.0005
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Cruz H. Mata, of Kingsville was born in Premont, Jim Wells County, TX on April 16, 1919. He tells about his experiences during World War II. During the War he served in Africa and then went to Italy. He was captured by the Germans and sent to camps at Mosburg, then Mimingham and Oxburg. Before going into the military he had worked in the Civilian Conservation Corp. |
- A1997-018.0006
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Armando Benavides talks about growing up during the Depression in the Hebbronville area. He worked as a laborer. His family was very poor and they did not receive government assistance. |
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- A1997-018.0007
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Virgie Verline Falks Martin, of George West, born in Nixon, Texas on Jan. 5, 1931, talks about growing up during the last part of the Depression and World War II. |
- A1997-018.0008
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Dr. Prentiss Lum Hyder talks about graduating from high school in Mentiss, Texas in 1925, from the University of Texas and then going to Harvard Medical School. After one year of medical school the Depression hit and his father could no longer afford for him to go to school. He talks about working during the Depression to earn enough to get through medical school. Then with his wife he returned to Texas to practice medicine. He worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps as a doctor. |
- A1997-018.0009
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Introduction- date and place of birth, family background. Educational background, early work, and entrance in the Navy. Was sent to North Africa to prepare to take troops to Italy fopr the invasion (Gela, Sicily). Remembers an incident of friendly fire, and the death of a good friend. Talks about the invasion of Guam and the Philippines. Mr. Wright talks about all the islands he went to in the South Pacific. Life after the war. |
- A1997-018.0010
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Catherine Grant Kelly talks about growing up in Corpus Christi and Houston during the Depression. There was very little money and very little food. |
- A1997-018.0011
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Malcolm Eeveritt Foster of Falfurrias, talks about "The Building of the Naval Base." in Corpus Christi in 1939. He was working on base construction when Pearl Harbor was bombed Dec. 7, 1941. The community was segregated and he maintained that Blacks were good workers but Spanish did not really enjoy working. He did supervise two Mexicans who did the work very well and he was happy with their work. He talks about seeing a German submarine off the coast near Corpus christi |
- A1997-018.0012
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Ignacio Hinojosa talks about entering the infantry in 1945 as World War II ended. He was entered as the War was ending and there was some confusion about where he was to go. Ultimately he went to Germany and was there while the Nuremburg trials were going on. |
- A1997-018.0014
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Introduction-place and date of birth. Grew up on a ranch/farm during the depression. Volunteered for six years in the Navy right after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Mr. Waller was sent into the Atlantic to hunt for German submarines, his ship was sunk during the invasion of Normandy, and he was then recommissioned on a new ship and was sent to the Pacific theater of the war. Answers questions about what the actual fighting was like during the war. Mr. Waller reiterates his story. Life after the war, and feelings about the changes that have taken place since the war ended. |
- A1997-018.0015
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Introduction; date and place of birth, family background.
Life in South Texas, work, school, etc.
Drafted in 1942 to go to WWII
Effect the war had on family and on Falfurrias and the changes Mr. Rodriguez noticed after his return from the war.
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- A1997-018.0016
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Anselma G. Hernandez, of Corpus Christi, talks about her experiences when she was first married and her husband worked on ranches during the Depression. She remembers that although everyone worked hard, they were able to work and get by. |
- A1997-018.0017
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Introduction- age and marriage to Maximino Puetne Ybarro. Description of Bentonville, where they lived. Early work, grocery shopping, and shopping for dry goods. Discusses what their diet consisted of, discrimination, and her children (all 12 of them). Husband entered the service because of the "Anglo law". Suyggests that her husband was pressed into the service. Had to use stamps during the war to acquire goods. Talks about the things she had and didn't have, things the Anglos had, the type of work she had to do. Talks about the discrimination that was suffered at the hands of the whites. |
- A1997-018.0019
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Frances Garza Lazarine, 68, born Sept. 17, 1928 in Beeville talks about her experiences during World War II and the Depression. Her father was a farmer and they lived on the John Wilson ranch. Talks about going to school and to church and getting her first job and getting married. |
- A1997-018.0021
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Mary Frances Davis Hanna, who was born near Banquette and went to school in Robstown, talks about her memories of World War II. Her brother was in the infantry. Her father and neighbors were all farmers. Things were rationed and so they had to do without many things. She talks about women going to work and the lack of racial tensions. |
- A1997-018.0022
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Felix Lozada, of Dallas, Texas, born May 5, 1922, talks about his experiences during the Depression and World War II. His father had to learn English to support his family after coming to Texas from Mexico. The father was a migrant worker. TAlks about discrimination and segregation in Dallas. He was a barber and was drafted into the navy. He was sent to New Guinea and the Pacific. Talks about LULAC, the G.I. Bill |
- A1997-018.0023
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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E.R. "Pete" Hall, of Orange Grove, recalls his life during the Depression and World War II in South Texas. He was in aviation gunery and spent time in the Pacific. He describes some of his experiences.
Consent form is signed and in donor file. |
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- A1997-018.0024
- Collection: South Texas Oral History & Folklore Collection
- Location: Media File
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Gabriel Munoz worked on a ranch in the Rio Grande Valley during the Depression and World War II |