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Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 31, Pages 5477-5630, July 29, 2016

Description: A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Joe Morales on July 29, 2016.

Description: Mr. Morales started the first newspaper for Latinas/os in Fort Bend County in 1975. He spent a lot of his life in Corpus Christie, but moved to Houston and then Rosenberg. He mentioned labor unions, experiencing discrimination, and the transitioning of neighborhoods from predominantly White with some Latinas/os to more people of color.
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle & Morales, Joe
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Addie Walker, July 29, 2016

Description: Ms. Walker grew up Raywood, Texas which is a unincorporated town of a few hundred people. She was born in 1943 in Liberty County. Walker discussed the Black neighborhood she grew up in and changes in Raywood over time. Walker described her experiences attending segregated schools including the quality of resources and instruction. Walker also discussed the role of colorism in the community. Walker described a divide between some Black children and Creole children based on color. Walker left Ray… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmin & Walker, Addie
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Janelle Robles, July 29, 2016

Description: Jannell Robles was born in 1987 in Northern Pasadena. She grew-up in an extended family environment. Robles recalls her family sharing stories of encounters with the Ku Klux Klan in Pasadena. After graduating from high school, she got involved in the Immigrant Rights Movement. Robles worked as an Immigrant Advocacy Coordinator for the Central American Resource Center, an Immigrant Outreach Coordinator for The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in San Antonio, a Reconci… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Robles, Janelle
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Patricia Gonzales, July 29, 2016

Description: Patricia "Pat" Gonzales was born in 1967 in Houston in the Gulfgate area. She moved to the toxic Manchester neighborhood, a predominately Latina/o area of town next to the oil refineries, after she graduated from high school. Gonzales became active in the environmental justice movement due to the health issues she acquired while living next to the refineries. She later worked for the Texas Organizing Project to address the lack of infrastructure in the Northern Pasadena area. Gonzales discusses… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Gonzales, Patricia
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Dallas Willis, July 29, 2016

Description: Dallas “Dally” Willis was born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas but grew up in Cleburne, Texas, raised by a single mother of seven children after his father abandoned the family. Willis attended high school in Cleburne and joined the Marine Corps in 1941. In the Marine Corps, Willis worked as an aerial photographer mapping the Pacific territories controlled by Japan. Upon returning to Cleburne, Willis worked for Southwestern Bail and joined the Communication Workers of America union. He moved to Midlan… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Willis, Dallas
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Margie Chumbley, Anita Farr, Thelma Sexton, and Elizabeth Simpson, June 21, 2016

Description: Ms. Chumbley was born and raised in Nacogdoches. She worked as an elementary school teacher prior to integration and as a substitute while her children were small. She then became a teacher with Head Start. In the group interview, Ms. Chumbley describes her community and both going to and working for the segregated school system, as well as police brutality, African-American businesses, family structures, and the community involvement in raising children. Ms. Farr was born and raised in Nacogdo… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Chumbley, Margie; Farr, Anita; Sexton, Thelma; Simpson, Elizabeth & May, Meredith
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sandra Burrell, July 29, 2016

Description: Mrs. Burrell was born and raised in Liberty, Texas. She attended the black Catholic school until she was in 3rd grade, when the Catholic schools integrated. After graduation, she joined the Air Force. After serving for a year, she married and eventually began working in multiple positions for the city of Baytown. She returned to LIberty in the 1990s and began working for the Sam Houston Regional LIbrary. In her interview, Mrs. Burrell described segregation in Liberty, the Creole community, the … more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Burrell, Sandra & May, Meredith
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with JoAnn Paul and Diane Paul, July 29, 2016

Description: The Paul sisters were raised in Dayton, where their grandfather had owned and operated a farm, passed down to their father. Born ten years apart, the sisters lived in a segregated neighborhood, attended, and graduated from a segregated school. They both left for careers before returning to the area. In their interview, they described their family's history, segregation in Dayton, the differences between white and black schools, the effect of Brown v. Board, their career paths, changes in Dayton… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Paul, JoAnn; Paul, Diane; May, Meredith & Howard, Jasmin
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Lydia Madrigal on July 29, 2016

Description: Lydia Evaro Madrigal was born in Odessa, Texas in 1957 and grew up in the majority minority area of south Odessa. She attended Zavala Elementary, Travis Elementary, Ector County Junior High and High School, and transferred to Permian Basin high school for the higher level of academic classes. Madrigal graduated from high school in 1975. She then attended Odessa College, and began working in a local television station due to a suit by attorney Richard Abalos due to the lack of people of color in… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Madrigal, Lydia
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Lorraine Perryman, July 29, 2016

Description: Lorraine Perryman was born in Pampa, Texas in 1953, but her family eventually settled in Odessa, Texas. She grew up as a liberal in conservative Odessa as a way to contradict her father, who was a staunch Republican conservative. After high school, she attended the University of Texas at Austin. She came back to Odessa in 1979 to became the heed of communications of Ector County ISD while it went through desegregation. Afterwards, she started her own public relations business and briefly became… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Perryman, Lorraine
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with David Baker, July 29, 2018

Description: David K. Baker was born in 1951 In Mckamy, Texas. He graduated from high school in 1969 and then worked for a few months in the oil fields of West Texas. Baker then worked for Southwestern Bell, beginning in October of 1969, and soon joined the Communication Workers of America union. He worked for Southwestern Bell until 2002 and then returned (now to AT&T until 2010). Baker was drafted in 1971 into the Vietnam War. Baker moved to Odessa, Texas in 1980 and then became part of the union’s execut… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 39 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Baker, David; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with John Goodenough, July 29, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Goodenough. Goodenough was born in Jena, Germany in 1922 to American parents. After being educated in private schools, he attended Yale University receiving his degree in 1944. He entered the United States Army Air Forces in 1943. He was commissioned, after being trained as a meteorologist and was sent to Newfoundland. He worked on weather predictions prior to the Normandy landing. He later served in the Azores. Followi… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Goodenough, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Kenny, July 29, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Kenny. Kenny joined the Army Air Forces in August 1942. He completed airplane mechanic training at Dallas Aviation School in Texas, and gunnery school in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beginning I 1944, Kenny served as a B-17 Flight Engineer with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. They tracked weather in the North Atlantic between North America and Europe, benefitting the European Theater of Operations. Their squadron was coine… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Kenny, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Kenny, July 29, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Kenny. Kenny joined the Army Air Forces in August 1942. He completed airplane mechanic training at Dallas Aviation School in Texas, and gunnery school in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beginning I 1944, Kenny served as a B-17 Flight Engineer with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. They tracked weather in the North Atlantic between North America and Europe, benefitting the European Theater of Operations. Their squadron was coine… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Kenny, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Goodenough, July 29, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Goodenough. Goodenough was born in Jena, Germany in 1922 to American parents. After being educated in private schools, he attended Yale University receiving his degree in 1944. He entered the United States Army Air Forces in 1943. He was commissioned, after being trained as a meteorologist and was sent to Newfoundland. He worked on weather predictions prior to the Normandy landing. He later served in the Azores. Followi… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Creator: Goodenough, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Diana Salgado, July 29, 2016

Description: Diana Salgado grew up in the Barrio Chihuahua area of Del Rio in the 1940s. She recalled the discrimination in public spaces in the city (movie theaters, soda fountains…) and how the operators of these places would sometimes try to give her preferential treatment over other Mexican Americans due to her fair skin. Salgado married and dropped out of school shortly before her expected graduation; after spending some years in Arizona, her husband and her moved to San Jose, California, where she fou… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Salgado, Diana
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alonso Martinez on July 29, 2016

Description: Alonso speaks about growing up in San Felipe and the segregated nature of Del Rio generally. He also speaks a great deal about migrant farm work and following the seasonal harvest. He speaks about his time in the West Texas cotton fields and speaking Spanish in Anglo schools out in West Texas. He talks a little bit about the 1969 Palm Sunday march--he wasn't a participant but he talks about the march. He also talks about the importance of education he received from Bambi Cardenas and Aurelio Mo… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Martinez, Alonso
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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