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Oral History Interview with Harold Aiken, April 9, 2002

Description: Interview with Harold Aiken, a veteran of the Korean War from Highlands, Texas. The transcript includes a list of questions and Aiken's responses about his service in the U.S. Army (1946-1949) and impressions while stationed in Korea. While in the service, Aiken served as a truck mechanic for the 7th Division.
Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Eakin, Elizabeth & Aiken, Harold G., Jr.
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986

Description: Transcript of an interview with Louise Fowler Himes, who moved to Cedar Bayou in 1919 as a teacher. Mrs. Himes discusses life when she first moved such as her teaching and going to movies and games with other townspeople. Among other topics, Himes answers questions and describes her experiences with influenza, malaria, the Ku Klux Klan, and the hurricanes of 1900 and 1908.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Himes, Louise Fowler
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, and Norman Dykes, 1983

Description: Transcript of an interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, Norman Dykes, employees of the City of Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their experiences and memories of Hurricane Alicia.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Smith, Judy; Sanders, Irene; Jackson, William & Dykes, Norman
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marcine Lanham and Jean Shepherd, 1983

Description: Transcript of an interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer at the time Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd, the president of the Brownwood Civic Association. Lanham and Shepherd both share their memories of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia including work with the Red Cross helping clean up the damage caused by the hurricane and the effects on the Brownwood subdivision.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Lanham, Marcine & Shepherd, Jean
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and a resident of Baytown,Texas since 1925. Grimes answers a few questions about his experiences and tells lengthy stories concerning his early life in Ellis County as well as his move to Baytown. Grimes covers his employment at Humble Oil and Refining Co. as well as issues concerning Mexican American children and their education in Baytown.
Date: 2018
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Grimes, Leland Karl, 1895-
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987

Description: Transcript of an interview with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds from Baytown, Texas. These three women answer questions and describe their social and work experiences working at the Humble Oil Refinery during World War II.
Date: 2018
Creator: Smoke, Amanda; Eastwood, Marjorie; Easley, Mary C.; Bonds, Mary B. & Bonin, Donna
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Virgie Rivere

Description: Transcript of an interview with Virgie Rivere, a long-time resident of Liberty County, Texas. Ms. Revere discusses her childhood in Raywood, Texas, and describes her adult life in Liberty, Texas, including transportation over the years, a major fire that destroyed many buildings in Liberty and schools in Liberty County.
Date: 2018
Creator: Kieve, Pam & Revere, Virgie, 1898-
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Guthrie, July 5, 2002

Description: Interview with Sergeant Major Lewis R. Guthrie, a United States Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and actions in Somalia. Guthrie answers questions and expands on his many experiences during the wars he fought in, where he trained, the supplies and rations they were given, and the combat that he saw.
Date: May 4, 2003
Creator: Miller, Fawn & Guthrie, Lewis R.
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004

Description: Interview with John Andrews, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps from Kentwood, Louisiana. The transcript includes a list of questions regarding Andrews's training and service in World War II as a B-29 command pilot and flight instructor throughout the United States.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Andrews, John
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975

Description: Transcript of an interview with Don McLeod, who moved to Mont Belvieu in 1929 from Beaumont, Texas. McLeod answers questions and describes the growth of the oil business in Mont Belvieu and Baytown, including what companies were already here and how the business has changed from then until now.
Date: 2018
Creator: Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Donald Burnitt, March 30, 2002

Description: Interview with Donald Burnitt, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart. Burnitt describes his experiences in the war, including the many combat engagements he was part of and when he was wounded in action when his helicopter crashed. He was also awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star.
Date: March 16, 2003
Creator: Smith, Tonya & Burnitt, Donald
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Donald Davis Kaiser, July 16, 2005

Description: Interview with Donald Davis Kaiser, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, originally from Yoakum, Texas. Kaiser answers many questions regarding his training in the United States, to which he recalls that basic training was very difficult and miserable. The interview goes on to discuss his time while overseas in Vietnam including combat during the Tet Offensive in early 1968.
Date: July 16, 2005
Creator: Moore, Terry & Kaiser, Donald Davis
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of the Baytown, Texas, area beginning in 1921. Mageors describes the living conditions in Pelly, Texas, during its early days and speaks about working as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, then later for the school district and a store called Lack's. She also discusses various businesses present in Baytown and Pelly.
Date: 2018
Creator: Knight, Karen & Majeors, Ruth, 1902-
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with E. H. Hartleib, April 9, 2003

Description: Interview with E. H. Hartleib, a gunner's mate technician who served on the USS Bonhomme Richard during the Vietnam War. Hartleib answers questions regarding his time in the service, including his clearance to work with nuclear weapons. He also elaborates on his training, his duties in the military, what he thought of the war, etc.
Date: June 9, 2003
Creator: Ferguson, Kirby & Hartleib, E. H.
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986

Description: Transcript of an interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown who moved here in 1929 from Houston, Texas. Long describes his early employment in Baytown at the Humble Refinery, and goes on to talk about his law practice, offices, and the growth of the town and his work establishing the first credit union in Baytown.
Date: 2018
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Long, Roy
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with James Collins, December 1, 1988

Description: Transcript of an interview with James Collins, a Vietnam War veteran originally from Galveston, Texas. Collins begins by telling of his experiences in Vietnam, and answering questions concerning aspects of his time overseas. Later in the interview he tells of his family history beginning as captured slaves in Kenya and their servitude in Georgia ultimately ending up in Louisiana after their freedom was granted.
Date: 2018
Creator: Collins, James.; Mayo, Martha & Smoke, Amanda
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with Brinton Cate, April 11, 2001

Description: Interview with Brinton Cate, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps who served in World War II from Jackson, Michigan. Cate describes his time as a corporal with the military police and how he was on Iwo Jima when the atomic bomb was dropped, as well as seeing the aftermath at Nagasaki.
Date: November 6, 2003
Creator: Campbell, Justin L. & Cate, Brinton
Partner: Lee College
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