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Oral History Interview with James E. Roche, May 1976

Description: Interview with James E. Roche, a carpenter from Baytown, Texas after moving from New Britain, Connecticut the previous year. Roche answers questions concerning his moving to Texas in search of a job, the national economy, the overall job market, and if he knows others who are in his same situation.
Date: 1975-08/1976-05
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: Roche, Christopher J. & Roche, James E.
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with James Collins, December 1, 1988

Description: 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: December 1, 1988
Duration: 31 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Collins, James
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979

Description: Interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, TX.
Date: {1979-09-13,1979-10-02}
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Busch, William Thomas
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Raymond Kilgore, May 27, 1986

Description: Interview with Raymond Kilgore, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mr. Kilgore discusses his family life and the early history of Cedar Bayou and Baytown, including the brickyards, the pontoon bridge over Goose Creek, the Interurban to Houston, the fig orchards of Highlands, and life and schooling in Cedar Bayou.
Date: May 27, 1986
Duration: 53 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Kilgore, Raymond
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interviews with Garrett R. Herring, February 1980

Description: Interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life in Humble and his subsequent arrival in 1917 to Middletown (Pelly), an account of the growth of the town, a lynching, origin of street names in Goose Creek, and the Herring Drug Store.
Date: {1980-02-07,1980-02-14}
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Herring, Garrett R.
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Partner: Lee College
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Baytown-La Porte Tunnel Opening

Description: Interviews with area citizens and speeches of prominent guest speakers, including Allen Shivers, governor, and Tommy Cook, president of Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce. Also, a recording of Edward R. Murrow's radio broadcast of "I can hear it now", recorded July 4, 1953 from station KREL, Baytown, TX.
Date: September 22, 1953
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Murrow, Edward R.; Cook, Tommy & Shivers, Allen
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, February 25, 1986

Description: Interview with Jimmy Carroll, an early resident of Baytown, Texas. Carroll explains how he came to Baytown from Houston in 1919 to work at the Humble Refinery, and continues to describe the early history of the refinery. Carroll continues on to share stories about safety and working conditions as well as segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: February 25, 1986
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Louise Fowler Himes, February 4, 1986

Description: 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: February 4, 1986
Duration: 46 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Himes, Louise Fowler & Fowler, Louise
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Louise Travis, February 24, 1986

Description: Interview with Louise Travis, a resident of Baytown, TX since approximately 1920. Mrs. Travis discusses the early history of Cedar Bayou, including businesses, commerce, law enforcement and recreational activities, and meetings of the Ku Klux Klan and early storms of the area.
Date: February 24, 1986
Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Travis, Louise
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Clifford Warren, November 10, 1987

Description: Interview with Clifford Warren, a veteran of World War II spending 3 1/2 years in captivity following the Battle of Corregidor. Warren answers many questions regarding his participation in World War II and shares his experiences of being held prisoner in Japanese prison camps.
Date: November 10, 1987
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Warren, Clifford
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Ella Williams

Description: Interview with Ella Williams, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include a discussion about the 1915 hurricane on Hog Island in the San Jacinto River.
Date: 1975~
Duration: 27 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Williams, Ella & Webber, Betsy
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, September 19, 1979

Description: Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, a hospital worker for Humble Oil Refining Company in Baytown, Texas. Culver tells of his experiences working for Humble and the medical are given for the company, as well as a few anecdotes concerning the history of Baytown such as Humble Day celebrations.
Date: September 19, 1979
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Culver, Norman Brooks (Doc)
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, February 9, 1976

Description: Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include 1923 through post World War II: Baytown in the 1920's and 1930's, the effect of World War II, banking business, the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Date: February 9, 1976
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Maroney, James C. & DuPlantis, Blanche
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Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, August 18, 1986

Description: Interview with Blanche DuPlantis, a longtime resident of Baytown since approximately 1920. DuPlantis explains her work in creating a new Episcopalian Church within the city, and their ascension to parish status in 1936. Most of her stories revolve around the church and the original congregation from the early 1920's.
Date: August 18, 1986
Duration: 36 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & DuPlantis, Blanche
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Partner: Lee College
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