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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
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Norman Brooks Culver, February 25, 1976

Description: Interview with Norman Brooks (Doc) Culver, a Humble Oil Refining Company hospital worker, after World War One, from Baytown, Texas. Mr. Culver answers questions and describes his experience in Baytown working as a hospital worker for Humble, after he arrived in 1919.
Date: February 25, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Culver, Norman Brooks
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Barney Webber, May 5, 1986

Description: Interview with Barney Webber, a resident of Baytown, Texas since 1920. Webber answers general questions and describes life in early Baytown including crime, schooling, transportation and social life.
Date: May 5, 1986
Duration: 1 hour 48 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Webber, Barney
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Roy Long, May 30, 1986

Description: Interview with Roy Long, a longtime resident of Baytown after moving in 1929 from Houston, Texas. Long answers questions and details 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.
Date: May 30, 1986
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Long, Roy
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with L. Karl Grimes, September 25, 1979

Description: Interview with L. Karl Grimes, born in Ellis County in 1895 and moved to Baytown, Texas in 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 being allowed to go to school in Baytown.
Date: September 25, 1979
Duration: 59 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Grimes, L. Karl
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with George Ellender, May 1976

Description: Interview with George Ellender, a longtime resident of Baytown, Texas after being born in Cedar Bayou, Texas in 1888. Ellender answers questions about his early life as well as the early growth of both Cedar Bayou and Baytown, and the impact of Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Date: May 1976
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Ellender, George & Fergerson, Elaine
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Alice Fayle

Description: Interview with Alice Fayle. Topics include her life in early Baytown, TX.
Date: 1975~
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Fayle, Alice, 1895-
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, January 27, 1977

Description: Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Mount Belvieu.
Date: January 27, 1977
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Gunn, Loris Williams
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, March 11, 1976

Description: Interview with Julia Lancaster Pierson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown.
Date: March 11, 1976
Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: McNeil, William J. & Pierson, Julia Lancaster
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, October 2, 1979

Description: Interview with Bessie Jane Kilgore Busch, a resident of Cedar Bayou, Texas circa 1900-1925. Busch details her childhood and early life in Cedar Bayou as well as the oil boom and early days of Baytown, Texas.
Date: October 2, 1979
Duration: 48 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Busch, Bessie Jane Kilgore
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, November 22, 1976

Description: Interview with Millicent W. Bounds, a longtime resident of the Pelly/Baytown, Texas area. Mrs. Bounds answers questions relating to her family history in Texas, noting that her grandparents arrived in Texas in 1875. She goes on to talk about her husband T. Hubbard Bounds, the former fire marshal of the Pelly and Goose Creek Fire Department.
Date: November 22, 1976
Duration: 40 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Tidmon, Grace & Bounds, Millicent W.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Freddy Rios, March 19, 1987

Description: Partial recording of an interview with Freddy Rios, a veteran who served in the Vietnam War during 1967 and 1968. He discusses his experiences as a soldier, including being wounded and the events that led to him receiving the Distinguished Service Medal.
Date: March 19, 1987
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Rios, Freddy
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983

Description: Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, residents of the Baytown area during Hurricane Alicia. All three women answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia causing major damage in the surrounding area.
Date: 1983
Duration: 51 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha; Shepherd, Jean; Warner, Leon & Hickerson, Fletcher
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Charles A. Young, August 31, 1988

Description: Interview with Charles A. Young, who arrived in Baytown in 1916, but also grew up in Evergreen, Texas. Young discusses his growing up in Evergreen, moving back to Baytown and working in the oil fields during his career with the Humble Refinery.
Date: 1988
Duration: 59 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Mayo, Martha & Young, Charles A.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979

Description: Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the consolidation of the tri-cities into the incorporated city of Baytown, the depression, the beginning of life insurance business, his service in World War II as a staff member of General Omar Bradley's Headquarters Unit, the Charter Commission, and the adoption of the City Charter.
Date: August 29, 1979
Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Stratton, Joel Bryan
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with E. C. Wood, Winter 1975

Description: Interview with E. C. Wood, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date: Winter 1975
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Webber, Betsy & Wood, E. C.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, August 11, 1976

Description: Interview with W. Orville Tidmon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX, including local politics and government.
Date: August 11, 1976
Duration: 43 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Roberts, Linda & Tidmon, W. Orville
Partner: Lee College
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