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Thomas W. Baker - (by Bobby H. Johnson), August 2, 1974 -- This history relates Baker's experiences as a Nacogdoches Commercial Bank employee during the depression, the role of Nacogdoches banks in the East Texas farming system, personal experiences and the condition of the black man during the depression. [OH-88]
Henry H. Burns - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 25, 1974 -- This history tells of Burns' experiences in Shelby County as a sheriff and grocery store operator during the depression, his views of the election of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Work Progress Administration jobs. He speculates how people would react today (1974) in the event of a similar business or economic failure. [OH-89]
Juanita Bowlin - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 22, 1974 -- Ms. Bowlin discusses her experiences and memories of conditions in Shelby County and how people cared for their families with regard to clothing and food during the depression. She also tells of the impact the depression had upon her in later years. [OH-90]
James A. Bowlin - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 22, 1974 -- Bowlin tells of his experiences as a principal of a rural school in Shelby County during the depression. He discusses how government programs helped to tide people over the rough periods, the economic and political aspects of this time, how conditions began to improve in the mid-1930's and why he left public school teaching. [OH-91]
Dr. William T. Chambers - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 24, 1974 -- These are the recollections of a SFA faculty member during the depression. Dr. Chambers discusses causes and effects of the depression, the resulting business and farming conditions in Nacogdoches County and how SFA presidents fought to keep the college viable. [OH-92]
C. L. Farr - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 22, 1974 -- Farr discusses the effect the depression had on his business of 13 years, the election of 1932, the WPA (Work Progress Administration) and when things began to improve. [OH-93]
J. S. Hooper - (by Bobby H. Johnson),August 12, 1974 -- This history deals with the experiences of a Shelby County farmer during the depression. Hooper discusses his views of the legacy of the New Deal "give-away" programs and the lasting impact of the depression. [OH-95]
L. S. "Choc" Muldrow - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 26, 1974 --These are the experiences of a Shelby County bookkeeper during the depression. Muldrow discusses the barter system which was used and his attitude toward New Deal programs. [OH-94]
Grace Bailey Nations - (by Bobby H. Johnson), August 1, 1974 --Ms. Nations describes the impact the depression had on her life and how she feels the nation would react today (1974) if we had a similar economic failure. [OH-96]
Willis Nations - (by Bobby H. Johnson), August 1, 1974 --Nations recalls his experiences as a business man during the depression. He discusses his personal experiences, conditions in East Texas, when things began to improve and the lasting impact the depression had on his life. [OH-97]
George Partin - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 24, 1974 --This history relates the experiences of a farmer and business man during the depression. Partin states his views on the social and economic conditions in the East Texas area, when conditions began to improve, and the lasting impact the depression had on his life. [OH-98]. Limited access
L. D. Pate - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 22, 1974 -- Pate recounts his experiences as a school boy growing up during the depression, including the loss of his father's business and his family's move to a farm during the winter of 1929. He describes conditions in the East Texas area, the election of 1932, and when things began to improve. He also recalls his military experiences during WWII and what overall impressions the depression had on his life. [OH-99]
Bob Pinkston - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 26, 1974 --Pinkston relates his experiences as a student and young businessman who graduated from high school soon after the depression set in. He gives his views on the business, economic, and social conditions in East Texas during the depression period. He also describes when conditions began to improve and the lasting impact the depression had on his life. [OH-100]
Mrs. Ercyle Rogers - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 26, 1974 -- Mrs. Rogers discusses her personal experiences during the depression, conditions in the East Texas area, Franklin Roosevelt, the New Deal programs and the lasting impact of the depression on her personally. [OH-101]
Roy L. Self - (by Bobby H. Johnson), August 1, 1974 -- These are the experiences as a SFA student and teacher during the depression. Self discusses the conditions in the East Texas area, the election of 1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal programs. He describes when conditions began to improve and the lasting impact the depression had on his life. [OH-102]
Sam W. Sitton, Jr. - (by Bobby H. Johnson), August 8, 1974 --These are the experiences as a SFA student, teacher, and Works Progress Administration non-certified employee during the depression. Sitton discusses conditions in the East Texas area, Franklin Roosevelt, and how he feels people would react to a similar economic failure today. (1974). [OH-103]
Edwin Tillery - (by Bobby H. Johnson) -- Tillery recounts his experiences as a farmer, state commissioner, and representative to the Texas Legislature during the depression. He discusses the people and committee work he was involved with in Austin his views on Franklin Roosevelt and earlier presidents, panics and depressions. [OH-87]
Maggie Elizabeth Weatherly Whitehead - (by Bobby H. Johnson) January 31, 1986 -- These are the experiences of a student in Linn Flat and Nacogdoches schools. Whitehead recalls her years as a student at SFA in the mid 1920's including faculty, campus and community life. She discusses her teaching career, her experiences rearing seven children in rural East Texas, the Presbyterian Methodist combination church at Trawick, the depression of the 1930's and World War II. [OH-105]
Steele Wright - (by Bobby H. Johnson), August 14, 1074 -- These are the experiences of a young man who came to Nacogdoches with his father, in 1930, to start Texas Farm Products Company. Wright discusses the social, economic, and agricultural conditions in East Texas during the depression, when things began to improve, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal programs, and the lasting impact the depression had on his life. [OH-104]
R. W. McKinney - (by Bobby H. Johnson), February 25, 1985 -- McKinney gives an account of the development of a successful Nacogdoches engineering firm from early 1920's to present. He describes R. W. McKinney Company's growth, involvement with SFA, work during World War II, and influence of Nacogdoches on its success. [OH-77]
Ferris D. Bean - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 4, 1964 -- Ferris Bean gives a brief discussion of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Bean, physician and legislator, of Kirbyville, Texas, around the turn of the century. [OH-13]. Transcript only
Ed Bird - (by Robert S. Maxwell), July 1, 1958 -- Bird recalls work routines and activities of various mill workers at the W. T. Carter and Bro. Lumber Company, Camden, Texas, in 1958. [OH-14]. Limited access
W. S. Brame - (by Robert S. Maxwell) -- Brame describes life in the mill town of Onalaska (Polk County, Texas) during the early part of the 20th century, mill operators, social activities, housing and unions. [OH-15]. Transcript only
M. E. Cole and Robert Pinkston - (by Robert S. Maxwell), April 9, 1954 -- Cole and Pinkston speak of railroad (Houston, East and West Texas) and lumbering history in Shelby County, in the late 19th and early 20th century. [OH-16]. Transcript only
H. Z. Collier, Jim McKinney, and Gary Mahoney - (by Robert S. Maxwell), July 29, 1964 -- This history discusses operations and activities of the Central Coke and Coal company of Kennard, Texas in the early 1900's to about 1918. [OH-17]. Transcript only
A. E. Cudlipp - (by Robert S. Maxwell), March 8, 1960 -- Cudlipp recalls the founding and operation of the Lufkin Foundry Company of Lufkin, Texas, in the early part of the 20th century. [OH-18]. Transcript only
W. I. Davis - (by Robert S. Maxwell), March 20, 1956) -- Davis gives a brief history of the Pickering Lumber Company of Shelby County, Texas, during the early part of the 20th Century. He also discusses the mill town of Haslam. [OH-19]. Transcript only
Roy Dudley (and W. L. Avery) - (by Robert S. Maxwell), March 15, 1960 -- This history contains recollections about the Trinity County Lumber Company and its owner, Stanley Joyce, during the first third of the 20th Century. [OH-20]. Transcript only
Marvin P. Handcock and C. J. Smith - (by Robert S. Maxwell), July 30, 1963 -- These are Handcock and Smith's recollections about John Henry Kirby, R. W. Wier, B. F. Bean, and the Wiergate Mill (Newton County, Texas) during the early 1900's. [OH-21]. Transcript only
Edward Harper - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 2, 1958 -- Harper relates some brief memories of logging in East Texas in the first half of the 20th century. [OH-22]. Transcript only
Simon W. Henderson - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 10, 1964 -- Henderson touches briefly on his recollections relating to a variety of East Texas lumbering companies and people, such as the Central Coal and Coke Company, the Angelina County Lumber Company, the Lufkin Foundry and the Thompson brothers. [OH-23]. Transcript only
W. C. "Bill" Jones - (by Robert S. Maxwell), January 8, 1965 -- Jones shares his recollections about several individuals associated with lumbering in the early 1900's in East Texas. [OH-24]. Transcript only
B. C. McDonough, James H. McNamera and R. Turpin - (by Robert S. Maxwell) , August 13, 1963 -- This is a brief history of the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company (Orange, Texas) in the last part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. [OH-25]. Transcript only
George F. Middlebrook - (by Robert S. Maxwell), October 15, 1959 -- This history relates the experiences of a doctor who worked for several East Texas lumber mills. Middlebrook describes living conditions of Pickering workers at Haslam in the 1920's and feelings of workers when a mill closed. [OH-26]. Transcript only
J. W. (Judge) Minton - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 5, 1958 -- Minton discusses the founding and operation of the Knox Lumber Company (Sabine County) and the controversy surrounding the death of Hiram Knox. [OH-28]. Transcript only
J. W. (Judge) Minton - (by Robert S. Maxwell), May 13, 1956 -- These are the recollections of a Sabine County attorney who handled many legal matters for John Henry Kirby. Minton discusses commissaries in the mill towns, the Knox Lumber Company, living conditions in mill towns, logging camp operations and living in Sabine County in the early 1900's. [OH-27]. Transcript only
George Morison - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 8, 1958 -- Morison recounts life as a worker in the lumber industry in the first part of the twentieth century. [OH-29]. Transcript only
M. S. "Pud" Morris - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 5, 1958 -- Morris relates his experiences floating logs down the Sabine River to sell to lumber companies in the 1880's and 1890's. [OH-30]. Transcript only
Mr. Naylor - (by Robert S. Maxwell), April 30, 1954 -- Naylor discusses the coming of the Santa Fe Railroad to Center, Texas and its influence in the lumbering industry. [OH-31]. Transcript only
Neal, Myrtle Christopher - (by Birdie Wade and Ouida Whitaker Dean), February 23, 1999 -- (AAHP), [OH-110]
I. R. Palmer - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 15, 1958 -- Palmer gives a brief history of the Foster Lumber Company and the mill town of Fostoria. [OH-32]. Transcript only
J. W. Pedigo - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 12, 1963 -- This is a conversation with Pedigo about Kirby Lumber Company cut-over lands and attempts of the Southwestern Settlement and Development Company to sell it. [OH-33]. Transcript only
E. O. Siecke - (by Robert S. Maxwell), May 23, 1967 -- Siecke gives his reminiscences as the second state Forester of Texas concerning establishment of the Texas Forestry Service, programs of the Service, and relations with lumber companies. [OH-34]. Transcript only
W. Frank Summers - (by Robert S. Maxwell) -- Summers recounts the coming of the railroad to Nacogdoches in 1882 and tells of the first shipment of lumber out of Nacogdoches. [OH-35]. Transcript only
Clyde Thompson - (by Robert S. Maxwell), May 10, 1965 -- Thompson discusses the early days of the Temple Lumber Company and other East Texas lumber-related people and companies. [OH-36]. Transcript only
J. R. (Judge) Vaught - (by Robert S. Maxwell), September 10, 1965 -- Vaught shares reminiscences of the Texas Longleaf Company which was purchased by Southland Paper Company in 1951. [OH-37]. Transcript only
N. Weatherford (and Mr. Lock) - (by Robert S. Maxwell), July 25, 1958 -- This is an interview and on-site observation of logging operations at the W. T. Carter and Bro. Lumber Company in Chester County, Texas. [OH-38]. Transcript only
N. B. Weatherford - (by Robert S. Maxwell), October 14, 1959 -- Weatherford describes operating procedures and employee benefits at W. T. Carter Bros. Lumber Company of Camden, Texas. [OH-39]. Transcript only
Charlie Welch - (by Robert S. Maxwell), August 5, 1958 -- Welch shares his reminiscences of experiences as an East Texas logger around the turn of the century. [OH-40]. Transcript only
James LaRue Wilson - (by Robert S. Maxwell), July 25, 1958 -- Conversations with Wilson and on-site inspection of operations of the Angelina County Lumber company at Etoile, Nacogdoches County, Texas. He details procedures used from the felling of the tree to its eventual manufacture into lumber. [OH-41]. Transcript only
Clyde Woodward - (by Robert S. Maxwell), October 3, 1957 -- Woodward shares his reminiscences about the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company of Nacogdoches, Texas. [OH-42]. Transcript only
Clyde Woodward - (by Robert S. Maxwell), January 16, 1960 -- Woodward describes everyday life at sawmill camps in East Texas in the early 1900's. He discusses medicine, morality, religion, recreation, folk beliefs and other aspects of the daily life of the workers and their families. [OH-43]. Transcript only
Charlotte Baker Montgomery - (by Bobby H. Johnson), July 16, 1985 -- These are the experiences of a young woman teacher and artist in Kilgore in the early 1930's during the days of the East Texas oil boom. Ms. Montgomery recalls everyday life and general impressions of the boom. [OH-81]
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