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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Sibyl Rushing |
| − | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | + | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None |
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' October 17, 1968 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' David B. Gracy II |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 35 minutes |
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Telephone company employment, |
| − | + | Early Lubbock—appearance, | |
| + | Early telephone service, | ||
| + | Operators’ services, | ||
| + | Tech telephone service, | ||
| + | Personal biography, | ||
| + | Present telephone service, | ||
| + | Lightning, | ||
| + | Problems, | ||
| + | Selling of telephones, | ||
| + | Cost of telephones, | ||
| + | Personal biography (again), | ||
| + | Unusual incidents, | ||
| + | Recipes, | ||
| + | Long distance, | ||
| + | Memory for numbers, | ||
| + | Election night calls, | ||
| + | Growth of Lubbock, | ||
| + | Different telephone companies, | ||
| + | Collect calls, | ||
| + | Telephone Pioneers of America, | ||
| + | Old telephone employees, | ||
| + | Equipment problems, | ||
| + | Community services, | ||
| + | Tech participation in community life. | ||
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| − | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Blank |
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' Early 1900s-1968 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1910s-1968 |
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| − | [[Category: Needs Review ]] | + | [[Category: Needs Review ]] [[Category: SWC Interviews]] [[Category: 1960s]] [[Category: Lubbock, Texas]] [[Category: telephone]] [[category: Early Lubbock History]] |
Latest revision as of 20:58, 8 August 2019
Sibyl Rushing recalls the establishment of telephone service in Lubbock.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Sibyl Rushing
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: October 17, 1968
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: David B. Gracy II
Length: 35 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Telephone company employment,
Early Lubbock—appearance,
Early telephone service,
Operators’ services,
Tech telephone service,
Personal biography,
Present telephone service,
Lightning,
Problems,
Selling of telephones,
Cost of telephones,
Personal biography (again),
Unusual incidents,
Recipes,
Long distance,
Memory for numbers,
Election night calls,
Growth of Lubbock,
Different telephone companies,
Collect calls,
Telephone Pioneers of America,
Old telephone employees,
Equipment problems,
Community services,
Tech participation in community life.
Tape 1, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: Early 1900s-1968
Bulk Dates: 1910s-1968
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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