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Latest revision as of 18:01, 18 June 2019
Raymond Buchanan discusses life in Thurber, Texas, during its boom days.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Raymond Buchanan
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: March 4, 1980
Location: Strawn, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Industrial electrician,
Manuel Buchanan, father,
Accountant,
Rena Stewart, mother,
Granttown, Texas,
Miners,
Bootleggers,
Wet counties,
Thurber, Texas,
Fence,
Company store,
William Knox Gordon,
Boxing,
Thoroughbred horses,
Thurber,
Work whistles,
Mines,
Trains,
Strike
Tape 1, Side 2:
Mine strike,
Violence,
Brick plant,
Employees,
Union,
Gus Sparling,
Miners, Thurber,
Company stores,
Credit,
Car raffle,
Fires,
Doctors,
Bootleggers,
Grappa,
Whiskey,
Foreign miners,
Blacks,
Christmas
Tape 2, Side 1:
Mexicans,
Thurber,
Neighborhoods, Thurber,
Houses,
Band,
Baseball,
Grover Lee Alexander,
Thurber's disadvantages,
Stewart and Son's, Strawn, Texas,
Cattle,
Oil,
Strawn,
Fire
Tape 2, Side 1:
Blank
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Access Information
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Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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