McPhee, John, and Dover Steele 1976-04-01
John McPhee, retired construction engineer at Fort Worth, and Dover Steele, cotton gin manager at Pecos, Texas, reminisce about their employment.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: John McPhee and Dover Steele
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: April 01, 1976
Location: Dryden, Texas
Interviewer: Fred Carpenter
Length: 20 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: John McPhee,
Family history,
Texas (1918),
United (?) Copper Company,
Oil drilling,
Scotland,
Employment,
Construction engineering,
Western United States,
Fort Worth, Texas,
Dover Steele,
North Carolina, birth (1908),
Imperial, Texas,
Description,
Irrigation districts,
Farming,
Presidio, Texas,
Anderson-Clayton cotton gins,
Pecos, Texas,
Employment,
Edith Grier,
Imperial, Texas,
Cotton gins,
Water supply,
Pecos,
Flood water.
Tape 1, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: 1908-1976
Bulk Dates: 1918-1976
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