Birchfield, Mrs Bob, Mrs Gettie Baten, and Mrs Frankie Ridgeway 1975-10-23
Mrs. Bob Birchfield, Mrs. Gettie Baten, and Mrs. Frankie Ridgeway reminisce about the Kerr family.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mrs. Bob Birchfield, Mrs. Gettie Baten, and Mrs. Frankie Ridgeway
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: October 23, 1975
Location: Hereford, Texas
Interviewer: Fred A. Carpenter
Length: 35 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Mrs. Bob Birchfield,
Personal history,
Judge and Mrs. Charles Franklin Kerr, parents,
Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (1889),
Father,
Teaching,
Hale County, Texas,
Plainview, Texas,
Center Plains, Texas,
County Judge, Castro County, Texas,
Merchant,
Will S. Kerr, brother,
Lila Lee Ireland Kerr, mother,
Family,
Governor John Ireland,
Edgar and Elmer Ireland,
Hereford, Texas (1927-1948),
Plainview, Texas, (1948-1950),
Dimmitt, Texas, School system,
Millicent Griffith, superintendent,
Childhood memories,
Automobiles,
Maxwell,
License plates,
Carbide lights,
Dimmitt, Texas,
Real estate business,
Dolly Whitaker,
Clarence "Bum" Shepherd,
UFO sighting (1915),
Airplane,
"Birth of a Nation" promotion,
Radio,
Television,
Graphophone,
Summer chautauquas,
Tent shows,
Cow chip fuel,
Brownwood, Texas,
Daniel Baker Music Collection,
Identification of people in photographs.
Tape 1, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: 1915-1975
Bulk Dates: 1915-1975
Access Information
Original Recording Format: reel to reel audio tape
Recording Format Notes: digitized Summer 2017
Transcript:no
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