McPhee, John, and Dover Steele 1976-04-01

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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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