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Right here will be a general overview of the oral history interview. It will be roughly 3-5 sentences for new interviews, shorter for older interviews.  
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Sibyl Rushing recalls the establishment of telephone service in Lubbock.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Sibyl Rushing
  
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
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'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' October 17, 1968
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' David B. Gracy II
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 35 minutes
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Telephone company employment,
 
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Early Lubbock—appearance,
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Early telephone service,
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Operators’ services,
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Tech telephone service,
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Personal biography,
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Present telephone service,
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Lightning,
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Problems,
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Selling of telephones,
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Cost of telephones,
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Personal biography (again),
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Unusual incidents,
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Recipes,
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Long distance,
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Memory for numbers,
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Election night calls,
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Growth of Lubbock,
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Different telephone companies,
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Collect calls,
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Telephone Pioneers of America,
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Old telephone employees,
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Equipment problems,
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Community services,
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Tech participation in community life.
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Blank
 
 
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' Early 1900s-1968
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1910s-1968
  
  
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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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