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| − | The oral histories listed below were donated to the Southwest Collection as part of | + | The oral histories listed below were donated to the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library as their own collection or as part of a larger manuscript collection. Contact the Reference Department for further information. <br> <br> |
| − | *'''Cisco College Interview Project''' (over 5,400 interviews, conducted by students in Dr. Duane Hale's history courses at Cisco Junior College from 1995-2019) https://swco.ttu.edu/ohc/index.php?title=Cisco_College_Oral_History_Collection | + | ==Southwest Collection== |
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| + | *'''Cisco College Interview Project''' (over 5,400 interviews, conducted by students in Dr. Duane Hale's history courses at Cisco Junior College from 1995-2019) | ||
| + | **[https://swco.ttu.edu/ohc/index.php?title=Cisco_College_Oral_History_Collection More information] on the collection | ||
| + | **For complete inventory, see finding aid [https://txarchives.org/ttusw/finding_aids/02464.xml on TARO] | ||
**Topics: general history of the Big Country (Abilene Texas area), family life, recollections of twentieth century events (WWII, Kennedy Assassination, childhood) | **Topics: general history of the Big Country (Abilene Texas area), family life, recollections of twentieth century events (WWII, Kennedy Assassination, childhood) | ||
*''' Bob Gibson''' (interviews relating to Meadow Veteran Interview project, see below) | *''' Bob Gibson''' (interviews relating to Meadow Veteran Interview project, see below) | ||
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**Topics: Plainview, Abernathy, Llano Estacado museum | **Topics: Plainview, Abernathy, Llano Estacado museum | ||
*'''William Leo Hansberry''' (lectures and talks given by Dr. Hansberry from 1950s, loaned by Kwame Alford, Texas Tech history prof) | *'''William Leo Hansberry''' (lectures and talks given by Dr. Hansberry from 1950s, loaned by Kwame Alford, Texas Tech history prof) | ||
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*'''Last Frontier Museum''' (CD copies of interviews conducted by June Kennedy) | *'''Last Frontier Museum''' (CD copies of interviews conducted by June Kennedy) | ||
**Topics: family histories of Cochran County | **Topics: family histories of Cochran County | ||
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*'''Toxic Tour of Texas''' (103 audio cassette interviews conducted by Sharon Stewart) | *'''Toxic Tour of Texas''' (103 audio cassette interviews conducted by Sharon Stewart) | ||
**Topics: environmental issues, groundwater, hazardous waste | **Topics: environmental issues, groundwater, hazardous waste | ||
| − | **See corresponding manuscript collection finding aid [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00292/tsw-00292.html | + | **See corresponding manuscript collection finding aid [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00292/tsw-00292.html on TARO] |
| + | *'''WWII Oral Histories, Texas State University''' (twenty two interviews, primarily conducted by Feris Bass) | ||
| + | **Topics: World War II | ||
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| + | ==University Archives== | ||
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| + | *'''Jorge Iber Class Interviews''' (twenty one interviews) | ||
| + | **Topics: Mexican American history | ||
| + | *'''School of Medicine''' (81 recordings) | ||
| + | **Topics: Interviews conducted in the 1980s with prominent doctors from the TTU School of Medicine | ||
| + | **See corresponding manuscript collection finding aid [https://txarchives.org/ttusw/finding_aids/20105.xml on TARO] | ||
*'''University Theatre: An Inventory of Its Records, 1990-2002, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library''' (six audio interviews by Peter Harris) | *'''University Theatre: An Inventory of Its Records, 1990-2002, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library''' (six audio interviews by Peter Harris) | ||
**Topics: developments in the Texas Tech theater department in the twentieth century | **Topics: developments in the Texas Tech theater department in the twentieth century | ||
| − | ** | + | ** See corresponding finding aid [https://txarchives.org/ttusw/finding_aids/20016.xml on TARO] |
*'''Dr. Julie Willett Student Oral History Projects''' (over 430 student-conducted interviews under the supervision of Dr. Julie Willett in the history department of Texas Tech University, between 2007 and 2022, topics dependent on coursework that semester) | *'''Dr. Julie Willett Student Oral History Projects''' (over 430 student-conducted interviews under the supervision of Dr. Julie Willett in the history department of Texas Tech University, between 2007 and 2022, topics dependent on coursework that semester) | ||
** Topics: labor, humor, courtship, dating | ** Topics: labor, humor, courtship, dating | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 31 March 2026
The oral histories listed below were donated to the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library as their own collection or as part of a larger manuscript collection. Contact the Reference Department for further information.
Southwest Collection
- Cisco College Interview Project (over 5,400 interviews, conducted by students in Dr. Duane Hale's history courses at Cisco Junior College from 1995-2019)
- More information on the collection
- For complete inventory, see finding aid on TARO
- Topics: general history of the Big Country (Abilene Texas area), family life, recollections of twentieth century events (WWII, Kennedy Assassination, childhood)
- Bob Gibson (interviews relating to Meadow Veteran Interview project, see below)
- Topics: World War II
- Nita Gibson (series of twenty-six interviews conducted by Alice Olson)
- Topics: dust bowl, WWII, women in farming, economics, politics
- Hale County Museum (over two hundred cassettes)
- Topics: Plainview, Abernathy, Llano Estacado museum
- William Leo Hansberry (lectures and talks given by Dr. Hansberry from 1950s, loaned by Kwame Alford, Texas Tech history prof)
- Last Frontier Museum (CD copies of interviews conducted by June Kennedy)
- Topics: family histories of Cochran County
- Lubbock Area Real Estate Association (twenty-eight interviews conducted by Morgan Rudy)
- Meadow Museum Veterans Project (interviews conducted by Bob Gibson, sixty audio cassettes and thirteen transcript binders)
- Topics: World War II
- Fred McVay (twenty five interviews)
- Topics: Lubbock's North Overton area
- Muleshoe Public Library (twelve interviews)
- Topics: Muleshoe history
- Ogallala Commons Student Oral History Project (seven interviews done for class project)
- Topics: Nazareth Dairy
- Blair Pittman Oral Histories (twenty-seven interviews with I.C. Eason)
- Topics: forms basis of the book King of the Dog People
- Jerry Ramsey (nineteen interviews on cassettes, bound transcripts available)
- Topics: oral autobiography of E.W. "Tub" Ramsey
- Charles and Lou Rodenberger (twelve duplicated audio CDs)
- Jack Skilles (fourteen interviews)
- Topics: early history of Langtry and Del Rio
- Square House Museum (ten interviews on CD, donated by Viola Moore)
- Stonewall Heritage Society (twelve interviews copied to CD, donated by Bernice Weinheimer)
- St. Paul Digital Oral Histories (three born digital audio recordings)
- Topics: Lubbock's St. Paul's on the Plains Episcopal Church
- Terry County Historical Commission (forty cassettes, digitized)
- Topics: Brownfield
- Toxic Tour of Texas (103 audio cassette interviews conducted by Sharon Stewart)
- Topics: environmental issues, groundwater, hazardous waste
- See corresponding manuscript collection finding aid on TARO
- WWII Oral Histories, Texas State University (twenty two interviews, primarily conducted by Feris Bass)
- Topics: World War II
University Archives
- Jorge Iber Class Interviews (twenty one interviews)
- Topics: Mexican American history
- School of Medicine (81 recordings)
- Topics: Interviews conducted in the 1980s with prominent doctors from the TTU School of Medicine
- See corresponding manuscript collection finding aid on TARO
- University Theatre: An Inventory of Its Records, 1990-2002, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library (six audio interviews by Peter Harris)
- Topics: developments in the Texas Tech theater department in the twentieth century
- See corresponding finding aid on TARO
- Dr. Julie Willett Student Oral History Projects (over 430 student-conducted interviews under the supervision of Dr. Julie Willett in the history department of Texas Tech University, between 2007 and 2022, topics dependent on coursework that semester)
- Topics: labor, humor, courtship, dating
