Grimes, Jerry 2022-08-08
Jerry Grimes was born in Trent Texas in the 1930s. She grew up in the Roscoe area and attended Texas Technological College. She worked as a switchboard operator in one of the dorms. She married in the early 1950s and had four children. She became involved in various volunteer organizations in the 1970s onward and discusses what she could remember of those groups, including being president of the Lubbock Women’s Club in the 1990s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Jerry Grimes
Additional Parties Recorded: Susan Mitchell
Date: August 8, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 01:12:45 (1 hour 12 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; Moving to Roscoe, Texas; college years; Memories of World War II; working at a bank; meeting her husband; Volunteer work and joining social clubs; Being on the advisory board for Sherick Memorial Home; Lubbock Women’s Club; People she worked with; Reese Air Force Base and Texas Tech social clubs; Living in the Carillon retirement community; being retired; Closing thoughts and remarks
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace
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