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Interview with Elmer Charles Gates
Elmer Charles Gates and Robert Everett Norton
Elmer Charles Gates (1900 - 1994) was born 20 April 1900 in Clarks, Nebraska. Mr. Gates served with the U.S. Army's 91st Division as a sergeant in charge of World War I infirmary. Subjects include family and farm life in Nebraska, war, the depression and working as a U.S. mail carrier.
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Interview with Elma Krumdieck Koch Dutschman
Elma Krumdieck Koch Dutschman and Robert Everett Norton
Elma Krumdieck Koch Dutschman tells of her youth in Minnesota, her arrival in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the 1933 hurricane, view of Ebenezer (Alamo, Texas), land parties, and farming.
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Interview with Howard B. Millen
Howard B. Millen and Robert Everett Norton
Howard B. Millen tells about life in Iowa, moving to the Valley, farming difficulties, schooling and description of the Valley during the 1920's.
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Interview with Luis Rivera
Luis Rivera and Robert Everett Norton
Luis Rivera tells about work in the Hidalgo County Irrigation District #2 pump house in Hidalgo, Texas. He also talks about storms, hurricanes, and river changes.
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Interview with Gillespie Parish Baker - Part 01
Gillespie Parish Baker and Robert Everett Norton
Gillespie Parish Baker, born 1900 and died 23 September, 1976, discusses the life of his father, A.Y. Baker, an influential citizen of Edinburg. He gives a detailed description of his own life in Hidalgo County and Edinburg including observations on the Hidalgo-Reynosa bridge, beginning of Edinburg Junior College, trains, roads, and utilities.
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Interview with Gillespie Parish Baker - Part 02
Gillespie Parish Baker and Robert Everett Norton
Gillespie Parish Baker, born 1900 and died 23 September, 1976, discusses the life of his father, A.Y. Baker, an influential citizen of Edinburg. He gives a detailed description of his own life in Hidalgo County and Edinburg including observations on the Hidalgo-Reynosa bridge, life, and changes in Edinburg.
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Interview with Elizabeth Ewing Christenson
Elizabeth Ewing Christenson and Robert Everett Norton
Elizabeth Ewing Christenson was born February 26, 1920, in McAllen, Texas. She tells of growing up in the city of McAllen.
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Interview with Floyd Clay Everhard
Floyd Clay Everhard and Robert Everett Norton
Floyd Clay Everhard tells about his parents, early life in Missouri, his move to the Valley, the character of the Valley in the 1920's, the city of Pharr, personalities of the period, hurricanes, citrus industry and schools. He was born 2 April 1909 in Wentworth, Missouri.
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Interview with Ella Hunger Hawthorne and Ewart Sterling Hawthorne - Part 01
Ella Hunger Hawthorne and Ewart Sterling Hawthorne
Ella Hunger Hawthorne was born in 1905 in Lichtenberg, Germany. She tells of her childhood in Germany, coming to Wisconsin in the 1920's and then moving to the Valley. Ewart Sterling Hawthorne was born in 1911 in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. He tells of his childhood in Pennsylvania and in San Francisco, and moving to the Valley. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with Ella Hunger Hawthorne and Ewart Sterling Hawthorne - Part 02
Ella Hunger Hawthorne and Ewart Sterling Hawthorne
Ella Hunger Hawthorne was born in 1905 in Lichtenberg, Germany. She tells of her childhood in Germany, coming to Wisconsin in the 1920's and then moving to the Valley. Ewart Sterling Hawthorne was born in 1911 in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. He tells of his childhood in Pennsylvania and in San Francisco, and moving to the Valley. Part 2 of 2.
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Interview with Kent Loren Mellenbruch - Part 01
Kent Loren Mellenbruch and Robert Everett Norton
Kent Loren Mellenbruch discusses life in the Valley from 1915 to the present. He talks about work in the oil fields.
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Interview with Kent Loren Mellenbruch - Part 02
Kent Loren Mellenbruch and Robert Everett Norton
Kent Loren Mellenbruch discusses life in the Valley from 1915 to the present. He talks about work in the oil fields.
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Interview with Kent Loren Mellenbruch - Part 03
Kent Loren Mellenbruch and Robert Everett Norton
Kent Loren Mellenbruch discusses life in the Valley from 1915 to the present. He talks about work in the oil fields.
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Interview with Kenneth E. White
Kenneth E. White and Robert Everett Norton
Mr. White discusses growing up in Raymondville, elementary education, home and family life. Work in oilfields, WWII US Army service in Europe, higher education. Teaching Raymondville schools, school tenure in Mission, numerous observations on education and family.
- 00:00 - (second half of interview) Has education changed for the better since the 1960's
- 06:47 - Single parent families and the fate of the United States
- 11:19 - Religion in public schools
- 14:43 - The changes in the Mission school district
- 23:37 - Athletics
- 27:23 - No pass, no play
- 29:50 - The value of encouraging post-graduate degrees
- 35:57 - Conclusion
- 37:21 - First half of interview begins
- 38:28 - When White was born and details about his parents
- 45:28 - Land clearing
- 47:28 - White's farm
- 48:16 - What White's home was like
- 51:47 - What school was like for White
- 54:57 - World War II
- 59:53 - Post-war experiences and university
- 1:08:06 - How White managed discipline when he started teaching
- 1:10:26 - Time spent in San Benito
- 1:14:06 - Rumor involving White being a gold miner
- 1:18:25 - The 1960's and Mission Texas
- 1:22:25 - Raymondville
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Interview with Augusto Guerra
Augusto Guerra and Robert Everett Norton
Augusto Guerra was born in 1932 in McAllen, Texas. He talks about his family background, the Escandon era, business on Guerra St. in McAllen, demographics, discrimination, vocational training, athletics, and the economics of the school district.
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Interview with Harold Norman Hansen
Harold Norman Hansen and Robert Everett Norton
Harold Norman Hansen was born in 1917. He talks about his parents in Norway, his childhood and service in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Interview with Eddie Clarence Hedges - Part 01
Eddie Clarence Hedges and Robert Everett Norton
Eddie Clarence Hedges was born in 1921. He talks about his grandparents, parents, birth, and boyhood in Mission, Texas. He also relates his experiences in the Army Air Corps. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with Eddie Clarence Hedges - Part 02
Eddie Clarence Hedges and Robert Everett Norton
Eddie Clarence Hedges was born in 1921. He talks about his grandparents, parents, birth, and boyhood in Mission, Texas. He also relates his experiences in the Army Air Corps. Part 2 of 2.
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Interview with Dewitt Talmage Knight - Part 01
Dewitt Talmage Knight and Robert Everett Norton
Dewitt Talmage Knight was born in 1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Interview with Dewitt Talmage Knight - Part 02
Dewitt Talmage Knight and Robert Everett Norton
Dewitt Talmage Knight was born in 1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Interview with Walter W. Rabe - Part 02
Walter Rabe and Robert Everett Norton
Walter W. Rabe was born in 1897 in La Grange, Texas. Part 2 of 2.
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Interview with Walter W. Rabe - Part 01
Walter W. Rabe and Robert Everett Norton
Walter W. Rabe was born in 1897 in La Grange, Texas. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with Zeb William Rike - Part 01
Zeb William Rike and Robert Everett Norton
Zeb William Rike discusses his early years, his family, his college band, his architectural works in the Valley and the growth of McAllen. Part 1 of 2.
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