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    • Interview with Jim Cullum Jr., 1986

    • Interview with Jim Cullum Jr., 1986

    • Jazz musicians.; Dance orchestras.; Happy Jazz Band.; The Landing-San Antonio (Tex.).; Jim Cullum 1914-1973.

    • San Antonio, Texas The leader of the Happy Jazz Band and owner of Jim Cullum's Landing nightclub on San Antonio's River Walk, Jim Cullum Jr.'s life revolves around his talent and his passion for jazz. The son of a noted jazz artist, he grew up...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with Bill Finck, 01-30-1991

    • Interview with Bill Finck, 01-30-1991

    • Historic buildings--Texas.; Historic buildings--Texas--San Antonio.; San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings.; Finck Cigar Factory (San Antonio, Tex.).; Finck, Henry William.; Finck, Edward Rheinhold.; Cigars.

    • Finck Cigar Company, 414 Vera Cruz, San Antonio, Texas Bill Finck is the fourth generation of his family to head San Antonio's Finck Cigar Company and the first to produce machine-made rather than hand-rolled cigars. Having learned the business...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with Henry Fisher, 1989

    • Interview with Henry Fisher, 1989

    • Utopia (Tex.).; Uvalde County (Tex.).; Sabinal (Tex.).; Automobiles.; Telephone.

    • Sabinal Canyon, Utopia, Texas Born in the Sabinal Canyon in 1902, Henry Fisher shares his memories of the development of the area, including the first automobile, telephones and roads in the Uvalde and Bandera County areas. While a trip to San...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with Reo Kataoka, 1979

    • Interview with Reo Kataoka, 1979

    • Katoaka, Reo.;Japanese Texans.;Emigration and immigration.;Landscaping.

    • Due to Mr. Katoaka's heavily-accented and broken English, this is not a verbatim transcription; best guess is made based on context of the conversation. Reo Katoaka tells of joining Japanese Merchant Marines for opportunity to come to US. Katoaka...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with Herbert Nagatori, 1979

    • Interview with Herbert Nagatori, 1979

    • Nagatori, Herbert.; Japanese Americans--Texans.;World War, 1939-1945.; San Benito (Tex.).

    • San Benito, TX. Herbert Nagatori discusses his experiences during WWII, the transition of Japanese social structure from Japan to US following the war, and personal family history.
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with William B. Osborn, Jr., 1985

    • Interview with William B. Osborn, Jr., 1985

    • Petroleum industry and trade--Oklahoma.; Air pilots.; Ranchers--Texas--Biography.

    • Born in Saskawa, capitol of the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma, he describes his father's interests in the banking and oil industries in the early 20th century and following the family's move to San Antonio, his own work in the oil and cattle business...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with Lt. Col. Ralph A. Pennington, US Army, Ret., 1982

    • Interview with Lt. Col. Ralph A. Pennington, US Army, Ret., 1982

    • University of Texas--Pan American, Edinburg (Tex.).; University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.; Military education.; Educators--Texas.

    • Following a military career, Pennington completed his doctoral degree and was administrator and teacher at Pan American University before being selected to coordinate the transition of Texas Southmost College from a two-year to an upper level...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with Robert and Rola Saibara and George and May Waki, 1979

    • Interview with Robert and Rola Saibara and George and May Waki, 1979

    • Saibara, Robert.; Saibara, Rola.; Waki, George.; Waki, May.; Watanabe Family.; Japanese Americans--Texas.; United States--Army.; World War, 1939-1945.

    • Houston, Texas Rola Saibara (nee Watanabe) and May Waki (nee Watanabe) are sisters. Saibara and Waki families discuss history of the rice farming their parents began, picture marriages (chasi kepo), and the Japanese colonies in the early 1900s....
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with John Jessie Saldana Sr., 2005-08-09

    • Interview with John Jessie Saldana Sr., 2005-08-09

    • Saldana, John Jesse.; United States Army--Infantry.; Canary Islanders.; Mexican Americans.; New Mexico.; United States--Post Office Department.; Postmasters.; San Antonio (Tex.).

    • John Jesse Saldana, Sr., 13th generation born in San Antonio of Irish, Canary Islander, Spanish and English heritage, tells of family history, his work with United States Postal Service before his 1942 enlistment in Army, combat experience as...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with John Jesse Saldana Sr., 2005-08-12

    • Interview with John Jesse Saldana Sr., 2005-08-12

    • Saldana, John Jesse.; United States Army--Infantry.; Canary Islanders.; Mexican Americans.; New Mexico.; United States--Post Office Department.; Postmasters.; San Antonio (Tex.).

    • John Jesse Saldana, Sr., 13th generation born in San Antonio of Irish, Canary Islander, Spanish and English heritage, tells of family history, his work with United States Postal Service before his 1942 enlistment in Army, combat experience as...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with William Elder Sankey, 1976

    • Interview with William Elder Sankey, 1976

    • Dentristry, Military.;United States. Army. Air Corps.;Fort Sam Houston (Tex.).;San Antonio (Tex.)--History.

    • San Antonio, Texas Colonel William Sankey recounts personal history, early history of the Air Corps while it was still a part of the Army, his experiences at Fort Sam Houston and other military posts, particularly the use of airplanes for military...
    • Oral History Collection
    • Interview with LTC Augusta L. Short (US Army, Ret.), 1990

    • Interview with LTC Augusta L. Short (US Army, Ret.), 1990

    • Military nursing.; Nursing.;Nursing schools.;Philippine Islands--Description and travel.;Panama--Description and travel.; Red Cross and Red Crescent.; United States. Army Nurse Corps.

    • San Antonio, Texas LTC Augusta Short relates her personal history including graduation from the Army School of Nursing in 1926 and career as a nurse anesthetist and administrator in the Nurse Corps, service in the Philippines and Panama, and work...
    • Oral History Collection

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