Knispel, Robert, 1978 March 14

File — Container: Box: 1, Folder: 32

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

[Transcription taken from San Marcos Public Library]
Discusses his family, early life, education, recollections of Kyle, TX, moving to Lime Kiln Road, San Marcos, student days at SWTSU, irrigation and farming in San Marcos area. He also discusses Will Green's irrigation project, 1925 drought, Ezell's cave, Ed J.L. Green, Hays City, county judges-Decker, Burnett, Smith, floods in San Marcos, changes in farming, labor force in Hays County, World War I and local Germans, the San Antonio Livestock Show, and Edwards Underground District.
Interviewed by Emmie Craddock.

Dates

1978 March 14

Creator

From the Collection: Southwest Texas State University. Department of History (Organization)
From the Collection: Craddock, Emmie, 1915- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Transcripts and reformatted audio recordings are open to researchers without restriction. Original recordings on reel-to-reel tapes and audiocassettes are fragile because of age; public access to original media is restricted for preservation purposes.