Hays County (Tex.) -- History

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...

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Written on enclosure: interview / Miss Minnie Knispel / 2-13-74 / by Linda Chapple / San Marcos tex / Knispel.

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Written on enclosure: Side 1 / Miss Minnie Knispel / 2-13-74 [845] / Interviewed by Linda Chapple.

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Knispel discusses her family, education, an irrigation project in San Marcos, early San Marcos history, and the effects of the Great Depression on the San Marcos Community.
Interviewed by Linda Chapple.

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Written on enclosure: Robert Knispel / San Marcos tex / interviewer: / Emmie Craddock / 3/14/1978.

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...

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Mary E. Kone (Mrs. L.W. Kone) discusses family background, living in San Marcos, memories of Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Great Depression.
Interviewed by Ron Tanner.

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Written on enclosure: Slide one / [Mrs. L. W. Kone / 704 Viola St. San Marcos / Interviewer / Mr. ron 885 / Tanner] / Feb 22, 1974.

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Written on enclosure: interview: / Mrs. L.W. Kone / 2-22-1974 / By Ron Tanner.

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Henry C. Kyle Jr. talks about his experiences with politics while serving in the 43rd legislature in the 1930s. He discusses the political atmosphere of Hays County from the 1930s through the 1950s. Mr. Kyle also compares his own political beliefs with U.S. presidents and some of the faculty members he knew at the university, including Prof. Green.
Interviewed by David Murphree

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...

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Dr.  Liddle talks about local politics in Hays County in the 1960s and 1970s, especially the involvement and sentiments of certain voting groups such as Democrats, the Mexican-American community, and the Black community. He recalls controversial school board elections and the McCrocklin case. Liddle discusses issues of academic freedom that certain professors, including Bill Emery, encountered.
Interviewed by Lori Ann Jones

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...

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Handwritten list of teachers and school bus drivers. Unsigned.

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Lucio discusses what life in San Marcos was like growing up as a Mexican migrant worker in the 1930s. He goes on to talk about his experiences in the military in World War II and the 1940s and how that inspired him to pursue an education. Lucio describes what San Marcos was like in the past, touching on aspects of the city's local politics and education system, especially in relation to the Latino community.
Interviewed by Scott Hubbart

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...

Scope and Contents Anne Mackey talks about her experiences attending Southwest Texas State Teachers College in the late 1920s, touching on topics such as academics and recreational activities. She mentions figures such as Mary Brogdon, Prof. Green, Lloyd Reed, and Retta Murphy. Mackey also describes her experiences teaching public school from the 1930s through the 1980s in towns such as New Braunfels, Schertz, and Uvalde. She outlines how public school education has changed over time. Interviewed by...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of sixty-four oral history interview transcripts, organized alphabetically by last name. The last two boxes contain the original audio interview recorded on cassette tape. The interviewees shared their memories about the university and life in Central Texas, offering a glimpse into the important people, places, and events that define Texas State University and its place in the Lone Star State.Audio files have been digitized (2019) from the original...

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The San Marcos Mill site on Spring Lake, looking southeast. San Marcos Electric, Light, & Power Company, San Marcos, Texas.

Identification provided by Mark Cowan, TxState Facilities Planning Design.

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The San Marcos Mill site on Spring Lake, looking southeast. San Marcos Electric, Light, & Power Company, San Marcos, Texas.

Identification provided by Mark Cowan, TxState Facilities Planning Design.