Hays County (Tex.) -- History

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Written on enclosure: Laura Ramsay / San Marcos Tex / 4/27/78 / Emmie / Craddock / interviewer.

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[Transcription is not completed]
Recollections of her family, education, San Marcos, Charles Ramsay, and her time at Texas State University.
Interviewed by Emmie Craddock

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Materials in series include the audio recordings of the interviews conducted for the Craddock Oral History Project. The recordings are on seven and five inch reel to reel tapes as well as audiocassettes. Some interviews have multiple copies. The Lizzie Grant interview does not have any audio recordings.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 46 glass plate negatives, measuring 4x5 inches, were received in three original G. Cramer Dry Plate Company boxes. The photographer is unknown. Researchers subsequently identified the bulk of images as scenes in Central Texas, as well as one in Rockville, Indiana, and dating approximately 1882-1911. Images that have been positively identified as being in San Marcos include the Hays County Courthouse designed by F.E. Ruffini, the San Marcos River, a...

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Written on enclosure: Lloyd Rogers / San Marcos TX / 4/5/1978 / Interviewer: Emmie Craddock / Cassette #1 of 2 cassettes.

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Written on enclosure: Lloyd Rogers 4/5/78 / Cassette 2 of 2.

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[Transcript from San Marcos Public Library]
In this interview, Rogers discusses his background and his experiences as a professor at Texas State University. Topics include: the KKK, Dr. Evans' Administration, WWII, notable faculty, and the McCrocklin Administration.
Interviewed by Emmie Craddock.

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Saenz talks about how he came to own his own pharmacy, which he began working at as a young teenager. Saenz describes the pharmacy's operations and outlines how prescription medications and his job have changed over the years.
Interviewed by Priscilla Hanz

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 From the Collection: This collection consists of 46 glass plate negatives, measuring 4x5 inches, were received in three original G. Cramer Dry Plate Company boxes. The photographer is unknown. Researchers subsequently identified the bulk of images as scenes in Central Texas, as well as one in Rockville, Indiana, and dating approximately 1882-1911. Images that have been positively identified as being in San Marcos include the Hays County Courthouse designed by F.E. Ruffini, the San Marcos River, a...

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Materials in this collection consist of business records, including one cemetery ledger (1888-1900) and multiple funeral registers dating from 1902 to the mid-1940s that detail deaths in the Hays County and San Marcos, Texas area. Also included are a book titled Record and Bill of Items (1937-1944) and a Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (July – October 1924). Arranged chronologically by type of record.

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Bridge below the mill tract (now Aquarena Springs Road). This is a view looking south from one of the smokestacks of our Mill. (In Negatives 4 and 5 you can see the person standing atop a stack.) The barn structure is located approximately where the old National Guard Building is today.

Identification provided by Mark Cowan, TxState Facilities Planning Design.

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Colonel Sansing talks about his experience flying World War II-era aircraft, the purpose and aircraft holdings of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), how he maintains his skill with involvement in the CAF, and his opinions on the capabilities of the present-day U.S. Air Force.
Interviewed by Mitchel C. Bell

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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Writing crossed out: Interview with / Mr. & Mrs. Harry / Schlameus Inter- / viewed by Nancy / Norman and Stanley / Siler 2-18-74 / Side 1 [1-1045]. Writing in blue ink: Inaudible after 25 min.

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Written on enclosure: 2-11-74 Interview / with Mr. & Mrs. / Harry Schlameus / Interviewed by Nancy Norman and / Stan Siler / Side 1 [1-1050] / Side 2 [1-650]

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[Transcription is not completed]
Mr. Schlameus recollects his family, the Hill Country, and San Marcos. He also discusses the Schlameus family.
Interviewed by Nancy Norman and Stan Siler.

Scope and Contents Dr. Schultz shares his memories of coming to Southwest Texas State Teachers College as an undergraduate student in the post-World War II era. Along with describing married student housing and the college's home economics program, he talks about the City of San Marcos and its businesses. He explains the class registration process and how he came to work in the university's Department of Economics and Sociology in 1965. Schultz outlines how the Department of Sociology has evolved throughout...

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 with: Mrs. Scudder / Adelia / 4-25-194 / By Linda Chapple / Bonnie Vaughn.