This is an oral history interview with William Robb conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Captain Bill Robb grew up near a seaport in Scotland. He went to sea as an apprentice at age 16. When World War II broke...
This is an oral history interview with Joseph Wilson Robin conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Joseph W. Robin was born in 1937 in Breaux Bridge, where his family had cotton and heifers. After graduating high...
This is an oral history interview with Russell Robin conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Russell Robin was born in 1931 in Breaux Bridge. At 17 he got a job on a dredging crew with McWilliams Company and five...
This is an oral history interview with Dr. Paul Roby conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Roby is the Director of Neighbors-2-Neighbors Program, Office of Disaster and Preparedness and Response, a program...
This is an oral history interview with Billy Rodgers conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Billy Rodgers was born in 1926 in Northeast Texas, near oilfields, but they never found oil on his family's land. He didn't...
This is an oral history interview with Armando Rodriguez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Judge Armando Rodriguez was born and raised in Houston. He became the first Mexican American Justice of the Peace...
This is an oral history interview with Diana Rodriguez conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Diana Rodriguez was interviewed in her office, City of Houston Emergency Medical Services, 15th Floor, 500 Jefferson,...
This is an oral history interview with III Rucks conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William Rucks III was born in Nashville, Tennessee but at an early age moved to Oklahoma City. He graduated from the University...
This is an oral history interview with Beverly Rudy conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Beverly Rudy discusses her early years growing up in Oklahoma and Arkansas. She left high school at the end of her junior...
This is an oral history interview with Forrest Sadler conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1921, Forrest Sadler grew up in east Texas in the small town of Troup. His father worked in the oilfield firing...
This is an oral history interview with Norman "Pete" Salter conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Norman Salter was born in 1912 in Many, Louisiana; he was raised in northern Louisiana. He left college (where he...
This enjoyable and engaging interview with Mr. Sapp centers, among other things, on his experience with and insight into the Houston Symphony as a member of the Board. The interview took place at Mr. Sapp's Houston residence...
This is an oral history interview with Dr. Emilio Sarabia conducted as part of the Houston History Project. The family of Dr. Emilio Sarabia, a retired physician at the time of the interview, was one of the earliest to arrive...
This is an oral history interview with Lindsey Schechter conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Lindsey Schecter is the owner operator of Houston Dairymaids, an artisan cheese wholesaler/retailer. The Dairymaids...
This is an oral history interview with Ben Schrick conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ben Schrick was born in 1941 in Iowa. He earned his Airframe and Power Plant Certificate from Amarelle Aeronautic Institute...
This is an oral history interview with Frank Schwab conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Frank Schwab started in the oil industry in 1953 as a cook's helper for Stanolin Oil and Gas Company. Shortly thereafter, he...
This is an oral history interview with Emmet Sellers conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Emmet Sellers was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on July 27, 1927. He was drafted by the U. S. army in 1947 but was later...
This is an oral history interview with Capt. John Shaw conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Captain John R. Shaw was born in Flint, Michigan in 1952, and later served four years as a Navy Quartermaster. In 1981,...
This is an oral history interview with John Shaw conducted as part of the Houston History Project. John Shaw is from Stanton, Illinois. He graduated from University of Illinois in 1949 and had a series of jobs in different...
Ethnographic summary: Paulina de Paz interviews Adrian Shelly, executive director of Air Alliance Houston, at his office on October 16, 2015. Shelly discusses his own early life and education history before focusing on the...
This is an oral history interview with O. J. Shirley conducted as part of the Houston History Project. After serving in World War II as a B17 pilot, Mr. O.J. Shirley attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated in 1948....
This is an oral history interview with Bobby Simon conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bobby Simon was born in Abbeyville, LA, and moved to Lafayette in 1959 to attend University of Southwestern Louisiana. Began...
This interview was conducted on August 14, 2006, in Mr. Sloan’s office located at 2318 Atascosita Rd., Humble, Texas 77396. The essence of this narration focuses on the response of Harris County, Texas to the tens of...
This is an oral history interview with Larry Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Larry Smith was born in 1932 in Crowley, but was raised in New Iberia. His father was a drilling production superintendent...
This is an oral history interview with Latisha Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Latisha Smith was born in Detroit, MI, attended Michigan State for undergrad then Hahnemann University in Philadelphia...
This is an oral history interview with Marva Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Marva Hicks Smith was born in Hungerford, Texas in 1930s. She and her sister, Shirley, attended the Wharton County...
This is an oral history interview with Claude Sonnier conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Claude Sonnier was born in 1918 in Scott, Louisiana, into a farming family. He attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute...
This is an oral history interview with Richard S. Steinhorst conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Richard Steinhorst was born in Oklahoma and graduated with a degree in Petroleum Engineering from Oklahoma State...
This is an oral history interview with Donald Stemmans conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Don Stemmans was born in 1936 near Carencro. He spent 16 years in the oilfields for Superior Oil Company, then quit to...
This is an oral history interview with Leighton Steward conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Leighton Steward was a geologist for Shell Oil in the Gulf of Mexico for many years. He grew up in Fairfield, Texas. ...
