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Oral History List
of Wharton County
Sponsored by
Wharton County Historical Society
and
Wharton County Junior College
These interviews are available to purchase on cd or vhs from The Wharton County Historical Museum for $20.00 including shipping and handling. T
Wharton County Historical Museum P.O. Box 349
Wharton, Texas 77488-0349
Oral History # Interview with Interviewed by Date Contents Time OH-01 Francis "Frank" Des Riviers Sorrell William A. Ainsley and Sidney A. Wilbeck 11/12/1980 History of Growing up in Wharton County 1898-1980 56 minutes OH-02 Oryn Andrews "Tom" Tyler R.D. "Jim" Little M.D. 11/25/1980 Personal History 60 minutes OH-03 Edgar Hinkle Hudgins Stanley D. Irish 04/23/1981 Early Ranch History in Wharton County 60 minutes OH-04 Mary Lee Shannon Stevens Ruth Patton 02/02/1981 History of Wharton Newspapers and Personal History 35 minutes OH-05 F.J.L. Blasingame M.D. R.D. "Jim" Little M.D. 06/02/1981 Medical History of Wharton County 60 minutes OH-06 William Aldridge Cline Sr. William A. Cline Jr. 06/03/1981 History of the Wharton County Abstract Co. 60 minutes OH-07 Charles Graves Sivell Jr. Mrs. Lannie Williams 06/09/1981 History of Public Education in Wharton 60 minutes OH-08 Edgar Hinkle Hudgins Merle Reue Hudgins 06/23/1981 History of the Hudgins Family and the development of the J.D. Hudgins Ranch 50 minutes OH-09 Judge Thomas Henry Abell Eve Bartlett 08/20/1981 The History of the Colorado River Raft or "Natural Dam" 40 minutes OH-10 Charles Washington Dawson Charles Graves Sivell 10/01/1981 A personal history and history of Black Education in Wharton County 50 minutes OH-11 Irving Moore and Vernon Melton Henry Smith 10/15/1981 History of the Wharton Masonic Lodge 55 minutes OH-12 Mrs. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Otto Dr. Jim Coates 10/27/1981 Early history of the First Baptist Church of Wharton 60 minutes OH-13 Verner Peterson R.L. Cowser Jr. 10/28/1981 History of Danevang, Texas 60 minutes OH-14 Mr. Julius Gensberg (Audio tape only) Adienne Holland 10/29/1981 Personal History - OH-15 Anton "Toby" Chomout and R.J. "Rudy" Strnadel Chuck Schwartzkopf 08/20/1982 Personal Histories 60 minutes OH-16 Tom Tyler Leroy "Sonny" Bahner 09/15/1982 Life as I have Lived it (Personal History) 60 minutes OH-17 Sybil Goldsmith Patsy Norton 09/20/1982 My Experience with W.C.J.C. 30 minutes OH-18 Mr. Bernie Louis Franke T.K. "Ken" Franke 09/27/0982 Recollections of Early Life in El Campo 25 minutes OH-19 Maynard Stafford Horton Foote 10/08/1982 Old Days in Wharton/ History of Harrison Plantation 60 minutes OH-20 Laura Brooks Ray Horton Foote 10/10/1982 Old Days in Wharton 60 minutes OH-21 Selma Allen Arliss A. Tribig 11/23/1982 Recollections of the El Campo Public Schools 50 minutes OH-22 Ralph Kirk and Patsy Kirk Wiggington Joe Tom Davis 02/17/1983 A Half-Century- Personal History of Banking in El Campo 60 minutes OH-23 Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez Chuck Schwartzkoph 06/30/1983 Duty Honer, County (events leading up to awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor) 55 minutes OH-24 John Samuel "Jno" Morris Richard T. "Dick" Hudgins 10/04/1983 A conversation of Personal History 60 minutes OH-25 T.W. "Buckshot" Lane Bobbie Frazier 11/07/1983 Personal History and History of Law Enforcement 45 minutes OH-26 Sol Alphard Chuck Schwartzkopf 11/23/1983 Co- Founder of Wharton County Junior College 25 minutes OH-27 Mrs. Agnes Isaacson of El Campop Joe Tom Davis 07/25/1984 Educational, Civic and Cultural Leader 60 minutes OH-28 Ruby Baty Joe Tom Davis 07/31/1984 A Life Of Community Service 60 & 30 minutes-2 parts OH-29 Paul Williams Joe Tom Davis 09/27/1984 A WCJC Original 45 & 60 minutes-2 parts OH-30 Alice Naomi Clark Chappell Joe Tom Davis 10/18/1984 A Wharton County Cowgirl 60 minutes OH-31 Wilson Rutherford and D.D. Hill of El Campo Joe Tom Davis 12/03/1985 Pearl Harbor Remembered 60 minutes OH-32 I.J. Irvin/grandson of Wm. Hood Annie Lee Ansley 07/01/1993 History of Glen Flora 60 minutes OH-33 Mary C. Wilson Lucy Coillins 02/10/1999 History of teh Womens Club of El Campo 1912-1989 37 minutes OH-34 Eugene Alexander Gray William Aldridge Cline Sr. 12/11/1999 Negro Life in Wharton 1919-1940 Personal History 45 minutes OH-35 Sue Worthing White Patsy Norton 03/07/2000 Early Wharton Settlers, Bolton, Armstrong and Watts Family Histories - OH-36 Sue Worthing White Merle Reue Hudgins 03/07/2000 Louie Favbian Worthing- Family Patriarch and Community Leader - OH-37 Egypt Texas Ray Miller Eyes of Texas Scenes from Egypt George and Anita Northington - - OH-38 Looking Back Lecture Series Tom Tyler & John Morris 03-08-1998 Cowboys for the Past 105 Years - OH-39 Looking Back Lecture Series Delfin Marek & Dorothy Kennedy 06-06-1999 El Campo & Newgulf - OH-40 Looking Back Lecture Series Hudgins Family 05-07-2000 The HIstory of Hungerford and The Hudgins Family - OH-41 Anita Northington Joe Tom Davis 07-12-2000 The History of Egypt Plantation -
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