Oral Histories of the Southwest Collection
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Item Mabel Loving Brown oral history interview(1999-06-30)This interview features Mabel Loving Brown. Mabel describes her background and family history, being raised on a ranch, and interacting with the cowboys that worked in the area. Moreover, Mabel discusses her great grandfather Oliver Loving of the Goodnight-Loving Trail. Mabel also discusses her teaching career and retirement.Item Israel Ybanez oral history interview.(2000-04-11) Ybanez, Israel Guerrero, 1934- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Israel Ybanez is Mayor and founder of the town Los Ybanez, Tex. Ybanez reminisces about his life, family, the experience of war, discrimination and Los Ybanez, Tex.Item Everardo Cobos oral history interview,(2000-06-23) Cobos, Everardo, interviewee.; Sanborn, Wallis, interviewer.Dr. Everardo Cobos is a medical doctor at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He is originally from Mexico. He expressed his thoughts about different cultures and ethnicities.Item Thomas Botello oral history interview.(2000-09-23) Botello, Thomas, interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Thomas Botello, longtime Lubbock, Tex., resident, talks about his experience coaching for Little League and Pony League baseball teams. He also founded the Southwest Latin League, an adult baseball leagueItem Raymond Flores oral history interview.(2000-12-08) Flores, Raymond, interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Raymond Flores was the first Hispanic player on the Lubbock Black Hubbers baseball team.Item David Guerra oral history interview.(2000-12-15) Guerra, David, 1969- interviewee.; Iber, Jorge, 1961- interviewer.David Guerra discusses his life as a coach and the difficulties he faced being a Mexican American.Item Roger Robles oral history interview.(2000-12-16) Robles, Roger, 1929- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Roger Robles talks about his experiences in school, the military, and various jobs. He focuses on the impact his Hispanic heritage has had on his life.Item Kambra Bolch oral history interview.(2001-01-25) Bolch, Kambra, interviewee.; Mercer, Morgan A., interviewer.Kambra Bolch, Texas Tech University Alumna, discusses her experience as a member of the Mortar Board.Item Jose Cuevas oral history interview.(2001-02-01) Cuevas, Jose, ‡d 1957- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Jose Cuevas talks about the difference between growing up in Texas and Colorado and the prejudice and racism he experienced growing up as a Hispanic in mainly Anglo communities. He then talks about the business he opened and his work in politics.Item Euladio Camarillo oral history interview.(2001-03-17) Camarillo, Euladio, 1930- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Euladio "Lalo" Camarillo talks about his life and jobs in Texas. He shares experiences about working on the police force in Midland, Texas, and the discrimination against Hispanic people in the criminal justice system.Item Joel Lopez oral history interview.(2001-04-10) Lopez, Joel, 1966- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Joel Lopez is a head football coach at Nixon High School in Nixon, Tex. He reflects on his life and the events leading up to his head coaching position.Item Justo Adame oral history interview.(2001-04-10T20:07:30Z) Adame, Justo, 1951- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Justo Adame discusses his life as a child of migrant workers working throughout Texas and in the North. He discusses his schooling and the impact of his grandfather on his education. He also describes the horrible experiences of tuberculosis (TB) and the hospital he lived in for treatment. He discusses his family and especially his uncle Joe who was a bootlegger.Item John F. Conley, Jr., oral history interview.(2001-06-04) Conley, John F., 1923- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Retired athletic director John Conley, Jr., speaks about the progress of his career with a focus on Texas Tech University.Item Allen Chapman oral history interview.(2001-06-13) Chapman, Allen, 1925- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Allen Chapman was the former NCAA and Southwest Conference president. He reflects on his past involvement in sports and on his experiences with the Southwest Conference.Item Frank Fallon oral history interview.(2001-07-24) Fallon, Frank, 1930- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Frank Fallon discusses his affiliation with the SWC (Southwest athletic conference) through broadcasting, and his career as Baylor University's broadcaster. He also discusses the difficulties the SWC faced and its demise and the eventual formation of the Big 12 Conference.Item Jack Dale oral history interview.(2001-08-03) Dale, Jack, 1932- interviewee.; Sanchea, Daniel U., interviewer.Jack Dale, known as the "voice of the Red Raiders", discusses his experiences broadcasting Texas Tech University's Red Raiders' athletic contests, the Raiders' transition from the Border Conference to the Southwest Conference, and changes he saw as a broadcaster.Item Earl Scudday oral history interview.(2001-08-20) Scudday, Earl (Thomas Earl), 1923- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Thomas Earl Scudday, Jr., discusses his life growing up in deep West Texas and attending Texas Tech University. He discusses how he became a writer and his experiences as a sports writer for high school, college, and the Dallas Cowboys football teams. Time period covered 1923-2001.Item Luz Pedraza oral history interview.(2001-09-05) Pedraza, Luz, 1944- interviewee.; Iber, Jorge, 1961- interviewer.Luz Pedraza reminisces about his family's migrant worker roots and his love of sports. In particular, he discusses quarterbacking the Donna High School to the 1961 Texas State 2A Football Championship.Item Dean Weese oral history interview.(2001-09-11) Weese, Dean, 1935- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Dean Weese talks about his life and family, but mainly reflects on his experiences coaching women's and girl's basketball in West Texas. Weese had career wins of 1297 against 197 losses. He was chosen the 2000 Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxvill, Tenn.Item Bob Gene Schneider oral history interview.(2001-10-02) Schneider, Bob Gene, 1936- interviewee.; Sanchez, Daniel U., interviewer.Coach Bob Gene Schneider talks about his experiences as an athletics coach. He mainly discusses his years coaching women's basketball.