Agriculture Interviews
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The Southwest Collection has a long history of documenting the history of agriculture through oral history interviews.
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Item W.D. Vardeman oral history interview 2013-08-15(2013-08-15)This interview features W.D. “Buzz” Vardeman, who discusses farming, climate, wind engineering, and agricultural planning.Item W.D. Vardeman oral history interview 2013-07-08(2013-07-08)This interview features W.D. "Buzz" Vardeman, who discusses his upbringing, rural life, his experiences as a farmer, his partnership with John Deere, and his role as an agricultural innovator.Item Ron Sosebee oral history interview 2016-06-28(2016-06-28)This interview features Ron Sosebee, who discusses his family and background, what got him interested in agriculture, and rangeland management, and how he pursued agriculture as a career.Item John Segulia oral history interview 1984-07-10(1984-07-10)This interview features John Seguila as he discusses being a cotton farmer in the El Paso Valley region. Seguila describes how his father decided on what land to farm on and the lessons Seguila has learned while farming.Item Ken Roberson oral history interview 2018-08-01(2018-08-01)This interview features Ken Roberson as he discusses his business with cleaning water for reuse. In this interview, Roberson describes his business model and how he got started in the water reuse field.Item Nick Parker oral history interview 2013-06-24(2013-06-24)This interview features Nick Parker who discusses different agricultural co-ops around the state, the drought, and his ideas for alternative energy.Item Fran and Frank Morrison oral history interview 2008-07-26(2008-07-26)This interview features Fran and Frank Morrison as they recount the genealogy of their grandparents, and discuss running a cow-calf operation at a ranch. In this interview, the Morrisons describe living on a ranch and the day to day operations of the ranch as well as how the community would help ranchers.Item Boyd Huff oral history interview 2008-07-26(2008-07-26)This interview features Boyd Huff as he discusses growing up on a ranch and the cow raising operation that he and his family works on.Item John R. "Rich" Anderson oral history interview 2016-09-21(2016-09-21)This interview features Rich Anderson as he describes his life and his ranching knowledge. In this interview, Anderson details his ranching style and the lessons he has learned from previous ranchers in his family. Anderson also describes his involvement with the National Ranching Heritage Association.Item Ty Powell oral history interview(2017-01-12)This interview features Ty Powell as he discusses a wide array of topics, including ranching, cattle, and weather.Item Santana Villa McMullan oral history interview(2017-08-11)This interview features Santana McMullan as she discusses her career with NRCS. In this interview, Santana describes what got her interested in range management and her various roles with NRCS.Item Craig McDonald oral history interview 2017-08-01(2017-08-01)This interview features Craig McDonald as he discusses his career farming. Craig describes the differences between farming in the sixties and farming in the early twenty-first century.Item Craig McDonald oral history interview 2017-07-24(2017-07-24)Craig McDonald discusses his family and how he met his wife.Item Craig McDonald oral history interview 2017-05-30(2017-05-30)This interview features Craig McDonald as he discusses his early life growing up. Craig describes both his and his father’s history and how his family got into farming.Item Jim Irwin oral history interview(2017-03-30)This interview features Jim Irwin as he discuss his career, vineyard, and religion. Jim describes his journey through life and how his relationship with God eventually led to him owning and operating his own vineyard.Item John Freeman oral history interview(2017-02-21)This interview features John Freeman. Freeman talks about growing up in West Texas near Ralls. Freeman also discusses his time in the military.Item Bob Bitsche oral history interview(2018-10-25)This interview features Bob Bitsche as he discusses working with pesticides and cotton crops. He also outlines his background information and World War II service.Item Jim Hoodenpyle oral history interview(2016-05-16)This interview features James Hoodenpyle. Hoodenpyle discusses attending Texas Tech in the 1950s, majoring in animal husbandry, and living in the Texas Tech dairy barn. Hoodenpyle also discusses his work in the dairy industry and owning a farm supply store.Item Joe Flores oral history interview(2015-09-24)This interview features Joe Flores. Flores talks about his involvement with rodeo at Colorado State University, his ranch, working for the Farm Bureau, and cowboying.Item Felix and Monica Macha oral history interview(2015-01-29)This interview features Felix and Monica Macha, who discuss their upbringing, education, innovations in cotton breeding, and experience farming and living on the South Plains.