Oral History Interviews
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The Oral History Program is committed to the use of recorded interviews as an indispensable modern research tool. Oral histories are used in collaboration with more traditional manuscript resources to paint as accurate an historical picture as possible. Researchers are able to hear first-hand spontaneous accounts in the eyewitness’s own words, complete with inflections and colloquialisms. The Oral History collection at the Southwest Collection is one of the largest in Texas, with more than 6,000 interviews in its holdings.
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Contact information:
Elissa Stroman, PhDOral History Assistant Archivist
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Box 41041
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1041
Phone (806) 742-3749
Abstracts of older oral histories in the Southwest Collection's holdings can be found on the Oral History Collection website.
Visit The Southwest Collection's Reference Services website for more information on collections at the archive.
The images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. To use these digital files in any form, an attribution of "Courtesy of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library" must accompany the image.
Note: The transcribers and editors of these documents strove to create as accurate and faithful a transcription of the oral history interview as possible. However, these documents may still contain mistakes. Spellings of proper nouns and places were researched thoroughly, but readers may still find inaccuracies, inaudible passages, homophones, and possible malapropisms. Any words followed by “[?]” notate our staff’s best faith efforts. We encourage researchers to compare the transcript to the original recording if there are any questions. Please contact the SWC/SCL Reference department for access information. Any corrections or further clarifications may be sent to the Oral History Archivist.
Collections in this community
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African American Oral History Collection
Interviews featuring African Americans in the West Texas area. -
Agriculture Interviews
Interviews pertaining to agricultural history. -
American Agriculture Movement Oral History Collection
Oral histories of members of the movement. -
American Military Veteran Interviews
Interviews with World War II military veterans, as well as veterans from the Korean and Vietnam wars. -
Creative Process Oral History Collection
Interviews that discuss the creative process of writers, artists, musicians, and researchers. -
Fine Arts Interview Series
Interviews with artists and musicians, conducted by Leslie Dutton between 2000 and 2002. -
Fort Stockton Interview Series
Interviews conducted by Andy Wilkinson with Fort Stockton residents. -
George West Storyfest Interview Project
Interviews conducted by Andy Wilkinson, documenting the history of the George West Storyfest. -
Healthcare on the South Plains Interviews
Interviews with doctors and health care professionals from across the South Plains. -
Legacy Southwest Collection Interviews
Interview transcripts highlighting topics related to the founding of Texas Tech and the West Texas area. -
LGBTQIA Oral History Project
Interviews conducted in partnership with TTU's Office of LGBTQIA. -
Lubbock History Series
Interviews documenting the history of Lubbock, Texas. -
NASA Interview Series
Interviews conducted with scientists, engineers, and astronauts who worked at NASA, as well as their families. -
Natural History Interviews
Southwest Collection interviews documenting natural history topics, especially biological field research. -
Oral Histories of the Southwest Collection
General interviews that do not fit into a specific series, project, or topic grouping, as well as legacy abstracts from the Oral History Program of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. -
Sports History Initiative
Interviews that highlight sports history. -
Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball
Interviews pertaining to the annual Cowboys' Christmas Ball in Anson, Texas. -
University Archives
Oral histories pertaining to Texas Tech University. -
Wind Interview Project
Interview series discussing wind engineering and various aspects of the wind power industry. -
Women's History Initiative
Oral histories highlighting women's history in the West Texas area.
Recent Submissions
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Juanita Craft oral history interview 1974-06-26
(1974-06-26)Juanita Craft, black civic leader in Dallas, discusses the problem of racial and social discrimination and segregation in Dallas. -
Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn oral history interview 2000-08-15
(2000-08-15)This interview features Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn as she gives a more in depth account of her career at Texas Tech University. In this interview, Van Appledorn describes building up the music department, and creating music ... -
Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn oral history interview 2000-06-08
(2000-06-08)This interview features Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn as she discusses her education in music and how she ended up teaching at Texas Tech University. In this interview, Mary Jeanne describes her family’s musicality and why she ... -
George Stelluto oral history interview 2000-08-24
(2000-08-24)This interview features George Stelluto as he discuss his background in music and conducting. In this interview Stelluto describes his approach to conducting music and his opinions on the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. -
Matthew Santa oral history interview 2002-05-15
(2002-05-15)This interview features Matthew Santa as he discusses his education after getting his bachelor’s at LSU and jazz music. In this interview, Santa begins by describing his educational journey after going to LSU and then moves ... -
Matthew Santa oral history interview 2002-05-14
(2002-05-14)This interview features Matthew Santa as he discusses music theory and what drew him into music as a profession. In this interview Santa describes how he got into playing music and the musicians that he studied under. He ... -
Charles Nelson oral history interview 2000-10-10
(2000-10-10)This interview features Charles Nelson as he discusses his career in the music profession as a choral director. In this interview, Nelson describes learning how to play the violin and moving on to learning how to sing when ... -
Sylvester Rice oral history interview 2001-05-15
(2001-05-15)This interview features Sylvester Rice as he discusses his love for and playing music. -
Alan Munde oral history interviews 2002-01-10
(2002-01-10)This interview features Alan Munde as he discusses his background playing music. In this interview, Munde explains how he got into music and learning the guitar as a child. He then moves on to describe how he learned to ... -
Bill Mueller oral history interview 2000-07-10
(2000-07-10)This interview features Bill Mueller as he discusses his photography work and what he likes to photograph. In this interview Mueller describes how he got into photography and when he started taking photography seriously. ... -
Wally Moyers Jr. oral history interview 2001-06-19
(2001-06-19)This interview features Wally Moyers Jr. as he discusses his love and passion for music. In this interview Moyers begins by describing his family and their musical background. He then moves on to explain how music has ... -
Diana Moore oral history interview 2000-06-28
(2000-06-28)This interview features Diana Moore as she discusses her love for and career in dance. In this interview Moore describes how she started dancing and when she decided she wanted to pursue it as a career. She then moves on ... -
Deborah Milosevich oral history interview 2002-06-27
(2002-06-27)This interview features Deborah Milosevich as she discusses her art and being an artist. In this interview, Milosevich describes what it was like having her art in art galleries and owning and art gallery in Lubbock. ... -
Toby McWilliams oral history interview 2000-06-20
(2000-06-20)This interview features Toby McWilliams as he discusses his music career and playing the guitar. In this interview, McWilliams describes how he got interested in playing the guitar and attending the music program at South ... -
Ann McDonald oral history interview 2000-08-29
(2000-08-29)This interview features Ann McDonald as she continues to discuss her trip to Australia. In this interview, McDonald describes the last legs of her trip and her experiences with the aboriginal people of Australia. She closes ... -
Ann McDonald oral history interview 2000-08-23
(2000-08-23)This interview features Ann McDonald as she recounts her trip to Australia. In this interview McDonald describes how she and her husband made plans to fly across Australia, and she recalls all the interesting stories and ... -
Ann McDonald oral history interview 2000-07-27
(2000-07-27)This interview features Ann McDonald as she discusses her photography and different art associations she has associated with. In this interview, McDonald describes forming the West Texas Photographic Society of Lubbock and ... -
Ann McDonald oral history interview 2000-07-11
(2000-07-11)This interview features Ann McDonald as she discusses her photography. In this interview, McDonald describes what interested her to get into photography and the things that influenced her. She then moves on to recall meeting ... -
Tim McCasland oral history interview 2002-01-09
(2002-01-09)This interview features Tim McCasland as he discusses his career in music. In this interview McCasland describes how he got into music and the bands he played with. He then moves on to recount how he started working at ... -
Cecily Smith Maples oral history interview 2000-12-15
(2000-12-15)This interview features Cecily Maples as she discusses her love for clay and how she got into making pottery, In this interview Maples begins by explaining her early life traveling and living around the world due to her ...
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