Beverly Alford oral history interview 2022-11-28

In this second interview, Beverly Alford goes into greater detail about her family history and traditions. She begins with telling various medical stories of herself and her parents. She then tells more about historic events she lived through and her personal experiences with: the polio vaccine, cold war anxieties, Sputnik, the JFK assassination, racial tensions in the 1960s, segregation, and the 1970 Lubbock tornado. Throughout this interview she provides anecdotes and life observations of growing up in the mid-twentieth century. She talks about family vacations and trips, as well as her desire to go to space. She speaks more about growing up in oil camps, their accommodations and entertainment options. The interview concludes with discussions of the close relationship she had with her parents and sisters.