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OH 0132

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSORENSON, James H. (b. 1918)
ProfessionsBanker

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0132
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBanker. Observations on the settlement and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1935-72. Subdivisions and residential developments; Canoe Lake Corporation; tourism; early hotels and motels; duck hunting; Aransas National Wildlife Refuge; shrimping; shipbuilding; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; hurricanes; views on community growth; local taxation; oil and gas industry; social activities.
Interviewer(s)A. Ray Stephens
Physical Description42 pp.
Terms of UseOpen