OH 0542 | Oral History

OH 0542

Humorist, storyteller, radio and television personality, environmentalist. Student days at the University of Texas; comments about J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek; service during World War II; interest in folklore; employment with CBS; Mccarthyism; his suit against Aware, Incorporated; involvement in environmental issues; skirmishes with the Trinity River Authority; comments about Ned Fritz, Randy and J. R. Parten, and Joe Penelli.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 74 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) J. B. Smallwood
Date of Interview June 9, 1981

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