OHB 0075 | Oral History

OHB 0075

Owner of auto repair business, Denton, Texas. Family background; experiences moving from Georgia to Texas, 1919; description of work and education near Homer and Royston, Georgia; description of Denton, 1919; employment with Acme Brick; part-time work as auto mechanic and work in will Evers’s pecan Orchard, 1922; full-time employment as auto mechanic for Sid Smith, 1924; description of auto dealerships and repair shops in Denton; experiences working for Hopper and Blackburn, 1935-38; comments about North Texas State president William Bruce; comments about W. R. Lakey’s concrete company; opens auto repair business, 1938; comments on personnel; experiences teaching industrial arts courses at North Texas Lab School and with out of school youth (OSY) program at Denton High School; description of effects of Depression in Denton; work for Harris and Koenig Hardware store, 1920s; experiences demonstrating farm equipment; credit practices for auto repair business; comments on cooperation among auto mechanics in Denton; description of auto repair equipment improvements; sale of business, 1968; civic activities; changes in Denton since 1920s.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 139 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview November 15, 1982

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