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OH 1511

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeMYERS, Janell (b. 1954)
ProfessionsCounselor

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1511
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionCounselor. Her recollections concerning the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, Labor Day Weekend, 1969. Her conservative family background in Dallas, Texas; her attraction to the hippie counterculture as a teenager; hanging out with hippies in Lee Park in Dallas; her college experience at North Texas State University in Denton; her participation in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and sit-ins; her admiration of singer Janis Joplin; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; activities of the Hog Farm at the festival; use of drugs and alcohol at the festival; comments about the various rock groups at the festival; activities of “Wavy Gravy”; lasting memories of the festival.
Interviewer(s)Dennis Tittle
Physical Description52 pp.
Terms of UseOpen