| Interviewee | HILLIARD, Ruth (b. 1903) |
| Professions | Vice-president and cashier |
| Employers | Farmers and Merchants State Bank; R&R Variety Store |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0050 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Vice-president and cashier, Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Krum, Texas; owner and operator of R & R Variety Store, Mesquite, Texas. Family background; banking operations in Krum, early 1900s; social life in Krum, early 1900s; education at College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman’s University); comments on teaching in Orange and Port Arthur, Texas; work as organizer of Texas Woman’s University’s Ex-Student Association; teaching in Lordsburg, New Mexico; establishment of R & R Variety Store in Mesquite, 1936; construction of new store; shortage of labor during World War II; sale of business and comments on discrimination experiences as businesswoman; social life in Mesquite; views on Depression; employment at Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Krum, 1950; comments on bank’s clientele; computerization of bank, 1973; experiences as victim of bank robberies; comments on retirement. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 103 pp. plus documents (16 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
