The Great Depression | Oral History

The Great Depression

OHB 0035

Emeritus professor of economics, University of North Texas. Family background; educational experiences at the University of Texas, Austin; membership in League for Industrial Democracy; winter lambing in West Texas; experiences during the Great Depression; view of economics and sociology department at North Texas, 1939; experiences in U.S.

OH 1448

For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Homemaker. Her personal reminiscences about rural life in Denton County, Texas, 1925-1985. Her father’s sawmill operation; creek flooding; threshing operations; changes in land ownership; her husband’s death; effects of the Great Depression; social life; comments about the county’s longtime residents; recreational activities; epidemics; wildlife problems; the tornado of June 8, 1937; comments about her childhood; homemade clothing

OH 0828

Welder. His experiences while employed by of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; joining the CCC; assignment to camps near Laramie, Wyoming (Camp 3876); Santa Paula, California; Coquille, Oregon; and Lake Worth, Texas (Camp 1816); description of camps; life in camps; post-CCC work.

OH 0952

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Jacksboro, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Cleburne, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

OH 0992

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Lake Worth, Texas; life in camp; description of camp; surveying land.

OHB 0104

Agronomist, U.S. Department of Agriculture and professor and small grains research leader, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas. Family background; employment with U. S.

OH 0909

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Louisiana and Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5415 at Camp F-5 in New Augusta, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.

OH 1471

Advertising executive. His experiences as a teenager during World War II; his experiences as a sailor during the last months of World War II.

OHB 0091

Co-owner of Adams Abstract Company and rancher, Robert Lee, Texas; Chairman of Board, City Savings, San Angelo, Texas. Family background; experiences growing up on farm near Miles, Texas; comments on teaching at Klattenhoff and Robert Lee public schools; comments on procedures of abstract companies; explanation of different types of abstracts and purpose of title policies; comments on charges for abstract work; entry into real estate business; advertising of businesses; civic activities; development of Lake Spence.