History
Ethel Gruen – Great Depression Experiences
Ethel Gruen talks about seeing businessmen wearing their old work suits selling apples on the streets and men preaching communism during the Great Depression and how the depression impacted her family. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Aron Vigushin – Lee Harvey Oswald
Aron Vigushin knew Lee Harvey Oswald in Russia. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Robert Rege – Eating During The Great Depression
Robert talks about what it was like for his family during The Great Depression to Find Food. CLICK HERE to see Robert’s Short Story where he discusses what it was like being a lab assistant that was trying to develop paint that was undetectable by infrared for the Navy in the General Subjects and Everyday…
Hurles Scales – Forced Integration
Hurles Scales was attending Amarillo High School a year before forced integration. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Milka “Miki” Snediker – German Occupation
Miki Snediker lived in Belgrade when the Germans invaded and was sent back to Austria where she was picked up by the German’s and forced into a concentration camp. She was freed just before the Russians invaded. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Carol Alkek – Teacher During JFK Assassination
Carol Alkek was teaching a class when they learned President Kennedy had been assassinated. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Larry Kramer – JFK
Larry Kramer remembers the weekend President Kennedy was assassinated. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Emma Jean Layl – Growing Up During the Great Depression
Emma Jean Layl talks about what it was like growing up during the Great Depression. She recalls calling people “tramps” which back then meant people who go house to house begging to work for food. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Raymond Bass – Greatest Inventions
Raymond sums up his life through great inventions. CLICK HERE to see Raymond’s Short Story where he shares a scary moment in WWII in our Short Story WWII-Europe and at Home Category! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story about his family struggles during The Great Depression in The Great Depression Category! CLICK HERE to see his…
Bob Northington – First Television Set
Bob Northington talks about what it was like to get his first TV. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jay Beck, MD – Ice-Box
Jay Beck talks about his grandmother refusing to buy or allowing the family to buy her a refrigerator, since her Ice-Box worked just fine. CLICK HERE to see Jay’s story about where he was when Pearl Harbor was attacked and some of the changes the nation experienced in the Short Story- WWII-In The…
Glenn Ison – Witnessing A Hydrogen Bomb Explosion
Glenn Ison part of the Strategic Air Command where he was assigned to a B-50 as a tail gunner during the Cold War. Glenn witnessed a 6.9 megaton H Bomb explosion from a distance of 25 miles and an altitude of 20,000 feet. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Esther Bramnick – Marina Oswald and Missile Crisis
Esther talks about how she waited on Marina Oswald at the Nieman Marcus department store. She also talks about the Cuban Missile Crisis. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Tina Israel – JFK Assassination Impact
Tina Israel recounts the tragedy of President Kennedy’s assassination and the impact she felt. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jeremy Butler – Michelle Obama
Jeremy Butler discusses his wife working for First Lady Michelle Obama and meeting President Obama. CLICK HERE to see Jeremy’s Short Story about being deployed to the Middle East right before the decision to invade Iraq! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story about living through the COVID-19 Pandemic! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story on…
Orville Rogers – On 24/7 Call To Drop An Atomic Bomb On Moscow
As a Strategic Command pilot Orville’s assignment was to drop nuclear bomb on Moscow if war broke out. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Marylyn Andrews – First TV
Marylyn Andrews recalls some of the technological advancements of her time including her first television and a capacitor. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Bob Warren – Farming for Food During Great Depression
Bob Warren talks about how his family got their food during the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Mitchell Jones – Segregated Trolley
Mitchell Jones’s father operated a trolley during the time of segregation. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Cosette “Cosy” Parker – Tennessee Great Depression
Cosy Parker recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Tennessee. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Byron Williams – Sharecropping and Integration
Byron Williams’ great grandparents were sharecroppers in Queen City, East Texas. He talks about how his school was integrated in 1968. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
George Field – Car Air Conditioning
George Field remembers his first car in Uvalde, TX that had an aftermarket air conditioner. He also talks about his unsuccessful attempts at providing air conditioning in his family’s car. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Herb Weitzman – Motorcade Route
Herb Weitzman was standing along the motorcade route when he learned that President Kennedy had been shot. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jerry Nunes – Abe Lincoln Home
Jerry Nunes lived two streets away from the only home Abe Lincoln ever owned. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Sydelle Schedctmen – Nazi Killing Squad
Sydelle Schectmen’s grandmother was shot by a Nazi killing squad in Belarus, Russia. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History