Camp Swift Oral History ProjectRecords 2004-2006

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Camp Swift Oral History ProjectRecords 2004-2006

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From 2001-2006, principalinvestigators C. Britt Bousmann and David L. Nickels of the Center forArchaeological Studies at Texas State University conducted archaeologicalevaluations and oral history interviews related to Camp Swift. Included areinterview notes, transcripts, photographs of interviewees, computer disks withinterview files, and audiocassettes of the interviews.

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Bousmann, C. Britt, 1951-

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Nickels, David L.

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Freeman, Martha Doty

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Texas State University

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Camp Swift, located on 55,906 acres in Bastrop County Texas, was built in 1942 and named after Eben Swift, a commander during World War I. Initially designed to accommodate 44,000 troops, during World War II the camp housed 90,000 troops. At one point it served as housing for 3,865 German prisoners of war. Upon the conclusion of the war much of the camp’s land was returned to its prior owners, but the government set aside 11,700 acres to be used as a military reservation. That land ...

Sitton, Thad, 1941-

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Thad Sitton, oral historian, received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970s. He became interested in oral history as a Ph.D. student and his dissertation on the use of oral history in the classroom was expanded into the book Oral History: A Guide for Teachers and Others (1983). In 1983, Sitton collaborated with Baylor University to create the Texas Oral History Association. He runs various workshops on oral history and is an instructor at New Coll...