Austin Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection American-Statesman 1986

Connor, Connie Yerwood, 1908-1991

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Connie Ralstine Yerwood Connor (ca. 1908 - June 11, 1991) was a pioneer in public health in Texas and the first Black physician named to the Texas Public Health Service (now the Texas Department of Health). She was born in Victoria, Texas, in 1908. Both Connor and her sister, Joyce, would go along with their father, Dr. Charles R. Yerwood, when he made house calls in Gonzales County before they moved to Austin. Witnessing their father practice medicine was enough to put both women on their ...

Sims, Bill

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Austin American-statesman

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Texas celebrated its Sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of its founding as a Republic in 1986. For this historic event, the Austin American-Statesman prepared a special Sesquicentennial Edition of its daily newspaper. The newspaper includes interviews with famous and celebrated Texans including Kenneth Threadgill, Dudley Dobie, and Texas Ranger Captain Alfred Young Allee. From the guide to the Austin, American-Statesman, Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection 87-044., 1986, (D...

Fritz, Edward C.

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Edward C. ‘Ned’ Fritz (1916-2008), considered by many to be the father of Texas conservation and a passionate proponent for wildlife and the environment, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, Edward P. Fritz, worked for Atlantic Refining Co. When Edward C. Fritz was seven, the company’s headquarters moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where his family relocated and Mr. Fritz would discover his passion for the outdoors. Fritz graduated from high school in 1934 and would go ...

Crim, Billy Bob

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Crim, John T.

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Poage, Jane Yelvington

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Kirk, Buddy

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Justin, Enid

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Johnson, Jessalyn Gray

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Harper, Lyne

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Němeček, Raymund

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Kleberg, Scott

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Hillman, Clifford

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Threadgill, Kenneth

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Goodnight, Charles

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Dobie, Dudley

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Stricklin, Al

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Woo, Bill

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Wood, Gordon

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Zamora, A.

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Sanchez, Tony

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Threadgill, Becky

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Allee, Alfred Young

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