Oral history interview with Mary Ruth Crawford, 2000.

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Oral history interview with Mary Ruth Crawford, 2000.

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Mary Ruth Crawford considers herself a "people person," living her life by the Golden Rule and trying to be nice to one person every day. She speaks of the rules by which she has learned to live her life and of the people who shaped her life. She reminisces about her ties to her friends, her parents, her brothers and sisters, her sons, and her husband Dick Crawford. She looks back at the changes that she has seen in Arlington, Texas, through the years as she describes her life in Arlington before and after World War II, relating her memories of the local Saturday movies, Rockyfeller Hamburgers, and golfing at Meadowbrook Park. She remembers the Arlington Downs race track and visits to Six Flags with friends. She mentions her membership in clubs, such as the art association, the Republican Party, the Friendship Society, and the Woman's Club. She describes some of her more lasting memories, such as the Hupmobile that her friend had bought and her trips to the grocery store with her mother when she was young. Later she speaks about her health issues and her recent "near death" experiences.

Transcript : 60 p. ; 28 cm.

University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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Lifelong resident of Arlington, Texas, Mary Ruth Crawford attended Arlington schools, graduated from Arlington High School, and attended college in Arlington. She held numerous secretarial/clerical jobs over the years, such as assistant in a doctor's office, secretary to a minister, assistant in an oil company office and at Texas Electric Company, and clerk in a drug store. Of her work experiences, she commented, "I never had a job I didn't like." Although she retired in 1963, she continued to v...