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- Hahn, Alice DeWalt | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hall, Kenneth | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hargarther, Robert C. | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hargrove, JoAnn Cangelosi | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hartlage Jr., William 'Junior' | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hartman, Bill | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hause, Mayme Rachuig Bass | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hebert, Bob | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hebert, Pat | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hebert, Robert Ellington | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Henslee, Marilyn Reed Nichols | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Henslee, Marilyn Reed Nichols | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Herring, Joanne King | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hightower, Dorothy Pollard | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hightower, Dorothy Pollard; Kelly, Sally Rachuig; Shelton, Mary | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Hunter, Lisa Rich | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
- Husbands, Tim and Hal | Abstract [PDF] - Interview [PDF]
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Adamson, Roland Conrad | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Alaminsky, Lawrence | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Alston, Sue Brinkman | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Anhaiser, Leon | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Anhaiser, Leon (Imperial Tour) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Arledge, Mary Perry Thompson | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Armstrong, Marie Elizabeth Michalec | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Arnwine, Lester Cleve | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Asthana, Namita | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Babineaux, Jean McCord | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Babovec, Albina Agnes Talasek | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bailey, Hattie Mae Branch | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Baker, Robert Newton | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Balasubramanian, K | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Banfield, Neil | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Barak, Frank Lee | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Barton, Ray | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bass, Bob | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Baumgartner, Karl | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Beal, Rosie Lee Dogan | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Beard, David R. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Behrens, Della Krause; Cole, Mabel Krause | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bellinoski, Adolph Aloise | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Berkman, Maurice | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Blair, Andrew 'Buddy' | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bleil, Barbara Roane (2012) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bleil, Barbara Roane (2013) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bogard, Allen | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bohac, Irene | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Bolden, Richard | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Braun, Jeff | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Brinkman Jr., Walter August | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Briscoe, Frank | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Briscoe, Mason | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Brown, Doretha | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Brown, Eugenia Virginia | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Browning, Clara | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Buettner, Janet Kruger | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Callies, Larry | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Camacho, Mary Morales | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cangelosi, Angeline | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cangelosi, Peter | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Carpenter, Patsy Lynne Stanford | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cavazos, Lupe Rodriguez | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cerny, Aurelia | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Coburn Jr., Charles A. (Pete) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Coburn, Marialyne Ruffino | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Condrey, Dr. James Doyle | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Conrad, Roland Oscar and Carolyn Gregory | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cooke, Gillian Lewis | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cooper, Vance Thomas | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Cordes Jr., Roy | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Council, Ann and Jeff | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Court Jr., Charles Vincent | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Court Jr.,Charles Vincent (2016) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Court, Roberta Jean Jester | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Crosser, Robert | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Davis, Frank Barrett (2012) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Davis, Frank Barrett (2013) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Davis, U.L. (Pete) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
DeRegil, Helen | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Desai, Riddhi Panka | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Dinges, Sue Reese | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Dixon, Melissa Sledge | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Doggett, Stephen | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Drachenberg, Donald Gene | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Dunkerly, Marie Muehr | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Edmundson, Lynn | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Elkins, Lawrence Newton | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Eversole, Aubrey Dean | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Falsone, Joe | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
FBC Courthouse Renovation - 2014 | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Ferguson, Thomas Bradford | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Ferro, Frank John | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Fletcher, Inge-Ruth Sachs | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Fonville, Thomas | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Foss, Viola | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Franco, Frances Hernandez | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Frazier, Robin Dale | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Freudensprung, Bernice A. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Frierson, John | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Frost, Robert Sherar | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gammill, Jim | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Garcia, Hortense | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gaskamp, Stella Svoboda | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gilmore, Robert Glendell - 2015 | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gilmore, Robert Glendell - 2016 | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Glenn, Lisa | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Goodsill, Jane Marshall | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gracia, Robert | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Green Jr., Fred | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Greenwood, Johnnie Mae Thomas | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Grounds, Howard | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gupton, Melba Marguerite Votaw | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gurecky, Doris Walcik | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Gurecky, Joe | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hahn, Alice DeWalt | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hall, Kenneth | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hargarther, Robert C. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hargrove, JoAnn Cangelosi | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hartlage Jr., William 'Junior' | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hartman, Bill | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hause, Mayme Rachuig Bass | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hebert, Bob | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hebert, Pat | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hebert, Robert Ellington | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Henslee, Marilyn Reed Nichols | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Henslee, Marilyn Reed Nichols | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Herring, Joanne King | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hightower, Dorothy Pollard | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hightower, Dorothy Pollard; Kelly, Sally Rachuig; Shelton, Mary | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Hunter, Lisa Rich | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Husbands, Tim and Hal | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Jackson, Carrie Lee Greer | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Jackson, Rayshaad Jamail | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
James, Zerlean Silas / Randle, Viola Gilmore | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Jan, Danny | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Janik, Sandra Wade | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Janssen, Rosie Syblik | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Jenkins Jr., Jewell | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Jhingran, Satish G | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Johnson, Freda | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Jones, Ben | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kalkomey, Charles | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kelly, Charles "Chuck" | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kelly, Sally Rachuig | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kennerly, Joyce | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kharas-Khumbatta, Nazneen | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kocurek, Mary Jane & Kubelka, Stan | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Krause, Berry Fritz; Krause, Garrett Charles | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Krehmeier, Billie Vic | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kuban Sr., Edward William | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kubosh, Ernest Lewis | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kucherka, Stanley | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kumar, Rathna | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Kusy, Valentine | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lachner, Bennett | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lamb, Rene Rosenbush | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Landrum, Douglas | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Landrum, Lauren | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lane, Grant | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lasher, George R. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Leaman, Jacquelyn Spencer | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
LeGrand, Lee Elkins | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Leightenheimer, Jane Harrington | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lewis, Bessie Lee Pettie | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lindsey, Kathleen Joerger | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Little, William A. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Liu, Charles | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lolley, Joyce Earline Molly Bezecny | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Lorfing, Sadie Ponish | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Louviere Jr., Bill | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Mahler II, Charles Fredrick | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McAfee, Dennis A. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McColloch, Willie Ann Frels | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McDonald, Pat and Dan | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McGee, Dorothy Lynne | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McKinney, Bobby | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McLemore, Lois & Clarence | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
McNeill, Lida Louise Davis | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Meadows, Lonnie Esker | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Meier, Jr., Gilbert Helmuth "Herc" | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Mellon, Harry Lee | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Mellon, Sidney | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Meyer, Joseph Daniel (JD) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Miksch, Mary Agnes | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Miller, Katherine (Trinka) Helmcamp | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Miller, Ron | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Monk, Steven Douglas | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moore, Jack Hutchins (2013) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moore, Jack Hutchins (2016) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moore, Megan | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moore, Michael | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Morales Jr., George | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moreno, Julia Garcia | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Morgan, Charlie | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moroney, June Emerson | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Moroney, Linda L.S. "Muffie" | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Morris Sr., Stewart | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Myers, David Edward | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Myers, Shirley Brodecky | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Narramore, Clara Henrietta | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Nehls, Trevor J | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
North, Nancy Stubbs | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Ognoskie, Lauraine | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Otto, Kenneth Bryce | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Owen, Allen | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Parker, Cee Cee & David | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Pater, Blanche | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Patterson, James David | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Pavlas, Daniel L. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Payton, Lou | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Payton, Martha | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Peck, Duane Bentley & Bentley, Carole E. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Phelan, Maxine Cegelski | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Phillips, Margaret Dierks | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Pickett, D.C. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Pirtle, John Elbert | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Pitts, BJ & Jon | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Placette, John | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Prestage, James Grady | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Puhl, Terry | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Pultar, Frank Edward | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Raghuthaman, Ayyam P. (Raghu) & Shantha | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Randon, Joseph Renwick | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Reed, E. E. Geene | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Reese, Travis | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Renfrow, Al, Jr. & Shirley Ruth Borden Renfrow | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Renfrow, Clyde Thomas (C.T.) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Reyes, Irineo (Neo) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Rich-Hall, Marseillaise | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Roberts, Bob | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Roberts, James Warren (2012 & 2013) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Robinson, Joe Darst | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Rogers, Frank | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Rogers, Robert | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Rosenbaum, Henrietta Angeline | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Rouse, Hugh Lamar | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Rozelle, Marjorie Bidwell | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Salazar, Leonel R. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Sbrusch, Benny | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Scarborough, Virginia Davis (2011) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Scarborough, Virginia Davis (2013) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Scarcella, Leonard Leon | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Scarcella, Leonard Leon (2016) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Schodek, Franklin Royce | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Schumann, Robert | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Seger, Constance Ann Harris | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Self, Billy | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Shamblin IV, James Madison | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Shelton, Paulette | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Sherman, Annie Bell Davison | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Snedecor, Tarver Gayle | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Spillers, Larry | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Startz, Sandra | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Steffee, Samuel Lake | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Stritch, Billy | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Stuart Jr. & III, Julius Prentiss | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Stutzenbaker, Charles D. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Sury, Georgia Kovar | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Tarver, Carlos Bennett | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Taylor, Earnest | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Terrell, Roberta Williams | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Thompson, Dr. Stanley | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Todd, Walter C. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Tucker, Donna Kay | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Tullos Jr., Carl Burl | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Uresti, Guadalupe Arredondo | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Vaccaro, Lawrence | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Vacek, Frank P | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Varn, Rex | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Vela, Javier | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Vogelsang, Robert Louis | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Vojtek, Arlene | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Von-Maszewski, Wolfram M. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wang, Terry C. | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Ward, Walter Lane | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Webb, George (B. I.) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Webb, Tom | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wendt, Billie Amilee Harris (04/27/2013) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wendt, Billie Amilee Harris (11/03/2012) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wendt, Billie Amilee Harris (11/19/2012) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wendt, Delbert | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wendt, Jack | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Werner, Ruth | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Westmeyer, Herman | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wheeler III, Leslie Armin "Buddy" | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Whichard, T. Marshall, Jr. & Mary M. Whichard | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Whitlow, Mary Helen | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Williams, Sadie | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wilson, Dianne | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wleczyk, Benny Andrew | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Womack, Joyce (Joey) Mixon | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Woods, Nancy Stephenson | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Wright, Margaret Vaughn Thomas (Peggy) | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
York, Mable Huff | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
Youngblood, Michael Lee | Abstract [PDF] Interview [PDF] |
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