Panola College Digital Collection

- Interview with Elva Dona Johnson by Traci Dunn -- Family Life
- Oral history ; Life ; Living conditions ; Garlinton family ; Johnson family.
- Ms. Elva Diona Garlinton Johnson talks about her life and the lives in her family. [41 min.] Ms. Johnson talks about her grandparents, her parents and her children giving some details about where they came from and how they lived. She has 8 kids,...
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- Interview with Sybil Fonville By Cara Parker - WWII
- Oral history ; Hughes family ; Fronville family ; Ration stamps ; Defense plants ; The Draft
- Ms. Fornville talks to her granddaughter about her family during WWII. [30 min.] Living in Fort Chaffee, Ark when the US became involed in the war, Ms. Fornille tells stories of her brothers plane crahs over England and about her POW...
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- Interview with Myrtle Boren with Helen Young by Kelly Shrewsbury - Depression
- Oral history ; Depression years ; Work camps ; Cotton farmers ; Gardening
- Ms Boren and Ms. Young tell about life during the Depression. [23 min]
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- Interview with Addie Booth by Isong A. Meigs - Life, Pt. 1
- Oral history ; Meigs Family; Farmers
- Ms. Booth describes life in the early 1900's. [31 min.] Ms. Booth is Aunt Tish to the interviewer.
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- Interview with Susan Aaron by Cody Aaron - Vietnam War
- Oral history; Vietnam War
- Ms. Aaron tells about the effects the Vietnam War had on her life. [12 min.]
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- Interview with Vera M. Barton by Billy Diskinson -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression
- Ms. Barton answers questions about growing up during the Depression. [ 5 min.]
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- Interview with Beatrice Gray by Trina McClure -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression
- Ms. Gray answers questions about the being a young married women during the depression. [ 5:39 min.]
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- Interview with Helen Gossett by Tracey Hunt - Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression ; Sewing ;
- Ms. Gossett tells some stories about her sewing and her Christmas decorations living through the Depression. [ 17 min.]
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- Interview with Sena Goree by Shajuana Henderson - Family History
- Oral history ; Family history ; Juneteenth
- Ms. Goree talks to her granddaughter about her grandparents and family. [ 39 min.] She lived on a farm and remembers canning from the garden, the meats they processed and bathing in the local spring and No. 3 wash tub.
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- Interview with Vickie Christianson by Elaine Childs -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Ms. Christianson talks about attending Panola College from 1971 -73. [9:38 min.] She attended on a Gary academic scholarship and was a member of the Green Jackets.
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- Interview with Rose Choate by Susan Brock -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression
- Ms. Choate talks about being a teenage during the Depression. [16 min.]
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- Interview with Betty Bradley by Erin Bradley -- WWII
- Oral history ; WWII : Clothes
- Ms. Bradley remembers how food and clothes items were rationed and stamps were needed to purchase even shoes. [24 min.] She remembers button underwear because elastic went to the war effort. (Erin's voice can not be heard)
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- Interview with Dorothy Bramblett by Shannon Roswell -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Ms. Bramblett talks about attending Panola College in 1961. [24 min.] She tells the story of how she meet her husband at Panola. Dorothy talks about Merle Glass sponsoring dances for the students.
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- Interview with Amanda Choate by Becky McDaniel -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Ms. Choate tells who created the first mascot, the college song and creation of clubs at Panola College. [15 min.] She attended from 1949-1950.
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- Interview with Margaret Duke by Amory Rutherford -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Ms. Duke talks about attending Panola College in 1949. [19 min.] She was student 222 and remembers the football games and how attending Panola made it easier to go in to univeristy.
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- Interview with Lucille Arrington by Rebecca Bryant -- WWII
- Oral history ; WWII ; Iow Jima : Dallas
- Ms. Arrington lived in West Texas during the start of the war and remember a black out air raid in Dallas when she was 15 years old. [20 min.] Her Uncle was one of the soilders that raised the flag on Iow Jima and she talks about him.
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- Interview with Bonnie Brister by Christi Bardy -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Ms. Brister attended Panola College in 1966 and talks about her year there. [16 min.]
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- Interview with Debra Duke by Jonathan Duke -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Ms. Duke talks aobut Panola teachers and the friends she made while attending college. [15 min.]
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- Interview with Versie Austin by Rhonda Leslie -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression ; Neighbours
- Ms. Austin talks to Rhonda about being married with two sets of twins during the depression. [7:31 min.] She said her neighbors helped them through family loss and the hard times of the Depression.
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- Interview with Emme Austin by Brandy Hays -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression
- Ms. Austin talks about being a school teacher at a country school during the depression. [ 15 min.] [Low Audio]
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