Panola College Digital Collection

- Interview with E.B. Myre
- Oral history; Marines; WWII; American history
- Interview with E.B. Myre, Marine Corp, World War II. [30 min.] "I enlisted in United States Marines May 27, 1942 and served until May 26, 2946. I enlisted in Dallas, Texas and was discharged at Cabaniss Field just out of Corpus Christi (Texas). At...
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- Interview with Berna Reeves - Depression
- Oral history; Panola County; Depression years; Sugar cane
- 91 year old Berna Reeves talks about life in Panola County, Texas during the depression. [20 min.] Low audio
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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 Eugene Beard by Duane Beard -- WWII
- Oral history ; WWII ; Home front
- Mr. Beard discusses his experience on the home front during WWII. [9 min.] He remembers rations, saving bonds and gold stars in windows of the homes of service men that were lost.
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- Interview with Lee Clay by Velinda Clay -- MISD Alternative Education
- Oral history ; Marshall High School [Tex.] ; Alternative school
- Mr. Clay is the Director of the Student Adjustment Center and discusses how Marshall Independent School District's discipline works. [12 min.]
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- Interview with Lee Clay by Velinda Clay -- Family History
- Oral history ; Clay Family hsitory
- Mr. Clay tells of his family history. [5 min.] Low Audio
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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 Layton Clay by Jennifer Forrester -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression
- Mr. Clay talks about working for less pay after the depression hit. [11 min.] He worked 7 days a week for $5 an hour.
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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 Delbert Green by Kim Green -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression ; Farmers
- Mr. Green was about 15 years old when the depression hit. He talks about it with his granddaughter. [7:11 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 Harvey Clay by Evelyn Willis - Depression & WWII
- Oral history ; WWII ; Depression
- Mr. Clay tell about working State side in the Army during WWII. [ 30 min.] During the Depression he lived in Mississippi and talks about soup lines and the presidents of the time.
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- Interview with Eula Adams and Effie Blackman - Beckville, Texas 1930's
- Oral history ; Beckville, Texas ; John Jack Wills Massacre ; Jesse Wilson; Constable Jesse Matthews; Shootings; Murder
- Carmen's grandmothers discuss two shootings that took place in Beckville, Texas. One involved a Panola County constable and a black man, Sept. 1937. The other is a murder/suicide of husband, wife and child. (Date uncertian.)
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- Interview with Edgar Clark by Betsy Foster -- Great Depression
- Oral history ; Depression ; Paper route ; SMU ;
- Mr. Clark worked a paper route in the Dallas area when he was 13 years old until he went to college, SMU in 1935. [23 min.]
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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 J.R. Brannon by Keric Chapman -- Panola College
- Oral history ; Panola College
- Mr. Brannon talks about how he started working at Panola College in 1963. [9 min]
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- Interview with Artis Britton by Mark Atkerson -- WWII
- Oral history ; WWII
- Mr. Britton talks to his grandson about his life during WWII. [15 min.] Mr. Britton tells of working in the CC Camp in Marshall, Tx for 3 years before being drafted in 1942 and joining the European front. He gives an account of a battle experience...
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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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