Oral History Collection

MAIN ENTRY: Turnbow, Eugene
DATE OF INTERVIEW: November 9, 1978
LOCATION OF INTERVIEW: Loving, New Mexico
INTERVIEWER: Bobby Weaver
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 45 minutes
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Eugene Turnbow discusses the coal mining and brick industries of Thurber, Texas.
TAPE ONE, SIDE ONE: Thurber, Texas (1900)
Father
Mine worker
Brickyard (1902-1904)
Coal mine
Reinforcements
Donkeys
Power plant (1906-1908)
Brickyard
Pavers
Father
Yard foreman
Home
Company houses
Rent
Utilities
Gas (1917)
Coal fuel
Texas Pacific oil well
Cars
Dr. Dorsett
Immigrants
Blacks
Entertainment
Labor Day
Fourth of July
Barbecue
Alcohol
Brickyard
Rustling bar
Kilns
Work shifts
Pay
Coal mining
TAPE ONE, SIDE TWO Blank
RANGE DATES: 1900-c.1920
BULK DATES: 1900-c.1920