NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Trujillo, Manuel

Date of interview: July 9, 1977
Location of interview: Pecos, Texas
Length of interview: 1 tape (50 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: Manuel Trujillo recalls his experiences as a bracero worker in Grand Falls, Texas, and his later experiences as a United States citizen in Pecos.

Topics:
Family life and background—mother was a traveling doctor
Bracero program—Chihuahua City was main terminal for contract workers
Grand Falls, Texas—cotton farms and labor camps
Kansas City, Kansas—Railroad, immigration
Trans Pecos Cotton Association

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tubb, G. H.

Date of interview: March 24 and 27, 1973
Location of interview: Levelland, Texas
Length of interview: 2 tapes (1 hour, 35 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: G. H. Tubb describes his life in Lynn and Hockley counties during their early developments, changes in the area since he came in 1916, and the history of the Baptist Missionary Association of Texas. Tubb’s family built the first residence on the Levelland townsite.

Topics:
Family life and background—came to West Texas from Oklahoma
Baptist Missionary Alliance—formed from split of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (1900)
Agriculture—early Lynn County farms
Great Depression—effects on real estate businesses
Hockley County—school tax assessor-collector
Land sales and distribution—Walter S. Posey and Phelps White
Native wildlife—coyotes and prairie dog extermination
Santa Fe Railroad—arrival at Levelland (1925)
T-Bar Ranch
Yellow House Land Company
Ira P. DeLoache
David M. DeVitt family
Morton J. Smith

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tubbs, Fenner

Date of interview: September 13, 1995
Location of interview: Lubbock, Texas
Length of interview: 2 tapes (1 hour, 15 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: Fenner Tubbs provides information on the Tubbs family and his car dealership, the Fenner Tubbs Company, in Lubbock.

Topics:
Family life and background—parents came to Lubbock from Kaufman County, Texas
Automobile dealerships—Texas (Lubbock)
Education—Texas Tech for two years
World War II—trained pilots
Robert Isham Tubbs (father)—worked as a cowboy before selling cars

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tubbs, Mrs. W. O.

Date of interview: December 29, 1980
Location of interview: Not given
Length of interview: 2 tapes (1 hour, 30 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: Mrs. Tubbs recalls her early years in Lubbock during the early 1900s and her subsequent move to Abilene.

Topics:
Family life and background—came to Lubbock from Comanche (1900); father was a County commissioner
Community and social life—churches, literary societies, early entertainment modes
Ethnic minorities—blacks and German-Americans in Lubbock County
Hardin-Simmons University
Lubbock, Texas—early residents and businesses
Public schools—Lubbock
Transportation—early automobiles
Weather conditions—wind and dust storms
World War I—effects on Lubbock; selling war bonds

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tubbs, Oscar

Date of interview: September 12, 1959
Location of interview: Lubbock, Texas
Length of interview: 1 tape (50 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: Oscar Tubbs, one of a prominent pioneer family, tells of his life in early Lubbock and some of the important events which happened during that time.

Topics:
Family life and background
Automobile dealerships—Lubbock
Churches and schools
County organization—fight for Lubbock County seat
Lubbock, Texas—establishment, early settlers and businesses, streets
Santa Fe Railroad—Althus, Lubbock and Roswell line routed

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tucker, Emerson E.

Date of interview: July 17, 1984
Location of interview: Lubbock, Texas
Length of interview: 2 tapes (1 hour, 33 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: Emerson Tucker discusses his career in and knowledge of the cotton industry, with particular reference to fiber testing.

Topics:
Background—moved to Brownsville, Texas, from Mystic, Connecticut
Education—Texas Tech, Department of Textile Engineering
Cotton industry—changing modes
Fiber testing and classification
Plain Cotton Cooperative
Textile mills—Texas

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tucker, George

Date of interview: March 2, 1978
Location of interview: Tulia, Texas
Length of interview: 2 tapes (1 hour, 10 minutes)

Brief synopsis of interview: George Tucker recalls his past and the early years on his ranch.

Topics:
Background—father bought ranch land in 1896
Agriculture—wheat production and farm implements
Churches and schools
Flu epidemic (1918)
Livestock—cattle, horses, mules, hogs
Medicine—pioneer doctors
Ranching and ranch life

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NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: Tucker, L. O.

Date of interview: June 24 and 27, 1975
Location of interview: Lubbock, Texas
Length of interview: 3 tapes (4 hours)

Brief synopsis of interview: L. O. Tucker discusses his years in the livestock auction business and various aspects of buying and selling cattle through stockyards and auction barns.

Topics:
Background in cattle business
Auction barns—detrimental to stockyards
Beef—contrast between grass-fed and grain-fed
Cattle buying and marketing
Feedlots—relations with packers
Vernon Packing Company

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