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Oral history

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ed Walraven Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0305
Scope and Contents

The letters, notes, and tape recordings in this collection document Edward Walraven’s discussions and interviews with Mr. Bob Murphey, a Nacogdoches attorney and humorist. Correspondence is dated from 1986 to 1992. Walraven was interested in humor and its place in the culture.

Dates: 1992

Richard S. Orton Collection

 File
Identifier: A-0369
Scope and Contents The Richard S. Orton Collection consists of the photographs from two exhibits created by Orton and a series of 16 oral history interviews about African Americans in Nacogdoches County. The photographs capture authentic interactions between teachers and school children at several schools in Austin (1986-1990) and scenes of faith, family and life at Upshaw family reunions at County Line, an African American freedom colony in Nacogdoches County (1988-1998). The exhibit label text which appeared...
Dates: Event: Donated 10/9/2008