Oral History Club - Las Cruces, N.M.

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Speaker(s)
Date
SUBJECT
Abernathy Nancy 04 05 2001 Pat Garrett: The Old Bentley Mercantile Store in Organ, NM
Adams Junior 04 04 2002 Working for the ATSF Railway
Allred Kelly W. 02 04 1999 Retracing the trail of E O Wooten
Altshool Elsa Freudenthal 02 06 1997 Reform Jews in the Mesilla Valley
Altshool Elsa Freudenthal 01 02 2003 Freudenthal Family
Apodaca Rudy 10 02 2003 Memories of Early Las Cruces and the Apodaca Family
Aranda Daniel 03 01 2001 Episode of Victorio's War
Archuleta Dolores 10 04 2004 Classes of Las Cruces Union High, 1941-52
Austin Kathy 09 03 1998 Home of the Good Shepherd and Madonna High School
Austin Keith 09 02 2004 History of Finger Rings
Barncastle Tony 03 06 2008 The Barncastles in New Mexico: From Ireland to Dona Ana
Beckett Archie 02 03 2000 Apollo Slide Presentation
Beckett Archie 03
2007 Las Cruces Then and Now
Beckett Patrick 09 05 1997 Lucero Family
Beckett Patrick 09 06 2001 Old Las Cruces
Bell Jack 06 03 2004 War Eagles Air Museum
Bell-Merk Sunny 11 06 2003 On Losing Your Sight and Having a Seeing-Eye Dog
Bennett Judy 04 01 2004 Unwritten History of the IOOF and Masonic Cemeteries
Bergloff Leslie 02 05 2004 True History of the Real Smokey Bear
Bigbee John 01 04 2007 Progression of Land Ownership in New Mexico
Billington Dr. Monroe 07 07 2005 New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers
Bloom Dr. Jo Tice 12 02 1999 McFies
Bloom Dr. Jo Tice 04 07 2005 A Well-traveled Land: A History of Pioneer Park and Camp Pioneer
Bloom Dr. Jo Tice 03
2006 Amelia McFie and the Indian Detours
Bloom Dr. Jo Tice 04 05 2007 Dr Bertha Dutton and Her Dirty Diggers
Boykin Jim 03 07 1996 Aviation in the Mesilla Valley
Boykin Jim 02 03 2000 Testing of the Service Module
Bradley Jim 05 06 1999 Bradley-Woodson Families
Brady Pattie Burris 04 04 1996 Legacy of 120 Ranchers
Brisbin Dr. Col. Bryce 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War - Role of National Guard and Reserves
Buethe Chris 07 02 1998 Cowboy Poetry
Burt Bon 06 05 1997 Cowboying and Cowboy Poetry
Campbell Martin 01 06 2005 Born in the Amador Hotel - A Slide Presentation
Carter Judy 04
2006 History of Scottish Rite
Chavez Denise 08 01 2002 Growing Up in Las Cruces
Chavez Denise 02 06 2003 Language - A Living Laboratory
Clark Dr. Ira 10 03 1996 Dedicated to Water
Collins Lelia Jan Quesenberry 01 07 1999 Quesenberry Family
Connealy Margaret 06
2006 Hospice: A History
Craig Dr. Maurice E. 11 04 2004 Pests of New Mexico, and Things That Go Bite in the Night
Crawford Bill 08 05 1999 Crawford and the Las Cruces Airport
Curry Paul 09 04 2003 Commissioner Curry Reflects on Dona Ana County
Davies Dr. Evan 06 04 1998 Hunter (Preacher) Lewis
Delamater James B. 08 04 2005 The Academic Athlete
Eckles Jim 04 03 1997 Trinity Site at WSMR
Eckles Jim 07 03 1997 Roswell and UFOs
Eckles Jim 09 04 2008 Missle Range Tales
Edmund Don 06 07 2001 Chloride
Edwards David 01 05 2006 New Life for an Old Friend - The Rio Grande Theatre
Emerick Anna 12 04 2003 History of the Christian Day Nursery
Emerick Sara 09 03 1998 Home of the Good Shepherd and Madonna High School
Emerson Ralph W., Sr. 11 02 1995 Brief History of the Rio Grande River
Esslinger Gary 06
2007 Elephant Butte Irrigation District
Evans Eloise (Polly) 07 06 2000 Beginnings of Las Cruces Alternative High School
Farmer Otis 08 06 1998 Southwest Indians and Their Spanish Conquerors
Farmer Otis 11 04 1999 Dust Bowl Area
Favrot Margaret 08 05 1999 Favrot Family
Fielder Clarence 07 06 1995 Blacks in the Mesilla Valley
Fielder Clarence 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War - Personal Experiences
Fielder Clarence 05 02 2006 History of the African American Methodist Church
Fierro David 05 01 2008 The Village of Tortugas and the Guadalupe Fiesta
Ford Dr. Quentin 06 03 1999 Catron County
Fountain Albert J., IV 05 01 1997 Colonel Albert J Fountain
Frank Lt. Col. Fred 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War: Introduction
Frietze Lionel 12 07 1995 History of La Mesilla
Gaines Bob 06 01 2000 S.O.B.: Sweet Old Bob (and the Marine Corps)
Gaines Bob 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War - 1st Marine Brigade
Garcia Mary Jane 06 06 2002 Village of Dona Ana
Garnett Judge R. Burks, Jr. 04 02 1998 History of Free Masonry in New Mexico
Gemoets Martin 10 04 2001 World War II Reminiscences
Gerhard Harvey 02 03 2000 LM Site Activation and Apollo Design Limits Testing
Goacher Jeff and David Steen 02 03 2005 Radium Springs Hotel - A PowerPoint Presentation
Greathouse Patricia O'Donnell 11 01 2001 Branigan Library
Griggs Edgar 06 01 1995 Mesilla and the Griggs Family
Groves Mike 11 07 2005 The Mesilla Valley Through the Eyes of L.C. Groves & Mike Groves
Gumert John Edgar 05
2007 The BLM: Where It Came From
Gustafson Henry 03 07 2000 Henry's Life and War Experiences
Guynn Kenneth 07 11 1996 Downtown Las Cruces in the 1930s and 1940s
Guynn Kenneth 04 05 2001 Pat Garrett: Who Really Killed Pat Garrett?
Hackler George 09 02 1999 Butterfield trail in New Mexico
Hagaman Tim 11 07 2002 Last Ride of Billy the Kid
Hampton Helen Strickland 02 05 1998 Experiences as a WAAC
Harris Dr. Charles H., III 05 07 1998 Mexican Revolution
Harrison Harold 03 06 1997 Bird Watching
Havnor George 01 03 2002 Texas Rangers in the Civil War
Hawley Dr. John 10 05 2006 Mesilla Bolson Ground Water
Heintz Joe 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War - The Mortar Battalion
Helfrich George 02 02 2006 The Navy in New Mexico
Heydt Patricia F. 06 06 1996 Victorio Peak Update - 1996
Hines Walter G. 10 07 1999 Hines Family and Aggie Sports
Isaacks Bob 08 01 1996 Dona Ana County Assessor's Office
Johnson Dr. Charles 12 05 2002 New Mexico State University Football and Pro Football
Jones Daniel N 12 04 1997 Life in Las Cruces in 1926
Jones John Paul 10 02 2008 History of El Paso Airport
King Bill 01 01 2004 Band Music in the Mesilla Valley
King Peggy 10 06 2005 A Wine for All Seasons
Klein Sonny 07 03 2008 Growing Up in Las Cruces
Kormanik Mike Clarence 11 02 1995 Pecan Production in the Mesilla Valley
Kotovsky Stan 12 07 2006 Pearl Harbor
Kriegal Ed and Charllotte Priestley 02 01 2007 Ed Kriegal Impersonates Pat Garrett
Larsen Rich 06 02 2005 Pueblos Abandonados de Nuevo Mexico
Laumbach Karl 10 01 1998 Prehistoric Man in Southern New Mexico
Laumbach Karl 09 05 2002 People My Father Knew
Lemon Fred J. Jr. 09 07 2000 Paths of History into Old Mesilla That Forged the Mesilla Valley
Lemon Helen Joan Overpeck 09 07 2000 Paths of History into Old Mesilla That Forged the Mesilla Valley
Liefeld Robert J. 04 04 1996 Hagerty History
Lowe Jack 10 05 2000 Scandal That Shocked Las Cruces
Lozier Leroy 03 07 1996 Las Cruces in the 1930s and 1940s
Lozier Leroy 10 07 2004 Classes of Las Cruces Union High, 1941-52
Mack Greg 11 02 2006 Rio Grande Rift
Martin Don R. 05 05 2005 Spelunking in New Mexico Caves
Martin Dr. Michael 06 05 2008 New Mexico State University
Matkin Tommy 12 04 1996 Life at Stahmann Farms
Maveety Robert Ellis 11 02 1995 History of the Las Cruces Country Club
McClernon Pat 10 05 1995 Tidbits of His Life
McCright Grady 09 05 1996 Jessie Evans and the Lincoln Country War
McLean Col. Chuck 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War - Early Birds
McMillan Arnold 10 07 2004 Classes of Las Cruces Union High, 1941-52
Merk Dudley 11 06 2003 On Losing Your Sight and Having a Seeing-Eye Dog
Metz Leon 12 06 2001 Southwestern Gunfighters
Miller Dr. Richard 04 06 2003 Green Edward Miller: Photographer
Minter Ilka Feather 02 01 1996 Mesilla Park and the Feather Family
Minter Ilka Feather 09 03 1998 Home of the Good Shepherd and Madonna High School
Myers Nancy 01 06 2000 History and Restoration of the Rio Grande Theatre, Las Cruces
Neidig Ken 01 01 2004 Band Music in the Mesilla Valley
Noble Edward and Aurelio Montoya 09 01 2005 Mystery of Sound Decoded
Oliver-Lewis Irene 08 03 2008 Personal History through Art - Las Cruces, My Hometown
Owen Dr. Gordon R. 01 01 1998 Two Alberts: Fountain and Fall
Owen Dr. Gordon R. 03 04 1999 Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1849-1999: Multicultural Crossroads
Parrish Frank 04 03 2003 About Photography and His Book - Pancho and the Power
Parrish Frank 04 03 2008 George Griggs and the Billy the Kid Museum
Powell James 09 05 1996 Jessie Evans and the Lincoln County War
Priestley Charlotte 01 03 2008 A Family History: Beginning with Daniel Kinchello
Ray Lt. Col. Gerald Dean 08 07 2003 Korea: The Forgotten War - The Air War Over Korea
Ritter Buddy 03 03 2005 History of Mesilla and the Double Eagle-A PowerPoint Presentation
Rivera Dorothy 08
2006 Jose Maria Rivera and the Rivera Family
Roach Paul 01 11 1996 My Grandfather, Elias Elway Day
Rogers Dr. Joseph 05 03 2001 History of the Circus
Rogers Dr. Joseph 03 07 2002 Glimpses of the American Circus II: Family, Folklore, & Future
Root Ted 11 04 1999 Dust Storms of Northeastern New Mexico
Rundell Dr. Richard 04 06 2000 Its truest Friend: a celebration ... Hiram Hadley
Ryan John 08 02 2001 Buffalo Soldiers
Sadler Bob 02 03 2000 LM Ascent and Descent Propulsion Testing
Sadler Ray 07 02 2006 Texas Rangers Ride In
Sadler Ray and Charles Harris 11 06 2008 The Secret War in El Paso
Saffell Cameron 09 06 2007 New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
Sanchez Katherine 08 03 2000 Last Great Cattle Drive of the Millennium
Schurtz Gerald P. 10
2007 New Mexico and WWII - Bataan Death March
Sedgwick Dr. Bill 02 01 1996 Old-time Medicine Men of Las Cruces
Seton Julie 08 07 1997 Ernest Thompson Seton
Shockley Nancy 12 06 2007 1st Lt Albert Fall Chase: His Life, Legacy, History, and Times
Slaughter Rebecca 08
2007 Las Cruces Railroad Museum
Smith C. B. 01 11 1996 Construction in the Mesilla Valley
Smith Dave 05 04 2000 Harvey Houses
Sosa Dan, Judge 02 01 2001 From Las Cruces to the Supreme Court
Stern E. J. Jr. 09 05 1995 E J Stern Family
Sunday Terry 06 03 2004 War Eagles Air Museum
Swoveland Dr. Peggy Nakayama 05 02 2002 Nakayama Family: Assimilation Through Four Generations
Taylor J. Paul 07 01 1999 Chamberino and the Lower Mesilla Valley
Taylor Pat 07 01 2004 Migration/Founding in Lower Valley
Thomas Dr. Gerald W. 11 06 1997 Presidents of New Mexico State University
Thomas Dr. Gerald W. 12 03 1998 Academic Ecosystem: An Issue-oriented History of NMSU
Thomas Dr. Gerald W. 12 07 2000 Cockpit View of World War II, or From Casablanca to Tokyo
Thomas M. A. 05 04 1995 NMSU and Some traditions
Ticknor William 02 07 2008 Museums of Las Cruces
Todsen Dr. Thomas K. 11 05 1998 Post Offices of Dona Ana County
Tombaugh Al 09 07 2006 Tombaugh Family Tales
Tomlin John 11 07 1996 Farming in the North Mesilla Valley
Townsend Dave 10 02 1997 Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Townsend Linnie 10 02 1997 Eugene Manlove Rhodes
traylor Cal 04 05 2001 Pat Garrett: Murder/Burial Spots No. 1 and No. 2
treat Clyde 05 02 1996 Tularosa Basin and Las Cruces
treat Clyde 02 03 2000 Apollo Little Joe II Program
Unglaub Leroy 02 07 2002 Petroglyphs in Southern New Mexico
Vallejos Viola 10 07 2004 Classes of Las Cruces Union High, 1941-52
VanderWagen Micky 03 04 2004 Vanderwagen Road Show
Wadsworth Richard 06 03 2003 Fort Fillmore
Walker Charles 01 04 2001 Cowboy Charlie Walker
Watts David 10 03 2002 Safety
Weaver Marilyn 05 06 2004 History of Fort Selden
Wiley Elnora 07 03 1997 Reminiscences of NMSU
Wilkins Glen and Jim Dickerson 12 05 2005 The Loretto Barbershop
Williams Dr. Dudley 07 05 2001 Manhattan Project
Williams Frances 11 01 2007 History of Temple Beth-El
Williams Dr. James 11 02 2000 Redistricting and Reapportionment of New Mexico
Williams Dr. James 07
2007 Tuskegee Airmen
Williams Jess, Jr. 08 05 2004 Dona Ana County Courthouse
Williams Jess, Sr. 08 03 1995 Las Cruces School System
Wilson Dr. John P. 04 01 1999 Whiskey in the Canteens: A Story of the Civil War
Wooten Jeff 05 06 2004 History of Fort Selden
Worthington Bob 07 03 2003 History of the Upper Penasco Valley

 

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