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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

 Organization

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Raychel Smyer, 2017-10-04

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Scope and Contents

Soundrecording and transcript of 27 minute 45 second oral history interview of Raychel Smyer conducted by TAMU-CC student McKenna Coffey. Raychel talks about evacuating for Hurricane Harvey and living in the aftermath with her family, the damage to her house and Rockport businesses, and the relief efforts.

Dates: 2017-10-04
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Coll-235, Hurricane Harvey Oral History Collection (HIST 3345: America by Nature, Fall 2017)

Oral History Interview with Roy Ferdin, 2017-09-29

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Scope and Contents

Soundrecording and transcript of 36 minute oral history interview of TAMU-CC Operations Technician Roy C. Ferdin conducted by TAMU-CC student Natasha Klatt. Roy talks about all that was required to prepare campus for Hurricane Harvey and to get campus back to normal afterwards.

Dates: 2017-09-29
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Coll-235, Hurricane Harvey Oral History Collection (HIST 3345: America by Nature, Fall 2017)

Rodolfo and Dora Mirabal Family Papers

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Identifier: Coll-16
Abstract

The Rodolfo and Dora Mirabal Collection consists of La Calavera publications, photographs, and correspondence from their printing company in Corpus Christi in the first half of the 20th Century.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920 - 2011
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Rodolfo and Dora Mirabal Family Papers

Santiago Hernandez Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-181
Abstract The Santiago Hernandez Papers consist of a variety of original correspondence and photocopied newspaper clippings central to the attempt to rename the Three Rivers Post Office after Pvt. Felix Z. Longoria Jr. A local resident of Three Rivers, Texas, Longoria was killed in action in the Pacific Theater during World War II. When his body was returned to Three Rivers the local funeral home declined to provide services; ostensibly because Longoria was Mexican-American and it would “upset the...
Dates: 2003-2005
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Santiago Hernandez Papers