IHSF-Oral History Interviews

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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