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Obituary of Santiago Tafolla, also known as the Rev. James Tafolla.

LBJ and others speak on the occasion of the rededication of the Old Main building at Southwest Texas State University as part of the 1972 homecoming celebration. Speakers include President Lyndon B. Johnson, Dr. Billy Mac Jones (University President), student body president Dave Horton, and the winner of an essay on Old Main, Miss Symes or Sims.

In the 1974 interview, conducted by students Bobbie Vaughn and Stan Siler, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks briefly about her family, her education, and her first teaching job at Trinity where she was also Dean of Women. The focus of the interview is related to her experiences at Southwest Texas State, beginning with her arrival in San Marcos in 1919. Dr. Murphy discusses her memories and observations of the History Department, examples of discrimination she experienced as a woman on the faculty, and some memories from teaching troops on campus during WWII. She also talks about President C.E. Evans, President John G. Flowers, Professor Greene, and Lyndon Johnson.