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Action Magazine, July 1979

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Cover story on Willie Nelson picnic.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Alicia Alonso, Mike Ayala, John Berryman, Clay Blaker, Chenin Blanc, Don Bowman, Paul Brea, Cooder Browne, Gooder Browne, Metz Castleberry, Charlie Daniels, John Dingler, Jay Dominguez, Buster Doss, Judy Garland, Efrain Gutierrez, Chris Holzhaus, Brenda Lee, Joe Martinez, Elizabeth McLlhaney, Ruben Mendoza, Augie Meyers, Mickey Newberry, Olly Otten, Johnny Roberts, Lyndon Roth, Leon Russell, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lonnie Shorr, Reynaldo Smith, John Thomas, T. Gosney Thornton, Ernest Tubb, Canto Vital, Plugger Wyld.

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Ralph Houston oral history interview

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Dr. Houston talks about growing up in Denton County, attending college at UNT and teaching in Big Spring, Texas. He discusses studying for his PhD at UT-Austin and being recruited by Deacon Wright to teach at SWTSTC in the 1930s. He describes campus, the English department and its staff, and his experiences as a professor, head of the English department, and Dean of Liberal and Fine Arts during his time at the university (1937-1970). He also relates stories about Dr. McCrocklin and the university's participation in the AAUP and other academic organizations.