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J.M. (John Matthew) Cape oral history interview

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John Matthew (J.M.) Cape II (1924-2013), grandson of early San Marcos settler John Matthew Cape, was born in his family home on the banks of the San Marcos River. He joined the family cotton business, working for 43 years as a cottonseed broker. Cape discusses growing up in San Marcos, his family’s business, the history of cotton in Texas including farms, mills, and gins, the current state of cotton oil production, and some of the changes he’s witnessed in the city and the surrounding areas.

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De Johnson oral history interview

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De Johnson shares her family's history in Texas and her experience attending graduate school at UT-Austin. She explains how her education background and teaching experiences at private business colleges in Austin led to her employment at SWTSU in the 1970s. She describes her time working in the university's counseling center and teaching psychology courses. Dean Johnson outlines the creation of SLAC and the resources she's developed to help university students effectively learn, and she predicts what SLAC will be like in the future.