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Cover story on Dolly Parton.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Baker, Jim Barnett, Johnny Bush, Vikki Carr, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Joe Freeman Coliseum, Tom Conner, Lisa Donnelly, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Bob Field, Myron Floren, Harry Freeman, Lalo Gonzalez, Terry Hale, Butch Hancock, Charlie Harris, Pedro Infante, Toni Ingraham, Marlene James, Kris Kristofferson, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, John Monfrey, Willie Nelson, Curtis Potter, Doug Sahm, Buddy Spicher, George Strait, Jerry Waddel, Porter Wagoner, Morris Washington.

Margaret Fields talks about her early life in New Braunfels and life during the Great Depression. She describes the university campus and the schooling she received at Texas State in the 1930s and 1940s. She mentions places like Old Main; people such as C.E. Evans, Mary Brogdon, Leland Derrick, and John Flowers; and her experiences living off-campus. She discusses the various teaching jobs she took in Comal County and Medina County as well as her work with the state vocational rehabilitation department in Austin and other companies in Houston. She outlines how it all led her to her current job at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.

Cover story on Rusty Martin