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Action Magazine, May 1978

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Cover story on Vince Vance & the Valiants.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Sonny Ace, Ray Alfaro, Bob Azar, Buzzy Beano, Toby Beau, Chuck Berry, Ronnie Branham, Frenchie Burke, Hondo Crouch, Alvin Crow, Tom Doughty, Dave Duffy, Bob Dylan, Speedo Ray Earl, Paul Elizondo, Joe Ely, Denny Ezba, Michael Franks, Jim Landry, Steve Laughlin, Garry Lindsey, Henry Lopez, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Joni Mitchell, Rocky Morales, Van Morrison, Maxwell Nova, Don Nunley, Ray Price, Canto Al Pueblo, Tom Rush, Gary Stewart, Andy Stone, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier.

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Retta Murphy oral history interview

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In the 1978 interview, conducted by History faculty members Merry FitzPatrick and Ronald C. Brown, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks about her experiences at Southwest Texas State, from her arrival in 1919 when the school was still a Normal College, through her retirement in 1956.  She relates stories about President “Prexy” Evans, President Flowers, Lyndon Johnson, and mentions SWT professors H.M. Greene, James Taylor, Emmie Craddock, Alfred Nolle, and Betty Kissler among others. She also talks about her beliefs about education and teaching and offers examples from her years of teaching college students.  The interviewers and Dr. Murphy had a collegial relationship and they laughed through much of the interview.