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Bruce Harper oral history interview

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Bruce Harper talks about growing up in San Marcos in the 1950s, including the story of how he was adopted by his parents. He emphasizes the ties between the university and San Marcos's community and local businesses. He also shares information about the Gary Job Corps and its relationship with the university and the city. He ends with discussing the business, economy, and industry of San Marcos, mentioning Wide-Lite and farming in particular.

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Louis Moloney oral history interview

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Louis Moloney discusses his experiences as University Librarian and later Director of the Learning Resources Center from 1964 to present. He talks about the faculty and staff during Dr. Flowers and Dr. McCrocklin's presidential administrations, as well as the technological advances the University Library has undergone throughout his career. He discusses building construction as well, specifically mentioning the now J.C. Kellam Building.

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Robert L. Hardesty oral history interview

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President Robert L. Hardesty talks about the effects recent (1986) cutbacks in university funding have had on the General Studies program at Texas State.

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Lewis B. Eckols oral history interview

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Lewis Eckols began working for GVEC in 1947 and was manager of the electric operations division at Gonzales.  He talks about how he worked his way up the career ladder at GVEC to his current position of manager of the electric operations division, what he and his branch's responsibilities are, and what he believes makes GVEC unique.

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Steve Slaughter oral history interview

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Steve Slaughter talks about his responsibilities as a manager and those of the divisions he oversees at GVEC. He also discusses some of GVEC's accomplishments and what he sees in the co-op's future.

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“Phone 2002 Sam-Gene-Geenie"

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Johnny has a conversation about a live show that is friend on the other end of the line played. Johnny also talks about a book that he is writing and how he wrote the ending first and is writing backwards. Later on, Johnny talks to Sam about the various guns they own. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

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Johnny talks with an unknown woman about writing his biography and the various things he has done with it, such as writing his own death at the end. The woman also talks to Johnny about writing her biography as well. The conversation eventually turns to talk about how Johnny went around and interviewed the people that he knows for his biography so that they could write their own story for it. Johnny tells a story of a former girlfriend who was forced by her father to drop out of college and forbade her from seeing him again and how they finally met up 30 years later. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.