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Samuel Holmes oral history interview

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Sam Holmes talks about growing up and the different jobs he's held in Austin, including selling newspapers and working in a grocery store as a child in the 1930s. He also shares memories of working at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, a popular political meeting ground when LBJ was president.

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Walton D. "Pete" Hardesty oral history interview

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Dr. Walton D. Hardesty talks about his transition from working at Camp Gary to becoming a psychology professor at SWTSC. Along with detailing his teaching career and his popular courses in human sexuality, he shares his thoughts on the changes Texas State has seen in its student body and its attitudes, the campus layout, its role in regulating students' lives, and its reputation from the 1960s to the 1980s.