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Retta Murphy oral history interview

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In the 1974 interview, conducted by students Bobbie Vaughn and Stan Siler, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks briefly about her family, her education, and her first teaching job at Trinity where she was also Dean of Women. The focus of the interview is related to her experiences at Southwest Texas State, beginning with her arrival in San Marcos in 1919. Dr. Murphy discusses her memories and observations of the History Department, examples of discrimination she experienced as a woman on the faculty, and some memories from teaching troops on campus during WWII. She also talks about President C.E. Evans, President John G. Flowers, Professor Greene, and Lyndon Johnson.

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Fletcher Boone and Maggie seated at a table on a train

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Fletcher Boone, co-owner of The Raw Deal and an unidentified woman [Maggie] seated at table on a train. Both wearing sunglasses. On verso handwritten "Aug 1980 Train to Laredo" and the name "Maggie". Photograph stuck to glass.