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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.

Commemorates twentieth anniversary of signing of Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State University, November 8, 1965. Includes speakers William D. Ford and Robert Hardesty. Recorded November 7, 1985, by SWTSU Media Services at Evans Auditorium, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

Cover story on Russell and Randy Toman