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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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Gerald D. Skidmore oral history interview

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Gerald Skidmore talks about how he came to Killeen and started working for the Killeen Daily Herald. He reflects on the town's growth and relationship to Fort Hood, as well as the relationship between the newspaper and the army base. He specifies how major military events, like the Cuban Missle Crisis and the Vietnam War, affected Killeen.