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Cover story on Doug Sahm.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: David Allan, Atwood Allen, Jack Barber, Paul Botello, Milton Carroll, Rick Casual, David Allan Coe, Charlie Daniels, William Carlton Daniels, Kinky Friedman, Steve Fromholz, Juan Grande, Roy Head, Sam Houston, Bo Jangles, Jerry Jeff, Waylon Jennings, Fat Max, Geno McCoslin, Huey Meaux, Augie Meyers, Frank Miller, Joker Moon, Michael Murphy, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Douglas Quintet, Willis Allen Ramsey, Jimmy Reed, Ron Rose, Leon Russell, Leon Springs, Jethro Tull, Romy Vela, Charlie Walker, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Eddie Wilson.

In the 1978 interview, conducted by History faculty members Merry FitzPatrick and Ronald C. Brown, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks about her experiences at Southwest Texas State, from her arrival in 1919 when the school was still a Normal College, through her retirement in 1956.  She relates stories about President “Prexy” Evans, President Flowers, Lyndon Johnson, and mentions SWT professors H.M. Greene, James Taylor, Emmie Craddock, Alfred Nolle, and Betty Kissler among others. She also talks about her beliefs about education and teaching and offers examples from her years of teaching college students.  The interviewers and Dr. Murphy had a collegial relationship and they laughed through much of the interview.