Carole B. Turner

Scope and Contents Alicia Longoria was born in Mission, TX on February 28, 1915. She discusses her childhood, what she knows of her parents and grandparent's lives, as well as her husband's childhood and what she knows about his grandparents who raised him. She shares how her family fed and clothed themselves, her early education, and memories of visiting her grandparents in Reynosa. She relates several stories of family lore involving cannibalism, the Mexican Revolution, her rich uncle the moneylender, and...

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Interview conducted on 27 October 1993 by Carole Turner. Digital transfer completed on 20 March 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.

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Ida Elnora Smith was born in 1910 in Amarillo Texas. She talks about family, homes and life in McAllen from 1929 to the present.

Interview conducted on 27 October 1988 by Carole B. Turner. Digital transfer completed on 12 March 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.

Scope and Contents Maudie Henson Finney was born on April 16, 1913, in Senath, Missouri. Henson talks extensively about her long career in the medical field as a school nurse, a hospital nurse, a hospital administrator and a public health nurse. She also discusses her hobby of swimming and her volunteer work with various community and professional organizations. Near the end of the interview, Henson briefly discusses her grown children.Interview conducted on 2 April 1993 by Carol B. Turner. Digital...

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Milton Joseph Kelly and Thelma Kemmerer Kelly tell of living in Boliva, Mexico and Arizona and moving to the Valley.

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Nancy Fox tells about family life in the late 1930's and about the first hospital in McAllen. Interview conducted on 2 July 1992 by Carole Turner. Digital transfer completed on 11 November 2013 from the original analog cassette tape. Hidalgo County Historical Commission.