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Wyatt, Charles, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1980
Storyteller Monroe Brannon, although a native of Louisiana, was a long time resident of Gary, Texas. Mr. Brannon shared his fantastic memory of events and people which go back to the 1890s when he was two and half years old. He was keen observer of all that he saw and heard and forgot little. And so he was able to provide stories on a wide range…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Farmers, Folk Culture, Local History
Singleton, Amy; And Others – Loblolly, 1990
Created by Gary (Texas) High School students, this publication presents articles about Tex Ritter and Audie Hestilow. The first article, "Tex Ritter's Early Days," provides information on the early life of Tex Ritter gathered through an interview with Earl Cariker, a biographer of Tex Ritter, and through newspaper articles. Earl Cariker…
Descriptors: Biographies, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews
Downing, Cassie, Ed.; McGarity, Fiona, Ed. – Loblolly, 2000
This journal issue, published by Texas high school students, features interviews with two Army veterans of World War II, Jack Harris who fought the Japanese in the Pacific, and Farris Ivie who fought the Germans in Europe. The publication recounts the war experiences of the two Texas natives in their own words through a series of one-on-one…
Descriptors: High Schools, Interviews, Local History, Military Personnel
Wyatt, Bobbie, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1981
Written by history students at Gary High School, Gary, Texas, this volume presents several diverse pictures of life in East Texas. The first article, "Jim Driver, Panola County Oil and Gas Boom," (Bobby Kelly and Billy Anderson) talks about drilling for oil and gas and the concerns of an employee of the drilling company. "When I Was…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Design Crafts, Ethnography, Folk Culture
King, Lincoln, Ed.; Downing, Cassie, Ed.; McGarity, Fiona, Ed. – 2000
Loblolly is a project of the students at Gary High School, Gary, Texas. This volume is a collection of personal narratives told by combat veterans of World War II who were originally from East Texas. The book's introduction (by J. W. Howland) tells the readers about the men. The veterans' oral histories are recorded and profiled separately in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, High Schools, Interviews, Local History

Midobuche, Eva – Bilingual Research Journal, 1998
A Mexican American teacher/administrator describes her experiences with bilingual education as a limited-English-proficient child, college student, bilingual teacher, graduate student, district administrator, teacher of bilingual teachers, and employee in a federal technical assistance center, and traces the impact of Title VII (the Bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Polk, Stella Gipson – 1989
This book describes the teaching experiences of Stella Gipson Polk, who taught in one-room schools in rural Texas. She was 16 at the time she took her first teaching job in 1918. After high school graduation, she had intended to enter a 4-year college or university. However, World War I left numerous schools without teachers as many were called…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Linden, Mary Frances – 1993
This paper represents a brief history of rural education in Fayette County (Texas) from 1918 through 1975. The paper focuses on the personal narratives of Harry Loeb, the last official superintendent of Fayette County and Emma Diedt, a 50-year Fayette County teacher. The narratives describe Fayette County schools, school politics, and the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Personal Narratives
Willie, Charles V. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
Actually, the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision of the U.S. Supreme Court descended upon this nation as a way of checking the pervasive injustice rendered by public educational institutions on people of color, particularly African Americans. The injustices resulted from laws, regulations and other public policies promulgated or…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Court Litigation, African American Education, Personal Narratives
Lieberman, Shelly, Ed. – Loblolly, 1989
This publication contains three articles written by students from Gary High School (Texas). The first article, "Baptistry Paintings" (Arthur Head and others), provides pictures, histories, and descriptions of eight paintings in Baptist churches located in East Texas. The second article, "Estelle Thomas Webb" (Debra Dubois;…
Descriptors: Biographies, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews
Sitton, Thad; Rowold, Milam C. – 1987
This book explores the country schoolhouses of Texas' rural past. Sources include interviews with dozens of former country schoolteachers and students and first-person narratives collected from written works. Chapters cover the following topics: (1) history of public education and country schools in Texas; (2) distance travelled by teachers and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Consolidated Schools, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Manning, Diane – 1990
This book presents the oral histories of one male and seven female retired teachers who began their careers during the 1920s and 1930s in one-room schools in the Texas hill country. These teachers continued to teach until after the desegregation of public schools in the 1960s. The married black couple included began teaching in rural Texas in 1931…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary School Teachers
Fairbanks, Colleen M. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1997
The Write for Your Life project allows students to examine life events that affect their health and well-being by creating spaces for them to inquire into the circumstances of their lives. This paper examines Write for Your Life in a Texas middle school with a diverse student population, focusing on three students' writing projects. (SM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Coping, Cultural Influences, Diversity (Student)
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 2, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Provost as Gatekeeper: A Former Provost Offers Advice on Managing the…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Tenure, College Faculty, Plagiarism