Friends of the Library Interviews | Transcribed Oral Histories | Echoes Interviews
The Historic Round Rock Collection is a project documenting Round Rock’s history, funded in part with a grant from the Texas Historical Commission. These pages are adapted from the original 1991 print version.
Friends of the Public Library Interviews
During the early 1980s, the Friends of the Round Rock Public Library conducted numerous interviews with long-time Round Rock residents. Jane DiGesualdo, Ken England, and members of the Sam Bass Theater Association conducted most of the interviews. Only one tape has been completely transcribed, that of a general meeting held on February 24, 1981.
| Dedication of the Main Street Markers General Meetings(3) Fred Martin Anderson Fred and Ester Anderson Leona Anderson Vivian N. and Emil Anderson P. Bergland Ethel Warner Berkman Adolf John Bohls Miss Bowmer Delia May Brown Elena Fouse Crumley (about Captain Nelson Merrell) Norma James Daffern Pete Daily Ellen J. Blair Davis Mr. Deader Velma Miller Deison Jean Crier Goodrich | Lanella Chambers Gordon Mrs. Greggs Noel Grisham Ellen McKamy Inman May Kavanaugh Mary E. Sansom Kimbro Hazel Halton Lyndelius Martha Warren Mcneese Marvin Olson Anne Hester Bustin Parker Luther and Rosa Peterson Pauline Peterson Mildren Ross Roberts Round Rock Ice House/Bottling Works Nancie Hester Schoenfeld Mrs. Stearns Xenia Voigt Manor York |
Transcribed Oral Histories
In addition, two interviews were conducted by City of Round Rock Planning Interns in 1991. Click on the names below to view the following interviews in their entirety.
Trinidad Joe Amaro
Lorenzo Rubio (interview summary)
Williamson County Historical Commission (WCHC)
Also see the WCHC’s Williamson County Oral Histories and Thumbnail Stories
Echoes Interviews
In 1988, local high school students, as a part of a school project, interviewed more than thirty people and published the results in a book entitled Echoes which is available in the public library.
| Palm Valley Lutheran Church Quilting Bee (Group Interview) Wesleyan Home (Group Interview) Brady and Ina Anderson Claude Berkman Norman Dedear Iva Dietrich Amy Faubion Abalone Harton Marie Jacobs Carmen Jimenez Bertha Johnson Joe Lee Johnson Earl Klattenhoff Myrtle Knauth Bertha Looney Moody Mayfield | Thelma McNeese Ignacio Mendez Stella Nelson Linda Perez Ruth Pfluger Aina Raff Yolanda Sanchez Francis Sandberg Mertha Schawe Nel Sloan Margaret Stearns Mary Steinocher Grace Telander Tellie Toliver Ben Urbanek Rudolf and Doris Wallin Phillip Warner |
In the uncataloged files on the second floor of the public library is a transcript of a conversation between Joe Lee Johnson, Murray Ham, and Reggie Richardson dated February 24, 1977. Additional interview tapes are owned by Jeff Thompson.