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Oral Histories Alphabetical Index

The Galveston and Texas History Center holds over 150 oral histories recorded and transcribed over a 40 year period. These oral histories add immeasurably to the depth of the manuscript repository.

Of those, excerpts from eleven oral histories relating to the Galveston Storm of 1900 are included here.

Avenue G – 2016: Block
Avenue O: Bettencourt
Avenue P – 3616: Beal (Apr 26, 1972)
Bader, Charles H.: Bettencourt
Beach Hotel: Goodman, Pauls
Billings, Orville (Private): Pauls
Bodies: Beal (Apr 26, 1972; Jun 14, 1972), Block, Bristol, Hopkins, Nilson
Canal: Bristol, Harris
Cannon, Fenelon: Beal (Jun 14, 1972)
Chinese Laundries: Goodman
Cisterns: Block, Goodman
Collum Family: Pauls
Coughlin, Charles: Block
Dau Family: Hopkins
Deaths: Harris
Debris: Bettencourt
Denver Resurvey: Pauls
Denver Resurvey School: Nilson
Dulitz, Ernest (furniture dealer): Block
Fires: Goodman
Fort Crockett: Pauls
Gallagher, Nicholas A. (Bishop): Block
Galveston Bay: Hamner
Galveston Orphans Home: Harris
Grade Raising: Bristol, Harris, Hopkins
Harris (John W.) Residence: Harris
Hendley Building: Bettencourt
Houses: Beal (Apr 26, 1972), Bettencourt, Block, Goodman, Hamner, Harris, Hopkins, Nilson, Pauls
Levy (J.) & Bro. (funeral home): Block
Longineau, Thomas: Pauls
Martial Law: Bristol
Mason Family: Pauls
Mensing Building: Block
Minor, Lucian: Pauls
Mud: Bettencourt
Munn, James W. (Captain): Pauls
Olympia-by-the-Sea: Pauls
Peek, Richard Hope: Pauls
Pyres: Beal (Apr 26, 1972; June 14, 1972)
Roma (steamship): Block
St. Mary’s Cathedral: Block
Saloons: Goodman
Soldiers: Block, Pauls
Thompson, _____ (Mrs.): Goodman
Trees: Beal (Apr 26, 1972; June 14, 1972)
Tucker, Philip Crosby: Beal (Jun 14, 1972)
Tussup’s Grocery: Bettencourt
Water: Goodman

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