Michael W. Dickens interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-11-15
Michael Dickens, longshoreman at the Port of Houston, tells Betsy Peterson about the camaraderie between workers on the waterfront. He talks about the gang system adopted during hiring, how he started off doing... more
C. A. Rousser interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2011-11-15
C.A. Rousser, a real estate consultant, talks to Pat Jasper about his career on the waterfront and his journey from a farm in Amarillo to one of the most influential positions at the Port of Houston. He speaks ... more
Charles R. Montgomery interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-09-0...
Charles Montgomery discusses his career on the waterfront, from longshoreman to President of the Clerks and Checkers Union. He talks about the lack of training at the waterfront, automation leading to dwindling... more
Eugene Harris interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-11-15
Eugene Harris talks to Betsy Peterson about his career as a longshoreman. He discusses the strike of 1967-68, working with rice and asbestos, and why the Houston ship channel is the best place in the world to w... more
Richard W. Bludworth interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2011-11-16
Richard Bludworth, owner of Bludworth Marine, talks to Pat Jasper about his family's career on the ship channel. His business is fabrication, new construction, and repair of vessels. He talks about incidents wh... more
Timothy Charles Harris interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-11-...
Timothy Charles Harris made a career for himself as a business agent and a longshoreman. He remembers watching his father work at the waterfront of the Port of Houston and being attracted to the career when he ... more
Bobby C. Kersey interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-10-21
Bobby Kersey talks about his career as a boatman, including mooring techniques, the process of hiring, and the evolution of communication from whistle signals to FM radio. He also discusses how even though regu... more
Benny Holland interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2011-09-09
Benjamin Holland, Executive Vice President of the International Longshoreman's Union, talks to Pat Jasper about working his way up from a longshoreman to his present job; and discusses automation, technology re... more
Charles H. Gage interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2011-09-08
Charles Gage, longshoreman and ship foreman, talks to Pat Jasper about the 105-day strike, how containerization has drastically reduced man hours and segregated unions. Recorded at the Offices of the Internatio... more
Alan A. Robb interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-11-15
Alan Robb, a district representative, reminisces about work on the waterfront, being a part of the International Longshoremen's Association Union, and a career in politics. He also discusses the merging of the ... more
Rivers Aristide Patout interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2010-07-26
Father Rivers Patout, chaplain and Catholic priest, talked to Pat Jasper about setting up the first secular Seafarers Center to provide seafarers with a better quality of life. He discusses learning about seafa... more
James Joseph Hensley interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-10-20
Pilot James J. Hensley discusses the highly controversial Texas Chicken maneuver, how pay for a pilot is calculated, and the underlying tension between captains and pilots. Recorded at the Offices of the Housto... more
Charlie Lou Paysse interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-09-08
Charlie Lou Paysse, office manager at South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), recalls her mother, Emily Moses' career at the ILA, and how Charlie Lou began he... more
Thomas N. Lightsey interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2011-09-11
Captain Tom Lightsey talked to Pat Jasper about his long career as a Houston pilot. He discusses his journey from Biloxi, Mississippi to the Northeast, his career in the Merchant Marine, and then as a pilot in ... more
Clyde Fitzgerald interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-09-09
Clyde Fitzgerald, President of the International Longshoremen's Association, speaks about his experience working at the waterfront. He talks about the different people in a gang, how containerization came to be... more
Andrew L. Laws interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2011-09-08
Andrew Lee Laws speaks to Pat Jasper about his career on the Houston waterfront, his early days in the union, the merging of the locals, being an executive board member and the impact on the workforce during th... more
Harold L. Shaffer interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-09-08
Harold Shaffer, longshoreman, shares with Betsy Peterson his experiences of working on the waterfront, his step father's influence on his life, his own tryst with politics and how Labor Day does not hold the sa... more
John Frazier interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M...
John Frazier, born in 1932, spent a lifetime in show business, beginning with performing a boxing act with his brother in the 1930s. He has held just about every position within a circus and has worked with num... more
William Hausinger interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2011-10-21
William Hausinger Jr. speaks about holding two jobs, one at the port and the other at the fire station. He explains how it was difficult to get a job at the port without having a connection with someone, pranks... more
Leo J. Braun interview conducted by Betsy Peterson, 2012-01-10
Leo Braun, a maritime safety consultant, talks to Betsy Peterson about the sociological scenario at the waterfront when he began his career. Segregation was still prevalent. He also discusses Title 11, changes ... more
Dean Edward Corgey interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-02-21
Dean Corgey talks to Pat Jasper about his family's career on the waterfront. He talks about his mentor Joe Perez, the labor unions, women in the industry and how technology has changed the industry completely. ... more
Joe L. Burkett interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-03-08
Joe Burkett talks to Pat Jasper about business at Texas Terminals and his role as General Manager. He explains the different jobs at the terminal and how they contribute to the daily work. He discusses how Texa... more
Henry Hilliard and Townsend Hilliard interview conducted by Pat Jasper...
Hank and Townsend Hilliard talk to Pat Jasper about innovation, experimentation and creating a tank degassing system that is good for the environment. Hank also talks about consolidation and the roadblocks when... more
Jake Delhomme interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-24
This is a short interview done at the "rail" while watching horses train in the early morning hours at the Evangeline Training Center. It is mainly a description of Jake Delhomme's perspectives on current thoro... more
James Thomas Tray interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-03-02
James Thomas Tray talks to Pat Jasper about tugboats. He describes the working of a tugboat in detail and explains what exactly his company, Houston Towing Company, does. He also explains the nuances of hiring ... more
Adolph C. Postel interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-02-27
Adolph Postel, Sr. talked to Pat Jasper about growing up in Magnolia Park and making a career at the Houston Ship Channel. He discusses working as a longshoreman at a time when no technology was used. He descr... more
Donnie D. Mayville interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-10-04
Donnie Mayville talks with Harold Dodd about his 33 years of work at the Port of Houston. He started as a deck hand on pilot boats, and eventually became a boat captain. He has been Port Captain in Galveston fo... more
James Patrick Cooney interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-02-27
James Patrick Cooney talks to Pat Jasper about his education at Notre Dame, and his subsequent career as an admiralty lawyer. He focuses on his cases over the years and talks about the international aspect of ... more
David Maurice Halbert interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-02-28
David Halbert talks to Pat Jasper about his "accidental" career as a dockworker on the waterfront. He talks about the view of the management during the strike of 1968, the role that technology plays in communic... more
Mark Henry interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-01-17
Mark Henry talks about his career as a boatman, lineworker and dockworker on the Houston waterfront. He discusses what the job entails, the hazards of the job, added security after 9/11, and the flexible work t... more
Patrick Seeba interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-07-19
Born in 1986 in Houston, Texas, Patrick Seeba recalls how he joined the Greater Houston Port Bureau, which has developed into an important information resource for private industries within the Port of Houston.... more
Eric Carl Olsen interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-02-23
Eric Olsen talked to Pat Jasper about his career. He graduated from the Unites States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, as a deck officer, traveled the world, became a cargo expediter for oil co... more
William Meaux interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-24
An interview with WIlliam Meaux about the regimen of training horses and some of the concerns of a horse trainer. William Meaux also defines specific terms and talks about the importance of gradually easing a h... more
Gilbert B. Martinez interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-09-26
Gilbert Martinez talks to Harold Dodd about his work as a Houston pilot. He graduated from Tongue Point Maritime Training School in Astoria, Oregon as an able bodied seaman, and then worked on tankers and barge... more
William Justin Diehl interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-05-15
Capt. William Diehl talks to Pat Jasper about his career in the coastguard and at the Houston Port Bureau. He recollects how the coastguard handled Hurricane Ike and what it means to save lives. He also talks a... more
Robert L. Thompson interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-09-10
Robert L. Thompson talks to Harold Dodd about his work 26 years of work as a Houston. He started on tugboats at Patton Barge Lines and eventually became vice-president of the company. He served several terms ... more
Matthew Hance Glass interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-09-12
Matthew Hance Glass talks to Harold Dodd about his career as a Houston Pilot. He received his BS degree from Texas A&M Galveston Maritime School. He worked "blue water jobs" on tankers on the east and west coa... more
Steven R. Bennett interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-01-12
Steve Bennett, boatman, talks to Pat Jasper about his family's career on the waterfront from his father's and mother's start there to his grandson's interest in working at the Port of Houston. He talks about ma... more
Saul Castellanos interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-09-02
This interview was held in the stable area of Mark Hennig Racing with one of Mark Hennig's assistant trainers, Saul Castellanos. He spoke about his journey from Mexico as a young adult and his role today as an ... more
Gilda Ramirez interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-06-19
Gilda Ramirez, vice president for small business development at the Port of Houston Authority, talks to Pat Jasper about her life and influences, her journey from being adopted and brought up by her grandparent... more
Leonard Glass interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-08-21
Leonard Glass talks to Harold Dodd about his 22 years as a Houston Pilot. He was a tugboat boat captain before becoming pilot. His philosophy as a pilot was that he was a guest in peoples' home the moment he ca... more
William Benjamin Patton interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-03-01
William Benajamin Patton talked to Pat Jasper about his career on the waterfront including how he reluctantly took a job with his father and ended up heading the company before joining the Houston Pilots Associ... more
Oran Trahan interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-24
Oran Trahan is a trainer from Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, who has devoted his life to horse racing. He talks about Louisiana and the culture of horse racing in the state, especially in Cajun communities. Recor... more
Dana Marie Blume interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-08-06
Dana Blume talks to Pat Jasper about the environmental affairs department at the Port of Houston authority, the role it plays in the working of the port, the different departments and how it relates to the larg... more
Joseph Rideau interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-24
A short interview with Joseph Rideau, a farm worker on Don Stemmons' farm, who has been working for him since he was a child. He talks about the cycle of duties and his long career working solely for Don Stemmo... more
Michael Gene Usher interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-07-16
Michael Gene Usher talks to Pat Jasper about his career on the waterfront including his unfulfilled dream of becoming a Houston pilot and his tireless efforts at carving a place for himself in many different ar... more
Niels Anders Aalund interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-03-19
Niels Aalund talks to Pat Jasper about the changes he has seen during his career at the waterfront. He describes how challenging it is to find well-trained personnel and the West Gulf Maritime Association's eff... more
Jerry Delhomme interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-23
An interview with Jerry Delhomme, who has had over 55 years of experience with horse racing in Louisiana, and who is currently serving as a trainer for his grown son, Jake. They stable their horses at the Evang... more
Wiley Shirey interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-10-24
Wiley Shirey is a retired land developer who now trains horses for his wife, who is registered as the owner. This is a short interview which focuses on the finances of training. He also speaks of his long time ... more
George R. Arnold interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-08-30
An interview with horse trainer, George "Rusty" Arnold outside of his training stables at the Saratoga Racetrack. Besides his biography, the interview includes Arnold's thoughts about luck, the future of horse ... more
Mary Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. ...
Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her life-long circus career. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much of her career. Mary t... more
Mary Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. ...
Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her life-long circus career. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much of her career. Mary t... more
Greg Vaught interview conducted by Charlie Seemann, 2011-10-07
Interview with Greg Vaught, "Safety Troubadour," from Newmont mining. Talked about his various jobs at Newmont, his work in mine safety, and about writing safety songs. Also see afc2011064_awp00189_ms02 for lis... more
Kristin Parra interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana ...
Kristin Byrd Parra, born in 1975, talked about her grandparents D.R. and Isla Miller and about growing up in the family's circus. She shared memories of performing the swinging ladder and working with the anima... more
William McGleam interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-2...
William "Bill" McGleam, IWU Local 63, talks about his background, his start as an iron worker, his career in the trade, labor unions, important building sites, and changes in the trade. The Local IWU 63 headqua... more
Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21
Interview with Harold "Pork" Clausen focuses on his experiences as an ironworker. His wife, Sharon, joins in at the end of the recording session. The audio interview is in two parts: file afc2011062_00168_sr01 ... more
Gayle D. McCoy interview conducted by Charlie Seemann, 2011-12-02
Interview with Gayle D. McCoy, who discussed his first employment as uranium miner in Wyoming and eventual move to gold mining in Nevada. Interview includes the nature of the work, workplace, co-workers, safety... more
Robert Ledwith interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-08-13
Ledwith is the business manager for IWU #46 in New York City. During the interview, we discuss his personal background, entry into the iron trade, the history of the Local and iron workers in New York City, his... more
Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...
Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... more
Brian Diskin interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-08-14
Brian Diskin, business manager for IWU Local #380, reviews his personal background, his history as an iron worker, his union activities, the current state of the trade, and Local #380, as well as the iron worke... more
Jim Royal interview conducted by Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-06-15
Jim Royal, born in 1948, became interested in circus work as a teenager and 1967 he joined a circus sideshow. He talked about his experiences as fire-eater, a sword swallower apprentice, and his work in magic a... more
Richard Sisson and Sharon Sisson interview conducted by Clark Douglas ...
Sharon, a 25-year veteran iron worker and an Iron Workers Union (IWU) #63 member. Her husband, Richard Sisson, is an even more experienced veteran iron worker. They review their personal background, entry into ... more
William W. Kerwin interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview focuses on Bill Kerwin's experiences as an ironworker with Local 383. Recorded at Bill Kerwin's home, Waunakee, Wisconsin, July 8, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest :... more
Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07
Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... more
Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... more
Robert Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M...
Robert Bob Rawls, born in 1949, shared his childhood memories of being with the circus, performing a rolling globe act with his father, a trampoline act with his brother, and learning tight wire walking from hi... more
Dudley Hamilton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
Dudley Hamilton, born in 1929, joined the circus in 1982. He shared his life experiences that brought him to the circus as well as what various jobs he has held within the circus. Dudley described the life of a... more
Alfredo Curiel, Moira Loter Curiel, Faye Marie Loter, William Earl Lot...
The Loter family has been in show business for generations. Siblings, Faye, Terry, and William, born in the 1940s and 50s, shared stories of their childhood and described the various jobs they had in the circus... more
Joel Mashburn interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana ...
Joel Mashburn, born in 1947, described his interactions with members of the circus community from attending high school with children of circus owners and performers to employing children of circus owners in hi... more
William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-...
Concerns Tanneberg's experiences as an ironworker and, subsequently, a blacksmith, with some brief information about his labor in the engine room of a Great Lakes freighter. Recorded at Bill Tanneberg's worksho... more
Roy Williams interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20
Roy Williams from IWU Local #63 discusses his background and family history, entrance to the iron worker trade, his career as an iron worker, and his time as a labor official, as well as safety and changes in t... more
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... more
Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...
Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... more
Gordon W. Miller interview conducted by Charlie Seemann, 2011-10-20
Interview with Gordon Miller, miner and former truck driver. He talked about former jobs as truck driver before going to work for Barrick Goldstrike, driving trucks and operating a variety of large machinery in... more
Luciana Loyal interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana ...
Luciana "Lucy" Loyal, sixth-generation of the renowned Loyal Repensky family, was born in 1949 in Sarasota, Florida and performed a horseback riding act for much of her circus career. Lucy shared memories of be... more
John Ryan interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-27
John Ryan discusses his background, his entrance into the ironworkers trade, important sites he has worked on in Chicago, unions, strikes, the labor-management situation in Chicago, jokes and ritual. The audio ... more
Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08
Richard Rowe, a business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, discusses his background, his entrance into the iron working trade, his involvement in the IWU, labor history, and the current state of org... more
Henry Lichte interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20
Henry Lichte was one of the older iron workers interviewed for this project. He recounts his personal background in the city, his career as an iron worker, and some commentary on particular building sites in th... more
Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...
Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... more
William Sattler interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-2...
William "Bill" Sattler, Iron Workers Union Local 63, discusses his background, early work as an iron worker, his career in the trade, life as union leader, memorable jobs, and also provided photographs of some ... more
Jillian Jones interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum, 2011-06-15
Jill Jones, a 1995 graduate of Hugo High School in Hugo, Oklahoma, shared her memories of attending school with children involved with the town's circus community. Jill also explained how she came to work in th... more
Traci Cavallini interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
Traci Byrd Cavallini, born in 1972, talked about her grandparents D.R. and Isla Miller, and about growing up in the family's circus. She shared memories of performing the swinging ladder, and later performing w... more
Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19
Retired Local #63 iron worker Gerald "Jerry" Truty describes his background, entering iron working, important sites he worked on, working in other states, other jobs, jokes, the labor movement, and the current ... more
Michael Richards interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-08-...
Richards reviews his own background and his entrance into the trade, iron working in California, working as an organizer in Oklahoma, teaching iron workers, his dad, and music. This interview was conducted at t... more
The "Big Top" Show Goes On: production materials, 2011-2012
Supplementary materials for 'The "Big Top" Show Goes On:An Oral History of Occupations Inside and Outside the Canvas Tent' interviews conducted by Tanya D. Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszen of circus workers a... more
Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...
Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... more
Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...
Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... more
Thomas Sink interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M....
Popcorn the Circus Comic was born "somewhere in the east" and he talked about his early interest in magic and how that led to his career as a circus clown. Popcorn described the life of a circus clown, how he d... more
Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie...
Interview with Walter "Bimbo" Cheney, former cowboy, now surface miner with Newmont Mining Corporation in Elko, Nevada, one of the world's largest gold mining companies. He discussed his previous occupation as ... more
George L. Bunders interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview concerns Bunders' working life as an ironworker with Local 383. Recorded at Bunders' home, Madison, Wisconsin, July 7, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest : Archie Gree... more
Walter Ritch interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20
Wally Ritch is a retired ironworker from Local 63, who also leads the retirees club for the Local. In the interview, we cover his background, his entrance in the trade, his career, changes in safety, and his vi... more
Al Bass and Craig Satalic interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker,...
Craig Satalic and Al Bass, both officials for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local 1, review their entrance into and history in the trade, the importance of the union, the apprenticeship program, labor relations in C... more
David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29
Interview focuses on David Olby's experiences as an ironworker, including accounts of his dad, DeWain Olby, also an ironworker, with additional accounts of deer hunting, David's work in a sawmill and doing carp... more
David C. Morrell interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-07...
David C. Morrell, born in 1957 in Humble, Texas, was educated in California, started his career at IBM, and returned to Houston in 1979. He has worked at the Houston Pilots at the Port of Houston since 1996. He... more
Calvin Kaintuck interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-07-10
Calvin Kaintuck is an exercise rider who is still riding at the age of 83. He talked about his childhood and how he began to be a rider and the individuals who helped him along the way. He spoke about accidents... more
Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09
Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... more
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family, and married into another circus family. She shared experiences of managing pig races, working in phone rooms, running a circus office,... more
Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...
Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... more
Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26
The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... more
Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13
Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... more