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Interview with Wilbur Smith about his recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses memories of his grandparents and parents, ethnic groups, his education and teachers, boarding houses and hotels, downtown businesses, his mother's business activities, and church activities.
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Interview with Wilbur Smith about his recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses memories of his grandparents and parents, ethnic groups, his education and teachers, boarding houses and hotels, downtown businesses, his mother's business activities, and church activities.
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[2], 41 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Interview conducted in 1994 for the Texas Community History (Texarkana, Texas, Progressive-Era Women) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Beverly Rowe.
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