Books & Periodicals | Oral Interviews | Manuscripts | Trade Literature | Photographs | Architectural Drawings & Maps
 Some of the earliest oral history interviews in the state are available for researchers to use at the Center. Collected in the 1920s and 1930s by early members of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, these interviews tell the story of the western frontier. Other oral history interviews describe living conditions during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the teaching career of Georgia O'Keeffe at West Texas State Normal College (1916-1918) and early education in the Panhandle.
From and interview from Mr. and Mrs. Emary Elkins to Veronica Nelson, Tulia, TX, July 31, 1977:
"It was so black you couldn't see. Some said they thought the world was going to end, it was so dark."
Frances Powell to Laurie Groman, July 24, 1987:
On Black Sunday, April 14, 1935; "That was one of the worst ones, it was awful. We acutally could not even see our front porch — we had posts on it and we could not see the posts on the front porch."
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As a full service archives, the Research Center collects, preserves and makes accessible the documentary history of the Panhandle-Plains region.
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