Telling the story of Texas is perhaps best done one town at a time. The West Texas Digital Archives has created this collection of oral history transcripts taken from the Abilene Texas Centennial Celebration. Over the past years, this collection has grown to include lectures and events held at the Abilene Library, so it is now a wonderful potpourri of personal memories celebrating the diversity and difference of this town. Visitors will note that the verbatim transcripts are included here and the collection also contains a file of letters, memos, meeting minutes, and expenses for the programs. Users can look over the Recent Submissions area to find programs and oral histories like "Farming and Ranching in West Texas," "Did the Jazz Age Come to Abilene?," and "Architecture and Development of Abilene." Additionally, users can search the entire repository by author, title, or subject.
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