“You will find personal interviews with many of the people who have had a hand in making our city and county what they are today. There is a great deal of information about life in Waxahachie and the surrounding area in the earlier part of the last century. Life around the square, education, cotton farming and dealing and the Civilian Conservation Corps received special notice…People have asked whether these documents are history. They are the undocumented reminiscences of individuals reflecting their memories and viewpoints. Although many have been interviewed, the interviews have been remarkably alike. The reader needs to read these stories in conjunction with other sources.” – John Hamilton
In addition to the transcript documents of interviews linked below, some of the original interviews are also available in audio format. If the audio for an interview is available, there will be a link to the audio following the name of the person or persons interviewed.
Transcripts contain edited content that was approved by the person(s) interviewed after the transcript was produced from the original audio recording. Transcripts may contain additional information, pictures, comments, corrections, and explanations of things that can be heard (or missing) on the audio recording. It is suggested for optimal value that the transcript be followed as one listens to the audio version of an interview.
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The 1929 Jail
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Sheriff Wayne McCollum Audio available ==> Click here
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The Car Culture of the 1950s and 1960s
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Steve Chapman Audio available ==> Click here
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The Civilian Conservation Corps
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Arlin and Betty White Audio available ==> Click here
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The Cotton Mill
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Mattie Trigg Audio available ==> Click here
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Mary Wakefield Audio available ==> Click here
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Downtown Waxahachie
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Historic Preservation
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Chautauqua HWI event April 6, 2005 Audio available ==> Click here
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Sylvia Smith Audio available ==> Click here
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2019 Endangered Places Program Audio available ==> Click here
Held on May 9, 2019 at the Ellis County African American Hall of Fame in Waxahachie.
Building history provided by Dr. Jamal Rasheed. -
2018 Endangered Places Program Audio available ==> Click here
Held on May 10, 2018 at the Joshua Chapel A.M.E. Church in Waxahachie.
Church history provided by Mr. Bertram Maxwell, church Trustee Emeritus.
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Living and Growing up in Waxahachie
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Mattie Borders (2014) Audio available ==> Click here
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Horace Bratcher Audio available ==> Click here
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D. R. Butler Audio available ==> Click here
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The Davis Family Audio available ==> Click here
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Easter Butler Fleming Audio available ==> Click here
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Sam George Audio available ==> Click here
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Dorothy Graham Audio available ==> Click here
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Joe Jenkins Audio available ==> Click here
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Erma Faye Moore Newton Audio available ==> Click here
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Mattie Trigg Audio available ==> Click here
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Schools
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Mary Ellen Dale Audio available ==> Click here
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WWI
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William Claud Bynum Audio available ==> Click here
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WWII
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Dave Reid Audio available (Partial) ==> Click here
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