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Title: Bill Stransky oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020422
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Stransky, Bill (Conservationist), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Geese, Animals
Dates: 2020-07-30
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Bill Stransky conducted by David Todd on July 30, 2020. Stransky is the executive director of Texas RICE, short for Rice Industry Coalition for the Environment. In this interview, he discusses his work in promoting waterfowl populations and restoring prairie habitat along the Texas coast, including projects on private lands and on public preserves, such as the Anahuac, Brazoria, Big Boggy, and other national wildlife refuges.

Title: Bill Swanson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020403
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Swanson, William (Veterinarian), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Ocelot, Animals
Dates: 2022-03-24
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Dr. Bill Swanson conducted by David Todd on March 24, 2022. Dr. Swanson is a veterinarian and animal scientist at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. He is widely known for his reproductive research in a variety of felid species. In this interview, he discusses efforts to maintain the genetic diversity of ocelots, as well as controlling the fertility of feral cats.

Title: Brenda Malik oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004031
Creator: Koteras, Erica
Contributor: Malik, Brenda Gooden, 1951-
Topic: African Americans in radio broadcasting, Civil rights, Community activists, Public-access television
Dates: 2021-03-04
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Brenda Malik conducted by Erica Koteras on 3/04/2021. Brenda Mims-Malik was a civil rights activist who did most of her activism in radio and television. She did so by providing Black people a voice on local television. Mims-Malik was an anchor on multiple news stations, including KXAN, ACTV, and had multiple programs for the Black community such as Newscene and Jam City in the 70s and 80s. She would also produce yearly Black history month documentaries about the Black people that worked for Austin Energy, the primary electrical company in Austin. Brenda Malik was also a part of the NAACP and the Black Media Coalition, where she worked with them to produce programs like Jam City to depict the Black youth in Austin and give them outlets for their creative sides.

Title: Carylon (CT) Tyler oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000671
Creator: Forth, Shine, Dey, Amber
Contributor: Tyler, Carylon (CT)
Topic: African Americans--Education, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Black power, Civil rights, Dormitories, Gay liberation movement
Dates: 1979-08
2019-03
2019-03-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Carylon (CT) Tyler conducted by Shianne Forth and Amber Dey on March 27, 2019. Subjects of discussion included Austin, San Francisco, Smithville, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Architecture, Kinsolving Dormitory, Gay Student Movement, Gay Rights Movement, Civil Rights Movement, Pearl Street Warehouse, and Civil Rights Lawsuit.

Title: Charles Stutzenbaker oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020391
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Stutzenbaker, Charles D., Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Mottled duck, Animals
Dates: 2020-04-09
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Charles Stutzenbaker conducted by David Todd on April 9, 2020. Stutzenbaker worked as a waterfowl biologist and aquatic plant expert for Texas Parks and Wildlife, and in this interview discusses his experience with mottled duck management, particularly its protection from lead shot poisoning.

Title: Cheryl Jean Jefferson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004041
Creator: Vu, Tong
Contributor: Jefferson, Cheryl Jean, 1951-
Topic: Civil rights, African Americans, Peace movements, Energy conservation
Dates: 2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cheryl Jean Jefferson conducted by Tong Vu on February, 26th 2021. Cheryl Jefferson was born to a military family in Anchorage, Alaska. Her family eventually settled in Brenham, Texas, and she elected to attend Southwest Texas State University in the late 1960s. While in school, she began her detailed career that includes Civil Rights Activism, antiwar activism, television production, and politics. With the Civil Rights movement in its latter stages, and the ongoing Vietnam War, Cheryl found involvement in just about every social movement. She was part of the student Senate at Southwest Texas State, and even met with former president Lyndon B. Johnson a handful of times. Most notably, Cheryl worked with the television network, KLRU, formerly known as KLRN. While Cheryl enjoyed working in all of the previously mentioned fields, she found the most happiness in her later career, where she worked in energy conservation.

Title: Chuck Sexton oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020370
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Sexton, Chuck, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Golden-cheeked warbler, Animals
Dates: 2022-05-18
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Chuck Sexton, Ph.D. conducted by David Todd on May 18, 2022. Dr. Sexton served as a consultant with Espey Huston and as a biologist with the City of Austin and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He has experience in the development of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan and the stewardship of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. In this interview, he discusses efforts through the Plan and Refuge to protect the golden-cheeked warbler.

Title: Cliff Shackelford oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020377
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Shackelford, Clifford Eugene, 1967-, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Ivory-billed woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-07-29
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Cliff Shackelford conducted by David Todd on July 29, 2021. Shackelford serves as the state ornithologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife, focusing on protection of nongame birds. He has closely studied the history of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the state which he discusses in this interview.

Title: Craig Rudolph oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-021025
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rudolph, D. Craig, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-11-02
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Craig Rudolph, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on November 2, 2021.

Title: Craig Rudolph oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020412
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rudolph, D. Craig, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-10-20
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Craig Rudolph, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on October 20, 2021. Dr. Rudolph is a former research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station in Nacogdoches, Texas. In this interview, he discusses his involvement in the research and restoration efforts of the red-cockaded woodpecker.

Title: Craig Rudolph oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020411
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rudolph, D. Craig, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-11-02
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Craig Rudolph, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on November 2, 2021. Dr. Rudolph is a former research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station in Nacogdoches, Texas. In this interview, he discusses his life and his background in conservation and natural history.

Title: Cynthia E. Orozco oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004028
Creator: Zavala, Adely
Contributor: Orozco, Cynthia
Topic: Feminism, Mexican American women, College student newspapers and periodicals, Education
Dates: 1976-05-08
1990-05-08
2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Cynthia E. Orozco conducted by Adely Zavala on February 26, 2021. Cynthia briefly discusses her family and background. She describes Chicano student life on UT campus during the late 70’s. Cynthia details her involvement with the Chicano Culture Committee and Center for Mexican American Studies. She speaks about her academic involvement on Campus and how it led to her attending the National Association of Chicano Studies conference in Colorado Springs. She describes her criticisms on sexism within Chicano studies and how she became a feminist. She founded a Chicana consciousness-raising group to talk about issues. She briefly speaks about her involvement with La Raza Unida and her experience as a Chicana within the history department.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_001
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_005
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_004
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_003
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_002
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Dan Aurell oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020372
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Aurell, Dan, active 2015 -, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Honeybee, Animals
Dates: 2019-11-25
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Dan Aurell conducted by David Todd on November 25, 2019. Aurell works with the Bee Informed Partnership to inspect, sample, diagnose and advise on the health of honey bee colonies. This interview occurred during one of his trips through Texas, visiting and supporting beekeepers.

Title: Dan Saenz oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020413
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Saenz, Daniel (Biologist), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-08-24
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Dr. Dan Saenz conducted by David Todd on August 24, 2021. Dr. Saenz is a research wildlife biologist who has worked for three decades at the Southern Research Station in the Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, a unit of the US Forest Service. In this interview, he discusses the natural history of the red-cockaded woodpecker and his involvement in restoration efforts for the bird.

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