Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Oral History Collection

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The Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative was established in 1938 with funds from the Rural Electrification Administration. Its purpose was to provide electricity to rural areas in the vicinity of Guadalupe and Gonzales counties, east of San Antonio, Texas. In 1986, the board of directors of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative, desiring to record the history of their organization, requested assistance from the history department of Southwest Texas State University. GVEC provided a list of long-time customers, employees, and board members who they felt would be good sources of information. Students in Professor Ron Brown’s oral history courses conducted a series of twenty-seven interviews from November of 1986 through December of 1987.

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  • Slaughter, Steve 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 3/11/1987)

  • Strey, Melvin 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 7/24/1987)

  • Young, Robert A. 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 7/21/1987)

  • Siepmann, Theodore 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 10/7/1986)

  • Willmann, Grace 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 11/4/1986)

  • Strey, Elton and Mary 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 10/7/1987)

  • McArthur, W.L. and Armenta 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 12/11/1987)

  • Lott, William August (W.A.) 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 7/23/1987)

  • Powers, Garland and Mildred 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 11/13/1987)

  • Netardus, Leon 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 2/20/1987)

  • Pridgeon, Marcus 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 4/22/1987)

  • Nollkamper, Gus Daniel (G.D.) 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 7/24/1987)

  • Davis, Oran W. 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 1986-10-07)

  • Hines, Milton 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 5/28/1987)

  • Lester, Mr. and Mrs. Pal 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 11/6/1987)

  • Lorenz , J.P. Jr. 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 7/23/1987)

  • Eckols, Lewis 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 3/11/1987)

  • Janak, Joseph and Mildred 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 10/14/1987)

  • Harborth, Millard 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 9/10/1987)

  • Klimitchek, Richard and Joyce 

    Southwest Texas State University (University Archives, Texas State University, 10/3/1987)

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