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Louis Roney Interview
No full textThis oral history interview was conducted by Gregory Peek as part of The Joe Anthony Project. Summary of the interview by Gregory Peek: "Louis J Roney is a legendary and groundbreaking disc jockey, music director, and station manager. His most formative and successful influences in the industry came during a roughly 12 year run at 630 AM KMAC\99.5 KISS FM in San Antonio, Texas. Originally from western Pennsylvania and trained as an electrical engineer, Roney fell into the radio business by accident. He started his radio career in San Antonio at a small Dixieland and jazz station, then briefly relocated to Cleveland, Ohio before returning back to San Antonio to work full time at KMAC. One thing that Roney enjoyed at 630 K MAC was autonomy to make programming and music decisions on his own. He struck up an unlikely friendship and working relationship with Joe Anthony, a San Antonio native who was already known to local audiences for playing R&B tracks. At KMAC Roney and Anthony built their format gradually choosing tracks other stations in the San Antonio market ignored and closely following the lead of their audience. Longer more progressive cuts were favored precisely because they would not be heard on other stations. San Antonio radio listeners appreciated and enjoyed these cuts according to Roney. The harder more metal sounding tracks primarily came from European import bands which the radio also was not afraid to play. Scorpions, AC/DC, Judas Priest were virtually unknown to American radio audiences at the time. Roney give some reflections about his decision to leave radio and the corporatization of the radio business. He also reflects on the enduring legacy of Joe Anthony and his impact on the music scene in San Antonio more broadly.
Letter to President Trump about Prisoner of War (POW)
No full textLetter to President Donald J. Trump from Werner Ulrich following the meeting between the United States and North Korea. Ulrich wrote to request a search for the remains of Airman Second Class Hidemaro Saito Ishida in North Korea. Ishida was a former internee in Crystal City who later served the US Military in the Korean War and was taken as a POW
19 of 22 - Mess Hall Elevations - Camp Drawings
No full textDrawing includes elevation views of the mess hall at the Crystal City internment camp. Original blueprints provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Handmade Folk Grave Markers: Falfurias Burial Park., Falfurias, Texas
No full textThis photograph is a part of the Kent Rush Folk Markers and Cemeteries Photograph Collection. All inscriptions are transcribed as they originally appear on the headstone, including all variations of spellings, misspellings, and alternating letter cases. Each headstone has its own variation of construction and decoration which are noted in the description. To view full photograph collection, please make an appointment at the UTSA Special Collections Reading Room.
Inscription: "LONGORIA CECILIO 3-03-1905 4-11-1963 DUVELZA 4-02-1924 7-24-2005"
Construction: Cast.
Gravestone Marker Type: Double Upright/Crosses.
Decoration: Flowers, red ribbons, religious statue, hearts painted blue and red, and engraved tools and flower
Michael Morales Interview
No full textThis oral history interview was conducted by Gregory Peek as part of The Joe Anthony Project. Summary of the interview by Gregory Peek: "Michael Morales is a recording artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer who now focuses his talents as a music producer at Studio M in San Antonio, Texas. He is the owner and proprietor of Rock Star Academy, also in San Antonio. In this interview Mr. Morales talks about his early influences, how his mother played piano, and his father sang. He had older brothers who were into rock ‘n’ roll and steered him towards the radio station KMAC. The first band he saw live was the Runaway’s, an artist he heard on KMAC-KISS. He talks at length about other instances and interactions where Joe Anthony helped promote his music career, and the careers of other aspiring musicians and artists. His most popular and successful band was called The Max which came about during the 1980s. He signed his first record deal in 1987 and released two albums, 1989’s self-titled debut and 1991’s Thump, under the Wing imprint of Mercury Records. He later won three Grammys for his recording and production work, including one for engineering Selena’s 1993 live album.
18 of 22 - Mechnical Drawings Mess Hall and Boiler Room - Camp Drawings
No full textDrawing includes the mechanical drawings for the mess hall, kitchen, and boiler room at the Crystal City internment camp. Original blueprints provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Tom Scheppke Interview
No full textThis oral history interview was conducted by Gregory Peek as part of The Joe Anthony Project. Summary of the interview by Gregory Peek: "This interview captures a wide variety of topics and events related to San Antonio radio and music history as remembered by Tom Scheppke. Tom “T-Bone” Scheppke worked in the San Antonio radio market for more than thirty years in a variety of capacities from disc-jockey, to music director, and program director among others. He is most fondly and notably remembered for his time at 99.5 KISS FM from the late 1970s through the 1990s as the radio personality Tom “T-Bone” Scheppke. Tom was born in Houston, TX and had a strong interest in music and radio from an early age. He came to San Antonio and quickly found his way to the student radio station KRTU, and eventually 630 AM KMAC, where he worked alongside Lou Roney and Joe Anthony. After the station was sold and Roney and Anthony left, it was Tom who helped keep alive the earlier spirit and music of the station when it was independent and owned by Howard Davis. During most of Tom’s time in radio 99.5 KISS FM was corporate owned and therefore subject to radio consultants who limited its playlists. Yet as Scheppke points out there were time opportunities to not only play the old classics of the Lou Roney and Joe Anthony era, but also break and promote new bands. Scheppke talks about how changes in the radio business during the 1990s, including the Telecommunications act even further diminished the ability of stations to play music outside of pre-selected lists. Scheppke now hosts a weekly music program on San Antonio College, student radio KSYM 90.1 FM.
Interview with Jeff Poole, 2018.
No full textThis oral history interview was conducted by Gregory Peek as part of The Joe Anthony Project. Summary of the interview by Gregory Peek: "Jeff Poole is the drummer for the rock band Legs Diamond, a Los Angeles-based hard rock band that formed in 1975. Songs from their 1977 album A Diamond is a Hard Rock were a favorite of San Antonio radio DJ Joe Anthony and received consistent radio airplay. By April 1977 the band played San Antonio for a concert at the Municipal Auditorium where they opened for Bob Seger. By November of that same year the band was the touring headliner. Of particular note is the song "Woman," the fourth track off of A Diamond and a San Antonio fan favorite.
Handmade Folk Grave Markers: San Antonio City Cemetery, No.3, Texas
No full textThis photograph is a part of the Kent Rush Folk Markers and Cemeteries Photograph Collection. All inscriptions are transcribed as they originally appear on the headstone, including all variations of spellings, misspellings, and alternating letter cases. Each headstone has its own variation of construction and decoration which are noted in the description. To view full photograph collection, please make an appointment at the UTSA Special Collections Reading Room.
Inscription: "CASTE(not visible) ANO (not visible) FEB. 14, 1927 JUANITA (not visible) APR. 17, 1959 RECUERDO DE (not visible) Y DIETOS".
Construction: Cast.
Gravestone Marker Type: Bevel Upright/Cross.
Decoration: Religious object and inscribed crosses and design
Selfie of President Taylor Eighmy and students at Convocation
No full textDigital image (selfie) of President Taylor Eighmy and students at Convocatio