Screwworm Eradication Program Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: MS0305

Staff Only

Content Description

The Screwworm Eradication Program Oral Histories contain video and audio recordings, and printed transcripts of interviews with persons involved in the U.S. Screwworm Eradication Program. Among the interviewees are: former U.S. Representative Eligio "Kika" de la Garza of Texas; longtime Mexican-American program employees Manuel Ortega and Santana Munoz; technician Jimmy Bruce; Edward F. Knipling, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist and leading theoretician for the program; USDA entomologists Lloyd Wendel and Owen Hugh (O.H.) Graham; USDA scientist James Whitten; Edward "Tony" Hauschild, a pilot and former supervisor for screwworm dispersal flights; John Welch, former entomologist and current director of the Mexican-American Commission for the Eradication of Screwworm; and USDA entomologist Alfred Baumhover, a lead contributor to the program in the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates

Creation: 2000-2004

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Historical Note

The interviews were conducted in the early 2000s by Paul (Tommy) Stanford, Larry Quinn, and the original project manager, Lynn Stewart, who also organized the materials and produced the video.