Box 2

Scope and Contents In his first interview (October 1985), Dr. Ralph Houston talks about growing up in Denton County, attending college at the University of North Texas, and teaching in Big Spring, Texas. He discusses studying for his PhD at The University of Texas at Austin and being recruited by Deacon Wright to teach at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in the 1930s. He describes campus, the English department and its staff, and his experiences as a professor, head of the English department, and Dean of...