THE COPPELL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & SOCIETY
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            • * 1857 - 1866
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OUR ORAL HISTORIES
Interviewee
Date
Length
Notes
Interviewer
Media
Jewel (Jack) Kirkland
12/20/1988
2:17:15
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Claryta Harwell
6/15/1989
1:01:25
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Mary Evelyn Cozby Mobley
6/19/1989
0:42:21
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Coppell History - Pete Wilson, Jack (Jewel) Kirkland, Martha Jo Cozby, and Dave Carrett
1991
0:24:00
No
Video
Watch
Ruby McDowell
8/29/1992
2:04:13
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Jack (Jewel) Kirkland
11/1992
0:45:16
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Fay Evans (Parrish family)
8/25/1994
0:52:58
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
John Coppell III
8/5/1998
0:48:25
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Johnny Dobecka
11/29/1998
1:17:58
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Claryta Harwell
12/11/1998
2:29:27
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Mildred Cherry
4/11/2002
0:32:36
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Laura Faye Kirkland
1/16/2006
0:48:13
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Juanita Strong and Marene Thiedie
11/20/2007
2:25:11
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Pat Cope
3/10/2009
2:31:41
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
James Harlin
3/16/2009
2:47:22
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Ray McDowell On attending Coppell Elementary School
8/27/2009
2 pages
No
Essay
Read
Richard and Barbara Lee
1/22/2010
3:37:12
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Elsie Fay and Bill Rush and their daughter Barbara
5/18/2010
1:55:35
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Leon Russell
8/24/2011
1:44:02
No
Pete Wilson and Barbara Lee
Listen
Ronnie Parker and Mother Bettye Pruktt Parker
9/2/2011
1:23:43
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Wanda Phillips Parrish Blair
9/26/2011
1:26:43
No
Pete Wilson and Barbara Lee
Listen
Warren Dearing
4/11/2012
0:58:51
No
Pete Wilson and Barbara Lee
Listen
Ruby Handley
8/29/2014
0:44:25
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Lorene Gentry Prikle
2002
4 pages
No
Essay
Read
Michael Walker on Erma Ihnfeldt
10/14/2017
0:33:00
No
Video
Watch
Joyce Ledbetter Webb on the Ledbetter family
9/2/2017
26 pages with pictures
No
Essay
Read

​COPPELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, P.O. BOX 1871, COPPELL, TX  75019
Physical Address: 
​700 S. Coppell Road, Coppell, TX
​[email protected]

​The Coppell Historical Society is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization
  • HOME
  • CALENDAR
    • * PAST EVENTS
  • HISTORICAL MUSEUM
    • * KIRKLAND HOUSE >
      • KIRKLAND TOURS
    • * MINYARD STORE >
      • HANDCRAFTED POTTERY
    • * IHNFELDT HOUSE
    • * WILSON HOUSE >
      • TEEN TIME TRIPS
    • * OLD TOWN
  • HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    • * MEETINGS
    • * HISTORY, TIMELINE, FAQs >
      • FAQs
      • TIMELINE
      • COPPELL, TEXAS HISTORY >
        • HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
        • PETERS COLONY
        • COPPELL DEPOT
        • GEORGE COPPELL >
          • BIOGRAPHY
          • COPPELL PAPERS >
            • * 1857 - 1866
            • * 1867 - 1902
            • * OBITUARIES
            • * FOLIO
        • LIST OF MAYORS
        • COPPELL SCHOOLS
        • COPPELL FIRE DEPARTMENT
        • GRAPEVINE SPRINGS >
          • GRAPEVINE SPRINGS PARK >
            • WPA
          • BIRDS FORT >
            • BIRD'S FORT TREATY
          • GRAPE VINE PRAIRIE
          • FAMOUS TREES
        • WITT'S MILL & A.W. PERRY MUSEUM
      • COPPELL, ONTARIO HISTORY >
        • HISTORY
        • PROCLAMATIONS
        • ROAD TRIP
        • PRESS
    • * MAPS, MARKERS & MISC >
      • INTERACTIVE HISTORY MAP
      • HISTORICAL MARKERS
      • MARKER LOCATIONS
      • WITNESS TREES >
        • TREE ORDINANCE
      • GEOCACHING SERIES
    • * BOOKS & PAPERS >
      • ARTICLES BY MEMBERS
      • BOOKS & LINKS
    • * STORIES & ORAL HISTORIES >
      • DID YOU KNOW? CPAC
      • IT HAPPENED IN COPPELL
      • ORAL HISTORIES
    • * REMBERING OUR VETERANS
    • * VIDEOS
    • * PHOTO ARCHIVE >
      • PHOTO-FAQs
      • PEOPLE IN PHOTOS
    • * CEMETERIES & GENEALOGY >
      • * CEMETERIES
      • * GRAVES SPREADSHEET
      • * FAMILY TREES
      • FAMILY INFO CEMETERY MARKERS >
        • BULLOCK FAMILY
        • GENTRY & MELTON FAMILIES
        • MOORE FAMILY
        • STRINGFELLOW FAMILY
        • THWEATT FAMILY
  • MEMBERS
    • * WHO ARE WE?
    • * JOIN US
    • * IN MEMORIAM >
      • * LLOYD ASHLEY WEBB
      • * WHEELICE 'PETE' WILSON, JR.
    • * BEQUEST
    • * MEETING MINUTES-MEMBERS ONLY
  • INFO
    • CONTACT
    • INFORMATION REQUEST
    • MISSION >
      • OUR MISSION
      • ASSOCIATIONS