| Title: |
William Henry Finck
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Texas, San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures
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| Collection: |
Institute of Texan Cultures Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Bill Finck’s great-grandfather Reinhold Finck came to San Antonio in 1852 from Württemberg, Germany, via New Orleans. In 1861 he began publishing the San Antonio News in both English and German. Mr. Finck’s grandfather Henry began the Finck Cigar factory in the 1880s. Bill Finck explains the history of the cigar factory and the process of making cigars, from purchasing the tobacco in Connecticut, Cuba, and South America, to the making of hand-rolled cigars by Rafaela Sanchez, an eighty-year-old woman employed by the company for over seventy years. Mr. Finck also tells of his days in the state legislature and the burning of his $2,700 state paycheck, which made headline news.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1991 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Finck, William Henry (Bill)
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Government official
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| Document location: |
San Antonio, TX
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| Document date: |
30-Jan-1991
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| Interviewer: |
Croft, Mary Locke
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; San Antonio, TX; Texas; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Community; Culture; Local history; North America; Oral history; San Antonio, TX; Texas; Texas--History; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029040-32071
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