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Mr.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=12.06,13.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Scott I'd like to begin the interview by getting some information about your personal involvement in the Houston","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=13.61,22.92"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bicentennial Commission.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=22.92,25.65"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I guess a good place to start would be to ask you, how were you chosen?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=25.65,28.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How'd you get involved in it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=28.35,29.88"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"R.E. Scott: Well, I saw an article in the paper on December the 3rd, 1933, where that Mayor Louis Welch, had appointed a bicentennial commission here in Houston.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=29.88,39.84"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it gave a list of the people who was on the commission and that they were going to look for an executive 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Scott: They were appointed by Mayor Louie Welch in the fall of 1973.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=121.77,126.48"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But the commission op- we opened our office officially, well not actually official, we opened the office on May the 1st, 1974.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=126.48,135.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"On July the 1st, 1974, we received our official designation from Washington.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=135.15,140.97"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Received a bicentennial flag, the official flag, the official certificate, and also from the State of Texas that we were then a res- designated bicentennial city.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=140.97,152.31"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava: What was the first task the commission set about doing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=152.31,155.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"R.E. 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Well, I, I went to other cities around the area; speaking on Bicentennial.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=2674.37,2680.46"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/616","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I can think of West Columbia, to Belleville, to Wharton, to Freeport, to Dallas,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=2680.46,2690.72"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/617","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to San Antonio, to Austin.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622#t=2690.72,2694.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113616/file/216622/transcript/61434/annotation/618","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I went up as far Little Rock and places like it; 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