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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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World War II European Theater Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Liz Magallanes, November 4, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Liz Magallanes, DREAM Team activist, concerning her family's decision to leave Mexico; immigration to Dallas, Texas, at seven years old; life as undocumented; discovering the North Texas DREAM Team; DACA; activism; current immigration policy.
Date:
November 4, 2015
Creator:
Nichols, Cynthia & Magallanes, Liz, 1994-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Valerie MartÃnez-Ebers, October 22, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie MartÃnez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. MartÃnez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date:
October 22, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & MartÃnez-Ebers, Valerie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harriett Shelton Collins, September 16, 2006
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Interview with longtime resident of Cisco, Texas, Harriett Shelton Collins as part of the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences about education in Cisco's all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School, her pregnancy and marriage to Bill Collins, working at the Boss Glove Factory, earning her GED, entering beauty school, and earning a degree as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Additionally, Collins speaks about social life among blacks in Cisco, especially in church activities, her experiences with racial discrimination, the phenomenon of "passing" among blacks in Cisco and elsewhere, her experiences at "Negro Achievement Day" at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and her children's experiences in public school during desegregation.
Date:
September 16, 2006
Creator:
Rose, Harriett DeAnn & Collins, Harriett Shelton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Erik Burgos, November 11, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Erik Burgos, DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Team activist. Burgos shares concerning his immigration to Colorado at two years old; life as undocumented immigrants; family's decision to leave Mexico; involvement in the North Texas DREAM Team; activism; DACA.
Date:
November 11, 2015
Creator:
Herman, Thomas & Burgos, Erik, 1988-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, September 14, 2006
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Transcript of an interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, a longtime Denton resident and former resident of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Reed shares concerning her childhood in Quakertown; family history; family's forced move out of Quakertown to Solomon Hill neighborhood of Denton; race relations in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women's Fellowship; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Appendix includes photographs (13 pages), one map (1 page), and a list of sources (1 page).
Date:
September 14, 2006
Creator:
Yancey, Sherelyn & Reed, Norvell Hill Williams, 1921-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 1995
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Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Nakano, Mei Takaya
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gloria Denmon, May 12, 1988
Interview with Gloria Denmon, a community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Denmon discusses life in a segregated society, her decision to join the Fellowship, early meetings, voter registration drives, street paving in the African American section of Denton, social activities of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, the tutoring program, and the activities of African American churches.
Date:
May 12, 1988
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & Denmon, Gloria, 1941-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Victor Rodriguez, November 21, 2019
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Interview with Dr. Victor Rodriguez spotlighting significant insights into his storied and sterling career through five time dimensions: (1) his early all-Hispanic elementary school training; (2) his continued study and budding athletic prowess in the Edna, TX, school district; (3) his Victoria Junior College athletic achievements and learning; (4) his higher education art training, Geezle membership, and track accomplishments at North Texas State College; and (5) his 37-year career as a teacher, coach, and superintendent in the San Antonio (TX) school district. Inspired by his Anglo third-grade teacher in an all-Hispanic school in Edna, TX, Victor responded to his teacher's challenge to be a civic contributor by becoming a daily bell ringer at the local Catholic church (described in detail in his book, The Bell Ringer), a job requiring him to arise at 4:30 each morning and to run two miles one way amid nipping dogs to ring the bell. This discipline and activity would tap his athletic ability later as he surfaced as a distance district winner despite running barefoot, in blue jeans, and in an oversized t-shirt. From this beginning, he would emerge as a state champion and win a track scholarship to Victoria Junior College where he …
Date:
November 21, 2019
Creator:
Pettit, John D. & Rodriguez, Victor, 1932-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006
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Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Victor Rodriguez, June 13-18, 2009
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Interview with Dr. Victor Rodriguez, educator and author of the memoir "The Bell Ringer," about his life and career. Dr. Rodriguez is a North Texas alumni, member of the UNT Athletic Hall of fame, member of the Geezles Fraternity, and pioneer Mexican American educator. Dr. Victor Rodriguez spotlights significant insights into his storied career through five eras: his early all-Hispanic elementary school training; his continued study and budding athletic prowess in the Edna, TX, school district; his Victoria Junior College athletic achievements and learning; his higher education, Geezle membership, and track accomplishments at North Texas State College; and his 37-year career as a teacher, coach, and superintendent in the San Antonio school district. Inspired by his Anglo third-grade teacher in an all-Hispanic school in Edna, TX, Rodriguez responded to his teacher's challenge to be a civic contributor by becoming a daily bell ringer at the local Catholic church (described in detail in his book, The Bell Ringer), a job requiring him to arise at 4:30 each morning and to run two miles one way amid nipping dogs to ring the bell. This discipline and activity would tap his athletic ability later as he surfaced as a distance district winner despite …
Date:
2009-06-13/2009-06-18
Creator:
Calderon, Roberto & Rodriguez, Victor, 1932-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991
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Interview with Barbara J. Darden, a woman who moved into the rich neighborhood, Hamilton Park, Dallas from the project area at the time of racial desegregation. She talks about her experiences growing up, getting her nursing degree, moving to Hamilton Park (a primarily African American neighborhood), and her experiences living there.
Date:
{1990-12-13,1991-10-26}
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ely and William Sledge, August 21, 1987
Transcript of an interview with with William and Ely Sledge and their reminiscences and experiences concerning their father's farm near Pilot Point, Texas, 1900-1980. They discuss comments about their African-American ancestors; their descriptions of various pieces of old farm equipment strewn about the homestead; sorghum mill and syrup- making; hog butchering and meat preservation; water well; description of farm buildings; segregated education; home remedies; garden area; canning; rural social life and entertainment; trading among neighbors; cash crops (peanuts, cotton); harvesting; description of the interior of the family farmhouse and its contents; listening to boxing contests (Joe Louis and "Jersey Joe" Walcott) on the family radio; store-bought and mail order catalog items; "Juneteenth" celebrations; description of personal documents and papers, 1878-1931.
Date:
August 21, 1987
Creator:
Lohse, Stephen A.; Lebo, Susan A.; Sledge, William, 1928- & Sledge, Ely, 1934-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sadye Gee, May 28, 1990
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Interview with Sadye Gee, a teacher from Dallas, Texas. Gee discusses her family background, working a laundry service during the Great Depression, education, teaching at B. F. Darrell School, marriage, her husband's career, the Black Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, black Dallas communities, buying a home in Hamilton Park and life in the area as an African-American, raising her daughter, discrimination, schools, the growth of the area, and "buy outs" and relocation. In appendix is a sheet of Gee's biographical information.
Date:
May 29, 1990
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Gee, Sadye
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, April 18, 1987
Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, farmers and ranchers from Pueblo, Colorado, to gather their recollections and experiences as second generation Italians. They discuss their education, the immigration experience of their parents, the establishment of their own farming and ranching business, and their children.
Date:
April 18, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Ciruli, David & Ciruli, Virginia
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lorenzo Echanis, February 16, 1984
Interview with Lorenzo Echanis discussing his experiences growing up in Basque Country with Basque parents, attending church and learning catechism, immigration to the United States, working as a shepherd, marriage, and returning to visit his hometown years later.
Date:
February 16, 1984
Creator:
Echeverria, Jeri & Echanis, Lorenzo
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gary Bruce, August 6, 2013
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Interview with Gary Bruce, a resident of Pilot Point, Texas. Bruce recounts his childhood and growing up in a poor community, primary school, his parents, high school, racism, the JFK and MLK assassinations, the Texas State Fair, Juneteenth, jobs worked, his first marriage, children, his second wife, family history in north Texas, changes in Denton and Pilot Point over the years, segregation, and the Zimmerman trial. In appendix are a series of family photos.
Date:
August 6, 2013
Creator:
Stallings, Chelsea & Bruce, Gary
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990
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Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date:
1990-02/1990-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Elisabeth Brolin, March 7, 2021
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Interview with Elisabeth Brolin discussing her early life in Switzerland, immigration to the DFW area, journey to becoming a United States citizen, her discovery of her faith and of God, her life as an immigrant in the United States, her social connections, and the concept of the American Dream.
Date:
March 7, 2021
Creator:
Kvapilova, Katerina & Brolin, Elisabeth
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006
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Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date:
July 15, 2006
Creator:
Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, March 5, 2003
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Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, businessman and musician, concerning his recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family's Mexican foods business.
Date:
March 5, 2003
Creator:
Ray, Dulce Ivette & Rodriguez, Charlie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joba Ramirez, July 19, 2004
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Interview with Joba Ramirez, a nurse from Denton, Texas, regarding her Mexican-American heritage. Ramirez discusses her background, medical education, family traditions, discrimination she experienced, and the history of Denton's Mexican-American community.
Date:
July 19, 2004
Creator:
Ray, Dulce Ivette & Ramirez, Joba
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Johnny Yturri, February 16, 1984
Interview with Johnny Yturri discussing his experiences growing up with Basque parents, Basque customs, learning English, early jobs, and sheep ranching in Orange County, California.
Date:
February 16, 1984
Creator:
Echeverria, Jeri & Yturri, Johnny
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, April 25, 2013
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Interview with Betty Kimble, an employee of Texas Instruments and community activist from Denton, Texas. Kimble discusses her education and family, growing up in Denton, the relocation of Quakertown and the development of new black neighborhoods, changing demographics and current issues, and community action in Southeast Denton. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse, the Confederate Memorial, and a picture of students and teachers at the Fred Moore School in the 1930s or 40s, as identified in the interview by Mrs. Kimble.
Date:
April 25, 2013
Creator:
Stallings, Chelsea & Kimble, Betty
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mary Louise Mujica, February 15, 1984
Interview with Mary Louise Mujica regarding her experiences growing up in Basque Country, speaking the Basque language and learning English, working at Bastanchury Ranch and the conditions there, Basque traditions such as dances, and her life and family in America.
Date:
February 15, 1984
Creator:
Echeverria, Jeri & Mujica, Mary Louise
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library