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1986 Calendar of Early Denton History
Calendar for 1986 containing photographs and historical facts about Denton, Texas, Denton County, Texas, and the surrounding areas. There are notes throughout the dates on the calendar as well as a timeline titled "More Denton County Trivia" at the end.
Date:
1985
Creator:
Friends of the Denton Public Library
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Murdo MacIver, November 9, 1985
Interview with Murdo MacIver, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his experiences with the company. He comments on his educational background and early employment, his employment with Standard Oil Company of California, his transfer to Caltex in 1938, the expansion before World War II, Caltex during World War II, Bapco's refinery expansion, financing postwar refinery expansion, foreign exchange problems, banking syndicates, accounting methods, tanker construction, training of local nationals, T-2 tankers, the relationship between Caltex and subsidiaries, and Third World financial problems.
Date:
November 9, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & MacIver, Murdo, 1901-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985
Interview with Harold Lewis, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his early experiences in refinery construction, his transfer to Caltex, his assignment to Bahrain, refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol), refinery construction in Japan, and the relationship between Caltex and Nippon Oil. He also talks about military fuel oil contracts, postwar refinery expansion, Caltex East, Caltex in Korea and the Philippines, executive transfers, the decision of Texaco and Socal to re-enter the European market in 1967, crude purchases, and OPEC.
Date:
November 8, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frederick W. Dittus, September 13, 1985
Interview with Frederick Dittus, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his early job experience with Standard Oil Company of California, the Dittus-Boelter equation, his pre-World War II experiences in Nazi Germany, construction of the Bahrain refinery for Bapco, the formation of Caltex in 1936, his transfer to Caltex, his activities during World War II, the postwar refinery expansion, and the evolution of the Technical Services Division.
Date:
September 13, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dittus, Frederick W., 1897-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John D. Fosque, August 2, 1985
Interview with John Fosque, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, concerning his experiences as a long-time employee of Caltex (1936-1967).
Date:
August 2, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fosque, John D., 1911-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985
Interview with Darwin "Mac" McMillan, a long-term employee of Caltex from California, discussing his background, employment with Texaco and Standard Oil, the history of Caltex and his work as an executive there, his various assignment experiences in China the Philippines, Germany, India, and South Africa, and the oil market.
Date:
September 16, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985
Interview with George Hargens, a former Caltex executive from San Francisco, California, to discuss his experiences working for Standard Oil during the Great Depression, his transfer to Caltex and establishment of the German market, work as a director of several oil companies, and leaving Caltex.
Date:
September 14, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hargens, George
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985
Interview with William Tucker, a business executive from Boston, regarding his experiences working for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, their refinery construction and expansion during World War II and after the war, the oil industry, and Caltex in India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, and South Africa.
Date:
September 25, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Tucker, William
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Herbert M. Fish, July 31, 1985
Interview with Herbert M. Fish, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Boston, Massachusetts. Fish discusses his time working at Shell Oil during the Depression, experience in the U.S. Army, his duties at Caltex, marketing with Chinese agents and visiting China, dealing with Japanese executives, and Caltex European operations.
Date:
August 31, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fish, Herbert M.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Employee with the Electric Distribution Department]
Photograph of Ruyle, an employee with the Electric Distribution Department in Denton, Texas. His work shirt is embroidered with his name. Behind him is a white truck.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lineman standing by a truck on Bell Avenue]
Photograph of a lineman standing beside a truck on Bell Avenue in Denton, Texas, across from the Denton Civic Center (now Quakertown Park). Another truck cuts into view in front. Trees line the background.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Utility worker in a cherry picker]
Photograph of a utility worker in a cherry picker at the City Service Center in Denton, Texas. A Union Pacific train sits on the tracks just behind. Bulldozers are in partial view below the white roof covering in the bottom right corner.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dirt lot with sign for future developments]
Photograph of dirt lot littered with debris in Denton, Texas. Sign in left corner advertising two future developments, 'The Oaks' and 'The Woodlands.' A white truck is partially in view to the right. Trees and brush line the background.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train running along Mingo Road]
Photograph of passenger train running along Mingo Road by the City Service Center in Denton, Texas. Dark, billowing smoke fills the top of the frame. Trucks and equipment sit in the City Service Center lot in front.
Date:
1985
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Utility workers in front of the Denton Dairy Co-Op]
Photograph of utility workers in front of the Denton Dairy Co-op at the corner of Bell Avenue and McKinney Street in Denton, Texas. Two of the workers handle a power line on the side of the street. A car drives down the middle of the road.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City of Denton employees working on power lines]
Photograph of City of Denton employees working on power lines on Bell Avenue in Denton, Texas. One worker stands in a raised cherry picker, as another works on the electrical pole. A white car and tanker are parked beside a metal fence to the right, behind the back of a Ford pickup truck in the front. Trees line the background. The Betty Jean Blazier Memorial play wall can be seen in the background and the Denton Civic Center Pool is on the right.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City of Denton employees working on Bell Avenue]
Photograph of City of Denton employees working on Bell Avenue, across from the Civic Center swimming pool in Denton, Texas. Two men stand at the bed of a truck full of coiled power lines. Two other men walk away from them down the lot. Cars drive down the street in the background. The back end of a white car is in partial view in the front right. The entrance to the Municipal Swimming Pool can be seen in the background. It was designed by O'Neil Ford, Roland Laney and Carolyn Peterson in 1965. It was demolished in 1992 and replaced by another structure.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Denton (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, August 11, 1985
Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, owners and operators of Hermosa Farms, Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the Dieterich's personal experiences about farming in Dallas, education, and establishing Hermosa Farms. The Dieterich's talk about their family backgrounds, Arthur's employment as operator of dairy cooperative with his brother in El Paso, Texas, the effect of the Great Depression on Dallas dairy businesses, milk processing and delivery operations, a typical day on a dairy farm, their change from retail to wholesale business, developing dairy herd, their cooperation with agricultural experiment stations, personnel practices, and civic and trade association activities. The interview includes an appendix with a family history written by Louise Caillet Dieterich.
Date:
August 11, 1985
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Dieterich, Arthur
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait: Dr. Dale Odom]
Portrait of Dr. Dale Odom, a professor within the history department who served the university for 35 years. He and his wife wrote the book, "An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas from Peters Colony to Metroplex,” along with other scholarly papers.
Date:
February 28, 1985
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charlie Cole, March 5, 1985
Interview with county adult probation officer and former member of the North Texas State College football team Charlie Cole Jr., from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Cole recollects thoughts and memories from when he was a student at the college during the desegregation of athletics in 1956.
Date:
March 5, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cole, Charlie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Francis X. Fernandez de Garyalde, April 28, 1985
Interview with Father Francis Fernandex, a Roman Catholic priest and a Basque from Alsasua, Navarre, discussing the role of religion in Basque culture, his pursuit of the priesthood, the Spanish Civil War, and Basque customs.
Date:
April 28, 1985
Creator:
Echeverria, Jeri & Fernandez de Garyalde, Francis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of Dale Odom]
Portrait of Dale Odom, a professor within the history department who served the university for 35 years. He and his wife wrote the book, "An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas from Peters Colony to Metroplex,” along with other scholarly papers.
Date:
February 28, 1985
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985
Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date:
May 9, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Campus Theatre]
Photograph of the Campus Theatre in Denton, Texas. The Denton Square and the County Courthouse are visible in the background. The marquee sign says that the Gin Game is playing from Oct. 26 thru 28.
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
Foster, Richard
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History