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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 Isabel Cano, October 10, 2009
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Interview with Isabel Cano, Argentina-born immigrant to Denton and daughter of Spanish diplomats, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Cano's personal experiences of immigration, struggling to learn English and acculturate, and provides family history, her first impressions of Texas, and opinions about Denton.
Date:
October 10, 2009
Creator:
Merrill, Linda & Cano, Isabel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Giancarlo Quijano, October 11, 2012
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Interview with Giancarlo Quijano, West German-born Colombian immigrant to Denton, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. The interview includes Quijano's personal experiences from his childhood in West Germany, life in Colombia during the 1990s violence, his family's immigration to Texas, his expectations of the U.S., and the subsequent culture shock. Quijano talks about the transition to American life, attending college as an international student, his experiences with the citizenship process, and his thoughts on the immigration debate.
Date:
October 11, 2012
Creator:
Duque, Samantha & Quijano, Giancarlo
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dana Lodge, March 19, 2013
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Interview with Dana Lodge, an employee of the Denton Conventions and Visitors Bureau from Dallas, Texas. Lodge discusses growing up, her education, her work in the restaurant industry, entering the hospitality industry and her work with the Bureau, festivals and events in Denton, local history, and plans for the future of Denton. In appendix are pictures of the Denton County Courthouse and the Confederate Soldiers memorial. Includes an appendix.
Date:
March 19, 2013
Creator:
Stallings, Chelsea & Lodge, Dana
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alma Clark, September 29, 2006
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Interview with Alma Clark, first-generation descendant through marriage of Quakertown residents, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Clark's personal experiences about childhood and education, marrying Rev. "Willie" Clark, moving to Denton, and participating in Denton Christian Women's Fellowship. Clark also discusses her family's experience in Denton as well as her husband's feelings regarding Denton's Civic Center Park, on the site of Quakertown. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date:
June 29, 2006
Creator:
Yancey, Sherelyn & Clark, Alma
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dorothy Adkins, March 3, 2017
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Audio log of an interview with Dorothy Adkins, schoolteacher and community activist for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. The audio log includes timestamps for Adkins' discussions of her childhood; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; activism; teaching career; contemporary times; white privilege and power.
Date:
March 3, 2017
Creator:
Ceballos, Nathan & Adkins, Dorothy, 1925-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of Denton School Board]
Photograph of eight men standing in a group in front of a brick wall. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "It was Freds believe that Our Supertendent Stricklind and our Board Members are the greatest men. Our faculty remained a happy family."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Debbie Denmon, December 4, 2006
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Interview with Debbie Denmon, local news media personality and third-generation descendant of residents of Quakertown, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood and education in Denton, having a career in broadcast journalism, and reporting on local efforts to capture Quakertown history. Denmon also speaks about memories of her great-grandmother Othella Hill, great-grandfather "Dollar Bill" Hill, and grandmother Norvell Williams Reed.
Date:
December 4, 2006
Creator:
Yancey, Sherelyn & Denmon, Debbie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William A. Denton, December 16, 1995
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Interview with William Denton, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences with the 2nd Motor Transport Battalion at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 16, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Denton, William A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren Whitson, Jr., October 23, 2012
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Interview with Warren Whitson Jr., a WWII veteran, businessman and former mayor of Denton, Texas, from Denton. Whitson discusses his family background, his first jobs and education, his family's canning business, joining the Army Air Force and becoming a bomber pilot, flying B-17s in the European theater, his marriage, building a house, his businesses, becoming involved in the city, and the development of Denton over time.
Date:
October 23, 2012
Creator:
Nelson, Martha Len & Whitson, Warren, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of Students at a Denton Trade School]
Photograph of a group of young men posing in a classroom. According to accompanying information, the students were in a trade school for persons returning from service. This class likley came about because of the GI Bill that was signed into law by FDR on June 22, 1944. It provided job counseling and employment services for WWII veterans, as well as training and education at approved institutions. They are identified as: Row 1 (front) -- Foy Woods, James Alexander, Wallace Hunter, James Hollis (?), Johnny Cooper; Row 2 -- William Devereaux, T. Rogers, Raymond Jackson, Oliver Clark, Edmund Gray; Row 3 -- Earl Jones, R. M. Hunter, Noble Holland, Johnny McCarver, Lonnie McAdams; Row 4 (back) -- Instructor (?), Alford Hall, T. N. Gober, Robert James, Pye Bledsow, Buddy Bownes.
Date:
[1946..1949]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Murphy Daniels, April 4, 2006
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Interview with Murphy Daniels, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Daniels' personal experiences about childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas rather than Texas Southern University, majoring in pre-med, serving in the United States Air Force, studying at Southwestern Medical School, and pursuing medical research. Additionally, Daniels speaks about his difficulties with white professors and graduate assistants, race relations on campus, social life among black students on campus, and off-campus life in "Shack Town" and the support from black citizens of Denton.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Hegi, Benjamin P. & Daniels, Murphy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987
Interview with Catherine Bell, a public employee and community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Bell discusses the early organization and social activities, her experiences in a segregated environment, the street paving of the African American section of Denton, urban renewal, desegregation of public places in Denton, her political activities, desegregation of schools, and the jobs program.
Date:
December 12, 1987
Creator:
Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dennis Dunkins, March 8, 2006
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Interview with Dennis Dunkins, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Dunkins' personal experiences of childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas, majoring in Industrial Technology and his graduation in 1963, having a career with General Motors, as a business owner, and with Fort Worth ISD. Additionally, Dunkins speaks about off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton, social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty, efforts to desegregate public facilities in Denton, and his summer jobs with Texas & Pacific Railroad Company. The interview includes a photograph of the University of North Texas Trailblazers in 2005.
Date:
March 8, 2006
Creator:
Yancey, Sherelyn & Dunkins, Dennis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, December 10, 1987
Interview with community activist Linnie McAdams from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McAdams discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship in the 1960s and 1970s. She also discusses what it was like growing up in a racist community, and includes memories concerning her personal educational experiences in segregated schools, the living conditions in the African-American section of Denton, and her personal employment experiences. McAdams recalls the desegregation of public schools, housing, and facilities as well as the integration of churches.
Date:
December 10, 1987
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & McAdams, Linnie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carol Riddlesperger, February 5, 1988
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Carol Riddlesperger from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Riddlesperger discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on segregation in Denton, the desegregation of public schools and public facilities, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, her decision to run for the Denton school Board, tutoring program, and the jobs program.
Date:
February 5, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Riddlesperger, Carol
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank and Betty Ann Barrow, August 4, 2005
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Interview with longtime Denton residents Frank and Betty Ann Barrow for the Denton County Historical Commission. The interview includes Frank's personal experiences about his childhood and moving to Denton, having a career as a radio announcer, serving in the Special Services division of the Army Air Forces, having a career as an automobile dealer, insurance agent, and haberdasher in Denton, working with a Methodist church, being involved in the Denton Community Theatre, serving on the Denton City Council, and his political career as mayor of Denton. It also includes Betty Ann's family history and how they coped with the Great Depression, information on her education at North Texas State College, and her personal experiences about marriage, the death of her husband in a flying accident, widowhood, her marriage to Frank Barrow, her clothing business, and working to liberalize Denton race relations. The interview includes an appendix with photographs, a photograph legend, a letter sent out to family members, a pamphlet for The Barrow Society, and an editorial piece about Frank Barrow.
Date:
August 4, 2005
Creator:
Nelson, Martha Len; Barrow, Frank & Barrow, Betty Ann
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cassandra F. Berry, November 29, 2006
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Interview with Denton resident Cassandra F. Berry, UNT employee with a personal interest in the history of Quakertown, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Berry's personal experiences about working at UNT as the Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, as well as her service to the Denton African American Museum, which led to her interest in the history of Quakertown.
Date:
November 29, 2006
Creator:
Yancey, Sherelyn & Berry, Cassandra F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lillie Abbey, December 11, 1974
Interview with Lillie Abbey, long-time resident of Denton, Texas. The interview includes Abbey's personal experiences of the Oklahoma land rush, farm life, and life in Denton during the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
December 11, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Abbey, Lillie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruby Cole, November 29, 2006
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Interview with Ruby Cole, resident of southeast Denton, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Cole's personal experiences about attending segregated schools in Denton, and living in a house moved from Quakertown. Cole also talks about her memories of educator Fred Moore, the folklore of Quakertown neighborhood and reasons for its disintegration, the efforts to create an African American museum in Denton, and Quakertown in the community's historical memory.
Date:
November 2006
Creator:
Yancey, Sherelyn & Cole, Ruby
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986
Interview with farmer-rancher Hazen Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life in Denton, Texas, from 1910 to 1930. Armstrong talks about business activities around the city square and county courthouse, city streetcar service, Oak Street residences, the Cascade Plunge swimming pool, forced removal of African Americans from the "Quakertown" section of Denton to the east side of the railroad tracks in the 1920s, early automobiles in Denton, Denton during World War I, medical practices, childhood leisure time activities, Prohibition in Denton, the Great Depression, farming practices in the 1920s and 1930s, contrasts between banking practices of the 1920s and 1930s with those of the 1980s, and the oil history.
Date:
March 29, 1986
Creator:
Martin, Adelene & Armstrong, Hazen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gladys Barnes Lawhon, May 22, 2008
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Interview with long-time Denton resident Gladys Barns Lawhon for the Denton Historical Commission Museum. The interview includes Lawhon's family history, personal experiences about her childhood, life in Denton, impressions of neighbors, teaching music, and her travels for the National Guild of Piano Teachers.
Date:
May 22, 2008
Creator:
Nelson, Martha Len & Lawhon, Gladys Barnes
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 Gerard Roland Vela, July 21, 2004
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Interview with Dr. Gerard Roland Vela, UNT Professor Emeritus of Microbiology. The interview includes Vela's personal experiences about childhood and education, serving in World War II-era U.S. Navy, having a fellowship at Harvard University, and joining the North Texas faculty in 1965. Additionally, Vela discusses his family history, his love of chemistry, genetics, and microbiology, the growing pains involved with transitioning North Texas into a research university, the construction of a research program, his relationship with students, and his service on the Denton City Council. Photographs are included throughout the interview.
Date:
July 21, 2004
Creator:
Calderon, Roberto R. & Vela, Gerard Roland
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library