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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

Oral History Interview with Charles Williams, October 23, 2006

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Transcript of an interview with Charles Williams, a son of resident's of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood and long-time Denton resident, concerning his early childhood and education in Denton, including experiences with racial segregation and experiences with integrating Denton public schools; interest in radical black politics; influence of uncle, Fred Hill; career in U.S. Navy; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Includes photographs (two pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of sources (one page).
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Williams, Charles, 1955-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, May 23, 2012

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Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, life-time Denton resident and owner of Weldon's Saddle Shop. The interview includes Burgoon's experiences as a child in Denton, his genealogy, and Denton city and country history. Burgoon gives details about area rodeos, schooling in Denton, his summer job mowing lawns, experience with country living, and other various jobs including leather-working and tooling. He talks about the lack of shotgun shells and metal bathtubs during the Second World War, the courtship and marriage of his wife, the Cowboy Turtle Association, selling hand-made goods at rodeos, the Dallas Sportatorium, and professional wrestling. The interview also includes the opening of Burgoon's saddle shop and western store, Harpool's Farm Store, changes in his saddle shop, and the involvement of his daughter in the saddle shop. Burgoon talks about his son's college years and move to California, rental properties and the effect of the recession, and his thoughts on work ethic. It includes an appendix with photographs, a list detailing the images, and an article on The North Texas State Fair and Rodeo.
Date: May 23, 2012
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Burgoon, Charles Weldon
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, February 23, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Euline Brock, college professor and community activist from Denton, Texas. In the interview Brock discusses her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, the Civil Rights Movement, and the facilitation of desegregation in Denton. She also discusses her decision to pursue a political career and bettering race relations while serving as Mayor of Denton.
Date: February 23, 2017
Creator: Elliott, Brian & Brock, Euline
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Elbert Davis, January 23, 1994

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Interview with Elbert Davis concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining in Southwest Arkansas from 1924 to about 1940.
Date: January 23, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Davis, Elbert
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974

Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Harris discusses the need for constitutional revision, Price Daniel, Jr. as chairman of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 23, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Martha Nichols, October 23, 1996

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Interview with Martha Nichols, a university professor, and her experiences concerning the formation and development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas, 1988-95. Early interest in women's studies; organizing the Women's Studies Program on campus; opponents and proponents; teaching methods; views on feminism.
Date: October 23, 1996
Creator: Cook, Charles & Nichols, Martha
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Newspaper Clipping: John B. Denton College] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: John B. Denton College]

Newspaper clipping contains information about the creation of John B. Denton College in Denton, Texas. O. M. Thurman was the first president of the college.
Date: June 23, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History in the Classroom transcript

Oral History in the Classroom

Sound recording of OHA members conducting a speech during the 3rd Annual Oral History Colloquium at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. Charles T. Morrissey, J. Chunn, James Mink, and Saul Benison all give speeches.
Date: November 23, 1968
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Susan Dowd Stone, September 23, 2022

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Interview with Susan Dowd Stone, a clinician, advocator, writer, family pillar, and educator at NYU from Englewood, New Jersey. Stone discusses working in business, transitioning to social work, the joint meeting between Depression After Delivery and Postpartum Support International, becoming PSI president, the Mothers Act, the DSM, and postpartum depression.
Date: September 23, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Stone, Susan Dowd
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trail Blazer, Volume 2, Number 7, July 23, 1980 (open access)

Trail Blazer, Volume 2, Number 7, July 23, 1980

Monthly newsletter published for city employees of Denton, Texas containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: July 23, 1980
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995

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Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.
Date: August 23, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Holcomb, Marguerite Oklahoma
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with George Payne, February 23, 1993

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Interview with George Payne, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Pilot Point, Texas. Payne discusses his family background, growing up and grade school, joining the CCC in Denton, going to Arizona and building a trail in Bontia National Park, leaving the CCC and joining a second time, assignment to Baggs, Wyoming, operating a bulldozer, recreation, camp facilities and organization, food, leave, pay, classes, new guys and hazing, and some reflections on the impact of the Corps.
Date: February 23, 1993
Creator: Maxwell, Lisa & Payne, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Brown, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Brown, April 23, 1988

Interview with Jack Brown, a United States Navy veteran from Waco, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at the Marine Barracks there.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brown, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leonard Davis, March 23, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leonard Davis, March 23, 1977

Interview with Leonard Davis, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: March 23, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Davis, Leonard, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leon Bennett, April 23, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leon Bennett, April 23, 1973

Interview with Leon Bennett, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the tanker USS Neosho during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 23, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bennett, Leon
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Kirk, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Kirk, April 23, 1988

Interview with John Kirk, a United States Navy veteran from Oklahoma, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kirk, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joseph McKinley, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joseph McKinley, April 23, 1988

Interview with Joseph McKinley, a United States Navy veteran from Temple, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Cassin.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McKinley, Joseph
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ford Edwards, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ford Edwards, April 23, 1988

Interview with Ford Edwards, a United States Navy veteran from Georgetown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Patterson.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Edwards, Ford
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lester Robinson, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lester Robinson, April 23, 1988

Interview with Lester Robinson, a United States Navy veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Fort Island Naval Air Station as a member of VP-23.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Robinson, Lester E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Housenfluck, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Housenfluck, April 23, 1988

Interview with Thomas Housenfluck, a United States Navy veteran from Nederland, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while aboard the submarine Narwhal, which was stationed at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Housenfluck, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TAMS Student Council, Computer Lab, and History Class] captions transcript

[TAMS Student Council, Computer Lab, and History Class]

A video of TAMS students participating in various activities and in a history class.
Date: April 23, 1990
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Media Production.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. M. Myers, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. M. Myers, April 23, 1988

Interview with J. M. Myers, a United States Navy veteran from Tennyson, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Myers, J. M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David K. Carlson, March 23, 2021

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Interview with David Carlson, a rancher and retired psychologist from Denton, Texas. The focus of the interview is the "Texas blackout," a weeklong power outage from February 14th to February 21st, 2021. Carlson discusses working at nursing homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, his ranch, how they took care of the animals and themselves during the freeze, and the animal births that occurred during this time.
Date: March 23, 2021
Creator: Crittenden, Micah Carlson & Carlson, David K.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library