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Oral History Interview with Frank H. King, December 12, 1978
Interview with Frank H. King, a United States Marine Corps veteran from Shamrock, Texas. King discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in 1942.
Date:
December 12, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Frank H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John D. Devine, December 5, 1980
Interview with Army Air Corps veteran John D. Devine. The interview includes Devine's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
December 5, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Devine, John D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Manganello, October 23, 1982
Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Arthur Manganello. The interview includes Manganello's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 23, 1982
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Manganello, Arthur
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Crayton R. Gordon, January 31, 1977
Transcript of an interview with Crayton Gordon, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
January 31, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Crayton, Gordon R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Russell J. Hampson, December 15, 1976
Interview with Russell J. Hampson, an Army WWII veteran from West Orange, New Jersey. Hampson discusses his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including joining the Army in 1940, being stationed at Schofield Barracks, the events of the attack, and operations on Oahu afterward.
Date:
December 15, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hampson, Russell J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981
Interview with Jonathan Burns, a veteran of the New Mexico National Guard from Hereford, Texas. Burns discusses his recollections as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and the conditions he experienced during the Bataan Death March.
Date:
July 21, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Burns, Jonathan
Object Type:
Book
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
Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987
Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemeteries, epidemics, and folk medicines and remedies.
Date:
August 20, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hubert Chandler, March 2, 2003
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Interview with janitor Hubert Chandler. The interview includes Chandler's personal experiences about his employment by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date:
March 2, 2003
Creator:
Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Chandler, Hubert
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with A. W. Dupree Jr., 1990
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Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., a musician and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Dupree discusses growing up in Old North Dallas, his initial interest in music, different jobs, joining the Army and working as a mechanic with the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII, forming a band, performing solo at nightclubs, his marriage and family, moving to Hamilton Park, church life, neighborhood developments, and the Civic League.
Date:
1990-07/1990-08
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Dupree, A. W., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. W. Dupree, July 23-August 16, 1990
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Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., resident of Hamilton Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, 1966-90. Dupree discusses his youth in Dallas; service in U.S. military in World War II; musical career; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park and experiences as a resident; home improvements; church activities; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; commercial encroachment; the “Buy Out.”
Date:
1990-07-23/1990-08-16
Creator:
Wilson, William & Dupree, A. W., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Margaret Gillooly, March 18, 1995
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Interview with Margaret Gillooly, a civilian internee of the Japanese in WWII from San Francisco, California. Gillooly discusses her family's move to the Philippines in 1938, schooling, the start of war and the Japanese invasion, staying in Cebu City, her parents' escape from Manila and surviving a sinking in Manila Bay, Japanese occupation of Cebu, being moved to Manila, various experiences surviving internment at Santo Tomas Prison Camp, bombings, the American invasion and liberation, a Japanese counterattack and siege, emotional and mental impacts, and evacuation.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Gillooly, Margaret
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Foy Taylor, November 18, 2013
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Interview with Foy Taylor, a longtime resident of Denton, Texas, and donor of a antique log cabin to the Denton County Historical Commission. Taylor discusses his family background, education and career, his service in the Navy and witnessing atomic bomb tests, his family's farm in Denton, growing up in the area, prohibition and the Depression, and changes in the town over time.
Date:
December 3, 2014
Creator:
Carr, Barry & Taylor, Foy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981
Interview with William J. Stewart, a United States Navy veteran from Cherryvale, Kansas. Stewart discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in 1942.
Date:
July 11, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, William J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy Eschmann, February 23, 1989
Interview with Roy Eschmann, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eschmann discusses joining the Army, basic training, assignment to Schofield Barracks and the 25th Infantry Division, his duties and daily life, Japanese friends on Hawaii, preparation for war, guard duty on the night of December 6/7th, the morning of the attack and shooting at Japanese aircraft, patrols afterwards and fear of invasion, rumors, and later service.
Date:
February 23, 1989
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Eschmann, Roy L.
Object Type:
Book
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
Oral History Interview with Dora Geneva Clement
Interview with Dora Geneva (Clement) Talkington (1886-1976) discussing how her family came to Texas and about growing up on her parents' farm, as well as other events including Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Waco when he was campaigning to be president.
Date:
1974~
Creator:
McAmis, Odessa True Talkington & Talkington, Dora Geneva Clement
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Miguel Soria, October 2, 2012
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Interview with Miguel Soria, Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. The interview includes Soria's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico, his first visit to the U.S., illegally crossing the border to live in Dallas, Texas, and experiences with a human smuggler, along with his experiences as an undocumented person and with discrimination. It also includes his thoughts on the DREAM act and the immigration process, and advice for future immigrants.
Date:
October 2, 2012
Creator:
Duque, Samantha & Soria, Miguel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin Chambers, April 8, 1982
Interview with Martin Chambers, a United States Army veteran from Milam, Texas. Chambers discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a member of the 26th Brigade and eventually the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, also known as the "Lost Battalion."
Date:
April 8, 1982
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Chambers, Martin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. Hoyt Baird, February 14, 1980, and Vernon Baird, February 28, 1980
Interviews with W. Hoyt Baird and Vernon Baird, chairman of the executive committee and President of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, respectively, concerning the history of the Mrs. Baird’s Bakery Co. and history of the Baird family of Fort Worth.
Date:
{1980-02-14,1980-02-28}
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Baird, W. Hoyt
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Ocie R. Turner, 1991
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Interview with the Rev. Ocie Turner, a minister at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, Marine WWII veteran, and a longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Mexia, Texas. Turner discusses his family background, education, serving in the Marine Corps at the Battle of Iwo Jima, working as a butcher in Dallas, working in the oil and gas industry, buying his house in Hamilton Park, the growth and development of the neighborhood, community organizations, local businesses, the schools and his children's education, and changes in the neighborhood over time.
Date:
1991-09-14/1991-12-05
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Turner, Ocie R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. L. Rea, April 14, 1980
Transcript of an interview with M. L. Rea, a Texas native, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and a member of the "Lost Battalion." Rea discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
April 14, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Rea, M. L., 1917-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, 1983
Transcript of interviews with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner and Fletcher Hickerson. Jean Shepherd and Leon Warner were residents of the Brownwood subdivision in Baytown during Hurricane Alicia. Fletcher Hickerson was the Coordinator of Emergency Services for the City of Baytown at the time of Hurricane Alicia. All three interviewees answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia, which caused major damage in the Baytown area.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Mayo, Martha; Shepherd, Jean; Warner, Leon & Hickerson, Fletcher
Object Type:
Text
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