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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Business History Oral History Project
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Texas Musicians Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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Quakertown Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Malcolm McGregor, August, 1965
Interview with former state legislator Malcolm McGregor, an attorney from El Paso, Texas. The interview includes McGregor's experiences as a liberal in Texas Legislature, 1954-64, and his race for U.S. Congress in 1964.
Date:
July 30, 1967
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B. & McGregor, Malcolm
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Kaster, June 15, 1973
Interview with Representative James Kaster, a Democratic Texas state legislator from El Paso, Texas. Kaster discusses his experiences during the regular session of the 63rd Legislature, including: the large influx of freshman representatives in the legislature; reform legislation; the legislative process; Speaker Price Daniel's reform package; the coming speaker race; anti-lobby legislation; the Ethics Commission and ethics legislation; and his opinion of DeWitt Hale.
Date:
June 15, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, July 29, 2020
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Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, a former trimmer from El Paso, Texas. Johnston describes her background and journey to becoming involved in the Dallas fashion industry, education at Texas Tech and the University of North Texas, work as a trimmer in the display department in several stores, including Neiman Marcus, the "NM Way," the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the fashion industry, her shoe collection, and the importance of developing relationships in the industry.
Date:
July 29, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Johnston, Ruth Ann
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lyndle Lynch, January 10, 1995
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Interview with Lyndle Lynch, a Navy WWII veteran from El Paso, Texas, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lynch discusses going into the Navy, work aboard the Utah, liberty in Honolulu, the morning of the attack, the sinking of the Utah and abandoning ship, assisting the wounded, duties after the attack, morale and reactions, and service aboard the USS Detroit.
Date:
January 10, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Lynch, Lyndle
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Tupper, August 12, 1971
Interview with Representative Charles Tupper regarding his experiences while a member of the 62nd Texas State Legislature.
Date:
August 12, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Tupper, Charles
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Kaster, August 12, 1971
Interview with Representative James Kaster regarding his experiences while a member of the 62nd Texas State Legislature.
Date:
August 12, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Stephan Swetlick, July 10, 1984
Interview with Stephan Swetlick, a businessman who has primarily been a farmer. He has also run a cafe, had a meat route, swapped called, and fed out cattle and hogs.
Date:
July 10, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Swetlick, Stephan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fernando Sanchez, November 1, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Fernando "Fernie" Sanchez, Dallas Latino community AIDS activist and services coordinator. Sanchez shares concerning his childhood in El Paso, Texas; move to Dallas, Texas after graduating from UT-El Paso; various Dallas County jobs; AIDS activism; development of AIDS services in the Latino community; AIDS Arms and other organizations; HIV/AIDS stigma within the community; needs among and difficulties encountered by minority HIV/AIDS patients.
Date:
November 1, 2013
Creator:
Bundschuh, Molly Ellen & Sanchez, Fernando, 1960-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999
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Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
Date:
March 12, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, February 25, 1982
Transcript of an interview with James Kaster, legislative liaison to Governor William Clements, concerning his experiences and personal views as the governor's liaison during Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. This interview was conducted in 1982 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project.
Date:
February 25, 1982
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972
Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date:
September 13, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gilbert C. Garcia, March 3, 1969
Interview with Gilbert C. Garcia, businessman. The interview includes his experiences as a leader in the American GI Forum, the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASO), and other Mexican-American social action groups. It also includes his opinions on the Delgado Case, the poll tax drives, the Texas gubernatorial campaign of 1962, and the Crystal City elections, 1963.
Date:
February 28, 1971
Creator:
Cuellar, Robert & Garcia, Gilbert C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hugh W. Calvert, September 10, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran Hugh W. Calvert. The interview includes Calvert's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, his assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, tank school at Fort Knox, transferring to Service Troop, his assignment to New Caledonia and to Woodlark Island, operation on Arawe, the Driniumor River Campaign, and his rotation back to the States.
Date:
September 10, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Calvert, Hugh W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert W. Hanna, June 13, 1978
Interview with Robert W. Hanna regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date:
June 13, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hanna, Robert W.
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 James J. Kaster, June 23, 1975
Interview with James Kaster, a travel agent, a pilot, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from El Paso, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Kaster discusses Speaker Bill Clayton, the House speakership race, committee assignments, constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date:
June 23, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
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 Herbert Hughes, October 11, 1990
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Interview with Herbert Hughes concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hughes worked at camps in Tucson, Arizona (Company 2852); Dublin, Texas (Company 3810); and Monument, Colorado (Company 3810).
Date:
October 11, 1990
Creator:
Chrisman, David & Hughes, Herbert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Riley Chennault, August 6, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran James Riley Chennault. The interview includes Chennault's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood in Mississippi, moving to Texas in 1939, joining the 112th Cavalry, training, combat, and the Battle of Driniumor River. Chennault also talks about the mobilization of the Texas National Guard, Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, rotation to the states, his assignment to a pack mule outfit, his discharge from the Army, and the daily routine of life in the horse cavalry. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date:
August 6, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Chennault, James Riley
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, March 21, 2013
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Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, a USAF Afghan War veteran and Bronze Star recipient from Fremont, Nebraska. Krier discusses her time at the University of Nebraska, ROTC, becoming a logistics planning officer, work at Yokota Air Base in Japan, the effect of 9/11 and the War on Terror on military life, struggles as a servicewoman and misogyny, joint training with the Army, deployment to Kuwait, deployment to Afghanistan, work and leadership at the brigade level, female integration in combat units, leaving active duty for the reserves, and life off-duty. In appendix is an overview of Krier's Air Force career, photos of her, and photos of her commendations.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Krier, Jennifer Leia
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas W. Nance, March 24, 2003
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Interview with Thomas W. Nance, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Nance discusses growing up and joining the 112th, working with horses, equipment used and organization, maneuvers at Fort Bliss, deployment to New Caledonia, operations on Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island and the landing at Arawe, being wounded and evacuated, recovery and discharge, continued disability and experiences with VA hospitals, and reflections on the 112th as a unit. In appendix is the poem "Fiddler's Green," a list of places Nance served, descriptions of military equipment mentioned, and the 112th's service chronicle.
Date:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn & Nance, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003
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Interview with Ernest Kelley, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Antioch, Texas (now the Red River Army Depot), who served with the 112th Cavalry. Kelley discusses growing up in the Depression, joining the Guard, mobilization and training, horses, the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to New Caledonia, landing on Woodlark island and action there, the Battle of Arawe, redeployment to Australia, the Battle of Driniumor River in New Guinea, the Battles of Leyte and Luzon, returning to the United States, and reflections on his time in the Army. In appendix is a list of people and places named in the interview with lat/long coordinates, descriptions of military equipment, and the 112th's WWII service chronicle.
Date:
February 20, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn & Kelley, Ernest L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George E. Fortenberry, September 24, 2003
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Interview with George E. Fortenberry, who is an Army veteran and college professor from Arlington, Texas. In the interview, Fortenberry discusses his experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theatre during his time as a member of the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard during World War II. He also describes what it was like growing up during the Great Depression and attending various different schools in both Texas and Oklahoma. Fortenberry discusses why he decided to join the National Guard, and also his experiences in early basic cavalry training. During much of the interview, Fortenberry reminisces about many of his various assignments and duties while serving in the war. Among these discussed include his assignment as a clerk to the veterinary section, time in Fort Bliss and Fort Clark, his shipment overseas to Noumea in New Caledonia, his transfer to the Medical Detachment as a clerk, and his time in New Britain, New Guinea and the Philippines. Fortenberry also recollects about everyday life in the Southwest Pacific, and includes details on tropical diseases and combat-related psychological problems that many of his comrades suffered through.
Date:
September 24, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Fortenberry, George E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library