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Oral History Interview with Mary D. Lankford, June 7, 1992
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Interview with Mary D. Lankford, a librarian and former student of the University of North Texas, then known as North Texas State College. Lankford discusses studying Library Science at UNT, her career as a school librarian, new technological developments in her field, her career as an author, and professional activities.
Date:
June 7, 1992
Creator:
Dickey, Richard C. & Lankford, Mary D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Dietz, September 19, 1995
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Interview with Dr. James Dietz, former medical director of the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance joint venture from Cleveland, Ohio. Dietz discusses his educational background, joining Kaiser Permanente and being part of a pre-paid group practice, becoming medical director of the Permanente-Prudential partnership and moving to Texas, recruiting practitioners, boards, business, reception of the company in Texas, costs and competition, and the end of the joint venture.
Date:
September 19, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Dietz, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with John Pinkney, 1995
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Interview with John Pinkney, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Lancaster, Ohio, regarding his experience with the Kaiser Health Plan of Texas. Pinkney discusses his educational background, his career and work with health plans, PPOs and HMOs, becoming a Health Plan Manager with Kaiser Permanente in Dallas, the healthcare industry in Texas and Kasier's difficulties with it, competition, partnership and communication issues between the company and healthcare providers, and finance and debt.
Date:
1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Pinkney, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walter Palmer, March 15, 1995
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Interview with Walter Palmer, an employee with Kaiser Permanente from Kansas City, Missouri, who worked with the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture in Texas insurance during the 1980s. Palmer discusses his background and joining Kaiser, the start of the venture, people involved, financial and managerial arrangements, group practice, facilities, difficulties with servicing the DFW area, and some reflections on his time in the business.
Date:
March 15, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Palmer, Walter K.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Vohs, March 14, 1995
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Interview with James Vohs, former CEO and president of Kaiser Permanente from Berkeley, California. Vohs discusses his background, his career at Kaiser, the inception of the Kai-Pru venture, Kaiser-Prudential Advisory Services, financial and managerial arrangements, reception and resistance by the medical community, the Dallas healthcare market, and the impact of Kai-Pru.
Date:
March 14, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Vohs, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Vogt, February 24, 1995
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Interview with Dr. John Vogt, a physician involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture, from Birmingham, Michigan. Vogt discusses his initial work with Kaiser Permanente, the origins of the Kai-Pru venture and why it was established in the Texas market, the benefits and downside for each company, the Dallas healthcare market, the Dallas medical community, healthcare plan models, cost control, and the end of Kai-Pru.
Date:
February 24, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Vogt, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Erickson, March 19, 1995
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Interview with Robert Erickson, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Spokane, Washington. Erickson discusses his family origin, education and becoming an attorney, joining Kaiser Permanente, the company's joint venture with Prudential in Texas, its organization and finances, shortcomings, Kaiser Permanente Advisory Services, conflicts within the medical industry, difficulties establishing Kaiser in DFW and forming medical groups in Texas, competitors, why the venture ended, lessons learned, and Texas culture.
Date:
March 19, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Erickson, Robert
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kay C. Copeland, August 30, 1993
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Interview with Kay C. Copeland, a conservative political activist from Paris, Texas, regarding her role and the role of other women in the rise of the Republican Party in Texas. Copeland discusses her background, her involvement in political organizations, her political beliefs, and politicians in the area.
Date:
August 30, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Copeland, Kay C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Francisco A. Gonzalez, October 30, 2012
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Interview with Francisco Gonzalez, a journalist from San Miguel, El Salvador. Gonzalez discusses his education, growing up during the civil war, having his appendix removed, his brother's involvement in the war, attending medical school, transition to law school and working as a journalist, moving to the US and attending UNT, work with the Dallas Magazine, his marriage, and revisiting El Salvador.
Date:
October 30, 2012
Creator:
Malone, Timothy A. & Gonzalez, Francisco A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971
Interview with Frank A. Hoke, banker and attorney. The interview includes Hoke's personal experiences about being an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Hoke talks about mortgage buying, loan amortization, insurance, home improvements, accounting procedures, politics and patronage, taxes and appraising, foreclosures, and loan servicing.
Date:
November 24, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hoke, Frank A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Herman W. Lay, 1974-1975
Interview with Herman W. Lay, executive committee chairman of Pepsi Co., Inc., from Greensville, South Carolina. Lay discusses his childhood and education, his earlier jobs, working in distribution during the Depression, buying the Barrett Food Company and founding H. W. Lay & Co., Inc., the company's growth and expansion, merger with the Frito Co. and gaining nationwide distribution, buying the Red Dot Co., merger with Pepsi, continued expansion, work with Eastern Bloc countries, establishment in the Arab world, the Japanese market, involvement in the Dallas economy, and words on successful entrepreneurship.
Date:
{1974-12-31,1975-02-20}
Creator:
Caruth, Donald & Lay, Herman W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Okon, November 7, 2013
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Interview with Howard Okon, a businessman and LGBT community activist from Dallas, Texas. Okon discusses founding the Dallas Tavern Guild, running gay bars in the 1970s, coming out, drug use, political allies, vandalism and raids, changes in patronage, the current state of Texas gay bars, the AIDS epidemic, the impact of social media on the scene, the Dallas dance hall ordinance, activism, and generational differences.
Date:
November 7, 2013
Creator:
Castillo, Vogel & Okon, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mike McKool, December 31, 1971
Interview with Senator Mike McKool, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. McKool discusses his education and career in law; voter registration legislation; legislative procedure in the congress; lobbyists; the House Speaker's powers and reform of the race for the office; ethics legislation; legislature staffing and committees; residence requirements for congressmen; taxation; appropriations; lobby registration; and the insurance industry.
Date:
December 31, 1971
Creator:
Riddlesperger, James & McKool, Mike
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. Maurice Keathley, May 24, 1995
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Interview with E. Maurice Keathely, an employee of Prudential Insurance from Houston, Texas, who was involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture. Keahtley discusses his educational background, work at Prudential, his responsibilities with "Kai-Pru", the value and benefits of the venture, key members of the companies, the financial arrangement and organization of the venture, marketing, HMO's, inter-company cooperation, difficulties and criticisms, and the Texas Medical Association.
Date:
May 24, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Keathley, E. Maurice
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, August 6, 1971
Interview with James Stroud, who was an employee of the Dallas Cotton Exchange and Home Owners Loan Corporation, from Dallas, Texas. Stroud recounts his experience during the Great Depression and New Deal era in the DFW area, including his father's meat processing business, the beginnings of HOLC in Dallas, the kind's of people they assisted, the terms for HOLC loans, government finance, and his opinions of Franklin Roosevelt.
Date:
August 6, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stroud, James W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, November 28, 1972
Interview with Representative Jim Stroud, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Stroud discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: legislation considered in the second session; the election of a House Speaker, and Jim Nugent and DeWitt Hale's aspirations to the post; the "Dirty Thirty" and lobbyists; the election of Rayford Price; the state budget; the insurance industry and related legislation. Also included is a newspaper clipping of Stroud's obituary.
Date:
November 28, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stroud, James W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, January 20, 1982
Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, Republican politician and businessman from Dallas, Texas, discussing his experiences as a member of the Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. Agnich discusses his work in the Texas House of Representatives, elections, Governor William Clements, other legislators, taxes, recent bills, and redistricting.
Date:
January 20, 1982
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J., 1913-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with D. D. Hill, October 1, 1989
Interview with D. D. Hill, a United States Navy veteran from Pharr, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey.
Date:
October 1, 1989
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hill, D. D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carl B. Mason, July 28, 1981
Interview with Carl B. Mason, a United States Army veteran from Dallas, Texas, regarding his experiences as a member of the 3rd Engineer Battalion stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of 1941.
Date:
July 28, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Mason, Carl B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986
Interview with Howard Yergin, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York City. Yergin discusses his career with the company, including his education and Army service, hiring by Caltex, move to Shanghai in 1948 and business conducted there, businessmen who helped reestablish Caltex's Chinese market after WWII, fleeing China in 1949, attempts at recouping capital from the Chinese government, operations in Hong Kong, changes in the oil market over the years, corporate financing, internal reorganization, OPEC, Persian Gulf economies, South African operations, the tanker fleet, and the company's move from New York to Dallas.
Date:
{1986-01-23,1986-01-24}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Yergin, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joel K. Walker, November 11, 1971
Interview with Joel Walker, an employee of the Home Owners' Loan Association from Marietta, Oklahoma. Walker worked for the HOLA in Dallas during the Great Depression; he discusses working at a bank in Roswell, New Mexico, unemployment, hiring with HOLA in Dallas, how the Association operated, loan terms, mortgages, and foreclosures.
Date:
November 11, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Walker, Joel K.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Houston James, May 26, 1983
Interview with Houston James, a United States Navy veteran from Brooklyn, New York. James recalls his experiences as a member of Patrol Squadron 24 stationed on Ford Island during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
May 26, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & James, Houston
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Emre Ersin Ozer, January 19, 2013
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Interview with Emre Ersin Ozer, a software engineer and immigrant to Texas from Sivas, Turkey. Ozer discusses his family background, his education, his marriage, Turkish culture and community in the US, the effect of the 2008 financial crisis, immigration, graduate school, work, and citizenship.
Date:
January 19, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Ozer, Emre Ersin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. W. Salmon, November 19, 1971
Interview with W. W. Salmon, an employee of the Home Owners' Loan Association from Denton, Texas, and Martin Edwards, also an HOLA employee, from South Carolina. Salmon and Edwards worked in the HOLA Dallas Regional Office during the Great Depression. They discuss the effect of the depression on Dallas, their opinions of Franklin Roosevelt, the beginnings of the HOLA, its operations and management, and their opinions on its impact.
Date:
November 19, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Salmon, W. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library