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Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012

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Interview with Ramon Ruiz, a civil servant of the Department of Education and advocate for Hispanic education from La Copita, Texas. Ruiz discusses his family history, growing up, school in Kingsville, local relations between Mexicans and white people, high school football, playing for North Texas State, becoming a coach for elementary school, joining the Job Corps, teaching inmates, working with school districts on desegregation in Texas, and work on various federal education programs in Washington with an emphasis on Hispanic communities and cooperation with Mexico. In appendix is a biography of Ruiz and his resumé.
Date: September 29, 2012
Creator: Juárez, Miguel & Ruiz, Ramon M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Arthur B. Clark, September 29, 2000

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Interview with Arhtur B. Clark, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. Clark discusses joining the National Guard, training and maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and surrender to the Japanese, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, labor on the Burma "Death" Railway, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a reference page and a written flight log by Col. Tom Sledge.
Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clark, Arthur B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marler W. Owen, September 29, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marler W. Owen, September 29, 1989

Interview with Marler W. Owen, a United States Navy veteran from Dallas, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin.
Date: September 29, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Owen, Marler W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leon Brown, September 29, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leon Brown, September 29, 1982

Interview with Leon Brown, professor of Trombone at the School of Music at North Texas State University. Brown discusses his work with Bob Makovsky, former band director and music department head at Oklahoma A&M College.
Date: September 29, 1982
Creator: Dugger, Rick & Brown, Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Gladys P. Crawford, September 29, 1995

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Interview with college professor Gladys P. Crawford from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Crawford discusses her experiences during the desegregation of North Texas State College in the 1950's.
Date: September 29, 1995
Creator: Hasier, Paulette & Crawford, Gladys P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. L. Daman, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with M. L. Daman, 1973

Interview with Colonel M.L. Daman, an Army veteran and a survivor of the siege of Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Daman discusses the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942-1943), Davao Penal Colony (1943-1944), Bilibid Prison again (1945), the fall of Manila, and his liberation. Includes an appendix.
Date: September 29, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Daman, M. L., 1915-
System: The UNT Digital Library