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Oral History Interview with Gloria Campos, October 24, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gloria Campos, October 24, 2012

Interview with Gloria Campos, a journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, and her career as a reporter.
Date: October 24, 2012
Creator: Aguilar, Elvira & Campos, Gloria
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles M. Lagow, October 11, 2000

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Interview with Charles M. Lagow, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Lagow discusses his family history, attending Texas A&M, joining the CCC, the lead up to war, activation and training with the 352nd Engineer Battalion, deployment to Khorramshahr, Iran, building roads, delivering supplies to the Soviets, crash landing in a B-17 in Palestine, returning to the States and transfer to the 1346th Eng. Bat., deployment to Okinawa, occupation duty and Japanese holdouts, thoughts on Hideki Tojo, attitudes towards the Japanese, shell shock and mental breakdowns, the atomic bomb, and life after the war.
Date: October 11, 2000
Creator: Ripley, Christopher & Lagow, Charles Marshall
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Diego Echevarria, October 14, 2015

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Interview with Diego Echevarria, an Mexican-American immigrant from Mexico City. Echevarria discusses his childhood, life in Mexico City, living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, moving to Texas City, experiences in school, moving to Irving, Texas, ESL, reflections on Mexico City, the visa process, the DREAM Act, employment, and immigration rhetoric in America.
Date: October 14, 2015
Creator: Nichols, Cynthia & Echevarria, Diego
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mary Franklin, October 18, 2013

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Interview with Mary Franklin, an activist in the Dallas LGBT community from Riverhead, New York. Franklin discusses her family background, the neighborhood she grew up in in, dyslexia and struggles in school, her sexuality and coming out, the LGBT scene on Long Island, "gay" as a term, her first girlfriend, Anita Bryant, applying for a marriage license on National Coming Out Day, feminism and activism, moving to Dallas, the decriminalization of homosexuality in Texas, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, threats, involvement with the Unitarian Church, working at the Food Pantry, and changes in societal attitudes towards LGBT.
Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Castillo, Vogel Vladimir & Franklin, Mary
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Drake, 2002

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Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.
Date: October 16, 2002
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Drake, Edward J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

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 David Braden, October 8, 1994

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Interview with David Braden, an Army Air Force WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Braden served as a navigator/radar-bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific; he recounts being in ROTC at North Texas Agricultural College and signing up for the Air Corps Reserves, flight training, the B-29, his crewmates, assignment to Saipan, organization of a bombing mission, the jetstream, flak and fighters, being shot down, switching crews, targets, briefings, recreation, Japanese holdouts on Saipan, fighter escorts, returning stateside, and leaving the service. In appendix is a letter sent to Dr. Marcello by Braden containing some corrections for the interview.
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Braden, David, 1924-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972

Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date: October 25, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, October 18, 2007

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Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, an Airman in the US Air Force Reserves from Dallas, Texas. Billingsley discusses his childhood and education, enlisting in the Air Force, basic training and technical school, his duties as a Aircraft Armament Systems specialist, memorable experiences, and plans for the future.
Date: October 17, 2007
Creator: Bonine, Rebecca & Billingsley, Tyrel James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Moore, October 26, 2013

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Interview with Robert Moore, a LGBT-focus journalist from Hurst, Texas. Moore discusses attending Texas Tech University, his career, working for Dallas Gay News and starting Dallas Voice, changes in attitudes toward LGBT people in Texas, HIV-AIDS, LGBT guilds and associations, and keeping up with changing media.
Date: October 26, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Moore, Robert Wade
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Lissette Moreno, October 17, 2015

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Interview with Lissette Moreno, a Mexican-American immigrant and activist from Monterrey, Mexico. Moreno discusses her childhood, moving to Dallas, family struggles with poverty, education, testifying in favor of the Texas Dream Act, college, reflections on immigration, the DREAM Act, being present for Pope Francis' 2015 address to the US Congress, and her faith.
Date: October 17, 2015
Creator: Herman, Thomas & Moreno, Lissette
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Michael Miles, October 31, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Michael Miles, October 31, 2018

Interview with Mike Miles, the former Vice President of Government Relations at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) from Dallas, Texas. While the interview briefly covers aspects of his life in Ohio and Dallas, it focuses on his career with DART. Miles discusses the many successes and failures of public transportation in regards to improving mobility management. He indicates that there has been a shift in perception of public transit since the 1970s and more people are looking for alternative methods to travel.
Date: October 31, 2018
Creator: Moye, Todd & Miles, Michael
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with B. D. Fillmore, October 9, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with B. D. Fillmore, October 9, 1973

Audio interview with B. D. Fillmore, a veteran of World War II from Dallas, Texas, regarding his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after being captured on the island of Java in 1942. Fillmore discusses his transfer to several different camps as a part of the "Lost Battalion."
Date: October 9, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fillmore, B. D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with D. D. Hill, October 1, 1989 (open access)

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 Herbert Young, October 1, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Herbert Young, October 1, 1989

Interview with Herbert Young, a United States Navy veteran from Forest Hill, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Worden.
Date: October 1, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Herbert W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980

Interview with Gene Freeland, an assistant to the regional representative at the Labor Department from Dallas, Texas. He discusses the labor climate in Texas, his involvement with the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and representation of unions in politics.
Date: October 12, 1980
Creator: King, Amelia Kay & Freeland, Gene
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980

Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.
Date: October 19, 1980
Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louise Raggio, October 31, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louise Raggio, October 31, 1980

Interview with Louise Raggio about her career and the passage of the Texas Family Code. She discusses her education, internships, work with the National Youth Administration and the League of Women Voters in Austin, work as a prosecutor and as chairman of several law associations, and other legal activities.
Date: October 31, 1980
Creator: Saxon, Gerald & Raggio, Louise Ballerstedt, 1919-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Shazia Ali, October 15, 2012

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Interview with Dr. Shazia Ali, a professor from Dallas, Texas. Ali discusses her life and career as a Pakistani-American, including her family origins, growing up in Karachi and Dubai, her education, her work for a newspaper, the slums of Karachi, meeting her husband, being married over the phone, emigrating to Dallas, employment at UT-Dallas, having children, attending Richland College, cultural effects of September 11th, getting a PhD, parenting, and navigating cultures.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Cloer, Katherine & Ali, Shazia
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 Lloyd B. Shipman, October 23, 1993

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Interview with Lloyd Shipman, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Dallas, Texas. Shipman discusses his family and education, the impact of the Great Depression, joining the CCC and assignment to Bartlett, Texas, work as a typist, discipline and regimentation in the camp, daily routine, education services, recreation, and his thoughts on the impact of the CCC. In appendix are a chapter from an autobiography by Shipman, and two poems that he wrote.
Date: October 23, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Shipman, Lloyd B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, October 21, 2009

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Interview with assistant professor of music history at UNT Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Alonso-Minutti's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico, attending college at Universidad de las Americas, discovering music history as a discipline of study, a one-year course of study in theology in Dallas, choir direction at a church in England, attending graduate school, and accepting a job offer from UNT. Additionally, Alonso-Minutti discusses family history, her grandparents' migration from Spain and Italy, her first impressions of the U.S., the decision to study musicology in the U.S. or Great Britain, the citizenship process, and the contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Onspaugh, Patrick & Alonso-Minutti, Ana R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Sharon Acierno, October 9, 2007

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Interview with Sharon "Tommie" Acierno, Vietnam War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Acierno's personal experiences about childhood, dropping out of high school and enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and clerical training, working as drill sergeant at Ft. McClellan, struggling with alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, and working with the Vietnam Veterans of America group. Acierno also discusses her coming out experience, volunteering for assignment to Vietnam, her clerical duties with a logistics unit at Long Binh, the camaraderie among gay and straight troops, her experiences with apathetic citizens and antiwar protesters upon return to the U.S., deciding to leave the Army and relocate to Dallas, her experience in the Veterans Administration psychiatric ward, and her opinions regarding the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy and the treatment of women in the military generally. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: October 9, 2007
Creator: Mims, Michael & Acierno, Sharon
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library