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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Weldon O. Western, February 18, 1987
Interview with Weldon O. Western, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Chico, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date:
February 18, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Western, Weldon O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, February 18, 1977
Interview with J. C. Matthews, Former president of North Texas State College and North Texas State University, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, he discusses his experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College in the 1950's, and the initial period of integration on campus. He also expresses his views on the Atkins suit, the Campus Theatre incident, the desegregation of local businesses, and the desegregation of the athletic program.
Date:
February 18, 1977
Creator:
Mangrum, Robert & Matthews, J. C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Renne Allred, Jr., 1968
Interview with Renne Allred, Jr., an attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). The interview includes Allred's experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s, James Allred's gubernatorial campaigns, early insurance litigation, appointment as assistant state attorney general (1953), state insurance frauds and scandals, and the U. S. Trust and Guaranty case. It also includes his relationship with the Texas Insurance Board, and his opinions on accounting and bookkeeping irregularities, Texas Mutual and General American cases, the role of Byron Saunders, legislative investigating committees, fraudulent activities of Ben Jack Cage, the roles of Texas Attorneys General Will Wilson and John Ben Sheppard, the suit against Republic Bank of Dallas and the role of Ralph Yarborough.
Date:
March 17, 1969
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale & Allred, Renne
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. S. Turbeville, June 17, 1981
Interview with C. S. Turbeville, one of the founders of Bomber Bait Company in Gainesville, Texas, regarding his family background, upbringing on the farm, connection to business and the stores his family owned, research and testing of baits, fishing tournaments, and involvement in the Chamber of Commerce. (appliance store)
Date:
July 17, 1981
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Turbeville, Clarence S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clarence S. Turbeville, June 17, 1981
Transcript of an interview with Clarence S. ("Turby") Turbeville, one of the founders of Bomber Bait Company in Gainesville, Texas. Turbeville discusses his family background, his employment by his father selling appliances, butane gas systems, and sporting goods in Gainesville in 1934, the sale of the butane business in 1944, experimentation with fish baits, and his partnership with Ike Walker in founding Bomber Bait Company. At the end of the interview, a one-page leaflet is inserted that describes the influence of Turbeville, as well as the history of the Bomber Bait Company and of Bomber baits.
Date:
June 17, 1981
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Turbeville, Clarence S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966
Interview with Tom Bullock Hyder, a Democratic Texas State Legislator from Denton, Texas. Hyder recounts his time in state government from 1928 to about 1940, discussing lobbying, the growth of the state's industries, liquor laws, state education, his relations with various prominent state figures and politicians, campaigns, and other topics.
Date:
May 12, 1966
Creator:
Kamp, H. W. & Hyder, Bullock
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marvin Gearhart, August 17, 1982
Transcript of an interview with Marvin Gearhart, chairman of board, president, and CEO of Gearhart Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas about his experiences in the oil industry and Gearhart Industries' success.
Date:
August 17, 1982
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Gearhart, Marvin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clarence Vernon Mangrem, April 18, 1977
Interview with Clarence Mangrem, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry, Company I during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
April 18, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Mangrem, Clarence V.
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 Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984
Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fred Salmon and her entry into ranching at Nocona in 1938; Fred Salmon's family background; ranching activities and shipping cattle to the Fort Worth and Bowie markets; her experiences raising sheep, chickens, hogs, and horses, and a description of the ranch hands.
Date:
November 7, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Salmon, Ruth Scantlin Roach, 1896-1986
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jean Kooker, February 2, 1988
Interview with teacher and community activist Jean Kooker from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Kooker discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the early days of the organization, the desegregation and integration of public schools, public eating places, and housing, the establishment of Denton Christian Preschool, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, voter registration, and meeting programs.
Date:
February 2, 1988
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & Kooker, Jean
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kyle O. Thompson, March 9, 1977
Interview with Kyle Thompson, a journalist, 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. Thompson talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
March 9, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Thompson, Kyle, 1922-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charley Fenoglio, December 7, 1981
Interview with Charley Fenoglio, a United States Navy veteran from Montague, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania.
Date:
December 7, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fenoglio, Charley
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 Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983
Interview with high school football coach Raymond Clement from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Raymond discusses his experiences as the football coach during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date:
July 6, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Clement, Raymond
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal Diary of Mrs. Dan Moody
The personal diary of Mrs. Dan Moody, the wife of former Texas Governor Dan Moody. The diary covers her term as First Lady of Texas while residing in the Governor's Mansion.
Date:
May 25, 1969
Creator:
Moody, Daniel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Mrs. Dan Moody, 1968
Interview with Mrs. Dan Moody, wife of former Texas Governor Dan Moody. The interview includes reminiscences of her husband's political career, the Al Smith campaign of 1928, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, and excerpts from her Mansion Diary.
Date:
August 16, 1968
Creator:
Gantt, Fred & Moody, Daniel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Elinor W. King, January 9, 1992
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Interview with schoolteacher Elinor W. King from Denton, Texas. In the interview, King describes her life as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, and includes comments about fellow classmates, teachers, activities, sports, discipline, classes, and summer jobs. King also discusses the desegregation of Denton and the closing of Fred Moore School.
Date:
January 9, 1992
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & King, Elinor W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Harrell Edmund Chiles, 1980
Interview with Harrell Edmund Chiles, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Western Company. He discusses his family, formation of the Western Company, oil exploration, history of the oil industry in Texas, his political views, and his "I'm Mad" campaign.
Date:
1980-01/1980-09
Creator:
Smallwood, J. B. & Chiles, H. E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gladys Barnes Lawhon, May 22, 2008
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Interview with long-time Denton resident Gladys Barns Lawhon for the Denton Historical Commission Museum. The interview includes Lawhon's family history, personal experiences about her childhood, life in Denton, impressions of neighbors, teaching music, and her travels for the National Guild of Piano Teachers.
Date:
May 22, 2008
Creator:
Nelson, Martha Len & Lawhon, Gladys Barnes
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Hazel Harvey Peace, 2003-2004
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Interview with Hazel Harvey Peace, a teacher and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas, who was instrumental in expanding education for black citizens of the area. Peace discusses her parents, her education, becoming a teacher, working at various institutions over her life, books and entertainment growing up, her roll as a mentor, Fort Worth neighborhoods and the black communities, contemporary problems with integration and racism, admired leaders, her plays, her faith, and more.
Date:
2003-02-20/2004-03-28
Creator:
Sprecht-Kelly, Melody & Harvey-Peace, Hazel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, June 24, 1971
Interview with Democratic attorney L. DeWitt Hale, a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. He also share his thoughts on many issues that include revenue bills, corporate profits tax, the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, legislative ethics, the "Dirty Thirty", appropriations, redistricting, and personal legislation.
Date:
June 24, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren Amy, April 17, 1996
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Interview with Warren Amy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Amy discusses Submarine School in New London, Connecticut (1943-1944), his assignment to the Chub (1944), his responsibilities as an electrician's mate, and various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.
Date:
April 17, 1996
Creator:
Maglaughlin, Barry & Amy, Warren
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library