Interview with Charles Timlin, a Navy WWII veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Timlin discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including is entry into the service, assignment to the Vestal, training and life on the ship, the night before the attack, events during the morning of the attack, and some details about service in the war afterwards.

Interview with J. L. "Smokey" Sherman, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Ponder, Texas. Sherman discusses joining the Army in 1940, going to the Philippines and being stationed on Corregidor, the siege and fall of the island, his escape from capture and time as a guerrilla, surrender, and experiences in internment at Cabanatuan and Kobe.

Interview with William Hunter McLean, insurance executive, former chair of the Texas State board of Insurance (1963-68), and chairman of the Johnson-Humphrey campaign in Texas. The interview includes McLean's comments on the evolution of the State Board of Insurance, insurance scandals of the mid-1950s, fire and casualty rate-making, automobile insurance and the Johnson-Humphrey campaign in Texas.

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.

Interview with Senator Betty Andujar, a Republican Texas state legislator from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Andujar discusses her experiences attending the 66th Legislative Session of the Texas Senate, including her impressions of the Republican Party in Texas, the demographics of the district she represents, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion rights, the State Affairs committee, taxes, and legal cases.

Interview with Clarence and Nona Scantlin, business-owners from Forth Worth, Texas. The Scantlins discuss their respective family histories and upbringing, their marriage, Clarence's work with Sandegaard's and Adam's grocery store and A&P Tea Company, starting his own grocery business, how the grocery and meat market were run, finances, quitting the grocery business, opening a business in furniture refinishing, how it was ran, and retirement.

Interview with Willie Jordan, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Newport, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.

Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, a United States Navy veteran from East Prairie, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after surviving the wreck of the USS Houston during World War II.

Interview with Jack Guin, a United States Navy veteran from Guin, Alabama, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the hydrographic vessel USS Sumner, originally called the Bushnell.

Interview with Gerald E. Wentworth, a United States Navy veteran from the Midwest, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee.

Interview with Maria Landowska, a Holocaust survivor from Metz, France. Landowska discusses family, her upbringing, her Jewish father being taken away by strangers, Kristallnacht (Chrystal Night/Night of Broken Glass), deportation by train to Dachau concentration camp, her shock and trauma, work at the camps, Auschwitz, being experimented on along with her twin, eventual recuperation, and her career as an advisor and author.

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.

Interview with Lee E. Johnson, a retired educator, concerning his recollections about military life during World War I. Johnson discusses his education; his enlistment in the Texas National Guard; his training at Pecan Gap; Camp Bowie; the formation of the 36th Division; officers training school at Camp Pike, Arkansas; embarkation for France; Saint-Amand and Saint-Nazairre.

Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Burris discusses his training, the fall of Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and being set free.

Interview with Father Francis Fernandex, a Roman Catholic priest and a Basque from Alsasua, Navarre, discussing the role of religion in Basque culture, his pursuit of the priesthood, the Spanish Civil War, and Basque customs.

Interview with Joe C. Dillon, a United States Navy veteran, concerning his memories of being aboard the cruiser, the USS Saint Louis, during the attack of December 7, 1941 on Peal Harbor. Dillon also discusses training, life in the Navy, and the other cruisers in the harbor during the attack.

Audio interview with Jack Mahan, a teacher, musician, and former student of Colonel Earl D. Irons, regarding his memories of studying under the bandmaster at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mahan discusses his own recollections as well as Colonel's involvement with the American Bandmasters Association and other musical organizations.

Interview with Frank Apalatea, Jr., a United States Army veteran from Bakersfield, California, regarding his experiences as a member of the 25th Infantry Division stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941.

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.

Interview with Dr. J. O. Phillips, a United States Navy veteran from Fort Worth, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7,1941 while aboard the USS Tangier.

Interview with Betty Andujar, a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Fort Worth, Texas, discussing her political career and experiences as a member of the 67th Texas Legislature. Andujar provides commentary on the gubernatorial elections, initiative-referendum, the state water plan, taxes, and new bills.

Audio interview with Elston Brooks, a journalist who worked at the Fort Worth Press and then the Star-Telegram, discussing his memories and experiences of being a newspaperman during the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. Brooks also discusses his love of music and performance.

Interview with Ben H. Wooten, a banker, public servant, and philanthropist. The interview includes Wooten's observations on the growth and development of banking and finance in the Southwest. The interview also includes his experiences in service during World War I as well as his multiple positions within the banking industry, including: assistant cashier of the Alba National Bank in Alba, Texas, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Farmersville, Texas, state bank examiner, Federal Home Loan Banking System, vice-president and member of the executive committee of Republic National Bank in Dallas, president of First National Bank, Dallas, chairman of the board of Dallas Federal Savings and Loan Association and multiple philanthropic activities.

Interviews with W. Hoyt Baird and Vernon Baird, chairman of the executive committee and President of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, respectively, concerning the history of the Mrs. Baird’s Bakery Co. and history of the Baird family of Fort Worth.