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[Saint James A. M. E. Church 110th Anniversary Book] (open access)

[Saint James A. M. E. Church 110th Anniversary Book]

Booklet containing information about the history of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church and a program of events held for the one hundred and tenth anniversary on June 2, 1985. It also contains membership and church information from 1985 and local advertisements.
Date: 1985
Creator: Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charlie Cole, March 5, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charlie Cole, March 5, 1985

Interview with county adult probation officer and former member of the North Texas State College football team Charlie Cole Jr., from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Cole recollects thoughts and memories from when he was a student at the college during the desegregation of athletics in 1956.
Date: March 5, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cole, Charlie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Scantlin, November 8, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Scantlin, November 8, 1985

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.
Date: November 8, 1985
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Scantlin, Clarence & Scantlin, Nona
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985

Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date: May 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wayne Martin, June 25, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Wayne Martin, June 25, 1984

Interview with Navy veteran Wayne Martin. The interview includes Martin's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 4, 1941.
Date: June 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Martin, Wayne
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jess Stanbrough, April 15, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jess Stanbrough, April 15, 1985

Interview with Jess Stanbrough, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Wichita Falls, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Stanbrough discusses his time in the Guard before the war, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and being captured, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, operating a clandestine radio, transfer to Japan, being an iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, American air and naval bombardment, and liberation.
Date: April 15, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stanbrough, Jess
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, August 11, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, August 11, 1985

Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, owners and operators of Hermosa Farms, Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the Dieterich's personal experiences about farming in Dallas, education, and establishing Hermosa Farms. The Dieterich's talk about their family backgrounds, Arthur's employment as operator of dairy cooperative with his brother in El Paso, Texas, the effect of the Great Depression on Dallas dairy businesses, milk processing and delivery operations, a typical day on a dairy farm, their change from retail to wholesale business, developing dairy herd, their cooperation with agricultural experiment stations, personnel practices, and civic and trade association activities. The interview includes an appendix with a family history written by Louise Caillet Dieterich.
Date: August 11, 1985
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Dieterich, Arthur
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Margarita Giustino, May 4, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Margarita Giustino, May 4, 1985

Transcript of an interview with Margarita Giustino. Giustino recollects about growing up with her family in San Sebastian, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. She gives her thoughts on identifying as Basque after the civil war, and the differences between city and country life.
Date: May 4, 1985
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Giustino, Margarita, 1985-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Francis X. Fernandez de Garyalde, April 28, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Francis X. Fernandez de Garyalde, April 28, 1985

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.
Date: April 28, 1985
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Fernandez de Garyalde, Francis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985

Interview with Harold Lewis, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his early experiences in refinery construction, his transfer to Caltex, his assignment to Bahrain, refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol), refinery construction in Japan, and the relationship between Caltex and Nippon Oil. He also talks about military fuel oil contracts, postwar refinery expansion, Caltex East, Caltex in Korea and the Philippines, executive transfers, the decision of Texaco and Socal to re-enter the European market in 1967, crude purchases, and OPEC.
Date: November 8, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Murdo MacIver, November 9, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Murdo MacIver, November 9, 1985

Interview with Murdo MacIver, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his experiences with the company. He comments on his educational background and early employment, his employment with Standard Oil Company of California, his transfer to Caltex in 1938, the expansion before World War II, Caltex during World War II, Bapco's refinery expansion, financing postwar refinery expansion, foreign exchange problems, banking syndicates, accounting methods, tanker construction, training of local nationals, T-2 tankers, the relationship between Caltex and subsidiaries, and Third World financial problems.
Date: November 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & MacIver, Murdo, 1901-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Herbert M. Fish, July 31, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Herbert M. Fish, July 31, 1985

Interview with Herbert M. Fish, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Boston, Massachusetts. Fish discusses his time working at Shell Oil during the Depression, experience in the U.S. Army, his duties at Caltex, marketing with Chinese agents and visiting China, dealing with Japanese executives, and Caltex European operations.
Date: August 31, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fish, Herbert M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leslie A. Smith, August 1, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leslie A. Smith, August 1, 1985

Interview with Leslie A. Smith, an employee of Caltex from Southend-on-Sea, England. Smith discusses how he came to Caltex in 1937, his work as an accountant in Bahrain, the company's organization and its relations with the oil business there, living arrangements and social life, World War II, issues with Bahraini labor politics, his transfer to New York and work there, and Caltex's worldwide operations.
Date: August 1, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, Leslie A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985

Interview with Darwin "Mac" McMillan, a long-term employee of Caltex from California, discussing his background, employment with Texaco and Standard Oil, the history of Caltex and his work as an executive there, his various assignment experiences in China the Philippines, Germany, India, and South Africa, and the oil market.
Date: September 16, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985

Interview with George Hargens, a former Caltex executive from San Francisco, California, to discuss his experiences working for Standard Oil during the Great Depression, his transfer to Caltex and establishment of the German market, work as a director of several oil companies, and leaving Caltex.
Date: September 14, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hargens, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985

Interview with William Tucker, a business executive from Boston, regarding his experiences working for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, their refinery construction and expansion during World War II and after the war, the oil industry, and Caltex in India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, and South Africa.
Date: September 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tucker, William
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John D. Fosque, August 2, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John D. Fosque, August 2, 1985

Interview with John Fosque, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, concerning his experiences as a long-time employee of Caltex (1936-1967).
Date: August 2, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fosque, John D., 1911-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frederick W. Dittus, September 13, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frederick W. Dittus, September 13, 1985

Interview with Frederick Dittus, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his early job experience with Standard Oil Company of California, the Dittus-Boelter equation, his pre-World War II experiences in Nazi Germany, construction of the Bahrain refinery for Bapco, the formation of Caltex in 1936, his transfer to Caltex, his activities during World War II, the postwar refinery expansion, and the evolution of the Technical Services Division.
Date: September 13, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dittus, Frederick W., 1897-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library