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Oral History Interview with Alessandro Buccilli, April 6, 2011

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Interview with Italian immigrant Alessandro Buccilli, Director of Marketing and Sales Administration for Peterbilt Motors Company, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Buccilli discusses his family background in Rome, Italy, his education, employment in the U.S., the shifts in perceptions about Italy and the U.S., social responsibility, learning English, his perspectives on the importance of language and culture, raising American children, and his legacy. The interview also includes Buccilli's comparisons of opportunities, bureaucracy, culture, and national immigration debates in Italy and the U.S.
Date: April 6, 2011
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Buccilli, Alessandro
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Elijah Collins, Jr., December 6, 2001

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Interview with Navy veteran Elijah Collins Jr. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Blue during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Collins also talks about the Battle of Savo Island and the sinking of the Blue.
Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Collins, Elijah, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Herb Elfering, December 6, 2001

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Interview with electrical engineer and Army veteran Herb Elfering, The interview includes Elfering's personal experiences with a searchlight/radar battery, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment, at camp Malekole during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Elfering also gives brief descriptions of his later experiences at Bougainville and Luzon.
Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Elfering, Herb
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Alan A. Fouts, December 6, 2001

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Interview with Navy veteran Alan A. Fouts. The interview includes Fouts' personal experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Fouts, Alan A., 1920-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, October 6, 2007

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Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, Korean War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Ambrose's personal experiences of childhood, basic training, volunteering for service in Korea, and attending Arlington State College using GI Bill benefits. Additionally, Ambrose discusses family experiences in military service, the decision to join the Marines, assignments to Quantico and Yorktown, Virginia, his brief combat experience and assignment to the Main Line of Resistance near the Imjin River, his discharge from the Marines, and his career with Bell Helicopter.
Date: October 6, 2007
Creator: Ball, Gregory & Ambrose, Earl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995

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Interview with Odis Taylor concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Taylor worked at camps in Pierce, Idaho (Company 5702) and Emida, Idaho (Company 229).
Date: October 6, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Taylor, Odis S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Lillian Childress Texas Woman's College Memory Scrapbook] (open access)

[Lillian Childress Texas Woman's College Memory Scrapbook]

Scrapbook from a student at Texas Women's college that contains messages and photos from fellow students, as well as ephemera from school events.
Date: 1920-01-06/1921-02-10
Creator: Childress, Lillian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $514 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $514 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $514 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: June 6, 2012
Creator: Combs, Susan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Local Governments to Receive $ 417 Million in Sales Tax Revenue (open access)

Local Governments to Receive $ 417 Million in Sales Tax Revenue

This document provides information on the distribution of $417 million in sales tax revenue to local governments.
Date: April 6, 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Golden Jubilee of Shearith Israel Congregation (open access)

Golden Jubilee of Shearith Israel Congregation

Book discussing the history of Shearith Israel Congregation and the events planned to celebrate the synagogue's 50th anniversary. The booklet also contains personal memorials, congratulation messages, and information on past presidents of the synagogue.
Date: September 6, 1963
Creator: Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with O. L. Davis, March 6, 1993

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Interview with O.L. Davis concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Davis worked at a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico (Company 2868).
Date: March 6, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Davis, O. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Claud H. Gilmer, April 6, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Claud H. Gilmer, April 6, 1968

Interview with Representative Claud H. Gilmer, a Texas state legislator from Rocksprings, Texas. Gilmer discusses his entry into politics, his first campaign for election, his experiences as a freshman in congress, the "Immortal Fifty-six," his position on the Omnibus Tax Bill, his relationship with Price Daniel, his views on Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, bills he sponsored, his impression of Daniel as House Speaker, appointing house committee members, his thoughts on the House Speaker as an office, public education in Texas, his thoughts on governor Beauford H. Jester, and his time as Speaker.
Date: April 6, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Gilmer, Claud H.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James Riley Chennault, August 6, 2003

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Interview with Army veteran James Riley Chennault. The interview includes Chennault's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood in Mississippi, moving to Texas in 1939, joining the 112th Cavalry, training, combat, and the Battle of Driniumor River. Chennault also talks about the mobilization of the Texas National Guard, Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, rotation to the states, his assignment to a pack mule outfit, his discharge from the Army, and the daily routine of life in the horse cavalry. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Chennault, James Riley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968

Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. It also includes his personal views on appropriations, revenue bills, the budget-making process, the legislature's relationship with Governor John Connally, liquor legislation, and urban-rural conflict.
Date: February 6, 1970
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Audrey Daniels Kariel, August 6, 2019

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Interview with Audrey Kariel, former Mayor of Mashall, Texas, discussing her family, upbringing in Corsicana, being Jewish during World War II, segregation, her education and marriage, becoming Chairman of the City Commission as Mayor of Marshall, Texas, race relations over the years, and becoming Chair of the Marshall Chamber of Commerce.
Date: August 6, 2019
Creator: Lacy, David & Kariel, Audrey Daniels
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Katherine McGuire, April 6, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Katherine McGuire, April 6, 1988

Interview with community activist Katherine McGuire from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McGuire discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on what life was like living in a segregated community in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the Denton Christian Preschool, the desegregation of public schools and public facilities, the former president of North Texas State University John Kamerick, former NTSU poet-in-residence B. F. Maiz, integration of NTSU facilities, and the demise of the Fellowship.
Date: April 6, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & McGuire, Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Senator Betty Andujar, September 6, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Senator Betty Andujar, September 6, 1979

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.
Date: September 6, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Andujar, Betty, 1912-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with B. W. Bigger, December 6, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with B. W. Bigger, December 6, 1980

Interview with Army Air Corps veteran B. W. Bigger. The interview includes Bigger's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 6, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bigger, B. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy D. Blair, June 6, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy D. Blair, June 6, 1980

Interview with Navy veteran Roy D. Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 6, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blair, Roy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, December 6, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, December 6, 1972

Interview with Representative Jack Blanton, Democratic Texas State legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including funding state primaries, the election of house speaker Rayford Price, Governor Preston Smith's budget proposal, insurance rate making, the State Insurance Commission, and the Texas insurance industry.
Date: December 6, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond S. Cannon, June 6, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond S. Cannon, June 6, 1980

Interview with Navy veteran Raymond S. Cannon. The interview includes Myers' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 6, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cannon, Raymond S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983 (open access)

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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John N. Delia, May 6, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John N. Delia, May 6, 1984

Interview with Navy veteran John N. Delia. The interview includes Delia's personal experiences aboard YSD-19 (Yard Salvage Derrick) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 6, 1984
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Delia, John N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980

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.
Date: June 6, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillon, Joe Clyde
System: The UNT Digital Library