Oral History Interview with Hannah Lee, March 15, 2011

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Interview with Hyei-ok "Hannah" Lee, a jeweler and immigrant to Texas from Seoul, Korea. Lee discusses growing up and her education, her family, her children's schooling, traditional Korean family structure, and cultural differences and similarities. In appendix are photographs of items in Lee's home discussed in the interview, and explanations of cultural customs mentioned.
Date: March 15, 2011
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah & Lee, Hyai-ok (Hannah)
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frank L. Dolan, December 15, 1995

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Interview with Navy veteran Frank L. Dolan. The interview includes Dolan's personal experiences aboard the repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a narrative written by Dolan.
Date: December 15, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dolan, Frank L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Wilhelmina Delco, May 15, 2006

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Interview with Wilhelmina R. Fitzgerald Delco, former member of the Texas House of Representatives (D-Austin). The interview includes Delco's personal experiences about childhood and education, marriage to Exalton A. Delco, Jr., being involved in community issues, running for the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, her 1974 election to the Texas House of Representatives seat representing Travis County, and serving as Speaker Pro Tem of the House. Additionally, Delco speaks about her family's involvement in Chicago politics, the difficulty of desegregating Austin schools in a manner that shared resources equitably with all groups, serving on the Committee on Public Education and Committee on Higher Education, being involved in the National Conference of State Legislatures, including efforts to encourage divestiture from apartheid-South Africa, as well as her involvement in efforts to reform the Texas higher education funding system and her commitment to education as her life's work.
Date: May 15, 2006
Creator: Moye, Todd & Delco, Whilhelmina
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006

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Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date: July 15, 2006
Creator: Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John L. Dillingham, December 15, 1995

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Interview with John D. Dellingham, a Navy WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Dellingham discusses his experiences aboard the USS Hull at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his decision to join the Navy, training, assignment to the Hull, work and life on the ship, operations prior to December 7th, the crew's reaction to the attack and performance in the battle, operations afterwards, and his service later in the war.
Date: December 15, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillingham, John L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ken Coffelt, July 15, 1990

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Interview with Ken Coffelt, an employee at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine from Arlington, Texas. Coffelt discusses joining TCOM in 1973, the different managers and employees there at the time, the atmosphere of the college administration, morale, and moves within and from the College.
Date: July 15, 1990
Creator: Rafes, Richard & Coffelt, Ken
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Walter Palmer, March 15, 1995

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Interview with Walter Palmer, an employee with Kaiser Permanente from Kansas City, Missouri, who worked with the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture in Texas insurance during the 1980s. Palmer discusses his background and joining Kaiser, the start of the venture, people involved, financial and managerial arrangements, group practice, facilities, difficulties with servicing the DFW area, and some reflections on his time in the business.
Date: March 15, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Palmer, Walter K.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Luther G. Strange, October 15, 1996

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Interview with Luther G. Strange, a United States Army veteran from Arlington, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Hickam Field as a member of the Army Medical Corps.
Date: October 15, 1996
Creator: Blanchette, Scott & Strange, Luther G.
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
System: The UNT Digital Library