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Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006

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Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education.
Date: April 3, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Block, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert B. Block, a United States Navy veteran from Yorktown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Block, Albert B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987

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.
Date: April 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kennedy, Albert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert Kamenicky, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert Kamenicky, a United States Navy veteran from Rogers, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kamenicky, Albert
System: The UNT Digital Library

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 Ali H. Heidari, April 20, 2011

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Interview with Ali Heidari, an Iranian immigrant, realtor, and restaurateur from Tehran. Heidari discusses growing up, education, moving to Athens, Texas in 1975, attending UT Arlington, getting into real estate, his family, his reaction to the 1979-81 hostage crisis, experiences as an immigrant in DFW, and his thoughts on American youth and culture.
Date: April 20, 2011
Creator: Nabors, Daniel J. & Heidari, Ali H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978

Interview with Navy veteran Ben Dei Santi. The interview includes Dei Santi's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 21, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dei Santi, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988

Interview with Ben Russell, a United States Navy veteran from Memphis Tennessee, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Russell, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, April 2, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, April 2, 1982

Interview with Bill Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, concerning his recollections and experiences during the 67th session of the Texas legislature. He introduces the elections of 1980, House bills created during that time, views of active politicians, and issues debated during the session.
Date: April 2, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bill King, April 26, 2018

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Interview with Dr. Bill King, a radiologist from Denton, Texas. King discusses his family background and upbringing, working for the Denton County Chronicle as a teenager, grade school, attending North Texas State College and becoming a doctor, the history of the Rotary Club, and his involvement in it.
Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Chegwidden, Caitlin & King, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014

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Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, the Black Panthers, King's assassination, work in Dallas ISD, and continued work with the NAACP, including tenure as president of the Dallas chapter. In appendix is Fields' "colored" ticket to the Texas State Fair from 1954.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986

Interview with C. N. Swain, a Navy WWII veteran from Kernes, Texas. Swain discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the service and training, life and work aboard the Vestal, operations before December 7th, being knocked overboard by a Japanese torpedo and the destruction of the USS Arizona, and service afterwards.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Swain, C. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974

Interview with C. R. Gross, civil servant and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Gross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 8, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gross, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carl Denmon, April 8, 2006

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Interview with Carl Denmon, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood in Houston, Texas and undergraduate education at Wiley College. Additionally, Denmon discusses his employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton, graduate studies in Music and Education at NTSU, his career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College, and his perceptions of changes in Denton and at North Texas over forty years.
Date: April 8, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Denmon, Carl
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 David and Virginia Ciruli, April 18, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, April 18, 1987

Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, farmers and ranchers from Pueblo, Colorado, to gather their recollections and experiences as second generation Italians. They discuss their education, the immigration experience of their parents, the establishment of their own farming and ranching business, and their children.
Date: April 18, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Ciruli, David & Ciruli, Virginia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986

Interview with Army veteran David Bedell. The interview includes Bedell's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 443rd Signal Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bedell, David
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David McGuire, April 2, 1990

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Interview with David McGuire, a college professor from Waldo, Kansas, regarding his education and music background, career in music education at the University of North Texas, the development of the College of Music, and band history.
Date: April 2, 1990
Creator: Spencer, David & McGuire, David C.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Diane Ragsdale, April 21, 2014

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Interview with Diane Ragsdale, a civil rights activist and city councilwoman from Dallas, Texas. Ragsdale discusses her work with the NAACP Youth Council and Southern Christian Leadership Conference as a young person, school integration, various civil rights campaigns in Dallas, the South Dallas Information Center, neighborhood planning issues, marches and demonstrations, and her work on city council.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: Edelbrock, Kyle & Ragsdale, Diane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986

Interview with Navy veteran Edward Jones. The interview includes Jones' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter written by Jones.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Effie McQueen, April 30, 2013

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Interview with Effie McQueen from Marshall, Texas. McQueen discusses her childhood and education, attending North Texas State University, participation in civil rights activism, getting the streets of south Denton paved, Quakertown, employment and discrimination, her church involvement, the Denton County Courthouse, and reflections on the town. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Den County Confederate Memorial.
Date: April 30, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & McQueen, Effie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan, April 25, 2014

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Interview with Eva McMillan, a civil rights activist from Tennessee. McMillan discusses growing up in the segregated South, her family, early involvement in civil rights, experiences of racism and discrimination, her son Ernie's establishing a chapter of the SNCC at UT Arlington, Ernie's arrests and imprisonment, founding various advocacy and activism groups in Dallas, milestones and tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement, conflict with the police and the decline of the SNCC, and reflections on her work. In appendix are photos of McMillan and Dallas-area civil rights activists, a flier, and newspaper clippings.
Date: April 25, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & McMillan, Eva
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ford Edwards, April 23, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ford Edwards, April 23, 1988

Interview with Ford Edwards, a United States Navy veteran from Georgetown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Patterson.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Edwards, Ford
System: The UNT Digital Library