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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
13
Business Archives Project
5
Texas Community History Oral History Project
5
Texas Political History Oral History Project
5
Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
3
Flying Voices Oral History Project
3
The Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project
3
Business History Oral History Project
2
DFW Immigration Oral History Project
2
Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979
Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrating to Greece, working for the underground getting Jews out of Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt and Palestine, and migrating to the United States. Rosenzweig also talks of meeting her husband and their marriage, working in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, their move to Decatur, as well as their employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, the sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date:
November 15, 1979
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979
Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt, Palestine, and his migration to the U.S. Additionally, Rosenzweig talks about their meeting and marriage, work in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, moving to Decatur, employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date:
November 15, 1979
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 30, 1979
Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences about being a member of the 66th Legislature. Agnich talks about his relationship with Governor William Clements, appropriations, tax relief, the Peveto bill, consumer legislation, "Killer Bees," and the split primary.
Date:
November 30, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Hunter McLean, 1968
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.
Date:
November 16, 1968
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale & McLean, William Hunter
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. James V. Allred, 1967-1968
Interview with Mrs. James V. Allred, wife of former Governor James V. Allred, from Wichita Falls, Texas. The interview includes Allred's reminiscences of her husband's political career and her life in the Governor's Mansion.
Date:
November 12, 1968
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale; Stephens, A. Ray & Allred, James V.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970
Interview with Frank Fujita, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas. Fujita recounts his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "the Lost Battalion"), including: joining the Guard and deploying to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and assignment to Malang, Java; repelling a Japanese infantry assault; attempted evasion of Japanese forces before being captured; and internment and labor at Surabaja, Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and Omori Camp in Tokyo. Fujita recorded his POW experiences in an encrypted diary.
Date:
November 9, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970
Interview with Roy Allen, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Denton, Texas. Allen served during the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, after which he fought with Filipino guerrillas until his capture by Japanese forces in mid-1942. He was interned at the Del Monte Plantation, Mindanao, and later at Yokkaichi, Japan.
Date:
November 4, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Robert & Allen, Roy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Loren H. Brantley, November 19, 1971
Interview with Loren Brantley, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Daingerfield, Texas. Brantley discusses being stationed in Shanghai before the war, his experience in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked on December 8th, the Battle of Corregidor, and his internments at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, and a coal mine near Nagasaki.
Date:
November 19, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Brantley, Loren H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971
Interview with Frank A. Hoke, banker and attorney. The interview includes Hoke's personal experiences about being an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Hoke talks about mortgage buying, loan amortization, insurance, home improvements, accounting procedures, politics and patronage, taxes and appraising, foreclosures, and loan servicing.
Date:
November 24, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hoke, Frank A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frederick E. Gaupp, November 3, 1973
Interview with Frederick E. Gaupp, a college professor, concerning the experiences of a German intellectual during the period of the Weimar Republic and the early Hitler years. Gaupp discusses his middle-class family background, his service in World War I with a Rhenish artillery regiment, his education at the University of Breslau, the Sparticist uprising, Kapp Putsch, Freicorps activities, rampant inflation (1923-1924), and the effects of Allied reparations. He also talks about his employment with Ullstein (Berlin) publishing house, fighting between the Brown Shirts and the Communists, the role of the lower middle-class in supporting the Nazis, the Nazi suppression of Ullstein, and his decision to leave Germany in 1935.
Date:
November 3, 1973
Creator:
Burke, Kenneth Alton & Gaupp, Friedrich, 1897-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973
Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat and several camps on the Burma Railway, and near Nagasaki.
Date:
November 3, 1973
Creator:
Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur M. Sampley, 1973-1974
Interview with Dr. Arthur M. Sampley, a college professor, former college administrator, and former poet laureate from Denton Texas. In the interview, Dr. Sampley describes his life growing up in Denton and attending school at the University of Texas. He talks about becoming a poet and analyzes his poetry as well as describing tenure as director of libraries and vice-president for academic affairs at North Texas State College, his philosophy of teaching, and the desegregation of the college in 1955-56.
Date:
November 8, 1973
Creator:
Haggard, Margurite & Sampley, Arthur M.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Susan Huston, November 2, 2020
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Interview with Susan Huston, a career freelancer from Dallas, Texas. Huston discusses her background, initial involvement in the Dallas fashion industry, life as a freelancer, starting her own company, writing a book, teaching, preparations for fashion shows, modeling, and how the fashion industry has changed over the decades.
Date:
November 2, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Huston, Susan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cheryl Beck, November 4, 2019
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Cheryl Tatano Beck, distinguished professor of Nursing, whose research focuses on postpartum depression and traumatic birth. She discusses postpartum depression, perinatal health, women and mental health, maternal health, nursing, nurse-midwifery, nurse practitioners, Postpartum Support International, maternal-newborn nursing, research methods, instrument development, qualitative research, postpartum depression screening, Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS), traumatic childbirth, PTSD, and her work "Teetering on the Edge," amongst other studies.
Date:
November 4, 2019
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Beck, Cheryl Tatano
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jabina Coleman, November 3, 2022
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Jabina Coleman, a reproductive psychotherapist and certified lactation consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coleman discusses her involvement in supporting maternal health, from running Life House Lactation & Perinatal Services to founding groups like Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment, the Perinatal Mental Health and Alliance for People of Color, and the Maternal Wellness Village in Philadelphia. Coleman discusses her own pregnancy, postpartum depression, education, and motivation to become an advocate in her field.
Date:
November 3, 2022
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Coleman, Jabina
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984
Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fred Salmon and her entry into ranching at Nocona in 1938; Fred Salmon's family background; ranching activities and shipping cattle to the Fort Worth and Bowie markets; her experiences raising sheep, chickens, hogs, and horses, and a description of the ranch hands.
Date:
November 7, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Salmon, Ruth Scantlin Roach, 1896-1986
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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 Nolan Albarado, November 15, 1987
Interview with Nolan Albarado, a Army WWII veteran from Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Albarado discusses his experiences at Schofield Barracks, Oahu during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the Army and training, assignment to Schofield Barracks, life and operations there, liberty, the stockade, and later service in the war.
Date:
November 15, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Albarado, Nolan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James A. Nasser, November 13, 1987
Interview with James A. Nasser, a Army WWII veteran from Herrin, Illinois, who was present at the attack on Pear Harbor. Nasser discusses joining the Army, assignment to the 98th Coast Artillery at Schofield Barracks, work and training, liberty and recreation, the morning of the attack and shooting down a Japanese airplane, events afterwards, service later in the war, and work with veterans.
Date:
November 13, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Nasser, James A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Garland Romagosa, November 15, 1987
Interview with Garland Romagosa, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
November 15, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Romagosa, Garland
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul Decker, November 14, 1987
Interview with Paul Decker, a United States Navy veteran from Maurepas, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS California.
Date:
November 14, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Decker, Paul
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lawrence Varnell, November 12, 1987
Interview with Lawrence Varnell, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Maryland.
Date:
November 12, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Varnell, Lawrence
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry de Coligny, November 13, 1987
Interview with Henry de Coligny, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at the Ford Island Naval Air Station.
Date:
November 13, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & de Coligny, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Garland Romagosa, November 15, 1987
Interview with Garland Romagosa, a United States Navy veteran from New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS California.
Date:
November 15, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Romagosa, Garland
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library