Episode 37: How the Microprocessor Changed the World with Dr. Darrel VanDyke transcript

Episode 37: How the Microprocessor Changed the World with Dr. Darrel VanDyke

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Darrel VanDyke, OLLI at UNT Advisory Council member and author of "Fire in the Mind: The 1970s Computer Decade." Susan and Dr. VanDyke discuss the development of the microprocessor in 1970, and resulting technological advancements in the computer industry in the decades following.
Date: April 8, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dean Caswell, December 8, 2021 transcript

Oral History Interview with Dean Caswell, December 8, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dean Caswell. Caswell volunteered for the Marine Corps two weeks prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He eventually went to flight training before being assigned aboard USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) from which he flew Corsairs. Caswell made over 100 combat flights from Bunker Hill, eventually becoming an ace with Marine Fighter Squadron 221 (VMF-221). He shares on anecdote about getting seven enemy planes in one mission. He also shares anecdotes from throughout his long career in the Marine Corps.
Date: December 8, 2021
Creator: Caswell, Dean
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dewey Holden, January 8, 2021 transcript

Oral History Interview with Dewey Holden, January 8, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dewey A. Holden. Holden joined the Navy Coast Guard on December 15, 1941. He was stationed in Mobile, Alabama and served aboard the HMS Larkspur (K82). In 1942, he was assigned to bosun mate training at Manhattan Beach, New York. Later, Holden was assigned to Picket Boat #3836 in New Orleans, LA. He transported bar pilots and ship supplies from the Gulf of Mexico up through the Mississippi River to stations located in Southwest Pass and South Pass. He speaks of the activity and threat of German submarines in this area during late 1942. He continued this service throughout the war, and was discharged on October 26, 1945.
Date: January 8, 2021
Creator: Holden, Dewey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Heinz Bachman, March 8, 2021 transcript

Oral History Interview with Heinz Bachman, March 8, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Heinz Bachman. Bachman was born in Germany in 1921 and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1924. Upon graduating from high school in 1939, he joined the Army Air Corps and underwent basic training in Hawaii. Bachman trained as an auto mechanic and was assigned to Hickam Airfield, Hawaii. He tells of his experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later, he was selected for flight training and recalls the disappointment he felt when he washed out of the program. In 1945 he was sent to England and was as a member of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey teams to serve as an interpreter.
Date: March 8, 2021
Creator: Bachman, Heinz
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wesley Phelps interview with Dick Peeples, September 8, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Dick Peeples, September 8, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 8th, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Dick Peeples on his involvement with gay activism in Dallas in the 1970s and 1980s. Peeples speaks his involvement with the Dallas Gay Political Caucus alongside Steve Wilkins, Louise Young, and Don Baker. He then covers the trial of Baker v. Wade, explaining his efforts to challenge penal code 21.06, a discriminatory code which criminalized homosexual acts, alongside Don Baker and attorney Jim Barber.
Date: September 8, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library