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Oral History Interview with "Zeke" Campbell, September 14, 1996

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Interview with William M. "Zeke" Campbell, musician, concerning his experiences as a member of the "Light Crust Doughboys" western swing band, 1935-42. Campbell also discusses his early radio career, appearances in the movies of Gene Autry, and his musical influences. Includes a photocopy of a newspaper article from the Fort Worth Star Telegram dated June 17-18, 1981 written by Mike H. Price. Article is titled, "He may not be crusty but he's still in the swing" [1] page.
Date: September 14, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D.; Schotte, Will & Campbell, William M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Roy T. Holland, September 26, 1996

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Interview with Roy Holland, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: September 26, 1996
Creator: Sanchez, Jim & Holland, Roy T.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with J. Frank Rollins, July 20, 1996

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Interview with J. Frank Rollins, an oilman and a geophysicist, concerning his work experience with Petty Geophysical Engineering Company doing refraction seismic work; his employment with Geophysical Service, Inc.; doing reflection and refraction work in 1936; oil exploration in South America; work in oil field instrumentation equipment; work as a "computer" interpreting geological data; founding of Rayflex Exploration Company in 1948; technological developments for oil field exploration; geochemical surveying; the sale of Rayflex to Phillips-Eckhart in 1962; his work as a geophysical consultant; the application of oil field technology to national defense; German espionage activity in South America during World War II; and pro-German activity in South Louisiana during World War II.
Date: July 20, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D. & Rollins, J. Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Warren Amy, April 17, 1996

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Interview with Warren Amy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Amy discusses Submarine School in New London, Connecticut (1943-1944), his assignment to the Chub (1944), his responsibilities as an electrician's mate, and various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.
Date: April 17, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Amy, Warren
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harry Brand, September 28, 1996

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Interview with Steve Pickens, a businessman and former President of the Nocona Boot Company, concerning his experiences as a financial analyst for Justin Industries, comptroller for Nocona Boot Company from 1983 to 1984, general manager of Nocona from 1984 to 1987, and President of Nocona from 1987 to 1995. Pickens comments on Nocona's founder, Enid Justin; the "Urban Cowboy" craze and plant expansion in 1981; the reorganization of the boot manufacturing process; marketing and advertising strategies and the "Hero Series" posters; on-the-job training of plant executives; employer-employee relations; wages and benefits; the western wear sales downturn in 1993; layoffs; the diversification of the product line; the creation of the "show boot;" and his termination as President in 1995.
Date: September 28, 1996
Creator: Rouh, Peggy & Brand, Harry B.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Steve A. Pickens, May 30, 1996

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Interview with Steve Pickens, a businessman and former President of the Nocona Boot Company, concerning his experiences as a financial analyst for Justin Industries, comptroller for Nocona Boot Company from 1983 to 1984, general manager of Nocona from 1984 to 1987, and President of Nocona from 1987 to 1995. Pickens comments on Nocona's founder, Enid Justin; the "Urban Cowboy" craze and plant expansion in 1981; the reorganization of the boot manufacturing process; marketing and advertising strategies and the "Hero Series" posters; on-the-job training of plant executives; employer-employee relations; wages and benefits; the western wear sales downturn in 1993; layoffs; the diversification of the product line; the creation of the "show boot;" and his termination as President in 1995.
Date: May 30, 1996
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Pickens, Steve A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Duane Cleere, April 4, 1996

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Interview with Duane Cleere, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Hoe in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: April 4, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Cleere, Duane
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Raymond D. Strong, December 16, 1995

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Interview with Raymond Strong, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with Base Communications during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 16, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Strong, Raymond D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William A. Denton, December 16, 1995

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Interview with William Denton, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences with the 2nd Motor Transport Battalion at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 16, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Denton, William A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Leland L. Flinn, March 6, 1996

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Interview with Leland Flinn, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: March 6, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Flinn, Leland L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eugene K. Woods, December 16, 1995

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Interview with Eugene Woods, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer-minesweeper USS Trever during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 16, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Woods, Eugene K.
Object Type: Text
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Oral History Interview with A. C. Tipton, December 16, 1995, No. 2

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Interview with A.C. Tipton, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 16, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tipton, A. C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John H. Byrd, January 24, 1996

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Interview with John Byrd, an Army Air Corps veteran (457th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a radio operator in the 8th Air Force in England during World War II.
Date: January 24, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Byrd, John Howard
Object Type: Book
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Oral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 1996

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Interview with Joe Allison, a Navy veteran and a company transportation executive, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: March 2, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Allison, Joe
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995

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Interview with Luciel Leonard, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas from 1939 to 1983, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin, the attempts to unionize during the 1950s, and the changes in the product line.
Date: August 3, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Leonard, Luciel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995

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Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
Date: October 22, 1995
Creator: Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 1995

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Interview with Claude Hocker, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 8, 1995
Creator: White, Jack A. & Hocker, Claude O.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Edwin C. Hunt, October 19, 1995

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Interview with Edwin Hunt, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 19, 1995
Creator: Maynard, Stephen R. & Hunt, Edwin C., Jr.
Object Type: Text
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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.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Troy Sloan, October 12, 1995

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Interview with Troy Sloan concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Sloan worked at a camp in Bonham, Texas (Company 894).
Date: October 12, 1995
Creator: Camp, Kathi & Sloan, Troy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with George L. McColm, March 18, 1995

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Interview with George McColm, a Navy veteran and an agricultural expert, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. McColm discusses his education at Kansas State College, his experiences in agricultural marketing research, his employment with the Production Marketing Administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, his employment at Topaz Relocation Center for Japanese Americans (1942-1944), his induction into the U.S. Navy (1944), his role in planning for the invasion of the Japanese home islands (1945), and his role in writing Japanese land reform laws during postwar American occupation. Appendix includes photocopies of various biographical documents concerning George McComb and his career in the U.S. Navy and in agriculture.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & McColm, George L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995

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Interview with Eugene Brown concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at camps in Cleburne, Texas (Company 3804) and San Antonio, Texas (Company 3822).
Date: October 16, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Brown, Eugene L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert L. Fort, October 28, 1995

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Interview with Robert Fort, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a legal-sized photocopy of a document concerning the location and activities on the USS Raleigh on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
Date: October 28, 1995
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Fort, Robert L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995

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Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.
Date: August 23, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Holcomb, Marguerite Oklahoma
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library