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Oral History Interview with Alan Taniguchi, March 18, 1995

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Interview with Alan Taniguchi, former Dean of Architecture at UT-Austin and a Japanese-American internee during WWII, from Brentwood, California. Taniguchi discusses his family and childhood, experiences of racism, the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects, having his home raided by the FBI, his father's detention and that of Japanese community leaders, preparing for internment, moving to the Gila Relocation Camp in Arizona, life there, leaving the camp for resettlement in Detroit, and life afterwards.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taniguchi, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Merle Timblin, June 21, 2010

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Transcript of an interview with Merle Timblin, Civilian Conservation Corps worker and U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Timblin discusses his childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio operator in the U.S. Army Fourth Armored Division, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge; lessons learned from experience in the Army; decision to relocate to Niagara Falls, N.Y., and thence to North Texas; career as a machinist and mechanic.
Date: June 21, 2010
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Timblin, Merle, 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Henry Day, July 2, 1991

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Interview with Henry Day, a former paperman, delivery person, and member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Dallas, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date: July 2, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Day, Henry C.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Joy Burkhard, October 6, 2022

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Interview with Joy Burkhard, a mother and founder/executive director of the nonprofit organization 2020 Mom, soon to be renamed the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, from Valencia, California. Burkhard discusses work in the health delivery system, her own experience with motherhood, Postpartum Support International, founding her organization, maternal mental health disorders, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and the importance of access to child care and support.
Date: October 6, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Burkhard, Joy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District (open access)

Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District

This atlas contains maps of the Grand Canyon area and colored illustrations.
Date: 1882
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Geological Survey.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Heinen, J. B., Jr., June 25, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Heinen, J. B., Jr., June 25, 1974

Interview with J. B. Heinen, Jr., an independent oilman, concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Heinen worked at camps in Clarksville, Texas; San Simon, Arizona (Company 2881); Wilcox, Arizona; and Bowie, Arizona.
Date: June 25, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Heinen, J. B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, March 4, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, March 4, 1976

Interview with J. W. Buck, a highway construction worker, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Buck worked in camps in Globe Arizona; Miami, Arizona; and Veteran, Wyoming.
Date: March 4, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Buck, J. W., 1920-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with George Payne, February 23, 1993

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Interview with George Payne, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Pilot Point, Texas. Payne discusses his family background, growing up and grade school, joining the CCC in Denton, going to Arizona and building a trail in Bontia National Park, leaving the CCC and joining a second time, assignment to Baggs, Wyoming, operating a bulldozer, recreation, camp facilities and organization, food, leave, pay, classes, new guys and hazing, and some reflections on the impact of the Corps.
Date: February 23, 1993
Creator: Maxwell, Lisa & Payne, George
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with B. B. Gunn, October 5, 1995

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Interview with B. B. Gunn, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mart, Texas. Gunn discusses growing up in a family of tenant farmers, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, its organization, building a telephone line, daily routine, recreation, religious services, desertion, and dam construction. In appendix are two newspaper clippings mentioning CCC history and a letter to Mr. Gunn.
Date: October 5, 1995
Creator: Camp, Kathi & Gunn, B. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Gretchen Legler and Ruth Hill, July 14, 2015

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Interview with Gretchen Legler from Salt Lake City, Utah, and her partner Ruth Hill, from Woburn, Massachusetts, both homesteaders. Legler and Hill discuss their respective families, upbringing, their interest in animals and the environment, the influence of their families, traveling to Anatarctica, Alaska, and other places, meeting one another and developing a relationship, returning to New England and developing a farm, neighbors and the local community, and slaughtering and the ethics of meat.
Date: July 14, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A.; Hill, Ruth & Legler, Gretchen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2006 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2006

Proceedings of the 42nd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, April 1, 2006 financial statement, and meeting minutes.
Date: 2007
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2007 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2007

Proceedings of the 43rd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws and March 22, 2007 financial statement.
Date: 2008
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1973 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1973

Proceedings of the 9th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History