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Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 1967

Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Alonzo W. Jamison, a college professor and farmer-stockman from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences and personal views on the Sixtieth Legislature and activities on the House Education Committee.
Date: October 31, 1967
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968

Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. It also includes his personal views on appropriations, revenue bills, the budget-making process, the legislature's relationship with Governor John Connally, liquor legislation, and urban-rural conflict.
Date: February 6, 1970
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, June 29, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, June 29, 1973

Interview with Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses his experience in the 63rd Legislature, including: the legislatures overall political orientation; the effect of freshman legislators; Lt. Gov. William Pettus Hobby Jr's allies in the senate and his platform; the reform legislation package; the lobby; appropriations; the legislature's shortcomings; and his thoughts on the governor's office.
Date: June 29, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, October 10, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, October 10, 1975

Interview with Ben Bynum, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo. Bynum shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also discusses the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, insurance legislation, his personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: October 10, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, November 15, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, November 15, 1973

Interview with Fred H. Minor, an attorney, a Democrat, and a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. He discusses his experiences while serving in the Texas Legislature during the 1930s, comments upon Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, and Miriam and James Ferguson, and his talks about his term as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
Date: November 15, 1973
Creator: Jagoe, Katherine Pearson & Minor, Frederick Hawthorne, 1888-1976
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974

Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Harris discusses the need for constitutional revision, Price Daniel, Jr. as chairman of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 23, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Walter White, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Walter White, 1975

Interview with Walter White concerning his experiences as a federal labor mediator and conciliator. White speaks of his his thirty-year career with the U.S. Conciliation Service and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, as well as his early boyhood employment with International Harvester Company. He discusses the Depression and New Deal, the Kansas Employment Service, his employment with U.S. Potash Company and experiences with Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union, and his employment with the U.S. Conciliation Service in 1942. White also explains labor-management relations during World War II, his personal experiences in the Omaha and Des Moines offices, the Taft-Hartley Act, the formation of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the post-World War II labor unrest. In addition, White talks about his transfer to Texas, his personal philosophy concerning labor-management relations, personal experiences with and comments about James Hoffa, Sid Richardson, and John Connally, and Eugene Debs.
Date: 1975-04-16/1975-05-21
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Dunn, J. D. & White, Walter, 1906-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, September 22, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, September 22, 1971

Interview with Ben Bynum, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo. Bynum shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. He also discusses revenue bills, the corporate profits tax, the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, legislative ethics, the "Dirty Thirty", appropriations, redistricting, and his personal legislation.
Date: September 22, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, July 3, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, July 3, 1973

Interview with Representative Ben Bynum, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Amarillo, Texas. Bynum discusses his experience during the regular session of the 63rd legislature, including: the large influx of freshman representatives and their effect on the session; the political makeup of the House; debates in the House; the selection of committee chairmen; and the Ethics Commission and related reform legislation.
Date: July 3, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 29, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 29, 1971

Interview with Rep. Walt Parker, Texas state legislator from Denton, Texas. Parker discusses his experiences during the first called special session of the 62nd Texas State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit spending plan, lobbying, taxation, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," and redistricting.
Date: July 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gib Lewis, August 29, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gib Lewis, August 29, 1979

Transcript of an interview with with Gibson ("Gib") Lewis, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature.
Date: August 29, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, Gib, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, February 25, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, February 25, 1982

Transcript of an interview with James Kaster, legislative liaison to Governor William Clements, concerning his experiences and personal views as the governor's liaison during Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. This interview was conducted in 1982 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project.
Date: February 25, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 1973

Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. She also talks about her early life in a segregated society, her early political activities, her campaign for the Texas House of Representatives in 1972, the Black Caucus, the Women's Caucus, reform legislation, appropriations, personal legislation, her altercation with Comptroller Robert Calvert, and she comments on Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: {1973-08-03,1973-08-13,1973-10-02}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, November 27, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, November 27, 1967

Interview with A. R. Schwartz, an attorney and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Galveston. He discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date: November 27, 1967
Creator: Calvert, Robert, 1922- & Schwartz, Aaron Robert, 1926-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gib Lewis, February 12, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gib Lewis, February 12, 1982

Transcript of an interview with Gibson ("Gib") Lewis, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Lewis discusses the elections of 1980, his quest for the House speakership, initiative-referendum, interest rates, tax relief, the state water plan, redistricting, law-and-order issues, and property tax legislation.
Date: February 12, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, Gib, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Leedom, February 10, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Leedom, February 10, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Senator John Leedom, a businessman and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Texas. In this interview Leedom discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature.
Date: February 10, 1984
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Leedom, John N., 1921-2011
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-1971 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-1971

Interview with Ralph Hall, an attorney, a former county judge, a businessman, and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Rockwall. He discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Legislatures. Hall talks about the one-year versus two-year budget, tax legislation, the University of Texas at Dallas, teacher pay raises, anti-riot legislation, the state sales tax, the "grocery tax," the destination tax, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, deficit financing, the corporate profits tax, as well as the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, ethics legislation, redistricting, his campaign for the office of lieutenant governor, and Governor Preston Smith.
Date: {1970-01-17,1971-07-02}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fall 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fall 1975

Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: {1975-09-10,1975-12-01}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, July 6, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, July 6, 1971

Interview with Senator Ike Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the first regular session of the 62nd State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's bond financing plan, his thoughts on Governor Smith as a statesman, state tuition, taxation, education reform, the Sharpstown case, and redistricting.
Date: July 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972

Interview with Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: the issue of state funding of primaries; Governor Preston Smith's actions on spending; the appointment of Larry Teaver to head of the State Insurance Commission; the calling of the fourth special session; insurance companies and their influence; discrimination in insurance policies; competitive rate-making legislation and opposition to it; and the confirmation of Bob Bullock as Secretary of State.
Date: November 27, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969

Interview with former member of the Texas House of Representatives H. Grady Perry, a journalist from Stephenville, Texas. Mr. Perry is also a brother-in-law to former Governor Coke Stevenson. In the interview, Mr. Perry recollects his thoughts and experiences while serving in the Thirty-seventh Legislature. He comments on several different politicians including Senator Joe Bailey and Sam Johnson, and also Governors Pat Neff, James and Miriam Ferguson, and Coke Stevenson. He describes his meeting with William Jennings Bryan and goes into detail about Southwest Texas machine politics.
Date: April 8, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Perry, H. Grady
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, May 6, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, May 6, 1970

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator A. R. Schwartz, an attorney from Galveston, Texas. The interview includes Schwartz's experiences as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature, as well as his personal views on issues such as one-year versus two-year budgets, revenue bills, welfare spending, constitutional revisions, urban-rural conflicts, minimum wages for migrant workers, education legislation, unrest on college campuses, and personal legislation. The former Senator's comments about Governors John Connally and Preston Smith are also included in the interview.
Date: February 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwartz, Aaron Robert, 1926-
System: The UNT Digital Library