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Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971

Interview with Dr. Jack B. Scroggs, history professor at North Texas State University from Little Rock, Arkansas. Scroggs discusses his experience as chairman of the Faculty Search Committee at NTSU after the resignation of university president John J. Kamerick, and the process of finding a new president.
Date: June 16, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Scroggs, Jack B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, December 16, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, December 16, 1974

Interview with Fred Agnich, a businessman and a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views while serving as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Agnich discusses the need for constitutional revision, the Constitutional Revision Committee, Price Daniel, Jr. as chair of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 16, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, July 16, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, July 16, 1975

Interview with Bill Clayton, a farmer-rancher-businessman and former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1982), concerning his experiences and personal views as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Clayton discusses his early political career, his personal political philosophy, his quest for the house speakership, personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus Mutscher, Rayford Price, Price Daniel, Jr., the appointment of committee chairs, disposition if budget surplus, public school financing, public utilities regulation, and constitutional revision.
Date: July 16, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976

Interview with Navy veteran Kenneth V. Adams. The interview includes Adams' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Henley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: February 16, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Adams, Kenneth V.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, November 16, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, November 16, 1978

Interview with Bill Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, concerning his recollections and experiences during the second special session of the 65th legislature. He discusses property tax, sales tax, the position of state governments, the opinions of other politicians at the session, and tax reform.
Date: November 16, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alena Mosley, October 16, 1979 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alena Mosley, October 16, 1979

Interview with Alena Mosley. Topics include the Hstory of Baytown, TX.
Date: October 16, 1979
Creator: Austin, Armittie & Mosley, Alena
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, January 16, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, January 16, 1980

Audio interview with Eldridge Rayburn, a veteran of the Texas National Guard from Lubbock, Texas, about his experiences as a member of the "Lost Battalion" captured at Java in 1942 by the Japanese army during World War II. Rayburn discusses his memories of being in a Field Artillery unit, a prisoner of war, and surviving.
Date: January 16, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rayburd, Eldridge
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glen Dyer, January 16, 1982 transcript

Oral History Interview with Glen Dyer, January 16, 1982

Interview with Glen Dyer about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date: January 16, 1982
Creator: Dyer, Glen
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Steve P. Warren, May 16, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Steve P. Warren, May 16, 1982

Interview with Steve P. Warren, a United States Navy veteran from Lubbock, Texas. Warren recollects his experiences aboard the converted yacht the USS Elvida during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 16, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Warren, Steve P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. M. Crawford, May 16, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. M. Crawford, May 16, 1982

Interview with Navy veteran W. M. Crawford. The interview includes Crawford's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 16, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crawford, W. M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nancy Florence McPherson, July 16, 1982 transcript

Oral History Interview with Nancy Florence McPherson, July 16, 1982

Interview with Nancy Florence McPherson about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date: July 16, 1982
Creator: McPherson, Nancy Florence
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Johnny Yturri, February 16, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Johnny Yturri, February 16, 1984

Interview with Johnny Yturri discussing his experiences growing up with Basque parents, Basque customs, learning English, early jobs, and sheep ranching in Orange County, California.
Date: February 16, 1984
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Yturri, Johnny
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lorenzo Echanis, February 16, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lorenzo Echanis, February 16, 1984

Interview with Lorenzo Echanis discussing his experiences growing up in Basque Country with Basque parents, attending church and learning catechism, immigration to the United States, working as a shepherd, marriage, and returning to visit his hometown years later.
Date: February 16, 1984
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Echanis, Lorenzo
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985

Interview with Darwin "Mac" McMillan, a long-term employee of Caltex from California, discussing his background, employment with Texaco and Standard Oil, the history of Caltex and his work as an executive there, his various assignment experiences in China the Philippines, Germany, India, and South Africa, and the oil market.
Date: September 16, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eunice Gray, October 16, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eunice Gray, October 16, 1987

Interview with Eunice Gray, schoolteacher and local historian. The interview includes Gray's personal experiences about Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Gray talks about the early history of her descendants, cattle raising and marketing, and the oil industry.
Date: October 16, 1987
Creator: Renner, Jim & Gray, Eunice
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Curtis Schulze, September 16, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Curtis Schulze, September 16, 1988

Interview with Curtis Schulze, a United States Navy veteran from Vandalia, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Downes.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schulze, Curtis P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ernest Galeassi, September 16, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ernest Galeassi, September 16, 1988

Interview with Army veteran Ernest Galeassi. The interview includes Galeassi's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 324th Signal Company during the Japanese attack a Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Galeassi, Ernest
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glennon Ryan, September 16, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Glennon Ryan, September 16, 1988

Interview with Glennon Ryan, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Ford Island Naval Air Station as a member of the Assembly and Repair Division.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ryan, Glennon
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth K. Anderson, September 16, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenneth K. Anderson, September 16, 1988

Interview with Kenneth K Anderson, a United States Navy veteran from South Dakota, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Ford Island as a member of VP-24, a Navy PBY patrol squadron.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Anderson, Kenneth K.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leonard Webb, September 16, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leonard Webb, September 16, 1988

Interview with Leonard Webb, a United States Navy veteran from East Saint Louis, Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at the Staff Headquarters, 14th Naval District.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Webb, Leonard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jerry Phelan, March 16, 1995

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Interview with Jerry Phelan, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Pasadena, California, who worked on the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture in Texas. Phelan discusses his background with Kaiser, people who developed the Kai-Pru program, and his own roll therein.
Date: March 16, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Phelan, Jerry
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Nick Sanchez, February 16, 1999

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Interview with Nick Sanchez, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Laredo, Texas. Sanchez discusses working in radio when the war began, becoming a radio technician in the Army Air Force, deployment to India and operations there, going missing in China after surviving a plane crash, and the end of the war. In appendix are an autobiographical sketch of Sanchez's service, a copy of a diary recording his experience "bailing-out," and his official military statement of the event.
Date: February 16, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sanchez, Nick
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Drake, 2002

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Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.
Date: October 16, 2002
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Drake, Edward J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harriett Shelton Collins, September 16, 2006

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Interview with longtime resident of Cisco, Texas, Harriett Shelton Collins as part of the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences about education in Cisco's all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School, her pregnancy and marriage to Bill Collins, working at the Boss Glove Factory, earning her GED, entering beauty school, and earning a degree as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Additionally, Collins speaks about social life among blacks in Cisco, especially in church activities, her experiences with racial discrimination, the phenomenon of "passing" among blacks in Cisco and elsewhere, her experiences at "Negro Achievement Day" at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and her children's experiences in public school during desegregation.
Date: September 16, 2006
Creator: Rose, Harriett DeAnn & Collins, Harriett Shelton
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library