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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Caltex Oral History Project
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Flying Voices Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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World War II Japanese-American Civilian Internees Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration History Oral History Project
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American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Weldon Hart, 1966-1967
Interviews with Weldon Hart, a public relations executive and executive director of the Texas Good Roads Association. The interviews includes Hart's experiences as press secretary and appointments secretary to former Governors Beauford Jester, 1947-50, and Allan Shivers, 1950-57; head of the Texas Employment Commission; organization of a Texas political machine; lobbying for the highway construction industries of Texas. The interviews took place on three separate dates: August 8, 1966, February 6, 1967, and July 3, 1967.
Date:
December 18, 1967
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B.; Odom, E. Dale & Hart, Weldon
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Margaret Gillooly, March 18, 1995
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Interview with Margaret Gillooly, a civilian internee of the Japanese in WWII from San Francisco, California. Gillooly discusses her family's move to the Philippines in 1938, schooling, the start of war and the Japanese invasion, staying in Cebu City, her parents' escape from Manila and surviving a sinking in Manila Bay, Japanese occupation of Cebu, being moved to Manila, various experiences surviving internment at Santo Tomas Prison Camp, bombings, the American invasion and liberation, a Japanese counterattack and siege, emotional and mental impacts, and evacuation.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Gillooly, Margaret
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John R. Bumgarner, March 18, 1995
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Transcript of an interview with John R. Bumgarner, physician, U.S. Army WWII veteran, and prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. He discusses the fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; and his liberation.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bumgarner, John R. (John Reed)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Werner A. Land, May 18, 1974
Interview with Navy veteran Werner A. Land. The interview includes Land's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
May 18, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Land, Werner A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John M. Cowden, May 18, 1974
Interview with John M. Cowden, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Navy Mobile Hospital Number Two during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
May 18, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cowden, John M., 1922-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970
Interview with Brack Garrison, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Amarillo, Texas, accompanied by Nita Boynton. Garrison details his experiences defending Guam in the Japanese invasion of December 1941, and his subsequent surrender and internment in Japanese POW camps at Zentsuji and Osaka.
Date:
September 18, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Garrison, John Breckenridge (Brack)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harry A. Thompson, April 18, 1973
Interview with Harry Thompson, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Thompson discusses being drafted before the war and training for field artillery at Fort Sill, his assignment to the 99th Infantry Division, training in England, the Siegfried Line, the Battle of the Bulge and his capture at Büllingen, Belgium, being interrogated and transported into Germany, and his experiences in internment at Limburg.
Date:
April 18, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Thompson, Harry A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974
Interview with Phillip Willis, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Peeltown, Texas. Willis discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including: his upbringing; joining the Army Air Corps; pilot training; assignment to Bellows Field on Oahu with an O-47 squadron and their activities there; perceptions of the Japanese and expectations about a potential conflict; the Japanese air attack on Bellows; and following preparations for an invasion.
Date:
February 18, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Willis, Phillip
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, June 18, 1986
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Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his background, working for Caltex in China, India, and South Africa, relations between Caltex headquarters and branch offices, the construction of the Caltex refiner at Vishakhapatnam, and the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West.
Date:
June 18, 1986
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Price, John R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marie Healey, February 18, 1992
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Interview with Marie Healey, a former vocational home economics teacher for the National Youth Administration from Waxahachie, Texas. Healey discusses her background, career in the NYA during the Great Depression, and projects they undertook.
Date:
February 18, 1992
Creator:
Woestman, Kelly & Healey, Marie B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18. 1995
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Interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist from Detroit, Michigan, regarding his memories of working as a correspondent for the United Press of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Tremaine discusses Pearl Harbor, the political environment of the WWII era, major military figures, and a description of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Tremaine, Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mac Reynolds, July 18, 1983
Interview with businessman Mac Reynolds from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Reynolds discusses his experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date:
July 18, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & Reynolds, Mac
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, April 18, 1987
Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, farmers and ranchers from Pueblo, Colorado, to gather their recollections and experiences as second generation Italians. They discuss their education, the immigration experience of their parents, the establishment of their own farming and ranching business, and their children.
Date:
April 18, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Ciruli, David & Ciruli, Virginia
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., March 18, 1989
Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., a United States Navy veteran from Lubbock, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the target battleship USS Utah.
Date:
March 18, 1989
Creator:
Burley, Rick & Flemmons, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Weldon O. Western, February 18, 1987
Interview with Weldon O. Western, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Chico, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date:
February 18, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Western, Weldon O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Minshew, February 18, 1983
Interview with Cecil T. Minshew regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was part of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion." He was captured on the island of Java in March of 1942 and spent the duration of the war thereafter as a prison of war in camps in South East Asia and in Japan.
Date:
February 18, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Minshew, Cecil T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Odie Mitchell, October 18,1993
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Interview with Odie Mitchell concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Mitchell worked at camps in Flagstaff, Arizona and Kingman, Arizona.
Date:
October 18, 1993
Creator:
Early, Brice & Mitchell, Odie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bob Armstrong, February 18, 1983
Interview with Bob Armstrong, former Land Commissioner of Texas and attorney from Austin, Texas, concerning his political career and views on environmental policies in Texas. Armstrong discusses his run for office, governors at the time, water systems and land management, and legislation.
Date:
February 18, 1983
Creator:
Smallwood, J. B. & Armstrong, Bob
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William W. Pearsall, June 18, 1997
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Transcript of an interview with William W. Pearsall concerning his experiences on the homefront as a teenager in Elgin, Illinois, during World War II. Pearsall discusses his education and childhood in Elgin; local reaction to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; air raid drills and blackouts; attempts to make people war conscious; spy hysteria; censorship of mail; harassment of German Americans; gasoline rationing; scrap drives; war bond drives; Victory Gardens; rationing of tires; scarcity of automobile parts; black market activities; clothing shortages; Boy Scout activities; effects of having a brother and sister in the military; wartime entertainment for teenagers; high school war bond dances; V-E Day celebrations; V-J Day celebrations; attitudes toward Japanese; and the adjustment of his brother and sister to civilian life. Includes appendix with photographs [3 pages].
Date:
June 18, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Sarah C. & Pearsall, William W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe Gear, July 18, 1970
Interview with Joe B. Gear regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured near Corregidor in the Phillipines.
Date:
July 18, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Gear, Joe B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Linn Bendslev, November 18, 1973
Interview with Linn Bendslev and her participation in the first national convention of the Nation Women's Political Caucus.
Date:
November 18, 1973
Creator:
Ricketson, Emory & Bendslev, Linn
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dorinda Marby, January 18, 2014
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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Dorinda Marby, former flight attendant for Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. In the interview Marby discusses her experiences as a flight attendant and lessons learned during her career.
Date:
January 18, 2014
Creator:
Schnur, Abra & Marby, Dorinda
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flight Diary of Donald Fleming, 781st Bomb Sqadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force
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Scan of the flight diary kept by Donald Fleming, a B-24 navigator in WWII from Kansas, documenting the missions he flew in the European Theater from February to August, 1944.
Date:
August 18, 2003
Creator:
Fleming, Donald
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library