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Oral History Interview with Darris Egger, February 20, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Darris Egger, February 20, 2001

A video interview with Dr. Darris Egger (McMurry class of 1942) in which Dr. Egger discusses his experiences with McMurry. Dr. Egger was an ordained Methodist minister and served in a number of churches in Northwest Texas and North Texas Annual Conferences. From 1970 to 1975 and 1978 to 1984, Darris served as the District Superintendent of the Abilene District of United Methodist Churches. He was the Program Council Director for the Northwest Conference from 1975 to 1978. Dr. Egger also served as Trustee of McMurry University, Sears Methodist Retirement Centers, Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, Butman Methodist Camp, and the Methodist Mission Home in San Antonio.
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: Egger, Darris
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Jack Evans and George Harris, January 20, 2016

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Interview with Jack Evans and George Harris, LGBT activists and a couple of over fifty years from Denton, Texas. They discuss Evans' time in the Coast Guard, Harris' time in and expulsion from the CIA, realizing their sexuality, meeting one another, moving to Dallas, police harassment, their wedding in 2014, involvement with United Methodist Church, the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce and involvement in the Dallas LGBT community, and the AIDS epidemic.
Date: January 20, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Evans, Jack & Harris, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, March 20, 2014

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Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, a former student of I. M. Terrell High School from Fort Worth, Texas. Sanders-Wise discusses her average daily routine at the school, integration, her family history, Juneteenth and black culture in Fort Worth, church life, experiences of segregation and discrimination, and contemporary racism. In appendix is a photo of a public art installation commemorating black railroad employees at the TRE Station in Fort Worth.
Date: March 20, 2014
Creator: Williams, Tessa & Sanders-Wise, Brenda
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kim Phillips, March 20, 2013

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Interview with Kim Phillips, vice-president of the Denton Conventions and Visitors Bureau from Longview, Texas. Phillips discusses her love of Denton, her childhood and education, the music scene, the sense of community,, the CVB's work, local history, Quakertown, the Chamber of Commerce, the black and Hispanic communities, and the Confederate memorial. In appendix is a picture of Denton County Courthouse and the County Confederate Memorial.
Date: March 20, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Phillips, Kim
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Joe Cole, January 20, 2004

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Interview with photojournalist and artist Joe Cole. The interview includes Cole's personal experiences about the Texas International Pop Festival. Cole talks about his parents' reaction to changes in the Sixties, his introduction to marijuana, his attraction to the music of the Beatles, his initial introduction to the Fort Worth hippie culture, his views towards the Vietnam war, obtaining an agricultural exemption from his local draft board, Sixties music and its message, his comments about the Chicago Transit Authority, Canned Heat, and Led Zeppelin, activities of the Hog Farm, drug usage at the festival, festival security personnel, "bad trip" tents, skinny-dipping in Lake Dallas, and the lasting influence of the festival on his life.
Date: January 20, 2004
Creator: Tittle, Dennis & Cole, Joe
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frank Breyer, September 20, 2003

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Interview with Army veteran Frank Breyer, including personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, volunteering for the draft, various assignments, his attachment to Merrill's Marauders, medical evacuation to Ledo, combat around Bhamo, Burma, the opening of the Burma Road, transfer to the 612th Artillery and to Kunming, China, for artillery training, teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command, and the resumption of fighting between Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Breyer, Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., October 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., October 20, 2003

Interview with Earl Smyth, Jr., a serviceman during World War II. He discusses his time aboard the USS Saratoga at the Battle of Midway and at Guadalcanal, where the ship sustained two torpedo attacks. He saw Pearl Harbor three days after the attack.
Date: October 20, 2003
Creator: Bryk, Clarence & Smyth, Earl, Jr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003

Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. A. Henderson, September 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with W. A. Henderson, September 20, 2003

Interview with W. A. (Bill) Henderson, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his time as a bombardier and navigator on a B-24 in the China-Burma-India Theater. His crew hit the bridge over River Kwai (Mae Klong) while making bombing runs along the Burma Railway and also flew runs to supply gasoline to various bases in China, India and Burma. He relates anecdotes about the food and living quarters on the bases and the time he saved his co-pilot's life. He helped his co-pilot land the plane after a bullet tore through the plane's nose wheel and injured the man's leg.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Johnson, Kep & Henderson, W. A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Marcus Valenta, April 20, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marcus Valenta, April 20, 1978

Interview with Marcus Valenta, Catholic chaplain for the U.S. Army. The interview includes Valenta's personal experiences at the post chapel at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 20, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Valenta, Marcus
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mable Phillips, February 20, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mable Phillips, February 20, 2001

A video interview with Mable Phillips (McMurry class of 1934), in which she discusses her years as a student at McMurry. Phillips was a longtime public schoolteacher. She had a long career in education, serving in seven school districts in Texas as a teacher and counselor. While teaching at Franklin Junior High, she was named Teacher of the Year, according to an Abilene Reporter-News story in 1962, for the junior high school grades. In 2007 she was named a distinguished alumni by the McMurry University.
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: Phillips, Mable Frances
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. T. Davis, July 20, 1982 transcript

Oral History Interview with J. T. Davis, July 20, 1982

Interview with J. T. Davis about the history of Grapevine, Texas.
Date: July 20, 1982
Creator: Davis, J. T.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interviews with Raymond E. "Tex" Roberts, 1990

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Interviews with Tex Roberts, executive director of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association from Fort Worth, Texas. Roberts discusses his early career in journalism, joining TOMA, his duties as executive director, issues with the California Medical Association and Texas Medical Association, work with the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and establishing a school, related Texas state legislation, various figures he worked with, and the Medical Practice Act.
Date: June 20, 1990
Creator: Rafes, Richard & Roberts, Raymond E. (Tex)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003

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Interview with Ernest Kelley, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Antioch, Texas (now the Red River Army Depot), who served with the 112th Cavalry. Kelley discusses growing up in the Depression, joining the Guard, mobilization and training, horses, the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to New Caledonia, landing on Woodlark island and action there, the Battle of Arawe, redeployment to Australia, the Battle of Driniumor River in New Guinea, the Battles of Leyte and Luzon, returning to the United States, and reflections on his time in the Army. In appendix is a list of people and places named in the interview with lat/long coordinates, descriptions of military equipment, and the 112th's WWII service chronicle.
Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Kelley, Ernest L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with B. E. Wilson, February 20, 1976 transcript

Oral History Interview with B. E. Wilson, February 20, 1976

Interview with B. E. Wilson. Topics include the Humble dormitory, work in the refinery, the 1930's, company benefits, World War II era and post-World War II, and his Civil War interests.
Date: February 20, 1976
Creator: Maroney, James C. & Wilson, B. E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joyce Calhoon, November 20, 1979. transcript

Oral History Interview with Joyce Calhoon, November 20, 1979.

Interview with Joyce Calhoon, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the Texas book depository system, Jefferson County, and Liberty County
Date: November 20, 1979
Creator: Smith, Vicki & Calhoon, Joyce
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Luther G. Prunty, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Luther G. Prunty, 1986

Interview with Luther Prunty, civil servant, Army veteran, and member of the "Lost Battalion." The interview includes Prunty's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Prunty talks about the Fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp, Changi Prison Camp, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: October 20, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Prunty, Luther
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987

Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemeteries, epidemics, and folk medicines and remedies.
Date: August 20, 1987
Creator: Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lawrence Brown, March 20, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Brown, March 20, 1974

Interview with Lawrence Brown, a civil servant, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at a camp in Boyd, Texas (Company 850).
Date: March 20, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brown, Lawrence
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, January 20, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, January 20, 1982

Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, Republican politician and businessman from Dallas, Texas, discussing his experiences as a member of the Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. Agnich discusses his work in the Texas House of Representatives, elections, Governor William Clements, other legislators, taxes, recent bills, and redistricting.
Date: January 20, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J., 1913-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987

Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, former executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview includes Van Nostrand's personal experiences about service during World War II, employment with Caltex in China, the formation of Ryuku Oil Corporation, and holding various positions within Caltex. Van Nostrand talks about joint ventures with Nippon Oil Company and Koa Oil Company, increasing the refining capacity from 60,000 bbls. to 900,000 bbls. per day, crude oil contracts, the Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, refinery rehabilitation and construction, his role in Caltex operations in Japan, the Nippon Oil Staging Terminal Company, relations between Caltex (Japan) and New York headquarters, OPEC and its effects upon Caltex, character sketches of Neal Lilley, Alec Singleton, and James Voss, and various Japanese oil executives. The interview includes a personal history of S. Nomura.
Date: April 20, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Van Nostrand, Stephen E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986

Interview with William Taylor, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York, about his experiences working for the company in the Philippines and Thailand, the joint venture refinery in Thailand, expansion of the company, and the move of headquarters from New York to Dallas.
Date: January 20, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, H. William
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ali H. Heidari, April 20, 2011

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Interview with Ali Heidari, an Iranian immigrant, realtor, and restaurateur from Tehran. Heidari discusses growing up, education, moving to Athens, Texas in 1975, attending UT Arlington, getting into real estate, his family, his reaction to the 1979-81 hostage crisis, experiences as an immigrant in DFW, and his thoughts on American youth and culture.
Date: April 20, 2011
Creator: Nabors, Daniel J. & Heidari, Ali H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library