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Oral History Interview with Norbert N. Gebhard, March 21, 2004

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Interview with Norbert N. Gebhard. The interview includes Gebhard's personal experiences about employment by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date: March 21, 2004
Creator: Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Gebhard, Norbert N.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James Driver, March 21, 1999

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Interview with Navy veteran James Driver. The interview includes Driver's personal experiences about being a dive-bomber and fighter pilot during the Pacific Theater during World War II, various phases of training, dive-bomber training, having convoy escort duty off New Hebrides, the neutralization of Rabaul, transferring to fighter planes, flying combat air patrol off the carrier USS Hancock, providing cover for the Marine landings on Okinawa, combat against kamikazes, engagements against enemy fighters and kamikazes on the last day of the war, locating and dropping supplies to prisoner-of-war camps in Japan, and returning to the States. The interview includes an appendix with a letter written by Driver.
Date: March 21, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Driver, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Gerard Roland Vela, July 21, 2004

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Interview with Dr. Gerard Roland Vela, UNT Professor Emeritus of Microbiology. The interview includes Vela's personal experiences about childhood and education, serving in World War II-era U.S. Navy, having a fellowship at Harvard University, and joining the North Texas faculty in 1965. Additionally, Vela discusses his family history, his love of chemistry, genetics, and microbiology, the growing pains involved with transitioning North Texas into a research university, the construction of a research program, his relationship with students, and his service on the Denton City Council. Photographs are included throughout the interview.
Date: July 21, 2004
Creator: Calderon, Roberto R. & Vela, Gerard Roland
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jerome D. Fox, August 21, 2003

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Interview with Jerome D. Fox, an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The interview includes Fox's personal experiences about childhood on a ranch in West Texas, enlisting in the Navy, boot camp at San Diego, California, aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, his assignment to the OS2U crew aboard the USS Detroit, patrol duty in the Aleutian Islands, bombardment of the Kurile Islands, South American patrol, his assignment to the Central Pacific Theater as an escort for the Tanker Division in refueling carrier battle groups, kamikaze attacks, operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, and his postwar activities.
Date: August 21, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fox, Jerome D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John L. Bates, Jr., September 21, 2003

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Interview with attorney and Army veteran John L. Bates Jr. The Interview includes Bates' personal experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, Officer Candidate School, being selected for the Counter Intelligence Corps, British Intelligence School, assignment to Kweiyang, China, the end of the war and his transfer to the War Crimes Section as an Assistant Theater Judge Advocate, his assignment to Hankow to investigate the executions of three of Jimmy Doolittle's pilots and to Formosa to investigate war crimes, dealing with Japanese military personnel accused of committing atrocities against Allied POWs on Formosa, and his postwar career in the Army Reserve.
Date: September 21, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, John L., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Pressley, April 21, 2015

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Interview with Kenneth Pressley, a rancher from Mansfield, Texas. Pressley discusses his family background, education and career, events on the day of desegregation at Mansfield High School in 1956, and race relations.
Date: April 21, 2015
Creator: Middleton, Megan & Pressley, Kenneth
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Cory, December 21, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Cory, December 21, 1976

Interview with Marine Corps veteran James Cory. The interview includes Cory's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter, news bulletin, memorandums, and a narrative.
Date: December 21, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cory, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Tanya Kiboko, October 11, 2011

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Interview with Tanya Kiboko, an immigrant to Texas from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kiboko discusses her education, her family, Congolese society, languages, learning English, culture shock, food, markets, attending Wiley College, her husband, differences in structure between Western and Congolese families, and reflections on life.
Date: October 21, 2011
Creator: Clower, John & Kiboko, Tanya
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bruce Cunningham, March 21, 2013

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Video log for a recording of an interview with Bruce Cunningham, Army veteran (82nd Airborne Division, 1st Platoon A Company 325th Airborne Regiment) and ROTC instructor. In the interview he discusses his decision to enlist in 1983; officer candidate school in 1985; commission as 2nd Lieutenant; Airborne Jumpmaster School; assignment to Italy with 82nd Airborne Division; work with US Border Patrol; Iraq deployment; and difficulties of being a soldier, teacher, student and father. Appendix includes photos of Cunningham with 1st Platoon A Company 325th Airborne Regiment and teaching classes.
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Malone, Timothy A. & Cunningham, Bruce
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Noel E. Gill, December 21, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Noel E. Gill, December 21, 1974

Interview with Navy veteran Noel E. Gill. The interview includes Gill's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 21, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gill, Noel E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jesse R. Smith, December 21, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jesse R. Smith, December 21, 1974

Interview with Marine Corps veteran Jesse R. Smith. The interview includes Smith's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 21, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, Jesse R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978

Interview with Navy veteran Ben Dei Santi. The interview includes Dei Santi's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 21, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dei Santi, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Juan Cornejo, February 21, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Juan Cornejo, February 21, 1969

Interview with Juan Cornejo, who is the former Mayor of Crystal City, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Cornejo gives some background information and describes his early life, education, and work. He describes how he was elected and what his accomplishments were as Mayor. Mr. Cornejo also discusses his thoughts and personal opinions on municipal elections, discrimination, the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations, and charges against Captain A. Y. Allee.
Date: February 21, 1969
Creator: Cuellar, Robert & Cornejo, Juan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Diane Ragsdale, April 21, 2014

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Interview with Diane Ragsdale, a civil rights activist and city councilwoman from Dallas, Texas. Ragsdale discusses her work with the NAACP Youth Council and Southern Christian Leadership Conference as a young person, school integration, various civil rights campaigns in Dallas, the South Dallas Information Center, neighborhood planning issues, marches and demonstrations, and her work on city council.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: Edelbrock, Kyle & Ragsdale, Diane
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998

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Interview with William Painter, a UNT professor and Army WWII veteran from New Bloomfield, Missouri. Painter discusses growing up in the Depression, being a conscientious objector and feeling pressure to join the war, getting drafted into the infantry and training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord, deployment to the Pacific with the 32nd Infantry Division, operations on Luzon and the Villa Verde Trail, the end of the war, occupation duty in Japan, and returning home. In appendix is a letter to Marcello with a correction for the interview.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Painter, William E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993

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Interview with Charles P. Foote about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood during the Great Depression in in Hunt County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899); description of camp; life in camp.
Date: February 21, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Max Schlotter, July 21, 2014

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Transcript of an interview with Max Schlotter, WWII and Korean War Navy veteran. Schlotter shares concerning his childhood in the Congo and Texas; family history; living on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation near Livingston, Texas; enlistment in the Navy; assignment on USS Thurston; attending the V-12 program; assignment on the USS Long Island in the Pacific Theater; post-war college and teaching; recall by Navy during the Korean War; assignment to USS Adirondack and Naples, Italy; and post-war life. Appendix includes photos, a map of the Okinawa Invasion, and biographical notes.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Millier, Callie & Schlotter, Max, 1924-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. Y. Allee, February 21, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. Y. Allee, February 21, 1969

Interview with Captain A. Y. Allee, a member of the Texas Rangers "Company D". In the interview, Captain Allee explains what these organizations are, and why they are significant. He discusses some specific details of his job, as well as Mexican-American relations that he has observed. Captain Allee describes his version of what happened at the Crystal City Incident.
Date: February 21, 1969
Creator: Cuellar, Robert & Allee, A. Y.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ann Dunnewold, April 21, 2021

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Interview with Ann Dunnewold, a psychologist from Oberlin, Ohio. Dunnewold discusses her education, struggling with postpartum depression, Postpartum Support International, psychotherapy, self-care, writing the Postpartum Survival Guide, and her practice in Dallas.
Date: April 21, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Dunnewold, Ann
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989

Interview with Maria Landowska, a Holocaust survivor from Metz, France. Landowska discusses family, her upbringing, her Jewish father being taken away by strangers, Kristallnacht (Chrystal Night/Night of Broken Glass), deportation by train to Dachau concentration camp, her shock and trauma, work at the camps, Auschwitz, being experimented on along with her twin, eventual recuperation, and her career as an advisor and author.
Date: December 21, 1989
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Landowska, Maria
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Clarence C. Dobbins, February 21, 1993

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Interview with Clarence C. Dobbins concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Dobbins worked at camps in Farmersville, Texas (Company 869) and Kaufman, Texas (Company 869). Interview includes Dobbins' history before joining the CCC.
Date: February 21, 1993
Creator: Price, Peggy & Dobbins, Clarence C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993

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Interview with Charles Foote concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Foote worked at a camp in Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899).
Date: February 21, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976

Interview with Lee E. Johnson, a retired educator, concerning his recollections about military life during World War I. Johnson discusses his education; his enlistment in the Texas National Guard; his training at Pecan Gap; Camp Bowie; the formation of the 36th Division; officers training school at Camp Pike, Arkansas; embarkation for France; Saint-Amand and Saint-Nazairre.
Date: April 21, 1976
Creator: Milner, E. R. & Johnson, Lee E., 1893-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd L. Pearson, February 21, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lloyd L. Pearson, February 21, 1982

Interview with trucker and Navy veteran Lloyd L. Pearson. The interview includes Pearson's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: February 21, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pearson, Lloyd L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library