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Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981

Interview with Jonathan Burns, an Army veteran (200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burns discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison, Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Moji (1944-1945), A-bomb damage at Nagasaki, and his liberation.
Date: July 21, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burns, Jonathan
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
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Ites, October 21, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Ites, October 21, 1983

Interview with Navy veteran Frank Ites. The interview includes Ites' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 21, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ites, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harry E. Ellis, November 21, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harry E. Ellis, November 21, 1980

Transcript of an interview conducted in Dallas, Texas with Harry E. Ellis, executive at the Dr. Pepper Company. Ellis discusses his experiences concerning the development and growth of the Dr. Pepper Company.
Date: November 21, 1980
Creator: Minor, David & Ellis, Harry E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981

Interview with Jonathan Burns, a veteran of the New Mexico National Guard from Hereford, Texas. Burns discusses his recollections as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and the conditions he experienced during the Bataan Death March.
Date: July 21, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burns, Jonathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Elston Brooks, March 21, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Elston Brooks, March 21, 1984

Audio interview with Elston Brooks, a journalist who worked at the Fort Worth Press and then the Star-Telegram, discussing his memories and experiences of being a newspaperman during the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. Brooks also discusses his love of music and performance.
Date: March 21, 1984
Creator: Bowen, Alice Anita & Brooks, Elston
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Merrill, October 21, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harold Merrill, October 21, 1983

Interview with Harold Merrill, a United States Navy veteran from Orangefield, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941, while aboard the battleship USS Utah.
Date: October 21, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Merrill, Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Representative Tip Hall, November 21, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Representative Tip Hall, November 21, 1983

Interview with Representative Tip Hall, a member of the House of Representatives from Ennis, Texas. Hall discusses his experiences attending the 68th Legislative Session for the state of Texas, impressions of Speaker "Gib" Lewis, his role on the Appropriations Committee, taxes, and other legislation.
Date: November 21, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, Tip
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ely and William Sledge, August 21, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ely and William Sledge, August 21, 1987

Transcript of an interview with with William and Ely Sledge and their reminiscences and experiences concerning their father's farm near Pilot Point, Texas, 1900-1980. They discuss comments about their African-American ancestors; their descriptions of various pieces of old farm equipment strewn about the homestead; sorghum mill and syrup- making; hog butchering and meat preservation; water well; description of farm buildings; segregated education; home remedies; garden area; canning; rural social life and entertainment; trading among neighbors; cash crops (peanuts, cotton); harvesting; description of the interior of the family farmhouse and its contents; listening to boxing contests (Joe Louis and "Jersey Joe" Walcott) on the family radio; store-bought and mail order catalog items; "Juneteenth" celebrations; description of personal documents and papers, 1878-1931.
Date: August 21, 1987
Creator: Lohse, Stephen A.; Lebo, Susan A.; Sledge, William, 1928- & Sledge, Ely, 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library