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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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World War II European Theater Oral History Project
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Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project
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Green Pioneers in North Texas
1
Texas Community Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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World War II Home Front Oral History Project
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World War II Mediterranean Theater Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater (Submarine Service) Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Howard Baxter, May 22, 1991
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Interview with businessman Howard Baxter about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Baxter discusses his childhood near Aubrey, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas (Company 2896); description of camp; life in camp.
Date:
May 22, 1991
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Baxter, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, November 22, 2006
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Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, NASA engineer, as part of the Skylab Oral History Project. The interview includes Briscoe's personal experiences about education at Texas A&M University and South Texas School of Law, joining NASA, working in flight control operations and communications support on the Apollo program, and problem-solving on Skylab missions. Briscoe also speaks about the Skylab "wet workshop," the monotony inherit in Skylab work-shift schedules and efforts to break it, and Skylab's contributions to space exploration.
Date:
November 22, 2006
Creator:
Johnson, Michael & Briscoe, Alan Lee
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Grover Reichle, January 22, 1979
Interview with Grover Reichle, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Reichle talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944-1945), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
February 22, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Reichle, Grover, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971
Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Date:
March 22, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Baxter, May 22, 1991
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Interview with Howard L. Baxter, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Tom Bean, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. It includes an appendix with a poem about "The CCC Boys" by Iva Hathaway.
Date:
May 22, 1991
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Baxter, Howard L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Otis Cason, August 22, 1987
Interview with farmer Otis Cason. The interview includes Cason's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Cason talks about breaking mules, rural school, sheep and goat raising, hog killing, and charcoal making.
Date:
August 22, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Steve & Cason, Otis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, June 22, 1988
Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, a Army WWII veteran from Butler, New Jersey, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Rodgers discusses joining the Army and training, assignment to coastal artillery at Fort Shafter, operations there, work in communications, alerts, life in the peacetime Army, the morning of December 7th and reaction to the attack, handling communications at battalion HQ, the aftermath and following days, and his subsequent service in the Pacific War. In appendix is a letter by Rodgers to his mother of December 31, 1941, and a journal of his experiences typed during the war.
Date:
June 22, 1988
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Rodgers, Martin J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995
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Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Alabama; assignment to the CCC as a junior officer in 4th Corps, Company 441 in Greer, South Carolina; description of camp; life in camp.
Date:
October 22, 1995
Creator:
Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988
Interview with Ben Russell, a United States Navy veteran from Memphis Tennessee, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date:
April 22, 1988
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Russell, Ben
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. H. Peters, April 22, 1988
Interview with W. H. Peters, a United States Navy veteran from McGregor, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Detroit.
Date:
April 22, 1988
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Peters, Walter H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Cunningham, April 22, 1988
Interview with Richard Cunningham, a United States Navy veteran from New Salisbury, Ohio, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date:
April 22, 1988
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cunningham, Richard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Bolar, April 22, 1988
Interview with James Bolar, a United States Navy veteran from Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the minelaying flagship USS Oglala.
Date:
April 22, 1988
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bolar, James M.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Pollan, October 22, 1983
Interview with Navy veteran Howard Pollan. The interview includes Pollan's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Pollan, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, October 22, 1983
Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, about his experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hollingshead, Cecil, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, October 22, 1983
Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, a United States Navy veteran from Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 as a member of the VP-11 patrol squadron at Kaneohe Bay.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hollingshead, Cecil
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Elmer Duren, October 22, 1983
Interview with Elmer Duren, a United States Navy veteran from Louisiana, regarding his experiences during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dale. Duren discusses his education, training, the construction of the USS Dale, and his memories of the attack.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Duren, Elmer
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. Vonceille Taylor, October 22, 1983
Interview with W. Vonceille Taylor, a United States Navy veteran from Cline, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, W. Vonceille
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alton Warner, October 22, 1983
Interview with Alton Warner, a United States Navy veteran from Bronson, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Worden.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Warner, Alton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Claude Wilkinson, October 22, 1983
Interview with Claude Wilkinson, a United States Navy veteran from Winona, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the seaplane tender USS Tangier.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilkinson, Claude
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 22, 1983
Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences about being a member of the 68th Legislature. Agnich talks about his appointment as chair of the Environmental Affairs Committee, appropriations and taxes, Governor Mark White, teachers pay, and personal legislation.
Date:
November 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, June 23, 1971
Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes Mauzy's personal experiences while serving as a member of the Sixty-second Legislature. The interview also includes Mauzy's views on revenue bills, corporate profits tax, the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, legislative ethics, appropriations, redistricting, and personal legislation.
Date:
September 22, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren Whitson, Jr., November 22, 1995
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Warren Whitson, Jr., a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses his pre-flight and flight training in 1943, his assignment to the 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron at Stone, England, the characteristics of the B-17G, his first mission in Berlin, problems with flak, tactics to counter German radar, his engine trouble and crash landing in eastern Germany, his rescue by Russian troops, his trip by C-47 back to England via Poltava, Tehran, Cairo, Tripoli, and Dijon, his assignment to a new crew, being shot down by German fighter planes on his seventeenth mission, his brief experiences as a POW, and his liberation by British troops.
Date:
November 22, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, Warren, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, March 22, 2007
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Transcript of an interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, pastor of the Dallas Cathedral of Hope. Reverend Piazza discusses conversion from Catholicism to the Methodist Church, decision to enter ministry, the process of coming out, volunteer work, and development of outreach and social justice ministries, and decision to leave and affiliate with United Church of Christ denomination.
Date:
March 22, 2007
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Piazza, Michael, 1954-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975
Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date:
February 22, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library