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Oral History Interview with Richard Donley, February 22, 1997
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Interview with Navy veteran Richard Donley. The interview includes Donley's personal experiences about the Mediterranean Theater during World War II, boot camp, Fleet Torpedo School, encounters with German "F-lighter" armed barges and E-boats, various assignments, and combat against enemy destroyers. Donley also talks about screening operations for the invasions of Sicily and Salerno, operations along the coasts of northern Italy and southern France and the interdiction of German barge traffic, torpedo problems, commando and intelligence operations, returning to the States, his reassignment to the Motor Torpedo Boats Training Center, and transferring to Samar, Philippines.
Date:
February 22, 1997
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Donley, Richard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 2002
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Interview with Willie Fred Sander, a Navy WWII veteran from Brenham, Texas. Sander discusses his background and life before the war, joining the Navy and aviator training, flying PBM patrol bombers throughout the Pacific, and his family life after the war.
Date:
May 22, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Sander, Willie Fred
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral history interview with Iliff D. Richardson, February 22, 1997
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Transcript of an interview with Iliff D. Richardson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Richardson discusses his assignment to patrol-torpedo boats in the Philippines, 1941; orders from General Douglas A. MacArthur to establish a clandestine radio network to maintain communications with Commander Southwest Pacific after his evacuation from Corregidor; his role in plotting Japanese minefields in Leyte Gulf prior to MacArthur's return in 1944; pre-invasion weather reporting from Leyte to MacArthur's headquarters; dealings with Filipino guerrillas; transfer to stateside duty and his work with the Industrial Incentives Division of the Navy Department; and the sale of rights to the book about his adventures, "American Guerrilla in the Philippines."
Date:
February 22, 1997
Creator:
Alexander, William J.; Richardson, Rick & Richardson, Iliff, David, 1918-2001
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Christopher Perry Nichols, February 22, 2003
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Interview with Christopher Perry Nichols, stage director, concerning his recollections of his father, the artist Perry Nichols.
Date:
February 22, 2003
Creator:
Balsley, Gerald & Nichols, Christopher P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nan Alexander, July 22, 2020
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Interview with Nan (Barbara) Alexander, a former model and executive at Neiman Marcus. Alexander discusses her background, beginning work in the fashion industry as a store model, her education, working as a sample model and "Girl Friday" at Howard Wolf Inc. in Fair Park, being a sportswear model at Neiman Marcus, the layout of the store, the apparel market, and the history of fashion in the DFW area.
Date:
July 22, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Alexander, Barbara
Object Type:
Sound
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Valerie MartÃnez-Ebers, October 22, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie MartÃnez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. MartÃnez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date:
October 22, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & MartÃnez-Ebers, Valerie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Erma Thomson, January 22, 2019
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Interview with Erma Thomson, longtime employee of Mary Kay Inc. as personal assistant to Mary Kay Ash. She discusses her employment history before interviewing with Mary Kay Inc.; personal relationship with Mary Kay Ash; memories of annual conventions; Ash’s personal working style and business philosophy; changes in the company’s structure and culture; and feelings about the job opportunities Ash provided for women.
Date:
January 22, 2019
Creator:
Chegwidden, Caitlin & Thomson, Erma
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Vick Edmiston, August 22, 2003
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Interview with truck driver Vick Edmiston. The interview includes Edmiston's personal experiences about being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. The interview includes an appendix with a photograph.
Date:
August 22, 2003
Creator:
Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Edmiston, Vick
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Xergio Chacin, October 22, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Xergio Chacin, Director of Immigration Services for Catholic Charities of Fort Wort. Chacin discusses his work as the Director and the the services provided for the community, particularly for Dreamers, and his thoughts on immigration issues.
Date:
October 22, 2015
Creator:
Fowler, Mike & Chacin, Xergio, 1952-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tillman E. Barrington, May 22, 1992
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Interview with Tillman E. Barrington, a veteran army nurse from Portales, New Mexico. This interview is about his experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Topics regarding his life include: nursing school at Lubbock Methodist Hospital, 1955; enlistment in the Army, 1969, and anesthesia training at Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado; assignment to Vietnam, 1969; 95th Evacuation Hospital, Da Nang; medical cases and responsibilities; functions as special services officer; treating North Vietnamese wounded; after-effects of Vietnam.
Date:
May 22, 1992
Creator:
Houser, Cindy & Barrington, Tillman E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Larry Canfield, February 22, 1992
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Interview with Larry Canfield, a veteran army nurse from Pennsylvania. This interview contains his experiences as an army nurse in Vietnam. It includes his assignment to the 93rd Evacuation Hospital, 935th Medical Detachment, Long Binh. Living conditions, morale problems, recreation, medical treatment of enemy POWs, and racial problems are discussed.
Date:
February 22, 1992
Creator:
Houser, Cindy & Canfield, Larry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Sherner, August 22, 1992
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Interview with John Sherner, an army veteran and nurse from Mount Morris, New York. This interview recounts his experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Topics include: his assignment to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh; treatment of endemic diseases; assignment to emergency room; triaging of patients; living conditions; drug addicts; battle casualties; medical treatment of civilians; social life; friendships; lasting effects of Vietnam experience.
Date:
August 22, 1992
Creator:
Houser, Cindy & Sherner, John
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert J. Wehner, August 22, 1992
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Interview with Robert J. Wehner, an army veteran and nurse from Dayton, Ohio. This interview recounts his experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-70. Topics include: his assignment to 22nd Surgical Medical Battalion, Chu Lai; treatment of battle casualties and illnesses; camp life; treatment of civilian casualties and illnesses; lasting effects of Vietnam experience.
Date:
August 22, 1992
Creator:
Houser, Cindy & Wehner, Robert J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997
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Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daughter in military service; her marriage to Kenneth Karr, early 1944; housing shortage in Corpus Christi, Texas, during World War II; birth of their daughter; wartime entertainment; experiences as a military wife; attitudes toward the Japanese; husband's training as a naval air cadet at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Appendix includes various photographs [5] pages.
Date:
June 22, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
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 John C. Scott, October 22, 1993
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Interview with John Scott concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Scott worked at a camp in Oakhurst, Texas.
Date:
October 22, 1993
Creator:
Lovell, Bonnie & Scott, John C.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hollis G. Duell, May 22, 1996
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Interview with Hollis G. Duell, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sargo in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sargo, 1941; his responsibilities as a yeoman; early war patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines; transfer to the Submarine Division Commander's Office, Pearl harbor, 1944; postwar duty in the Submarine Service.
Date:
May 22, 1996
Creator:
Maglaughlin, Barry & Duell, Hollis G.
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 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 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 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 James A. Blocklinger, April 22, 1994
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Interview with James Blocklinger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the heavy minelayer USS Oglala during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
April 22, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blocklinger, James A.
Object Type:
Text
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 Ben Bynum, September 22, 1971
Interview with Ben Bynum, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo. Bynum shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. He also discusses revenue bills, the corporate profits tax, the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, legislative ethics, the "Dirty Thirty", appropriations, redistricting, and his personal legislation.
Date:
September 22, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library