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Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, 1984
Interview with former president of North Texas State College and North Texas State University J. C. Matthews from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Matthews recollects some of his experiences and thoughts as a child and while he was a student at school. He also comments on several personal experiences as a teacher, including when he was appointed as a laboratory school teacher, a curriculum committee member, and the dean of the college of education. He also talks about the desegregation of North Texas State College in 1955.
Date:
July 26, 1984
Creator:
Adams, Wayne; Blair, Witt; Jenkins, Floyd; Kingery, Dwane; Marquis, R. L.; Mohat, Imogen et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004
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Interview with Army veteran Harlan W. Crouse, including personal experiences about combat in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese surrender in Yokohama Harbor, and being present during the post-war U.S. occupation of Japan.
Date:
July 2, 2004
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Crouse, Harlan W., 1926-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Beryl Barton Womack, July 3, 2002
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Interview with Beryl Barton Womack. The interview includes Womack's personal experiences about England during the Blitz in World War II, courtship and marriage to Lieutenant Travis Womack, early education, wartime rationing, attending the Domestic Science Teachers College, and coming to the United States. Additionally, Womack speaks about Winston Churchill's inspirational speeches during the Battle of Britain, the bombing of her parents' home in Nottinghamshire, the coming of American troops, and adjustments to American life.
Date:
July 3, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Womack, Beryl Barton
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Malcolm McGregor, August, 1965
Interview with former state legislator Malcolm McGregor, an attorney from El Paso, Texas. The interview includes McGregor's experiences as a liberal in Texas Legislature, 1954-64, and his race for U.S. Congress in 1964.
Date:
July 30, 1967
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B. & McGregor, Malcolm
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Allan Shivers, 1966-1968
Interview with Allan Shivers, a former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. The interview includes Shivers' observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, the Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952, the Johnson presidential race of 1960, Texas Democratic politics from 1952-56, and the Fifty-third State Legislature. The interview also includes his opinion on the governor's role in state party organization, the state Democratic Convention of 1951, the gubernatorial election of 1954, veterans land board controversy from 1954-55, as well as insurance scandals of the mid-1950s and the lame-duck governor.
Date:
July 24, 1969
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B.; Gantt, Fred & Shivers, Allan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. Shephard, July 14, 1988
Interview with May Shephard, a teacher and a member of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship from Tyler, Texas. Shephard explains her background and family, integration in schools, the history of race relations in Denton, her involvement with the group, their voting registration projects, demographics in the group, and how they performed outreach.
Date:
July 14, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Shephard, MaeDell
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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006
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Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date:
July 15, 2006
Creator:
Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. Frank Rollins, July 20, 1996
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Interview with J. Frank Rollins, an oilman and a geophysicist, concerning his work experience with Petty Geophysical Engineering Company doing refraction seismic work; his employment with Geophysical Service, Inc.; doing reflection and refraction work in 1936; oil exploration in South America; work in oil field instrumentation equipment; work as a "computer" interpreting geological data; founding of Rayflex Exploration Company in 1948; technological developments for oil field exploration; geochemical surveying; the sale of Rayflex to Phillips-Eckhart in 1962; his work as a geophysical consultant; the application of oil field technology to national defense; German espionage activity in South America during World War II; and pro-German activity in South Louisiana during World War II.
Date:
July 20, 1996
Creator:
Daniels, John D. & Rollins, J. Frank
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Crooks, July 24, 2003
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Interview with aircraft worker Richard Crooks. The interview includes Crooks' personal experiences of being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date:
July 24, 2003
Creator:
Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Crooks, Richard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mitchell Jackson, July 17, 1993
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Interview with Mitchell Jackson, a former student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories of what his life was like in a segregated school and community. He comments specifically on his family background, teachers, athletics, school curriculum, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller.
Date:
July 17, 1993
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & Jackson, Mitchell
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. L. Nix, Jr., July 17, 1993
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Transcript of an interview with Clarence Nix, Jr. concerning his experiences as a student at Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas (1926-1932).
Date:
July 17, 1993
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & Nix, Clarence L., 1920-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mary Alice Reding, July 20, 2013
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Interview with Mary Alice Reding, a resident of Aubrey, Texas and a graduate of the University of North Texas, regarding her experiences growing up in Aubrey, schooling, her father J. M. Coffey, who was a representative in the Texas legislature, local businesses, other town residents, and residences.
Date:
July 20, 2013
Creator:
Goin, Deborah & Reding, Mary Alice
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dolphus Edward Rowan, July 17, 2007
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Interview with Ed Rowan, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Gadsden, Alabama. Rowan discusses his family background, education, work, purchasing an airplane, flying over the the wreck of the Hindenburg, joining the National Guard and flying coastal patrols, becoming a bomber pilot, his B-17 crew, the various missions they flew in the European Theater, fighters, flak, equipment, tactics, leaving the service, and working as an airline pilot. In appendix is a photo of Rowan's civilian plane, his Distinguished Flying Cross citation, his appointment to the Reserves, a list of missions, flight logs, and a fact sheet about the 381st Bomb Group,
Date:
July 17, 2007
Creator:
Hegi, Benjamin & Rowan Jr., Dolphus Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold L. Branch, July 7, 1993
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Interview with Harold Branch, a diamond expert, concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1920 to 1950.
Date:
July 7, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John C. & Branch, Harold L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jose Gonzales, July 4, 1997
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Interview with Jose Gonzalez, an anesthetist and Army veteran of the Vietnam War. In the interview, Gonzalez describes his experiences while serving as an Army nurse in Vietnam. Gonzalez discusses what life was like during his assignment to the 24th Evacuation Hospital, and includes details concerning relationships between doctors and nurses, morale, American relations with Vietnamese civilians, recreational activities, entertainment, and his Bronze Star award. He also recalls the adjustments that both he and many of his comrades dealt with post-Vietnam, and shares his attitudes toward the war.
Date:
July 4, 1997
Creator:
Houser-Hess, Lucinda & Gonzalez, Jose
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Darrell Harrington, July 5, 1997
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Interview with Darrell Harrington, an anesthetist and Army veteran of the Vietnam War. In the interview, Harrington describes his experiences while serving as an Army nurse, and includes details on his assignments to Chu Lai, Da Nang, and the 91st Evacuation Hospital in An Khe. Harrington also discusses the treatment of wounded troops and enemy soldiers, relationships between doctors and nurses, general morale problems, and recreational activities. He recalls his return to the States on thirty-day leave as well as post-Vietnam adjustments and his attitudes toward the war.
Date:
July 5, 1997
Creator:
Houser-Hess, Lucinda & Harrington, Darrell
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., the founder of the Uvalde Producers Feed and Elevator Inc., from Uvalde, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, education, and his views on the grain business.
Date:
July 12, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Charles V., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Stephan Swetlick, July 10, 1984
Interview with Stephan Swetlick, a businessman who has primarily been a farmer. He has also run a cafe, had a meat route, swapped called, and fed out cattle and hogs.
Date:
July 10, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Swetlick, Stephan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. S. Turbeville, June 17, 1981
Interview with C. S. Turbeville, one of the founders of Bomber Bait Company in Gainesville, Texas, regarding his family background, upbringing on the farm, connection to business and the stores his family owned, research and testing of baits, fishing tournaments, and involvement in the Chamber of Commerce. (appliance store)
Date:
July 17, 1981
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Turbeville, Clarence S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday, August 28, 1965
Interview with Paul J. Kilday, former U.S. Congressman (1939-1940), attorney and judge from San Antonio, Texas. The interview includes Kilday's experiences and personal views of neutrality legislation, selective service legislation, Lend-Lease, conscientious objectors, atomic bomb, demobilization, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, creation of Atomic Energy Commission, Unification Act of the Armed Services, creation of Department of Defense, and campaign for Congress against Maury Maverick, 1938.
Date:
July 1, 1966
Creator:
Kamp, H. W. & Kilday, Paul J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Douglas Chadwick, July 19, 2012
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Interview with Douglas Chadwick, former executive director of the UNT Foundation from Dallas, Texas. Chadwick discusses his family background and education at Southern Methodist University, his career in administration, work as Director of Planned Giving at UNT, involvement with the UNT Foundation and work as executive director, building connections and financial support, changes in the Foundation through the years, thoughts on the future of the Foundation and University, and his retirement.
Date:
July 19, 2012
Creator:
Kilgore, Deborah K. & Chadwick, Douglas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ginger Heiman, July 26, 2012
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Interview with Ginger Heiman, certified public accountant, conducted for the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. She discusses her childhood and education in Denison, Texas, and at Grayson College, Southern Oklahoma University, and UNT; career as a Certified Public Accountant; work with the UNT comptroller’s office and the UNT Foundation.
Date:
July 26, 2012
Creator:
Kilgore, Deborah K. & Heiman, Ginger
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Coy Carter, July 28, 2010
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Transcript of an interview with Coy Carter, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, discussing his childhood in Weatherford and Spring Creek, Texas; farming in Spring Creek; memories of the Great Depression; ranching; tenure as sheriff.
Date:
July 28, 2010
Creator:
Liles, Debbie & Carter, Coy, 1929-
System:
The UNT Digital Library