Oral History Interviews with Willie B. Johnson, February, 1990

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Interview with Mrs. Willie B. Johnson, a nurse from Kaufman, Texas. Johnson discusses growing up in a sharecropping family, racism in the community, work on the farm, her education, becoming a nurse and working at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, moving to Hamilton Park, unfair access to utilities, her children's education and difficulties with the school system, the Civic League, her husband, her children, other places she's lived, police harassment, the NAACP, and life in Hamilton Park. An addendum includes additional biographical information about Mrs. Johnson.
Date: {1990-02-09,1990-02-22}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Johnson, Willie B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with R. B. Smithwick, November 17, 1990

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Interview with R. B. Smithwick concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Smithwick worked at camps in Farmersville, Texas (Company 869) and Kaufman, Texas (Company 869).
Date: November 17, 1990
Creator: Carter, Susan & Smithwick, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library