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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980
Interview with Brooks Holt, a civil servant and United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, discussing his experiences and recollections of working as district director of the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
Date:
October 13, 1980
Creator:
Acrey, Autry & Holt, Brooks
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003
Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date:
September 20, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Mahan, October 17, 1980
Audio interview with Jack Mahan, a teacher, musician, and former student of Colonel Earl D. Irons, regarding his memories of studying under the bandmaster at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mahan discusses his own recollections as well as Colonel's involvement with the American Bandmasters Association and other musical organizations.
Date:
October 17, 1980
Creator:
Barrow, Gary & Mahan, Jack
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Judge L. A. Bedford, Jr., March 28, 1977
Interview with Judge L. A. Bedford, Jr. an associate judge and attorney from Dallas, Texas. Bedford discusses his experiences working on desegregation cases with the NAACP from 1955 to 1961, including: his education; his entry into civil law; his initial involvement with the NAACP; other notable attorneys; his thoughts on Thurgood Marshall; Bell v. Rippy; Borders v. Rippey; problems with the district courts and work with the 5th Circuit Court; threats against black attorneys and retaliation; "Negro Day" at the State Fair; and his thoughts on Lyndon Johnson.
Date:
March 28, 1977
Creator:
Bodnar, John & Bedford, L. A., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nipawan Teepanont, February 17, 1984
Audio interview with Nipawan Teepanont, a graduate student from Thailand studying education at North Texas State University. Teepanont discusses his background, comparisons between education in Thailand and the United States, adjusting, the international community at the university, and his job.
Date:
February 17, 1984
Creator:
Bohlcke, Diane & Teepanont, Nipawan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wesley Bott, October 14, 1977
Interview with Wesley Bott, a veteran of the Marine Corps from Racine, Wisconsin, discussing his experiences during the World War II Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Bott discusses training, life at the Kaneohe base, time as a police sergeant, and reminiscence of the attack itself.
Date:
October 14, 1977
Creator:
Bowman, Larry & Bott, Wesley
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Nichols, October 15, 1977
Interview with John Nichols regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date:
October 15, 1977
Creator:
Bowman, Larry & Nichols, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977
Interview with Thomas Roth regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date:
October 15, 1977
Creator:
Bowman, Larry & Roth, Thomas
Object Type:
Book
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, April 12, 1965
Interview with former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas (1950-57), Allan Shivers from Lufkin, Texas. The interview includes Shivers' observations on his career in the Texas Senate (1934-45), liquor control issue, pari-mutuel betting, lobbyists, oil politics, labor relations, comments about Governors James Allred and W. Lee O'Daniel, race for lieutenant governor in 1946, views on the operation of state government, education, Truman presidential race of 1948, tidelands oil, death of Governor Jester in 1949 and succession to governorship, gubernatorial election in 1950 and the Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign of 1952.
Date:
April 12, 1965
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B. & Shivers, Allan
Object Type:
Book
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Weldon Hart, 1966-1967
Interviews with Weldon Hart, a public relations executive and executive director of the Texas Good Roads Association. The interviews includes Hart's experiences as press secretary and appointments secretary to former Governors Beauford Jester, 1947-50, and Allan Shivers, 1950-57; head of the Texas Employment Commission; organization of a Texas political machine; lobbying for the highway construction industries of Texas. The interviews took place on three separate dates: August 8, 1966, February 6, 1967, and July 3, 1967.
Date:
December 18, 1967
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B.; Odom, E. Dale & Hart, Weldon
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rufus Smith, June 13, 1989
Interview with Rufus Smith, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Hughes Springs, Texas, who survived the Palawan Massacre. Smith discusses joining the Marines, the bombing of Cavite Naval Yard, his capture at Corregidor and internment at Cabanatuan, transfer to Palawan and experiences in captivity there, the massacre and escaping, rescue by Filipinos and traveling with them, evacuation, returning to the United States, and life after the war.
Date:
June 13, 1989
Creator:
Burlage, George & Smith, Rufus
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., March 18, 1989
Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., a United States Navy veteran from Lubbock, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the target battleship USS Utah.
Date:
March 18, 1989
Creator:
Burley, Rick & Flemmons, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987
Interview with Catherine Bell, a public employee and community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Bell discusses the early organization and social activities, her experiences in a segregated environment, the street paving of the African American section of Denton, urban renewal, desegregation of public places in Denton, her political activities, desegregation of schools, and the jobs program.
Date:
December 12, 1987
Creator:
Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dorothy Adkins, November 17, 1987
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Dorothy Adkins from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Dorothy discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the desegregation of schools and other public places in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, public housing, job opportunities, and the Denton Christian Preschool.
Date:
November 17, 1987
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Adkins, Dorothy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Evelyn J. Black, May 10, 1988
Interview with Evelyn Black, a schoolteacher and community activist from Denton, Texas. Black discusses her upbringing in rural Georgia, the establishment of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship, and its activities.
Date:
May 10, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Black, Evelyn J., 1933-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, December 1, 1988
Interview with college professor and community activist Euline Brock, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, which is a follow-up to her earlier recollections, Brock continues to discuss the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960's and 1970's.
Date:
December 1, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Brock, Euline
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pat Cheek, April 12, 1988
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Pat Cheek from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Cheek recollects her involvement as a member of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship in the 1960's and 1970's, as well as her memories of segregation, particularly in Denton. Cheek discusses her personal views and experiences when it comes to segregation, the street paving of the African American section in Denton, her decision to join the Fellowship, the group's activities, the involvement of husbands in group activities, the group's decision to disband, voter registration drives, and her lasting friendships.
Date:
April 12, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Cheek, Pat
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, February 25, 1988
Interview with librarian Billie Mohair from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Mohair discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on coping with segregation in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the desegregation of North Texas State College, her college experiences, her decision to join the Fellowship, and the demise of the Fellowship.
Date:
February 25, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Mohair, Billie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Norvell Reed, March 11, 1988
Interview with community activist Norvell Reed from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Reed discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on what life was like living in a segregated community, the desegregation of North Texas State College, the desegregation of public schools, Fred Moore public School, paving of streets in the African-American section of Denton, the group's social activities, the defeat of urban renewal, and the jobs program.
Date:
March 11, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Reed, Norvell
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carol Riddlesperger, February 5, 1988
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Carol Riddlesperger from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Riddlesperger discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on segregation in Denton, the desegregation of public schools and public facilities, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, her decision to run for the Denton school Board, tutoring program, and the jobs program.
Date:
February 5, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Riddlesperger, Carol
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library