Oral History Interview with Douglas R. Crawford, February 25, 2004

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Interview with Air Force veteran Douglas R. "Roy" Crawford. The interview includes Crawford's personal experiences about early family life, joining the U.S. Army Air Forces, training as a bulldozer operator, removing radioactive debris from Hiroshima, training as a radar operator at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and working as the radar tracker when Major Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on October 19, 1947. Additionally, Crawford talks about his assignments to Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, and Korea, as a forward air observer, his role as an airborne radar operator during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, his various activities with the NASA Space Program, and clandestine missions with the CIA and Air America over Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
Date: February 25, 2004
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Crawford, Douglas R., 1929-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dave C. Sanford, February 25, 1999

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Interview with Dave C. Sanford, a Army WWII veteran from Carter, South Dakota, who served as a mortarman in the 37th Infantry Division. Sanford discusses growing up, his experiences in the Great Depression, being drafted and training, the New Georgia, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Philippine campaigns, being wounded and discharged, and life afterwards.
Date: February 25, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sanford, Dave C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reflections of the Past, Cleburne and Johnson County (open access)

Reflections of the Past, Cleburne and Johnson County

Book published on behalf of the Bicentennial Committee of Cleburne, Texas documenting the history of the area in honor of the United States bicentennial (1776-1976). It includes annotated photographs of people and places related to Johnson County, Texas.
Date: April 25, 1975
Creator: Bicentennial Committee of Cleburne, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Louise Evans, February 25, 1992

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Interview with Louise Evans, a librarian with experience working at the University of North Texas Library during the development of the Library Service Department. Evans discusses her education and background, her career at UNT (then North Texas State University), administration, previous layout of library departments, and courses related to Library Science taught at the time.
Date: February 25, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard C. & Evans, Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Henderson area in Texas.
Date: October 25, 1907
Creator: Ely, Charles W. & Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Grubbs, February 25,1993

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Interview with Albert Grubbs, Jr. from Dawson, Texas concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Grubbs worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Ferguson, James & Grubbs, Albert B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Price Daniel, 1967-68 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Price Daniel, 1967-68

Interviews with Price Daniel, 38th Governor of Texas and (after these interviews) Texas Supreme Court Justice. Daniel discusses his family history and involvement in politics, his education and early career, his first campaigns for and election to the Texas Legislature, his legislative history, opinions on governors and fellow lawmakers, service as Speaker of the House, reelection campaigns, his involvement in the Tidelands Controversy, his involvement in the Democratic Party, his service in the Senate, and his service as Governor of Texas. In appendix is an explanation of the Tidelands Controversy.
Date: 1967-02-25/1968-09-10
Creator: Gantt, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Raúl Durán, April 25, 2014

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Interview with Raúl Durán, an employee of Catholic Charities from Fort Worth, Texas. Durán discusses his upbringing and education, neighborhoods, relations between Hispanic, Anglo, and Black people in Fort Worth, segregation, discrimination, work with the League of United Latin American Citizens, work and discriminatory practice at Fort Worth ISD, John Howard Griffin, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and continued struggles for Fort Worth Mexicanos.
Date: April 25, 2014
Creator: Gurrola, Moisés & Durán, Raúl
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Adolph C. Allen, February 25, 1993

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Interview with Adolph Allen from Colfax, Louisiana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Allen worked at a camp in New Augusta, Mississippi (Company 5415).
Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Allen, Adolph C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Athol Estes Porter Autograph book (open access)

Athol Estes Porter Autograph book

Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Norman Mailer, August 25, 2004

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Interview with Norman Mailer, novelist and Army veteran. The interview includes Mailer's personal experiences about World War II in the Philippines, Army life, jungle patrols, and the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. Mailer talks about the role of his wartime experiences in his novel, The Naked and the Dead.
Date: August 25, 2004
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Mailer, Norman
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Wendolyn Stroud, February 25, 2010

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Interview with Wendoyln Stroud, a longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Stroud discusses her family background, growing up, her own family, presidents, the civil rights movement, and thoughts on living in Weatherford.
Date: February 25, 2010
Creator: Liles, Deborah & Stroud, Wendolyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General's Office Legal Services Billing Rate Study: 2011 (open access)

Texas Attorney General's Office Legal Services Billing Rate Study: 2011

Report breaking down billing rates for legal services based on salaries and operating costs documented during fiscal year 2011, for the purpose of developing rates to charge state agencies for legal services during 2012.
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: MGT of America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General's Office Legal Services Billing Rate Study: 2013 (open access)

Texas Attorney General's Office Legal Services Billing Rate Study: 2013

Report breaking down billing rates for legal services based on salaries and operating costs budgeted for the fiscal year, for the purpose of developing rates to charge state agencies for legal services during 2013.
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: MGT of America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond E. Abbitt, February 25, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond E. Abbitt, February 25, 1975

Interview with Father Raymond Abbitt discussing his experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured on the Island of Mindanao in the Philippines and held in various Japanese camps in the Philippines.
Date: February 25, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, October 25, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, October 25, 1978

Interview with Democratic representative and political journalist David Allred from Wichita Falls, Texas. In the interview, Allred discusses his experiences as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. He also talks about his personal views on issues such as Proposition 13 in California, treasury surplus, the repeal of sales tax on residential utility bills, the increase in inheritance tax exemptions, taxation of agricultural and timber land, initiative-referendum, the Peveto Bill, the formation of the "Filthy Fifty", the Sam Houston Caucus, and the House Study Group. Allred also comments on Governor Dolph Briscoe, Speaker Bill Clayton, and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby
Date: October 25, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986

Interview with Army veteran David Bedell. The interview includes Bedell's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 443rd Signal Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bedell, David
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Janet Blair, June 25, 2001

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Interview with homemaker Janet Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences about being a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II, education in Europe, working with "Bundles for Britain," various assignments, rationing and air raids in England, D-Day, and serving troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Blair talks about her patriotic motivation, her decision to join the Red Cross, her selection as a clubmobiler, the formation of a lifelong friendship with Diana Marvin and Peggy Bell, the use of Greenliners, relationships between Red Cross women and U.S. military personnel, leave time in Paris, living conditions of France, looting, and the end of the war and her return to the States.
Date: June 25, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blair, Janet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Heinen, J. B., Jr., June 25, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Heinen, J. B., Jr., June 25, 1974

Interview with J. B. Heinen, Jr., an independent oilman, concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Heinen worked at camps in Clarksville, Texas; San Simon, Arizona (Company 2881); Wilcox, Arizona; and Bowie, Arizona.
Date: June 25, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Heinen, J. B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986

Interview with Navy veteran Edward Jones. The interview includes Jones' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter written by Jones.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, February 25, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, February 25, 1982

Transcript of an interview with James Kaster, legislative liaison to Governor William Clements, concerning his experiences and personal views as the governor's liaison during Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. This interview was conducted in 1982 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project.
Date: February 25, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wayne Martin, June 25, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Wayne Martin, June 25, 1984

Interview with Navy veteran Wayne Martin. The interview includes Martin's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 4, 1941.
Date: June 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Martin, Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Pat N. McLeod, February 25, 1998

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Interview with college professor Pat N. McLeod from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McLeod discusses his experiences concerning the desegregation of the North Texas State College in the mid-1950's. He describes what growing up was like in a racist community, and includes stories of his African-American friend, Jesse Fischer. McLeod also comments about the role of the President of North Texas State College, James Carl Matthews.
Date: February 25, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McLeod, Pat N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972

Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date: October 25, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library