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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, August 11, 1985
Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, owners and operators of Hermosa Farms, Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the Dieterich's personal experiences about farming in Dallas, education, and establishing Hermosa Farms. The Dieterich's talk about their family backgrounds, Arthur's employment as operator of dairy cooperative with his brother in El Paso, Texas, the effect of the Great Depression on Dallas dairy businesses, milk processing and delivery operations, a typical day on a dairy farm, their change from retail to wholesale business, developing dairy herd, their cooperation with agricultural experiment stations, personnel practices, and civic and trade association activities. The interview includes an appendix with a family history written by Louise Caillet Dieterich.
Date:
August 11, 1985
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Dieterich, Arthur
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pedro F. Franco, March 10, 2011
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Interview with Colombian-born oral surgeon Pedro F. Franco as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Franco's personal experiences about childhood in Cali, Colombia, attending college and dental school in Bogota, playing on the college soccer team, and working for a new constitution in Colombia. Additionally, Franco discusses family background, his father being kidnapped by a guerrilla group, his residency in the guerrilla-dominated portion of Colombia, educational experiences in Chicago, returning to Colombia, his decision to come to Dallas after being threatened by guerrillas, the impact of his father and mother shaping his values and work ethic, dealing with American stereotypes of Colombia, the apathy of the new generation in America, the legalization of narcotics, his expectations upon coming to America, his thoughts on the importance of philanthropy, and the importance of immigrants in making American great.
Date:
March 10, 2011
Creator:
Nabors, Daniel & Franco, Pedro F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rula Walid Bibi, April 24, 2011
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Interview with Rula Walid Bibi, Palestinian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Bibi's personal experience with discrimination of Palestinians in the Middle East, childhood in Kuwait City, education at the University of Kuwait and Midwestern State University, family experiences during the First Gulf War and circumstances surrounding her immigration to Texas in 1990, thoughts on religion, experiences as a single mother as well as experiences of living in Wichita Falls, Dallas, Richardson, Garland, and Plano. Bibi talks about her first impressions of the U.S., her career in medical technologies, her marriage to an American man and his conversion to Islam, her involvement with political organizations, and thoughts on American education and foreign policy.
Date:
April 24, 2011
Creator:
Abigail, R. Matthew & Bibi, Rula Walid
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, October 21, 2009
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Interview with assistant professor of music history at UNT Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Alonso-Minutti's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico, attending college at Universidad de las Americas, discovering music history as a discipline of study, a one-year course of study in theology in Dallas, choir direction at a church in England, attending graduate school, and accepting a job offer from UNT. Additionally, Alonso-Minutti discusses family history, her grandparents' migration from Spain and Italy, her first impressions of the U.S., the decision to study musicology in the U.S. or Great Britain, the citizenship process, and the contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas.
Date:
October 21, 2009
Creator:
Onspaugh, Patrick & Alonso-Minutti, Ana R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sharon Acierno, October 9, 2007
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Interview with Sharon "Tommie" Acierno, Vietnam War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Acierno's personal experiences about childhood, dropping out of high school and enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and clerical training, working as drill sergeant at Ft. McClellan, struggling with alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, and working with the Vietnam Veterans of America group. Acierno also discusses her coming out experience, volunteering for assignment to Vietnam, her clerical duties with a logistics unit at Long Binh, the camaraderie among gay and straight troops, her experiences with apathetic citizens and antiwar protesters upon return to the U.S., deciding to leave the Army and relocate to Dallas, her experience in the Veterans Administration psychiatric ward, and her opinions regarding the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy and the treatment of women in the military generally. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date:
October 9, 2007
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Acierno, Sharon
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017
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Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Australia and the Philippines.
Date:
January 2, 2017
Creator:
Czap, Joseph; Holcombe, George & Holcombe, Wanda
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Michael Miles, October 31, 2018
Interview with Mike Miles, the former Vice President of Government Relations at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) from Dallas, Texas. While the interview briefly covers aspects of his life in Ohio and Dallas, it focuses on his career with DART. Miles discusses the many successes and failures of public transportation in regards to improving mobility management. He indicates that there has been a shift in perception of public transit since the 1970s and more people are looking for alternative methods to travel.
Date:
October 31, 2018
Creator:
Moye, Todd & Miles, Michael
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sadye Gee, May 28, 1990
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Interview with Sadye Gee, a teacher from Dallas, Texas. Gee discusses her family background, working a laundry service during the Great Depression, education, teaching at B. F. Darrell School, marriage, her husband's career, the Black Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, black Dallas communities, buying a home in Hamilton Park and life in the area as an African-American, raising her daughter, discrimination, schools, the growth of the area, and "buy outs" and relocation. In appendix is a sheet of Gee's biographical information.
Date:
May 29, 1990
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Gee, Sadye
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Ocie R. Turner, 1991
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Interview with the Rev. Ocie Turner, a minister at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, Marine WWII veteran, and a longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Mexia, Texas. Turner discusses his family background, education, serving in the Marine Corps at the Battle of Iwo Jima, working as a butcher in Dallas, working in the oil and gas industry, buying his house in Hamilton Park, the growth and development of the neighborhood, community organizations, local businesses, the schools and his children's education, and changes in the neighborhood over time.
Date:
1991-09-14/1991-12-05
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Turner, Ocie R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas J. Hayman, December 4, 1989
Interview with Thomas Hayman, a builder from Huntsville, Texas, who was involved in the development of Hamilton Park. Hayman discusses his education and early career, going into the construction business, work with the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, building projects in Dallas, the Dallas Interracial Association, prominent figures in Dallas business and the black community, and the process of building Hamilton Park.
Date:
December 4, 1989
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Hayman, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles E. Smith, March 29, 1988
Interview with Charles E. Smith, community leader and longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Dallas, Texas. Smith discusses his role in the Hamilton Park Civic League, of which he was president in 1973, the Hamilton Park School, its closure, integration and its effects in Richardson ISD, and the Pacesetter program.
Date:
March 29, 1988
Creator:
Wilson, William & Smith, Charles E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Roberts, December 15, 1987
Interview with Dr. John Roberts, former superintendent of Richardson Independent School District from Grand Prairie, Texas, who worked through the district's desegregation. Roberts discusses how he came to Richardson ISD, desegregating, closures and reorganization of the district, issues with becoming fully integrated, developing the Pacesetter program, and thoughts on its impact.
Date:
December 15, 1987
Creator:
Wilson, William & Roberts, John
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Braden, October 8, 1994
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Interview with David Braden, an Army Air Force WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Braden served as a navigator/radar-bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific; he recounts being in ROTC at North Texas Agricultural College and signing up for the Air Corps Reserves, flight training, the B-29, his crewmates, assignment to Saipan, organization of a bombing mission, the jetstream, flak and fighters, being shot down, switching crews, targets, briefings, recreation, Japanese holdouts on Saipan, fighter escorts, returning stateside, and leaving the service. In appendix is a letter sent to Dr. Marcello by Braden containing some corrections for the interview.
Date:
October 8, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Braden, David, 1924-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, December 6, 1972
Interview with Representative Jack Blanton, Democratic Texas State legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including funding state primaries, the election of house speaker Rayford Price, Governor Preston Smith's budget proposal, insurance rate making, the State Insurance Commission, and the Texas insurance industry.
Date:
December 6, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, January 6, 1972
Interview with Representative Fred Agnich, a Republican Texas state legislator from Minnesota. Agnich discusses his childhood and education; moving to Texas and becoming a statesman; lobbying and how to control its influence; staffing in government offices; reform of the legislating process; his thoughts on proposed ethics legislation; single-member and multi-member congressional districts; party dynamics in the legislature; the "Dirty Thirty" and the Sharpestown scandal; reform of the insurance industry; and voter registration.
Date:
January 6, 1972
Creator:
Riddlesperger, James & Agnich, Fred J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 29, 1971
Interview with Jack Blanton, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton recounts his experiences during the first session of 62nd Texas State Legislature in 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit funding plan, state finance, education reform, taxation, his role on the Appropriations Committee, manipulation of stocks and insurance, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," ethics legislation, and redistricting.
Date:
June 29, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Onnie Clem, Jr., January 11, 1972
Interview with Onnie Clem, Jr., Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Clem discusses his time as a Marine in Northern China before the war; his transfer to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines; the Japanese invasion; the Battle of Bataan; his capture and internment at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Davao; escaping from a sinking transport off the coast of Mindanao; and reuniting with American forces.
Date:
January 11, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Clem, Onnie, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014
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Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, the Black Panthers, King's assassination, work in Dallas ISD, and continued work with the NAACP, including tenure as president of the Dallas chapter. In appendix is Fields' "colored" ticket to the Texas State Fair from 1954.
Date:
April 3, 2014
Creator:
Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Erickson, March 19, 1995
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Interview with Robert Erickson, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Spokane, Washington. Erickson discusses his family origin, education and becoming an attorney, joining Kaiser Permanente, the company's joint venture with Prudential in Texas, its organization and finances, shortcomings, Kaiser Permanente Advisory Services, conflicts within the medical industry, difficulties establishing Kaiser in DFW and forming medical groups in Texas, competitors, why the venture ended, lessons learned, and Texas culture.
Date:
March 19, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Erickson, Robert
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John L. Dillingham, December 15, 1995
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Interview with John D. Dellingham, a Navy WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Dellingham discusses his experiences aboard the USS Hull at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his decision to join the Navy, training, assignment to the Hull, work and life on the ship, operations prior to December 7th, the crew's reaction to the attack and performance in the battle, operations afterwards, and his service later in the war.
Date:
December 15, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillingham, John L.
Object Type:
Book
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Steven Atikinson, November 23, 2013
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Interview with Steven Atikinson, a LGBT rights activist from Keller, Texas. Atkinson discusses his childhood in Keller, growing up in a small conservative town, coming to terms with his sexuality, education at Baylor, his brief marriage, coming out, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the queer social scene in Dallas in the 1990s, discrimination, grassroots activism, direct action, lobbying, the growth of the Dallas LGBT community and resources, gay rights legislation, and thoughts on his life overall.
Date:
November 23, 2013
Creator:
Graham, Celeste & Atkinson, Steven
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library