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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
59
Baytown Oral Histories
26
Business Archives Project
6
Caltex Oral History Project
4
World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
3
Business History Oral History Project
2
Texas Community History Oral History Project
2
Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
1
Music Oral History Project
1
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Oral History Interview with Mr., Mrs. J. Rodger Read, 1980
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Read, residents of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include their life as employees of Humble Oil and Refining Co., the Depression, consolidation of the three small towns and the Minerva Club.
Date:
{1980-02-01,1980-02-15}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah; Read, Roger & Read, [Mrs. Roger]
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. Hoyt Baird, February 14, 1980, and Vernon Baird, February 28, 1980
Interviews with W. Hoyt Baird and Vernon Baird, chairman of the executive committee and President of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, respectively, concerning the history of the Mrs. Baird’s Bakery Co. and history of the Baird family of Fort Worth.
Date:
{1980-02-14,1980-02-28}
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Baird, W. Hoyt
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Garrett R. Herring, February 1980
Interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life in Humble and his subsequent arrival in 1917 to Middletown (Pelly), an account of the growth of the town, a lynching, origin of street names in Goose Creek, and the Herring Drug Store.
Date:
{1980-02-07,1980-02-14}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Herring, Garrett R.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Henry D. Akin Jr., 1989
Interview with Henry D. Akin Jr., an attorney from Amarillo, Texas. Akin discusses his family background, initial work as a lawyer and representing Richardson ISD, the Civil Rights Act, desegregating, issues with government financing while he was on the Richardson board, the Green Decision, Swann v. Charlotte-Meclenburg and busing, balancing the school district and related cases, and the Biracial Committee.
Date:
{1989-02-22,1989-03-30}
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Akin, Henry D., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Henry D. Akin, Jr., February-March 1989
Interview with Henry D. Akin, Jr., an attorney from Amarillo, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of work for the Richardson Independent School District integration of the Richardson and Hamilton Park schools, the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the closing of Hamilton Park Junior High School, and other legislation related to desegregation.
Date:
{1989-02-22,1989-03-30}
Creator:
Wilson, William & Akin, Henry D., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986
Interview with Howard Yergin, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York City. Yergin discusses his career with the company, including his education and Army service, hiring by Caltex, move to Shanghai in 1948 and business conducted there, businessmen who helped reestablish Caltex's Chinese market after WWII, fleeing China in 1949, attempts at recouping capital from the Chinese government, operations in Hong Kong, changes in the oil market over the years, corporate financing, internal reorganization, OPEC, Persian Gulf economies, South African operations, the tanker fleet, and the company's move from New York to Dallas.
Date:
{1986-01-23,1986-01-24}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Yergin, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds, October 1987
Interview with Marjorie Eastwood, Mary C. Easley, and Mary B. Bonds from Baytown, Texas. These three women answer questions and describing their social and work experiences working at the Humble Oil Refinery during World War II.
Date:
{1987-10-15,1987-10-29}
Creator:
Eastwood, Marjorie; Easley, Mary C. & Bonds, Mary B.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984
Interview with Pete Evans, a Texas National Guard veteran and POW from Hamby, Texas. Evans discusses his time as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") which was captured by the Japanese in March, 1942, including: his upbringing; entering the Guard and training; mobilization, the Louisiana Maneuvers, and deployment to East Asia; diversion from the Philippines to Brisbane and then Java, after December 7th, 1941; assignment to Sangosari near Malang; the Japanese invasion and the American surrender; and experiences in internment at Surabaya, Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and the Orio district of Kitakyūshū.
Date:
{1984-02-15,1984-02-29,1984-03-07}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Evans, Pete
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pat Ruyle, 1980
Interview with Pat Ruyle, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include Robert E. Lee High School history and Baytown history.
Date:
1980
Creator:
Brown, Wanda & Ruyle, Pat
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Virgie Rivere
Interview with Virgie Rivere, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
1980~
Creator:
Kieve, Pam & Rivere, Virgie, 1898-
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Harrell Edmund Chiles, 1980
Interview with Harrell Edmund Chiles, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Western Company. He discusses his family, formation of the Western Company, oil exploration, history of the oil industry in Texas, his political views, and his "I'm Mad" campaign.
Date:
1980-01/1980-09
Creator:
Smallwood, J. B. & Chiles, H. E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, January 16, 1980
Audio interview with Eldridge Rayburn, a veteran of the Texas National Guard from Lubbock, Texas, about his experiences as a member of the "Lost Battalion" captured at Java in 1942 by the Japanese army during World War II. Rayburn discusses his memories of being in a Field Artillery unit, a prisoner of war, and surviving.
Date:
January 16, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Rayburd, Eldridge
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Outline of Interviews with Garrett R. Herring, February 1980]
Outline of an interview with Garrett R. Herring, a resident of the Baytown, Texas area since his arrival in 1917. This outline notes some topics covered by Herring during the interview such as his arrival to town, lynchings taking place, and the creation of street names in town.
Date:
February 1980
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Herring, Garrett
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with M. L. Rea, April 14, 1980
Transcript of an interview with M. L. Rea, a Texas native, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and a member of the "Lost Battalion." Rea discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date:
April 14, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Rea, M. L., 1917-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Virginia Moreno, April 17, 1980
Interview with Virginia Moreno, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include history of Zamora and Moreno families, family history in early Texas and Baytown, courtship of Virginia and Joe Moreno, segregated schools in Baytown, Texas Rangers,Mexican citizens support of Texans against Santa Anna, and founding of Cuahutemoc
Date:
April 17, 1980
Creator:
Homberger, Myra & Moreno, Virginia
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society]
Speech made by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society discussing Texas heroes that had lived in the Baytown area dating back to the time before the Texas Revolution, such as David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, etc.
Date:
April 29, 1980
Creator:
Orton, Wanda
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980
Interview with Joe C. Dillon, a United States Navy veteran, concerning his memories of being aboard the cruiser, the USS Saint Louis, during the attack of December 7, 1941 on Peal Harbor. Dillon also discusses training, life in the Navy, and the other cruisers in the harbor during the attack.
Date:
June 6, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillon, Joe Clyde
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lawrence Myers, June 6, 1980
Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Lawrence Myers. The interview includes Myers' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Headquarters Squadron, 5th Bombardment Group, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
June 6, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Myers, Lawrence
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond S. Cannon, June 6, 1980
Interview with Navy veteran Raymond S. Cannon. The interview includes Myers' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
June 6, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cannon, Raymond S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy D. Blair, June 6, 1980
Interview with Navy veteran Roy D. Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
June 6, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Blair, Roy D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James E. Beauchamp, October 8, 1980
Interview with Navy veteran James E. Beauchamp. The interview includes Beauchamp's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 8, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Beauchamp, James E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980
Interview with Gene Freeland, an assistant to the regional representative at the Labor Department from Dallas, Texas. He discusses the labor climate in Texas, his involvement with the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and representation of unions in politics.
Date:
October 12, 1980
Creator:
King, Amelia Kay & Freeland, Gene
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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 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