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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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The Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project
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UNT and TWU Library and Library School History Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Quakertown Oral History Project
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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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Women's Studies Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project
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Geezle Fraternity 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 Catherine Bell, April 7, 2017
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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Catherine Bell, public employee and community activist, about her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
Date:
April 7, 2017
Creator:
Beattie, Kathleen & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, March 3, 2017
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Audio log for a recording of an interview with community activist Betty Kimble from Denton, Texas, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Kimble discusses her involvement with the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, desegregation in Denton, experiences with discrimination and segregation, contemporary prejudice, lifelong friendships of Fellowship members, and her continued community involvement.
Date:
March 3, 2017
Creator:
Beattie, Kathleen & Kimble, Betty
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ignaz Gorischek, August 17, 2020
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Interview with Ignaz Gorischek, a fashion consultant from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Gorischek discusses his forty years of work in the department store industry, specifically in luxury retail, opening stores and putting on exhibits with Neiman Marcus, leaving Neiman's to work at a design firm in Dallas, and working with students at the University of North Texas.
Date:
August 17, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Gorischek, Ignaz
Object Type:
Video
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 Benjamin B. Luong, March 15, 2021
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Interview with Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm Lương, a chef from Dallas, Texas who studied at the Culinary Institute of America. Benjamin discusses the background of his Vietnamese parents, the Vietnam War, politics, his father's education in the United States, and his own personal journey to becoming a chef.
Date:
March 15, 2021
Creator:
Bridges-Jacobsen, Lauren & Luong, Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marilyn Gibson Calhoun, February 14, 2023
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Interview with Marilyn Gibson Calhoun, a UNT graduate from Dallas, Texas. Calhoun discusses her education, family, involvement with the civil rights movement, support and community groups that formed among African-American students that were experiencing discrimination at North Texas State, her teaching career, family, going through breast cancer, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Remembering Black Dallas group.
Date:
February 14, 2023
Creator:
Burns, Regina L. & Calhoun, Marilyn Gibson
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Antonio T. Chavez, October 11, 2013
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Interview with Antonio Chavez, a former UNT student from Sonora, Texas. Chavez discusses the desegregation of schools in Sonora, experiences in grade school and the disparity in quality between segregated schools, his father's grocery business, discrimination, majoring in elementary education, working in geophysics, attending North Texas State College, life in Denton and on campus, and raising his family.
Date:
October 11, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & Chavez, Antonio T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Valerie Martínez-Ebers, October 22, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie Martínez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. Martínez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date:
October 22, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & Martínez-Ebers, Valerie
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
Oral History Interview with Roy Cudd, March 19, 1997
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Interview with Roy Cudd, a Navy WWII veteran of the USS Bougainville (CVE-100, an escort carrier) from Denton, Texas. Cudd discusses his family life, their reaction to the start of war, enlisting in the Navy and boot camp, assignment to the Bougainville, duties aboard ship and daily life, missions in the Pacific, the Okinawa Typhoon, combat, initiation as a "shellback," kamikazes, liberty, ranking up, and the end of the war.
Date:
March 19, 1997
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Cudd, Roy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Russell C. Ellis, May 15, 1997
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Interview with Russell Ellis, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the merchant ships USS Santa Leonara, USS Jose Bonaficio, USS Daniel H. Hill, and the repair ship USS Amphion in the European Theater during World War II. North Atlantic convoys; German submarine and aircraft threats; personal observations of civilian conditions in England, Belgium, and France.
Date:
May 15, 1997
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Ellis, Russell C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. Shephard, July 14, 1988
Interview with May Shephard, a teacher and a member of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship from Tyler, Texas. Shephard explains her background and family, integration in schools, the history of race relations in Denton, her involvement with the group, their voting registration projects, demographics in the group, and how they performed outreach.
Date:
July 14, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Shephard, MaeDell
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, October 27, 1987
Interview with Professor Euline Brock, community activist from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Brock 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 early days of the organization, her personal experiences with discrimination, Denton's white power structure, the desegregation of public schools and facilities, the group's first meeting, political activities, urban renewal, and street paving in the African-American section of Denton.
Date:
October 27, 1987
Creator:
Byrd, Richard; Harris, Jane; Lohr, Mary & Brock, Euline
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Victor Rodriguez, June 13-18, 2009
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Interview with Dr. Victor Rodriguez, educator and author of the memoir "The Bell Ringer," about his life and career. Dr. Rodriguez is a North Texas alumni, member of the UNT Athletic Hall of fame, member of the Geezles Fraternity, and pioneer Mexican American educator. Dr. Victor Rodriguez spotlights significant insights into his storied career through five eras: his early all-Hispanic elementary school training; his continued study and budding athletic prowess in the Edna, TX, school district; his Victoria Junior College athletic achievements and learning; his higher education, Geezle membership, and track accomplishments at North Texas State College; and his 37-year career as a teacher, coach, and superintendent in the San Antonio school district. Inspired by his Anglo third-grade teacher in an all-Hispanic school in Edna, TX, Rodriguez responded to his teacher's challenge to be a civic contributor by becoming a daily bell ringer at the local Catholic church (described in detail in his book, The Bell Ringer), a job requiring him to arise at 4:30 each morning and to run two miles one way amid nipping dogs to ring the bell. This discipline and activity would tap his athletic ability later as he surfaced as a distance district winner despite …
Date:
2009-06-13/2009-06-18
Creator:
Calderon, Roberto & Rodriguez, Victor, 1932-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gerard Roland Vela, July 21, 2004
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Interview with Dr. Gerard Roland Vela, UNT Professor Emeritus of Microbiology. The interview includes Vela's personal experiences about childhood and education, serving in World War II-era U.S. Navy, having a fellowship at Harvard University, and joining the North Texas faculty in 1965. Additionally, Vela discusses his family history, his love of chemistry, genetics, and microbiology, the growing pains involved with transitioning North Texas into a research university, the construction of a research program, his relationship with students, and his service on the Denton City Council. Photographs are included throughout the interview.
Date:
July 21, 2004
Creator:
Calderon, Roberto R. & Vela, Gerard Roland
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library