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Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, September 30, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, September 30, 1973

Interview with Democratic Representative and attorney L. DeWitt Hale, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale discusses his experiences as a member of the Regular Session of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. He also talks about his personal views concerning reform legislation and appropriations, and comments on fellow politician Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: September 30, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, December 10, 1964 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, December 10, 1964

Interview with former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Fred H. Minor, an attorney from Lewisville, Texas. The interview includes Minor's personal experiences as a member of the Texas House of Representatives and Speaker of the House, 1931-33, as well as funding for highway construction and his philosophy concerning functions of Speaker of the House.
Date: June 30, 1965
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Minor, Fred H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albin, May 30, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albin, May 30, 1969

Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albin, who have been resident farmers in the town of Taft, Texas for a number of years. In the interview, the Albin's describe their observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around the rural town. They also talk about when they first moved to Taft in 1910, and what agrarian life was like until the 1930's. The Albin's discuss Mexican-Anglo relations in the community as well as the rise and impacts of the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: May 30, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Albin, J. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Gray, May 30, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Gray, May 30, 1984

Interview with Judge Jack Gray of the 211th district court in Denton County, Texas. In the interview, Judge Gray expresses his thoughts and memories of the desegregation of athletics at the North Texas State College in 1956.
Date: May 30, 1984
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & Gray, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Malcolm McGregor, August, 1965 (open access)

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 Oscar H. Mauzy, July 24, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 24, 1968

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes Mauzy's personal views and experiences while serving as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date: January 30, 1970
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, November 13, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, November 13, 1968

Interview with former member of the Texas House of Representatives David Allred, a journalist from Wichita Falls and son of former Democratic Governor James V. Allred. The interview includes Allred's personal experiences while serving as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature, as well as his views on revenue legislation, the reform of liquor laws, increases in state sales tax, changes in House rules, and beer and liquor lobbies. The interview also includes Allred's comments on fellow politicians and other House members.
Date: September 30, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 30, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 30, 1970

Interview with a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Jack Blanton, who is also a businessman from Carrollton, Texas. In the interview, Blanton discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. He also expresses his opinions on issues including his personal political philosophies, one-year versus two-year budgets, the Caveness Plan, social legislation, the establishment of the University of Texas at Dallas, the creation of new four-year colleges, unrest on current college campuses, revenue legislation, beer and liquor lobbies, and person legislation. He also comments on Governor Preston Smith.
Date: June 30, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Rosendo Evaro, September 30, 2006

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Interview with Evaro Rosendo as part of the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. The interview includes Rosendo's personal experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas. Rosendo speaks about the local folklore concerning the presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout the 20th century, as well as the shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Date: September 30, 2006
Creator: Folsom, Brad & Evaro, Rosendo
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011

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Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.
Date: March 30, 2011
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Don Maison, July 30, 2013

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Interview with Don Maison, President and Chief Executive Officer of AIDS services of Dallas. The interview includes Maison's personal experiences about his childhood, working with the Dallas County Juvenile Department, being gay, being involved with the gay community, and his experiences as a lawyer. He particularly talks about being involved with the Dallas Gay Alliance, the Village Station arrests, and the AIDS crisis.
Date: July 30, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Maison, Don
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with P. K. Carlton, June 30, 2004

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Interview with U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force veteran P. K. Carlton. Carlton speaks about his association with General Curtis LeMay, bomber operations against Japan and Japanese occupied territory, his assignment with the Strategic Air Command Operations staff under LeMay, and the role of the SAC and the B-52 in relations with the Soviets. Additionally, Carlton speaks about LeMay's role in creating a safety program for the SAC and in building SAC's communications system, in the development of radar formation flying as well as in the development of Arctic bombing routes and in the USAF's acceptance of the B-52, LeMay's relationship with the press, his efforts to establish survival schools, his influence on USAF equipment decisions, operational contributions and emphasis on readiness, and his views on the use of airpower in Vietnam.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Carlton, P. K.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, April 30, 2006

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Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, alumna of North Texas State University. The interview includes Davis' personal experiences about childhood in rural East Texas, making the decision to attend North Texas, campus life, graduating with a degree in library science, and having a career in Dallas public schools.
Date: April 30, 2006
Creator: Quirk, Ryan & Davis, Margaret Hunt
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bob Glenn, March 30, 2010

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Interview with Bob Glenn, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Glenn's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, his 1961 enlistment in the U.S. Army, service at various stateside bases, and his career in the banking industry. Glenn also discusses changes in the Weatherford economy.
Date: March 30, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Glenn, Bob
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Evelyn Brown, October 30, 2007

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Interview with Evelyn Brown, Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Brown's personal experiences of childhood and education in Pennsylvania, attending nursing school, enlisting in the Navy Nurse Corps, and being involved with veterans organizations. Additionally, Brown discusses her coming out experience, her assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Virginia, her decision to leave service upon assignment to USS Sanctuary, a hospital ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam, and her opinions regarding the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Date: October 30, 2007
Creator: Mims, Dennis Michael & Brown, Evelyn
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald Fleming, May 30, 2003

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Interview with grain elevator operator and Army Air Forces veteran Donald Fleming. The interview includes Fleming's personal experiences about being a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II, his education at Kansas State University, enlisting as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Forces, navigator training, bomber transition training, his assignment to Pantanella Air Base, various missions to Austria and Rumania, fighter escorts by the Tuskegee Airmen, and raids against oil refineries and marshalling yards. Fleming also talks about enemy flak and fighter opposition, his return to the States after fifty-one missions his crew's pet dog, correspondence with his wife, and his postwar business career.
Date: May 30, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fleming, Donald
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Emory M. Spencer, September 30, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Emory M. Spencer, September 30, 1971

Interview with attorney Emory M. Spencer. The interview includes Spencer's personal experiences about being an attorney. Spencer talks about the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas 1920-71, cotton farming, Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan, gambling, the development of the Aransas County Airport, oil exploration, housing subdivisions, the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission, hurricanes, agriculture, property values, and prominent citizens of the county.
Date: September 30, 1971
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Spencer, Emory M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 30, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 30, 1979

Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences about being a member of the 66th Legislature. Agnich talks about his relationship with Governor William Clements, appropriations, tax relief, the Peveto bill, consumer legislation, "Killer Bees," and the split primary.
Date: November 30, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, June 30, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, June 30, 1981

Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, owner and operator of Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything. The interview includes Ellis' personal experiences of employment with his father, Frank Ellis, in the general store. Ellis talks about his family background, effects of the Great Depression in New Hope, Texas businesses, food market opening, business operations during World War II, his employment as a feed salesman, general store advertising, his father's use of peddling wagon, Dallas fair and Mesquite trade day, and retirement.
Date: June 30, 1981
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Ellis, Ernest L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas B. Maston, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas B. Maston, 1974

Interview with Thomas B. Maston, college professor and theologian. The interview includes Maston's personal experiences about religious fundamentalism in Texas during the 1920s. Maston talks about his philosophy of Christian ethics, the Norris Movement, his teaching philosophy, and Southern Baptists and social concern.
Date: July 30, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Maston, Thomas B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Bluntzer, May 30, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Bluntzer, May 30, 1969

Interview with Robert Bluntzer, a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas. Bluntzer discusses growing up near Round Lake and Robstown, homeseekers and subdivision of ranches in the area in the 1900-10s, social life and recreation in the area, politics, law enforcement, his family history and Bluntzer, Texas, local preservation efforts, sports, and Third Awakening revivalists. Before the interview is a fragment of a conversation between Bluntzer, Stephens, and an unnamed attorney about local history and the Sons and Daughters of San Patricio de Hibernia (a local foundation for Irish descendants), recorded by Stephens.
Date: May 30, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Bluntzer, Robert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Effie McQueen, April 30, 2013

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Interview with Effie McQueen from Marshall, Texas. McQueen discusses her childhood and education, attending North Texas State University, participation in civil rights activism, getting the streets of south Denton paved, Quakertown, employment and discrimination, her church involvement, the Denton County Courthouse, and reflections on the town. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Den County Confederate Memorial.
Date: April 30, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & McQueen, Effie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Francisco A. Gonzalez, October 30, 2012

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Interview with Francisco Gonzalez, a journalist from San Miguel, El Salvador. Gonzalez discusses his education, growing up during the civil war, having his appendix removed, his brother's involvement in the war, attending medical school, transition to law school and working as a journalist, moving to the US and attending UNT, work with the Dallas Magazine, his marriage, and revisiting El Salvador.
Date: October 30, 2012
Creator: Malone, Timothy A. & Gonzalez, Francisco A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John O. Burch, May 30, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John O. Burch, May 30, 1978

Interview conducted in Grand Prairie, Texas with John O. Burch, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 30, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burch, John O.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library