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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project
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Business Archives Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday, August 28, 1965
Interview with Paul J. Kilday, former U.S. Congressman (1939-1940), attorney and judge from San Antonio, Texas. The interview includes Kilday's experiences and personal views of neutrality legislation, selective service legislation, Lend-Lease, conscientious objectors, atomic bomb, demobilization, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, creation of Atomic Energy Commission, Unification Act of the Armed Services, creation of Department of Defense, and campaign for Congress against Maury Maverick, 1938.
Date:
July 1, 1966
Creator:
Kamp, H. W. & Kilday, Paul J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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, November 3, 1967
Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, who was an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the politician's personal experiences and views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date:
July 8, 1968
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Allan Shivers, 1966-1968
Interview with Allan Shivers, a former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. The interview includes Shivers' observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, the Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952, the Johnson presidential race of 1960, Texas Democratic politics from 1952-56, and the Fifty-third State Legislature. The interview also includes his opinion on the governor's role in state party organization, the state Democratic Convention of 1951, the gubernatorial election of 1954, veterans land board controversy from 1954-55, as well as insurance scandals of the mid-1950s and the lame-duck governor.
Date:
July 24, 1969
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B.; Gantt, Fred & Shivers, Allan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Barbara Jordan, July 7, 1970
Interview with Democratic Texas Senator and attorney Barbara Jordan from Houston, Texas. In the interview, Barbara discusses her thoughts and experiences in the Sixty-first Legislature as its first African-American member since Reconstruction. She also shares her thoughts on issues such as the Kennedy-Johnson Campaign in 1960, her unsuccessful campaigns for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964, her successful campaign for the Texas Senate as its first African-American member since 1883, and civil rights. She also comments about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Roy Wilkins, Ralph Abernathy, Adam Clayton Powell, Muhammed Ali (Cassius Clay), Stokely Carmichael, the Black Panthers, Eldridge Cleaver, the African-American image, working within the Establishment, revenue and spending bills, Governor Preston Smith and Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, corporate profits tax, social legislation, student unrest, and sales tax.
Date:
July 7, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Jordan, Barbara
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, December 1, 1969
Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, an attorney from Dallas. The interview includes his personal experiences and views as a member of the Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature.
Date:
July 15, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe Gear, July 18, 1970
Interview with Joe B. Gear regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured near Corregidor in the Phillipines.
Date:
July 18, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Gear, Joe B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970
Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date:
July 19, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, July 6, 1971
Interview with Senator Ike Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the first regular session of the 62nd State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's bond financing plan, his thoughts on Governor Smith as a statesman, state tuition, taxation, education reform, the Sharpstown case, and redistricting.
Date:
July 6, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 29, 1971
Interview with Democratic journalist and member of the Texas House of Representative David Allred, from Wichita Falls, Texas. David Allred was the son of former Governor James V. Allred. In the interview, Allred describes some of his experiences as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty -second Legislature. His topics of discussion include the origins of the "Dirty Thirty", the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, and his comments on former politicians Speaker Gus Mutscher and Representatives William Heatly, Frances Farenthold, and Tommy Shannon.
Date:
July 29, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 29, 1971
Interview with Rep. Walt Parker, Texas state legislator from Denton, Texas. Parker discusses his experiences during the first called special session of the 62nd Texas State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit spending plan, lobbying, taxation, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," and redistricting.
Date:
July 29, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972
Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, her careers in the Army and Navy, and how she arrived in Fulton.
Date:
July 2, 1972
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972
Interview with James H. Sorenson Jr., president of First National Bank in Rockport, Texas. Sorenson discusses his growing up in the Corpus area, his education, his service in World War Two, the Rockport areas growth and changes through the years, the local economy, property developments, his family's ties to the region, natural conservation, local politics, the Aransas County Navigation District, the Intracoastal Channel, hurricanes, oil and gas, the school system, recreation in the area, the country club, and public utilities and services.
Date:
July 3, 1972
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Sorenson, Jr., James H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972
Interview with tax consultant Harcourt G. Bull, Army veteran and survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bull's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bull talks about the Fall of Corregidor and his capture, the Bilibid Prison in 1942, Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a notebook and a narrative written by Bull.
Date:
July 31, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bull, Harcourt G.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, July 3, 1973
Interview with Representative Ben Bynum, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Amarillo, Texas. Bynum discusses his experience during the regular session of the 63rd legislature, including: the large influx of freshman representatives and their effect on the session; the political makeup of the House; debates in the House; the selection of committee chairmen; and the Ethics Commission and related reform legislation.
Date:
July 3, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 12, 1973
Interview with Democratic Texas Senator and attorney Oscar H. Mauzy from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Mauzy shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. Subjects discussed include freshmen senators, committee appointments, reform legislation, and the Comparative Negligence Bill. Mauzy also comments on fellow politicians Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date:
July 12, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hayes H. Bolitho, July 17, 1973
Interview with Hayes H. Bolitho, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bolitho discusses the bombing of Clark Field (1941), his surrender at Clark Field, prison camp at Malaybalay (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), the torpedoing of his hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas, and his evacuation by the American submarine USS Narwhal.
Date:
July 17, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hayes, Bolitho H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 17, 1973
Interview with Representative Walt Parker, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Denton, Texas. Parker discusses his experiences during the regular session of the 63rd Legislature, including the large influx of freshman representatives and their impact on the session; reform legislation; the Ethics Commission; lobbyists; House Speaker elections; criminal legislation; and his evaluation of Price Daniel as speaker.
Date:
July 17, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walt
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wilford A. Autry, July 1, 1974
Interview with Navy veteran Wilford A. Autry. The interview includes Autry's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter.
Date:
July 1, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Autry, Wilford A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Vernon Fuller, July 3, 1974
Interview with Navy veteran Vernon Fuller. The interview includes Fuller's personal experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
July 3, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fuller, Vernon
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Elmer W. Gauger, July 5, 1974
Interview with Elmer Gauger, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
July 5, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Gauger, Elmer W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hedwige Kaczanowski Gray, July 5, 1974
Interview with Hedwige Kaczanowski Gray, a United States Army nurse from Detroit, Michigan. The interview includes her experiences at the Schofield Barracks hospital before and during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
July 5, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Gray, Hedwige Kaczanowski
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Townsend, July 6, 1974
Interview with Frank Townsend, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
July 6, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Townsend, Frank, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred R. Runce, July 6, 1974
Interview with Fred R. Runce, U.S. Army WWII Veteran about his experiences at Wheeler Field with the Army Ordnance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
July 6, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Runce, Fred R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library