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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.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990
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Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date:
1990-02/1990-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
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The UNT Digital Library
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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with A. W. Dupree Jr., 1990
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Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., a musician and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Dupree discusses growing up in Old North Dallas, his initial interest in music, different jobs, joining the Army and working as a mechanic with the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII, forming a band, performing solo at nightclubs, his marriage and family, moving to Hamilton Park, church life, neighborhood developments, and the Civic League.
Date:
1990-07/1990-08
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Dupree, A. W., Jr.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. W. Dupree, July 23-August 16, 1990
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Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., resident of Hamilton Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, 1966-90. Dupree discusses his youth in Dallas; service in U.S. military in World War II; musical career; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park and experiences as a resident; home improvements; church activities; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; commercial encroachment; the “Buy Out.”
Date:
1990-07-23/1990-08-16
Creator:
Wilson, William & Dupree, A. W., Jr.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Pauline Dixon, August 1990
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Interview with Pauline Dixon, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Pittsburg, Texas. Dixon discusses her education, her father's work as assistant sheriff in segregated Pittsburg, the Classroom Teachers of Dallas, moving to Hamilton Park, development of the area, the "buy out" of the neighborhood, the Civic League, desegregation and busing, and her political work.
Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Dixon, Pauline
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alvin Dean, September 17, 1990
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Interview with Alivin Dean, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Geronimo, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date:
September 17, 1990
Creator:
Antle, Mike & Dean, Alvin
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991
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Interview with Barbara Darden, a nurse and resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Darden discusses her upbringing and education, nursing, her family, moving to Hamilton Park and the neighborhood's development, school involvement, desegregation and busing, and the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League.
Date:
1990-12/1991-10
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Eiland Collins, 1991
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Interview with Eiland Collins, a Army veteran and civic leader of Hamilton Park from Greenville, Texas. Collins discusses his family background and growing up, service in the Army, work afterwards, his involvement in Hamilton Park United Methodist Church, his work for the Civic League and becoming its president, anti-drug projects, contemporary issues in the neighborhood, the "buy out," and some general reflections on his work for the community.
Date:
1991-01/1991-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Collins, Eiland
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Freddie and Ola Lee Allen, 1991
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Interview with Freddie and Ola Lee Allen, a married couple living in Hamilton Park, both from Marshall, Texas. The Allens discuss their family backgrounds and education, Mr. Allen's service in the Navy during WWII and work in the construction business, Mrs. Allen's work with Richardson ISD and Richland College, their children, moving to Hamilton Park, the neighborhood's development, organizational activities with the Civic League and others, the schools, desegregation, and the "buy out."
Date:
1991-02/1991-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H.; Allen, Freddie & Allen, Ola Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991
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Interview with Vivian Starks, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Bryan, Texas. Starks discusses her education, teaching, her service with the USO, moving to Dallas and Hamilton Park, black schools in Dallas, developing the neighborhood, churches, issues with "buying out," the Civic League, Old North Dallas, desegregation, and contemporary issues.
Date:
1991-04/1991-05
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991
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Interview with Sheila Allen, an attorney and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Allen discusses attending school in Hamilton Park, integration in Richardson ISD and relations between white and black students, discrimination, attending East Texas State and Sam Houston University, struggles finding work afterwards, law school, church life, reflections on the Hamilton Park community, resisting "Buy Out," the Civic League, and thoughts on the future.
Date:
1991-06/1991-09
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Allen, Sheila R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Zan W. Holmes Jr., 1991
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Interview with Zan Holmes Jr., a Methodist pastor and resident of Hamilton Park from Waco, Texas. Holmes discusses his family background, education, seminary, moving to Hamilton Park, building a church, political activity, local development and related issues, youth activities, the schools, and desegregation.
Date:
1991-09/1991-11
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Holmes, Zan W., Jr.
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kay C. Copeland, August 30, 1993
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Interview with Kay C. Copeland, a conservative political activist from Paris, Texas, regarding her role and the role of other women in the rise of the Republican Party in Texas. Copeland discusses her background, her involvement in political organizations, her political beliefs, and politicians in the area.
Date:
August 30, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Copeland, Kay C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd B. Shipman, October 23, 1993
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Interview with Lloyd Shipman, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Dallas, Texas. Shipman discusses his family and education, the impact of the Great Depression, joining the CCC and assignment to Bartlett, Texas, work as a typist, discipline and regimentation in the camp, daily routine, education services, recreation, and his thoughts on the impact of the CCC. In appendix are a chapter from an autobiography by Shipman, and two poems that he wrote.
Date:
October 23, 1993
Creator:
Henley, Shelly & Shipman, Lloyd B.
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-
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with John Pinkney, 1995
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Interview with John Pinkney, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Lancaster, Ohio, regarding his experience with the Kaiser Health Plan of Texas. Pinkney discusses his educational background, his career and work with health plans, PPOs and HMOs, becoming a Health Plan Manager with Kaiser Permanente in Dallas, the healthcare industry in Texas and Kasier's difficulties with it, competition, partnership and communication issues between the company and healthcare providers, and finance and debt.
Date:
1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Pinkney, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Vogt, February 24, 1995
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Interview with Dr. John Vogt, a physician involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture, from Birmingham, Michigan. Vogt discusses his initial work with Kaiser Permanente, the origins of the Kai-Pru venture and why it was established in the Texas market, the benefits and downside for each company, the Dallas healthcare market, the Dallas medical community, healthcare plan models, cost control, and the end of Kai-Pru.
Date:
February 24, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Vogt, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Vohs, March 14, 1995
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Interview with James Vohs, former CEO and president of Kaiser Permanente from Berkeley, California. Vohs discusses his background, his career at Kaiser, the inception of the Kai-Pru venture, Kaiser-Prudential Advisory Services, financial and managerial arrangements, reception and resistance by the medical community, the Dallas healthcare market, and the impact of Kai-Pru.
Date:
March 14, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Vohs, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walter Palmer, March 15, 1995
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Interview with Walter Palmer, an employee with Kaiser Permanente from Kansas City, Missouri, who worked with the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture in Texas insurance during the 1980s. Palmer discusses his background and joining Kaiser, the start of the venture, people involved, financial and managerial arrangements, group practice, facilities, difficulties with servicing the DFW area, and some reflections on his time in the business.
Date:
March 15, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Palmer, Walter K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jerry Phelan, March 16, 1995
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Interview with Jerry Phelan, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Pasadena, California, who worked on the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture in Texas. Phelan discusses his background with Kaiser, people who developed the Kai-Pru program, and his own roll therein.
Date:
March 16, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Phelan, Jerry
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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
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. Maurice Keathley, May 24, 1995
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Interview with E. Maurice Keathely, an employee of Prudential Insurance from Houston, Texas, who was involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture. Keahtley discusses his educational background, work at Prudential, his responsibilities with "Kai-Pru", the value and benefits of the venture, key members of the companies, the financial arrangement and organization of the venture, marketing, HMO's, inter-company cooperation, difficulties and criticisms, and the Texas Medical Association.
Date:
May 24, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Keathley, E. Maurice
System:
The UNT Digital Library