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Oral History Interview with Clarence Broadnax, March 26, 2014
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Interview with Clarence Broadnax, a business owner and civil rights activist from Karnack, Texas. Broadnax discusses direct action challenging segregation at Dallas-area businesses, the unification of the Dallas civil rights movement, being jailed, civil rights figures, the Dallas Committee, segregation at sports games, becoming the first black hair stylist in the area, the Kennedy assassination, Barack Obama, nightlife and recreation in Karnack and Dallas, the Civil Rights Act, Dallas as a community, and reflections on his experiences.
Date:
March 26, 2014
Creator:
Fichera, Aaron & Broadnax, Clarence
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pamela Buchmeyer, November 22, 2014
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Interview with Pamela Buchmeyer, an attorney, LGBT activist, and daughter of Judge Jerry Buchmeyer from Dallas, Texas. Buchmeyer discusses her education, marriage, coming out, divorce, adopting, her father's background and career, sodomy laws and his work against them, Dallas Pride, public housing and Walker v. HUD, race and politics, women attorneys in Texas, and reflections on being an LGBT activist. In appendix is a reproduction of the article "Buchmeyer vs. Dallas," by Dennis Holder, published in D Magazine in June 1991.
Date:
November 22, 2014
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Buchmeyer, Pamela
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Okon, November 7, 2013
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Interview with Howard Okon, a businessman and LGBT community activist from Dallas, Texas. Okon discusses founding the Dallas Tavern Guild, running gay bars in the 1970s, coming out, drug use, political allies, vandalism and raids, changes in patronage, the current state of Texas gay bars, the AIDS epidemic, the impact of social media on the scene, the Dallas dance hall ordinance, activism, and generational differences.
Date:
November 7, 2013
Creator:
Castillo, Vogel & Okon, Howard
Object Type:
Book
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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.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Longstaff, August 4, 2013
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Interview with Richard Longstaff, a gay rights activist from Cambridge, England. Longstaff discusses his childhood, gay men in the British military in the 1960s, moving to Dallas, becoming involved in gay rights, attempting to become a US citizen, his trial for being a gay immigrant and deportation, immigration reform, and gay marriage.
Date:
August 4, 2013
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Longstaff, Richard
Object Type:
Book
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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
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Diane Ragsdale, April 21, 2014
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Interview with Diane Ragsdale, a civil rights activist and city councilwoman from Dallas, Texas. Ragsdale discusses her work with the NAACP Youth Council and Southern Christian Leadership Conference as a young person, school integration, various civil rights campaigns in Dallas, the South Dallas Information Center, neighborhood planning issues, marches and demonstrations, and her work on city council.
Date:
April 21, 2014
Creator:
Edelbrock, Kyle & Ragsdale, Diane
Object Type:
Book
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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
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Moore, October 26, 2013
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Interview with Robert Moore, a LGBT-focus journalist from Hurst, Texas. Moore discusses attending Texas Tech University, his career, working for Dallas Gay News and starting Dallas Voice, changes in attitudes toward LGBT people in Texas, HIV-AIDS, LGBT guilds and associations, and keeping up with changing media.
Date:
October 26, 2013
Creator:
Bravo, Francis & Moore, Robert Wade
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas W. Nance, March 24, 2003
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Interview with Thomas W. Nance, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Nance discusses growing up and joining the 112th, working with horses, equipment used and organization, maneuvers at Fort Bliss, deployment to New Caledonia, operations on Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island and the landing at Arawe, being wounded and evacuated, recovery and discharge, continued disability and experiences with VA hospitals, and reflections on the 112th as a unit. In appendix is the poem "Fiddler's Green," a list of places Nance served, descriptions of military equipment mentioned, and the 112th's service chronicle.
Date:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn & Nance, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Book
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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
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bruce Monroe, November 9, 2013
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Interview with Bruce Monroe from San Antonio, Texas. Monroe discusses attending Texas A&M, coming out, the gay scene in Houston and Florida, the start of the AIDS epidemic, living in Dallas and work with the Dallas Gay Alliance, becoming president of the DGA, changing its name, the Dallas Buyers Club, work in Washington DC, living with HIV, Dallas Way, and art.
Date:
November 9, 2013
Creator:
Bravo, Francis & Monroe, Bruce
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Haynes, September 19, 2001
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Interview with Major General Frederick Haynes, a Marine WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Haynes discusses growing up, becoming an officer in the Marine Corps, being a small arms instructor, assignment to the 28th Marines and training for combat, various experiences fighting the Battle of Iwo Jima, and reflections on battle.
Date:
September 19, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Haynes, Frederick E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lissette Moreno, October 17, 2015
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Interview with Lissette Moreno, a Mexican-American immigrant and activist from Monterrey, Mexico. Moreno discusses her childhood, moving to Dallas, family struggles with poverty, education, testifying in favor of the Texas Dream Act, college, reflections on immigration, the DREAM Act, being present for Pope Francis' 2015 address to the US Congress, and her faith.
Date:
October 17, 2015
Creator:
Herman, Thomas & Moreno, Lissette
Object Type:
Book
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
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Donald Stanley Vogel, February 12, 2003
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Interview with Donald Stanley Vogel, artist and art dealer, concerning his recollections concerning painter Perry Nichols. He discusses his early years as a painter after coming to Dallas from Chicago, 1942; comments about the "Dallas Nine"; building a clientele for his paintings; his relationship with John Rosenfield, the arts and music critic for the Dallas Morning News; his business partnership with Betty McLean in the Betty McLean Art Gallery, 1951-54; his criticism of Nichols's work habits; comments about Nichols's personal life; his role in Nichols's mural painted for the Belo Corporation; his critique of the Belo mural; the importance of self-discipline to the successful artist.
Date:
February 12, 2003
Creator:
Balsley, Gerald & Vogel, Donald S., 1917-2004
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kelly Sanders, August 8, 2013
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Interview with Kelly Sanders, owner of Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair, Denton’s first LGBT-friendly bar. She recalls her childhood in East Texas and in Gainesville, Texas; brief marriage to a man; coming out narrative; experiences managing bars in Dallas; experiences during the AIDS crisis; relationships with LGBT community; decision to open Mable Peabody’s, and experiences there.
Date:
August 8, 2013
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Sanders, Kelly
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mary Dickinson, June 25, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with designer Mary Dickinson discussing her education and influences that caused her to get involved with sustainable design projects, particularly around sourcing non-toxic materials and complying with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards.
Date:
June 25, 2019
Creator:
Stark, Johnnie & Dickinson, Mary J.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Garrett, August 22, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with Howard Garret discussing his education and practice as a landscape architect and arborist, as well as his community engagement around organic gardening and soil health.
Date:
August 22, 2019
Creator:
Stark, Johnnie & Garrett, Howard
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gary G. Olp, August 7, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with Gary Olp, an architect and the founder of GGO Architects (the first green architecture firm in Dallas). He discusses how he became involved in sustainable architecture and with LEED rating systems, as well as his community outreach activities related to various green practices.
Date:
August 7, 2019
Creator:
Stark, Johnnie & Olp, Gary Gene
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Christopher Perry Nichols, February 22, 2003
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Interview with Christopher Perry Nichols, stage director, concerning his recollections of his father, the artist Perry Nichols.
Date:
February 22, 2003
Creator:
Balsley, Gerald & Nichols, Christopher P.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Stuth-Wade, February 19, 2003
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Interview with Robert Stuth-Wade, artist, concerning his recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. He discusses his early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols's marital life and alcoholism; Nichols's teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols's studio; his comparison of Nichols's lifestyle to that of Ernest Hemingway; his critique of Nichols's works and work habits; his criticisms of abstract expressionism; Nichols's marriages; comments about the "Dallas Nine" and Nichols's contribution to the Texas art scene.
Date:
February 19, 2003
Creator:
Stuth-Wade, Bob 1953- & Balsley, Gerald
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Robert "Bob" Richardson, December 5, 2019
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Interview with James Robert "Bob" Richardson, North Texas State College alumnus, football player, and member of the Geezles Fraternity. Richardson discusses his childhood and education in Dallas and Garland, TX; experiences as a high school football player and recruitment to North Texas in 1956; experiences with the North Texas freshman and varsity football teams; decision to join Geezles Fraternity, experiences with and lessons learned from fraternity members; experiences in North Texas business school; career as an insurance company executive, in the Marine Corps, and volunteer work as a Stephen Minister.
Date:
December 5, 2019
Creator:
Pettit, John & Richardson, James Robert
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alma Box, August 19, 1993
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Transcript of an interview with Alma Box concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Box discusses her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, her personal political philosophy, the activities of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, and her views on the Religious Right, abortion, and the Eagle Forum.
Date:
August 19, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi Throne & Box, Alma, 1930-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library