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Women in the Texas Republican Party Oral History Project
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Green Pioneers in North Texas
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Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009
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Transcript of an interview with Kathy Jack concerning her childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; "coming-out" narrative; social life in Dallas's gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
Date:
October 26, 2009
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Jack, Kathy, 1957-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marion Hayes, March 24, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Marion Hayes, author and LGBT activist, conducted for the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Hayes discusses her family history; childhood in Corsicana, Texas; gay high school culture in the 1960s; horsemanship; Dallas Gay Rodeo; lesbian culture in the 1950s and 1960s; Dallas LGBT community; Circle of Friends; AIDS epidemic; LGBT night life; writing career. Appendix includes various photos and documents.
Date:
March 24, 2013
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Hayes, Marion, 1945-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sue Schrader, March 16, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Sue Schrader, Sources of Hope manager and LGBT community activist. Schrader shares concerning her childhood in Indiana; education; move to Texas; family history; homophobia in East Texas; move to Dallas; involvement in the Dallas Metropolitan Community Church (MCC); Dallas gay community in 1980s; MCC history; effects of AIDS crisis on the church and community; MCC's transition into the Cathedral of Hope; changes in the Dallas LGBT community.
Date:
March 16, 2015
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Schrader, Sue, 1941-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lina Maddox, April 9, 2014
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Transcript of an interview with Lina Mae Maddox, telephone operator and EEOC member and activist, concerning her childhood as a white Mississippi sharecropper; experiences of discrimination against poor and women; move to Dallas for war work; experiences of segregation; sympathizing with African Americans' experiences with discrimination; public reaction to the Civil Rights Act; EEOC and union activism; civil rights improvements. Appendix includes excerpts from Maddox's autobiography and various photos.
Date:
April 9, 2014
Creator:
Fant, Christopher E. & Maddox, Lina Mae, 1923-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006
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Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Herman W. Lay, 1974-1975
Interview with Herman W. Lay, executive committee chairman of Pepsi Co., Inc., from Greensville, South Carolina. Lay discusses his childhood and education, his earlier jobs, working in distribution during the Depression, buying the Barrett Food Company and founding H. W. Lay & Co., Inc., the company's growth and expansion, merger with the Frito Co. and gaining nationwide distribution, buying the Red Dot Co., merger with Pepsi, continued expansion, work with Eastern Bloc countries, establishment in the Arab world, the Japanese market, involvement in the Dallas economy, and words on successful entrepreneurship.
Date:
{1974-12-31,1975-02-20}
Creator:
Caruth, Donald & Lay, Herman W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. R. Sparkman, May 6, 1971
Interview with O.R. Sparkman, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Stationed in China before the war, Sparkman was captured in December 1941 by the Japanese in Beijing and interned at various camps in occupied China and Korea before finishing the war at Hakodate, Japan.
Date:
May 6, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Sparkman, O. R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971
Interview with Frank A. Hoke, banker and attorney. The interview includes Hoke's personal experiences about being an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Hoke talks about mortgage buying, loan amortization, insurance, home improvements, accounting procedures, politics and patronage, taxes and appraising, foreclosures, and loan servicing.
Date:
November 24, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hoke, Frank A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harry A. Thompson, April 18, 1973
Interview with Harry Thompson, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Thompson discusses being drafted before the war and training for field artillery at Fort Sill, his assignment to the 99th Infantry Division, training in England, the Siegfried Line, the Battle of the Bulge and his capture at Büllingen, Belgium, being interrogated and transported into Germany, and his experiences in internment at Limburg.
Date:
April 18, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Thompson, Harry A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972
Interview with James L. Kent, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Duncanville, Texas. Kent discusses joining the Marine Corps, being AWOL, his judicial punishment, his deployment to the Philippines at Cavite Navy Yard, the Japanese attack, his experiences in the Battles of Bataan and Corregidor, his capture, and his internment at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan #1 & 2, and Mitsushima.
Date:
May 11, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kent, James L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974
Interview with Phillip Willis, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Peeltown, Texas. Willis discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including: his upbringing; joining the Army Air Corps; pilot training; assignment to Bellows Field on Oahu with an O-47 squadron and their activities there; perceptions of the Japanese and expectations about a potential conflict; the Japanese air attack on Bellows; and following preparations for an invasion.
Date:
February 18, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Willis, Phillip
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971
Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Date:
March 22, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mike McKool, December 31, 1971
Interview with Senator Mike McKool, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. McKool discusses his education and career in law; voter registration legislation; legislative procedure in the congress; lobbyists; the House Speaker's powers and reform of the race for the office; ethics legislation; legislature staffing and committees; residence requirements for congressmen; taxation; appropriations; lobby registration; and the insurance industry.
Date:
December 31, 1971
Creator:
Riddlesperger, James & McKool, Mike
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, August 17, 1973
Interview with Representative Fred J. Agnich, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Agnich discusses his experience in the regular session of the 63rd Legislature, including the large influx of new representatives in the session; the legislative process; coalitions and relations between congressmen; the Appropriations Committee; taxation; ethics reform and the Ethics Commission; reform of campaign financing; reform of the House Speaker race; environmental legislation; and reflections on the accomplishments of the session.
Date:
August 17, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J.
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 Susan Huston, November 2, 2020
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Interview with Susan Huston, a career freelancer from Dallas, Texas. Huston discusses her background, initial involvement in the Dallas fashion industry, life as a freelancer, starting her own company, writing a book, teaching, preparations for fashion shows, modeling, and how the fashion industry has changed over the decades.
Date:
November 2, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Huston, Susan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clarence Shockey, October 7, 1990
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Interview with Clarence Shockey, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Ridgeway, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. It includes an appendix with newspaper clippings about Shockey's efforts to host a reunion.
Date:
October 7, 1990
Creator:
Dickey, Richard C. & Shockey, Clarence
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Curtis O. Greer, Jr., February 14, 1991
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Interview with Curtis O. Greer, Jr., a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. An appendix with an outline for the interview is included.
Date:
February 14, 1991
Creator:
Maschino, Ellen & Greer, Curtis O., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Elisabeth Brolin, March 7, 2021
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Interview with Elisabeth Brolin discussing her early life in Switzerland, immigration to the DFW area, journey to becoming a United States citizen, her discovery of her faith and of God, her life as an immigrant in the United States, her social connections, and the concept of the American Dream.
Date:
March 7, 2021
Creator:
Kvapilova, Katerina & Brolin, Elisabeth
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Larry Leathers, July 15, 2020
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Interview with Larry Leathers, former Visual Manager at Neiman Marcus from Dallas, Texas. Leathers describes his background in theater and dance, fascination with the "frozen theater" of display mannequins, entry into the fashion industry, promotion from display creator to manager of a department to manager of a whole store, stories about working with clients, family, change over time, and the importance of remembering the heart of the fashion industry.
Date:
July 15, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Leathers, Larry
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pauline Dixon, August 1990
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Interview with Pauline Dixon, a teacher, beautician, and resident of Hamilton Park. Dixon discusses her experiences growing up in the neighborhood, her educational background, the racial divide in the area, desegregation of schools, organizations she was involved in, and her teaching career.
Date:
{1990-08-09,1990-08-15}
Creator:
Wilson, William & Dixon, Pauline K.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rudolph Garza, October 23, 1990
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Interview with Rudolph Garza, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Donna, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression and living in camps.
Date:
October 23, 1990
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Garza, Rudolph
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with R. N. Isacksen, May 9, 1979
Interview with R. N. Isacksen, a United States Navy veteran from Des Moines, Iowa. Isacksen discusses his experiences aboard the seaplane tender the USS Tangier during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1978.
Date:
May 9, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Isacksen, R. N.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, July 29, 2020
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Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, a former trimmer from El Paso, Texas. Johnston describes her background and journey to becoming involved in the Dallas fashion industry, education at Texas Tech and the University of North Texas, work as a trimmer in the display department in several stores, including Neiman Marcus, the "NM Way," the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the fashion industry, her shoe collection, and the importance of developing relationships in the industry.
Date:
July 29, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Johnston, Ruth Ann
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library