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Oral History Interview with Robert Crist, May 26,1993

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Interview with Robert Crist from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Crist worked at a camp in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania (Company 1377).
Date: May 26, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crist, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Louis Cresson, February 22, 1993

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Interview with Louis Cresson, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Hillside, Pennsylvania. Cresson discusses his family, life during the Great Depression, and work at CCC camps in Shawville and Renovo, Pennsylvania.
Date: February 22, 1993
Creator: Price, Peggy & Cresson, Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frank Polenta, March 2, 1993

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Interview with Frank Polenta, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Polenta discusses his background and his experiences at the CCC Camp Pebble Dell--ANF No. 1 in Marienville, Pennsylvania.
Date: March 2, 1993
Creator: Hodges, Ann & Polenta, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jabina Coleman, November 3, 2022

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Interview with Jabina Coleman, a reproductive psychotherapist and certified lactation consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coleman discusses her involvement in supporting maternal health, from running Life House Lactation & Perinatal Services to founding groups like Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment, the Perinatal Mental Health and Alliance for People of Color, and the Maternal Wellness Village in Philadelphia. Coleman discusses her own pregnancy, postpartum depression, education, and motivation to become an advocate in her field.
Date: November 3, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Coleman, Jabina
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Nancy Berchtold, March 2, 2021

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Interview with Nancy Berchtold, a women's support group leader from Pennsylvania. Berchtold discusses her pregnancy, postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, the Pacific postpartum Support Society in Vancouver, starting the Depression After Delivery support group for women, television appearances, conferences, and change over time.
Date: March 2, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Berchtold, Nancy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Sacker, February 24, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Sacker, February 24, 1989

Interview with Major John R. Sacker, a United States Air Force veteran from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while a member of the 9th Signal Service Company stationed there.
Date: February 24, 1989
Creator: Young, Thomas & Sacker, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Stephen P. Yorden, May 5, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Stephen P. Yorden, May 5, 1984

Interview with Stephen P. Yorden, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey.
Date: May 5, 1984
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Yorden, Stephen P.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Leonard Bock, August 7, 1997

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Interview with Leonard Bock, a Navy veteran (PC-1135 and PC-1128), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: August 7, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bock, Leonard
System: 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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Stan Ingman, March 14, 2019

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Transcript of an interview with UNT professor Stan Ingman about his experiences growing up in cities that with pollution and environmental degradation, his education, and his work in the Rehabilitation and Health Services Department to develop curricula connecting the well-being of people to the health of their environments.
Date: March 14, 2019
Creator: Stark, Johnnie & Ingman, Stanley R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Merle Timblin, June 21, 2010

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Transcript of an interview with Merle Timblin, Civilian Conservation Corps worker and U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Timblin discusses his childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio operator in the U.S. Army Fourth Armored Division, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge; lessons learned from experience in the Army; decision to relocate to Niagara Falls, N.Y., and thence to North Texas; career as a machinist and mechanic.
Date: June 21, 2010
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Timblin, Merle, 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James G. Turner, August 7, 1999

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Transcript of an interview with James G. Turner, Marine Corps veteran (Regimental Headquarters Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences on Saipan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Turner discusses his decision to join the Marine Corps, December 7, 1942; boot camp, Parris Island; formation of the 4th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, 1943; preparations on Maui for the invasion of Saipan; the amphibious landings on Saipan, June 15, 1945; his duties with the Motor Transport Section and Headquarters Company; return to Maui.
Date: August 7, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Turner, James G.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald W. Peters, August 6, 1998

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Transcript of an interview with Donald W. Peters, Army veteran (C Company, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion), concerning his experiences in the Italian Campaign and experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Peters discusses his entry into the Army and basic training, 1943; transit across the Atlantic to North Africa and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion; Monte Cassino; Anzio landing and being wounded by shrapnel when his ship sank; recuperation in Naples and return to his unit; murder of German POWs; Rome-Arno Campaign, 1944; invasion of southern France, 1944; transfer of the unit to the French Alps and his capture, 1944; initial incarceration in Torino (Turin); permanent POW camp at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany; POW life at Stalag VII-A; liberation; and postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date: August 6, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Peters, Donald W., 1924-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, August 4, 1996

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Transcript of an interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, nurse, concerning her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before the and during World War II. McCune discusses her educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capitol; personal observations of the activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph Grew, and Eleanor Roosevelt; working with diplomatic codes; incident involving President Roosevelt's stamp collection; and her decision to join the Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944.
Date: August 4, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McCune, Evelyn Myers, 1918-
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 2 (open access)

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 2

List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person.
Date: 1883
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gettysburg National Military Commission Annual Reports to the Secretary of War: 1893-1901 (open access)

Gettysburg National Military Commission Annual Reports to the Secretary of War: 1893-1901

Annual report containing photographs and information regarding the Gettysburg National Military Park, including maintenance, erection of monuments, and site preservation.
Date: 1902
Creator: Gettysburg National Military Park Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fourth Commandment; with some account of Jack Riot and Will Mindful (open access)

The Fourth Commandment; with some account of Jack Riot and Will Mindful

The fourth commandment; with some account of Jack Riot and Will Mindful, published by American Sunday-School Union. Formerly owned by Gustine Courson Weaver.
Date: [1853,1857]
Creator: American Sunday-School Union
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The New World, 1992] (open access)

[The New World, 1992]

Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991] (open access)

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]

Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1991]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William H. Haugh, January 12, 1999

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Interview with William H. Haugh, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Haugh discusses growing up in Wrightsville, getting his own farm, the wartime economy, being drafted into the Army, becoming a machine gunner in the 35th Infantry Division, arrival in Metz and advancing to the Battle of the Bulge, artillery, experiences in combat, the Rhineland Campaign, the Ruhr Valley, being wounded, the German surrender and the Army of Occupation, reflections on combat, and returning to civilian life.
Date: January 12, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Haugh, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999

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Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997

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Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.
Date: August 10, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William J. Lesko, February 17, 1999

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Interview with William J. Lesko, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who served with the 14th Combat Cargo Group in the China-Burma-India Theater. Lesko discusses his family background, enlisting and training to be a radar and radio technician, deployment to India, flying supplies to British troops in Burma, the end of the war, returning to the United States, and life postwar.
Date: February 17, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Lesko, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Richard L. Johnston, February 17, 1999

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Interview with William J. Alexander, a Army WWII veteran from Universal, Pennsylvania, who served as an officer of the 382nd Engineer Battalion (Separate), a unit of black enlisted troops. Alexander discusses growing up, joining the Civilian Conservation Corps, joining the Army and commissioning through OCS, training, deployment to India, building the Ledo Road, General Joseph Stilwell, constructing the 20th Bomber Command HQ, working in a steelmill, the atomic bomb, returning home, and postwar service.
Date: February 17, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Johnston, Richard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library