Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976

Interview with Navy veteran Kenneth V. Adams. The interview includes Adams' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Henley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: February 16, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Adams, Kenneth V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, October 16, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, October 16, 1970

Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives L. DeWitt Hale, an attorney from Corpus Christi, Texas. The interview includes Hale's personal experiences as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature, as well as his views on one-year versus two-year budgets, revenue bills, corporate income tax, welfare legislation, state minimum wage law, education legislation, the creation of new four-year colleges, beer and liquor lobbies, changes in state sales tax base, personal legislation, redistricting, and the "one man, one vote" U.S. Supreme Court decision. The interview also includes Hale's comments on fellow politicians.
Date: October 16, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971

Interview with Dr. Jack B. Scroggs, history professor at North Texas State University from Little Rock, Arkansas. Scroggs discusses his experience as chairman of the Faculty Search Committee at NTSU after the resignation of university president John J. Kamerick, and the process of finding a new president.
Date: June 16, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Scroggs, Jack B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, December 16, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, December 16, 1974

Interview with Fred Agnich, a businessman and a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views while serving as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Agnich discusses the need for constitutional revision, the Constitutional Revision Committee, Price Daniel, Jr. as chair of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 16, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Walter White, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Walter White, 1975

Interview with Walter White concerning his experiences as a federal labor mediator and conciliator. White speaks of his his thirty-year career with the U.S. Conciliation Service and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, as well as his early boyhood employment with International Harvester Company. He discusses the Depression and New Deal, the Kansas Employment Service, his employment with U.S. Potash Company and experiences with Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union, and his employment with the U.S. Conciliation Service in 1942. White also explains labor-management relations during World War II, his personal experiences in the Omaha and Des Moines offices, the Taft-Hartley Act, the formation of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the post-World War II labor unrest. In addition, White talks about his transfer to Texas, his personal philosophy concerning labor-management relations, personal experiences with and comments about James Hoffa, Sid Richardson, and John Connally, and Eugene Debs.
Date: 1975-04-16/1975-05-21
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Dunn, J. D. & White, Walter, 1906-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, November 16, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, November 16, 1978

Interview with Bill Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, concerning his recollections and experiences during the second special session of the 65th legislature. He discusses property tax, sales tax, the position of state governments, the opinions of other politicians at the session, and tax reform.
Date: November 16, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
System: The UNT Digital Library