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Oral History Interview with Suzie Humphreys, March 15, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Suzie Humphreys, March 15, 2012

Interview with Suzie Humphreys,a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her work reporting for Channel 8 and KVIL radio station, and her career as a motivational speaker.
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Randle, Garret; Wood, Annie & Humphreys, Suzie
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012

Interview with Rena Pederson, a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers, the books she has written, and her work in communications and public affairs.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Harding, Anne; Dann, Lori & Pederson, Rena
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999

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Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, Army veteran, special agent, and member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The interview includes Crumbling's personal experiences about education and employment before entering the military, basic training, various assignments, and being appointed to the White House Security Detail at President Lyndon B. Johnson's LBJ Ranch. Additionally, Crumbling talks about relations between the military and civilian law enforcement authorities in San Antonio during World War II, his marriage, his fourth enlistment and assignment to Kobe, Japan, various stateside assignments, his retirement from the Army, President and Mrs. Johnson, and his retirement from the Secret Service.
Date: November 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crumbling, Warren D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000 transcript

Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Macia recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hermi Salas, February 14, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Hermi Salas, February 14, 2005

Interview with Oral interview with Hermi Salas, a U. S. Marine during World War II. Salas was assigned to the Third Marine Division and was present for the invasion of Guam in the Mariana Islands. He was wounded on Guam and evacuated to a hospital ship, the USS Solace. He also participated in the Iwo Jima landings. After a few weeks at Iwo Jima, Salas was wounded again and placed aboard the USS Solace. He discusses his experiences in the hospital recovering from the wounds he received in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Eventually, he made his way back to San Antonio. He also discusses a brief leave at home before he reported to prison guard duty in Corpus Christi. Upon being discharged after the war, Salas went to radio school and worked at Kelly Air Force Base in the Civil Service.
Date: February 14, 2005
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Salas, Hermi
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003

Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joyce E. Sarvey, October 21, 2000 transcript

Oral History Interview with Joyce E. Sarvey, October 21, 2000

Interview with Joyce E. Sarvey discussing her work with Western Union in San Antonio, Texas during World War II.
Date: October 21, 2000
Creator: Pickard, Hesty & Sarvey, Joyce E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972

Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance companies, and his thoughts about his own career on leaving office.
Date: December 8, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971

Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date: January 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977

Interview with Phillip Daffron, a Army WWII veteran from Plano, Texas. Daffron discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 including his education and entry into service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1940, training in field artillery, events during the day of the attack at Schofield Barracks and Punchbowl Crater, subsequent events on Oahu, and some details about his service afterwards.
Date: February 9, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Daffron, Phillip L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, October 18, 2007

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Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, an Airman in the US Air Force Reserves from Dallas, Texas. Billingsley discusses his childhood and education, enlisting in the Air Force, basic training and technical school, his duties as a Aircraft Armament Systems specialist, memorable experiences, and plans for the future.
Date: October 17, 2007
Creator: Bonine, Rebecca & Billingsley, Tyrel James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007

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Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
Object Type: Book
System: 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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. P. Mullen, May 29, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. P. Mullen, May 29, 1969

Interview with W. P. Mullen, a carpenter from Taft, Texas. Mullen recounts his time living in Taft and attending Bayview College, Portland, Texas, in the 1900s and '10s.
Date: May 29, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Mullen, W. P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972

Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, her careers in the Army and Navy, and how she arrived in Fulton.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974 (open access)

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 Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970

Interview with Earl I. Crow, a farmer and mechanic from Taft, TX. Crow recounts his family's move to Sinton, TX, in 1909, and the establishment of Taft as a community through the 1910s.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Crow, Earl I.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with J. T. Jackson, April 28, 1990

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Interview with J. T. Jackson, a United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser the USS Raleigh.
Date: April 28, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jackson, J. T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18. 1995

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Interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist from Detroit, Michigan, regarding his memories of working as a correspondent for the United Press of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Tremaine discusses Pearl Harbor, the political environment of the WWII era, major military figures, and a description of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Tremaine, Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Victor Rodriguez, June 13-18, 2009

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Interview with Dr. Victor Rodriguez, educator and author of the memoir "The Bell Ringer," about his life and career. Dr. Rodriguez is a North Texas alumni, member of the UNT Athletic Hall of fame, member of the Geezles Fraternity, and pioneer Mexican American educator. Dr. Victor Rodriguez spotlights significant insights into his storied career through five eras: his early all-Hispanic elementary school training; his continued study and budding athletic prowess in the Edna, TX, school district; his Victoria Junior College athletic achievements and learning; his higher education, Geezle membership, and track accomplishments at North Texas State College; and his 37-year career as a teacher, coach, and superintendent in the San Antonio school district. Inspired by his Anglo third-grade teacher in an all-Hispanic school in Edna, TX, Rodriguez responded to his teacher's challenge to be a civic contributor by becoming a daily bell ringer at the local Catholic church (described in detail in his book, The Bell Ringer), a job requiring him to arise at 4:30 each morning and to run two miles one way amid nipping dogs to ring the bell. This discipline and activity would tap his athletic ability later as he surfaced as a distance district winner despite …
Date: 2009-06-13/2009-06-18
Creator: Calderon, Roberto & Rodriguez, Victor, 1932-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980

Interview with Brooks Holt, a civil servant and United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, discussing his experiences and recollections of working as district director of the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
Date: October 13, 1980
Creator: Acrey, Autry & Holt, Brooks
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with D. C. Heath, December 5, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with D. C. Heath, December 5, 1982

Interview with D. C. Heath, a United States Navy veteran from Johnsonville, Tennessee. Heath recollects his experiences aboard the destroyer the USS Monaghan during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 5, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Heath, D. C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Vaessen, December 5, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Vaessen, December 5, 1982

Interview with John Vaessen, a United States Navy veteran from San Francisco, California. Vaessen recollects his experiences aboard the target battleship the USS Utah during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 5, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Vaessen, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William D. Hill, December 5, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William D. Hill, December 5, 1982

Interview with William D. Hill, a United States Navy veteran from Bridgeport, Alabama. Hill recollects his experiences aboard the cruiser the USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: December 5, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hill, William D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library