Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.

Interview with Army veteran Ralph L. Cerny. The interview includes Cerny's personal experiences about being a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, joining the Illinois National Guard, federalization of the Illinois National Guard, training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, shipping to Camp Darwin, Australia, and combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal. Additionally, Cerny talks about the formation of the American Division and landings at New Caledonia, transferring of the division to Guadalcanal, the fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war, evacuation to the Fiji islands for rest and recuperation, landings on Bougainville, patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville, his rotation back to the States, stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, and his postwar career.

Interview with Estel G. Burns, World War II veteran and B-17 pilot, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. The interview includes Burns' personal experiences of childhood and education in Missouri, farm life in the Great Depression, basic training, and training for aviation mechanics at Sheppard Field, Texas. Additionally, Burns talks about his family history, his 1942 enlistment in Army Air Corps, being accepted into pilot training, marriage to Dorothy Perrin, life at Deenethorpe Air Base, England, crew members and their respective duties on his plane, various missions bombing German targets, his feelings about missions against civilian targets, opinions of Luftwaffe pilots and of Germans, and his postwar Air Force career, including service in the Korean War. The interview includes an appendix of photographs.

Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.

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.

Interview with Jack Guin, a United States Navy veteran from Guin, Alabama, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the hydrographic vessel USS Sumner, originally called the Bushnell.

Interview with Dick J. Reavis, political activist, journalist and author. Reavis is a former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. He discusses childhood memories and early experiences of his father's newspaper publishing career in Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina; Experiences in Texas public schools during segregation era; Father's political views and development of his own political views; Experiences as college student at Texas Tech, Panhandle A&M, and University of Texas; Involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements with Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Students for a Democratic Society, and in various other left causes and organizations; Career in journalism; Personal life, political views and travels.

Interview with Isaac Breedlove, a United States Army veteran from Sylacauga, Alabama, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of Company I, 35th Infantry, 25th Division.

Transcript of an interview with Charles Leroy "Lee" Smith, U.S. Air Force veteran and private pilot. Smith recounts his experiences at the University of Alabama and in the US Air Force, Flight School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, and Basic Training in Mississippi. He speaks of his assignments in Keflavik, Iceland, Red Bluff, CA, and NORAD Sector as Captain in electronics and communications. He was Certified for the F-102 at Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, TX. He tells of his experiences while assigned to combat squadron in Saigon during Vietnam War, and his life after Vietnam era and his work experiences flying world-wide for businesses and the private sector, particularly as pilot for Frank Sinatra.

Interview with William Holston concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Holston worked at a camp in Powers, Oregon. Includes an appendix.

Narrative of Dr. Leonard A. Charpentier. The narrative includes a monologue of Charpentier's experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Charpentier talks about basic training, flight training, fighter pilot training, his assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, the P-47 Thunderbolt, various missions, his being shot down on a mission over southern France and being captured, the treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital, and his postwar medical career.

Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).