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Oral History Interview with Bob Murphey, April 19, 1969
Interview with attorney and former Sergeant-at-Arms of the Texas House of Representatives Bob Murphey, who is from Nacogdoches, Texas. Mr. Murphey is also an accomplished public speaker and the nephew of former Governor Coke Stevenson, who he comments on. In the interview, he discusses his experiences while serving as Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Murphey also describes his thoughts and personal views on the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.
Date:
April 19, 1969
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale & Murphey, Bob
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967
Interview with J. Fagg Foster, from Blue Ridge, Texas. The interview includes Foster's involvement in the Rainey controversy while he was a graduate assistant at the University of Texas, 1944-45.
Date:
April 16, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Kendall & Foster, J. Fagg
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, April 4, 1984
Interview with former president of the North Texas State College and the North Texas State University, J. C. Matthews from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Matthews shares his thoughts and experiences concerning the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date:
April 4, 1984
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Jenkins, Floyd & Matthews, J. C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred McCain, April 2, 1984
Interview with former football coach and director of athletics at the North Texas State University Fred McCain, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McCain describes his experiences from when he worked at the college during the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics.
Date:
April 2, 1984
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & McCain, Fred
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Katherine McGuire, April 6, 1988
Interview with community activist Katherine McGuire from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McGuire discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on what life was like living in a segregated community in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the Denton Christian Preschool, the desegregation of public schools and public facilities, the former president of North Texas State University John Kamerick, former NTSU poet-in-residence B. F. Maiz, integration of NTSU facilities, and the demise of the Fellowship.
Date:
April 6, 1988
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & McGuire, Katherine
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin Dies, Jr., April 23, 1966
Interview with former U.S. congressman Martin Dies, Jr., an attorney from Lufkin, Texas. The interview includes Dies' experiences as a Texas politician and U.S. Congressman, 1931-49 and 1950-56, and chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities during the New Deal. Also includes his personal views on communism.
Date:
April 23, 1966
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Dies, Martin, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, April 12, 1965
Interview with former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas (1950-57), Allan Shivers from Lufkin, Texas. The interview includes Shivers' observations on his career in the Texas Senate (1934-45), liquor control issue, pari-mutuel betting, lobbyists, oil politics, labor relations, comments about Governors James Allred and W. Lee O'Daniel, race for lieutenant governor in 1946, views on the operation of state government, education, Truman presidential race of 1948, tidelands oil, death of Governor Jester in 1949 and succession to governorship, gubernatorial election in 1950 and the Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign of 1952.
Date:
April 12, 1965
Creator:
Brewer, Thomas B. & Shivers, Allan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, June 25, 1969
Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes Mauzy's personal views and experiences as a member of the Sixty-first legislature.
Date:
April 7, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, April 7, 1970
Interview with Democratic Representative and political journalist David Allred from Wichita Falls, Texas. In the interview, Dave discusses his experiences as a member of the Special sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. He also describes his personal views on issues including one-year versus two-year budgets, increases in sales tax, the expansion of sales tax, "grocery tax", conflicts with Speaker Gus Mutscher, beer lobbying, corporate taxes, voter disillusionment, urban-rural conflicts, Wichita Falls politics, and his campaign for reelection and contest for House speakership.
Date:
April 7, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hiram Friedsam, April 28, 1995
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Interview with college professor Dr. Hiram Friedsam from Waco, Texas. In the interview, Friedsam discusses his experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College.
Date:
April 28, 1995
Creator:
Perry, Sharon & Friedsam, Hiram
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bessie Harden, April 7, 1988
Interview with Bessie Harden, a community activist from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Bessie primarily discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She explains what it was like growing up in a segregated and racist society. Bessie also comments on the early days of the Fellowship, social activities of the Fellowship, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, urban renewal, the integration of neighborhoods, the desegregation of Denton public schools and facilities, and various political activities. Biographical information is also included in the interview.
Date:
April 7, 1988
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & Harden, Bessie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, April 27, 1988
Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, a community activist from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, McAdams describes her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the l960s and l970s. She also comments on her decision to join the Fellowship, her personal childhood memories of the African-American community in Denton, segregated education, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the early social meetings of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, restaurants, and churches, urban renewal, voting drives, and her views concerning the future of the African-American community in Denton.
Date:
April 27, 1988
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & McAdams, Willie Frances
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pat Cheek, April 12, 1988
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Pat Cheek from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Cheek recollects her involvement as a member of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship in the 1960's and 1970's, as well as her memories of segregation, particularly in Denton. Cheek discusses her personal views and experiences when it comes to segregation, the street paving of the African American section in Denton, her decision to join the Fellowship, the group's activities, the involvement of husbands in group activities, the group's decision to disband, voter registration drives, and her lasting friendships.
Date:
April 12, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Cheek, Pat
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969
Interview with former member of the Texas House of Representatives H. Grady Perry, a journalist from Stephenville, Texas. Mr. Perry is also a brother-in-law to former Governor Coke Stevenson. In the interview, Mr. Perry recollects his thoughts and experiences while serving in the Thirty-seventh Legislature. He comments on several different politicians including Senator Joe Bailey and Sam Johnson, and also Governors Pat Neff, James and Miriam Ferguson, and Coke Stevenson. He describes his meeting with William Jennings Bryan and goes into detail about Southwest Texas machine politics.
Date:
April 8, 1968
Creator:
Gantt, Fred & Perry, H. Grady
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Havel, April 22, 1994
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Interview with William Havel, an army veteran from Staten Island, New York. This interview recounts his experiences as an adopted child in a farm family and then as a corpsman at Tripler General Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
April 22, 1994
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Havel, William
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carl Denmon, April 8, 2006
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Interview with Carl Denmon, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood in Houston, Texas and undergraduate education at Wiley College. Additionally, Denmon discusses his employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton, graduate studies in Music and Education at NTSU, his career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College, and his perceptions of changes in Denton and at North Texas over forty years.
Date:
April 8, 2006
Creator:
Johnson, Michael & Denmon, Carl
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, Jr., April 19, 2002
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Interview with Navy veteran Frank Curre Jr. The interview includes Curre's personal experiences about joining the Navy, boot camp, being aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, and his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Additionally, Curre talks about pre-war shipboard life and training exercises, his activities during the attack on Pearl Harbor, aftermath of the attack, his transfer to the yard minesweeper YMS-102 at Bremerton, Washington, operation around Midway Island, his transfer to the escort carrier Petrof Bay, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, kamikaze attacks, the Okinawa campaign, and continued combat against kamikazes.
Date:
April 19, 2002
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Curre, Frank, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, April 19, 2011
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Interview with University of North Texas Professor Dr. Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Beckman's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico City, relocating to the U.S., her decision to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, her culture shock and homesickness, marriage to Curt Beckman, the decision to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Iowa, being hired at UNT, and her efforts to remain in touch with family members in Mexico.
Date:
April 19, 2011
Creator:
Clower, John & Beckman, Pierina E. Mercado
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gloria Villanueva-Anderson, April 19, 2004
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Interview with community activist Gloria Villanueva-Anderson. The interview includes Villanueva-Anderson's personal experiences about being an activist in the Mexican-American community of Denton, Texas, education in Denton schools, discrimination at the train station in Denison, Texas, being accepted to the work-scholarship program of the FBI in 1952, opening her telephone answering exchange business, turning toward Republican politics, and her activities with George H.W. Bush's Texas Statewide Hispanic Campaign. Additionally, Villanueva-Anderson discusses her family background, the lack of discrimination against Hispanics in Denton, her family's assimilation in the Anglo culture, early Hispanic families in Denton, her appointment to the North Texas Hispanic Advisory Board by Senator John Tower, as well as her appointments to the Texas Small Business Task Force by Governor William Clements, the White House Conference on Small Business by President Jimmy Carter, and as Regional Advocate for the Small Business Administration by Ronald Reagan.
Date:
April 19, 2004
Creator:
Ray, Dulce Ivette & Villanueva-Anderson, Gloria
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, April 30, 2006
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Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, alumna of North Texas State University. The interview includes Davis' personal experiences about childhood in rural East Texas, making the decision to attend North Texas, campus life, graduating with a degree in library science, and having a career in Dallas public schools.
Date:
April 30, 2006
Creator:
Quirk, Ryan & Davis, Margaret Hunt
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Murphy Daniels, April 4, 2006
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Interview with Murphy Daniels, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Daniels' personal experiences about childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas rather than Texas Southern University, majoring in pre-med, serving in the United States Air Force, studying at Southwestern Medical School, and pursuing medical research. Additionally, Daniels speaks about his difficulties with white professors and graduate assistants, race relations on campus, social life among black students on campus, and off-campus life in "Shack Town" and the support from black citizens of Denton.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Hegi, Benjamin P. & Daniels, Murphy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010
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Interview with Raymond Curtis, longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Curtis' personal experiences of farm life in the Great Depression, childhood in Collin County, Texas, and education at the University of North Texas under the GI Bill. Additionally, Curtis discusses his family history, his career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, the integration of Weatherford schools, the school-building program, and his career as CEO of the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
April 29, 2010
Creator:
Liles, Debbie & Curtis, Raymond
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974
Interview with C. R. Gross, civil servant and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Gross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
April 8, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Gross, C. R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert D. Duvall, April 12, 1976
Interview with Navy veteran Robert D. Duvall. The interview includes Duvall's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
April 12, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Duvall, Robert D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library