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Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1965
Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., a college professor and farmer-stockman from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, as well as House speakerships and lobbyist activities.
Date:
February 8, 1966
Creator:
Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Price Daniel, 1967-68
Interviews with Price Daniel, 38th Governor of Texas and (after these interviews) Texas Supreme Court Justice. Daniel discusses his family history and involvement in politics, his education and early career, his first campaigns for and election to the Texas Legislature, his legislative history, opinions on governors and fellow lawmakers, service as Speaker of the House, reelection campaigns, his involvement in the Tidelands Controversy, his involvement in the Democratic Party, his service in the Senate, and his service as Governor of Texas. In appendix is an explanation of the Tidelands Controversy.
Date:
1967-02-25/1968-09-10
Creator:
Gantt, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Homer P. Rainey, August 1967
Interview with Homer P. Rainey, former president of the University of Texas and professor of higher education at the University of Colorado. The interview includes general coverage of Rainey's early career, his problems with the Board of Regents at the University of Texas, 1944-45, and his unsuccessful race for governor of Texas in 1946.
Date:
February 5, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Kendall & Rainey, Homer P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Kell Cahoon, October 24, 1967
Interview with former Texas House of Representatives Republican member and independent oil-man and geologist Frank K. Cahoon. The interview includes Cahoon's personal views on salaries for public school teachers, labor legislation, sales tax, liquor registration, appropriation bills, revisions in criminal code, lobby influence, and the future growth for the Republican party in Texas. Cahoon also talks about his thoughts on fellow politicians, his decision to switch career paths from business to politics, and his experiences as the only Republican representative in the Texas House.
Date:
February 12, 1968
Creator:
Odom, E. Dale & Cahoon, Frank Kell
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ed Idar, February 20, 1969
Interview with attorney Ed Idar, Jr., who is from Austin, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Idar discusses his experiences as a leader in the American GI Forum during World War II. He also talks about his affiliations with the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations as well as other Mexican-American social action groups. Mr. Idar expresses his views and opinions on several issues including the problem of undocumented workers, the bracero problem, the segregation of schools, jury service, poll tax drives, LULAC, the Viva Kennedy movement, gubernatorial elections, and the Crystal City incident.
Date:
February 20, 1969
Creator:
Cuellar, Robert & Idar, Ed
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. Y. Allee, February 21, 1969
Interview with Captain A. Y. Allee, a member of the Texas Rangers "Company D". In the interview, Captain Allee explains what these organizations are, and why they are significant. He discusses some specific details of his job, as well as Mexican-American relations that he has observed. Captain Allee describes his version of what happened at the Crystal City Incident.
Date:
February 21, 1969
Creator:
Cuellar, Robert & Allee, A. Y.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Juan Cornejo, February 21, 1969
Interview with Juan Cornejo, who is the former Mayor of Crystal City, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Cornejo gives some background information and describes his early life, education, and work. He describes how he was elected and what his accomplishments were as Mayor. Mr. Cornejo also discusses his thoughts and personal opinions on municipal elections, discrimination, the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations, and charges against Captain A. Y. Allee.
Date:
February 21, 1969
Creator:
Cuellar, Robert & Cornejo, Juan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968
Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. It also includes his personal views on appropriations, revenue bills, the budget-making process, the legislature's relationship with Governor John Connally, liquor legislation, and urban-rural conflict.
Date:
February 6, 1970
Creator:
Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben H. Wooten, 1969
Interview with Ben H. Wooten, a banker, public servant, and philanthropist. The interview includes Wooten's observations on the growth and development of banking and finance in the Southwest. The interview also includes his experiences in service during World War I as well as his multiple positions within the banking industry, including: assistant cashier of the Alba National Bank in Alba, Texas, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Farmersville, Texas, state bank examiner, Federal Home Loan Banking System, vice-president and member of the executive committee of Republic National Bank in Dallas, president of First National Bank, Dallas, chairman of the board of Dallas Federal Savings and Loan Association and multiple philanthropic activities.
Date:
February 19, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wooten, Ben H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, May 6, 1970
Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator A. R. Schwartz, an attorney from Galveston, Texas. The interview includes Schwartz's experiences as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature, as well as his personal views on issues such as one-year versus two-year budgets, revenue bills, welfare spending, constitutional revisions, urban-rural conflicts, minimum wages for migrant workers, education legislation, unrest on college campuses, and personal legislation. The former Senator's comments about Governors John Connally and Preston Smith are also included in the interview.
Date:
February 8, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwartz, Aaron Robert, 1926-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde C. Childress, February 8, 1972
Interview with Clyde C. Childress, an Army WWII veteran who served with Filipino guerrillas. Childress discusses joining the army, deployment to the Philippines before the war, the Japanese invasion, forming guerrilla groups, operations and survival on Mindanao, and the Allied invasion and liberation. In appendix are a congressional recognition of Childress and others guerrillas' service in the war, an autobiographical account written by Childress, and a series of action briefs reporting the guerrillas' operations.
Date:
February 8, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sam Zangari, January 5, 1971
Interview with Sam Zangari, an Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Zangari was present at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941.
Date:
February 12, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Zangari, Sam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dean M. McCall, February 26, 1971
Interview with Dean M. McCall, Army Air Corps veteran and survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes McCall's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. McCall talks about the Japanese bombing of Nichols Field, the fall of Bataan, the fall of Corregidor and his capture, Bilibid Prison, hell ship to Japan, copper mining at Motiyama, Honshu, American air raids and naval bombardment, and liberation.
Date:
February 26, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & McCall, Dean M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gilbert C. Garcia, March 3, 1969
Interview with Gilbert C. Garcia, businessman. The interview includes his experiences as a leader in the American GI Forum, the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASO), and other Mexican-American social action groups. It also includes his opinions on the Delgado Case, the poll tax drives, the Texas gubernatorial campaign of 1962, and the Crystal City elections, 1963.
Date:
February 28, 1971
Creator:
Cuellar, Robert & Garcia, Gilbert C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972
Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.
Date:
February 1, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marshall E. Fields, February 13, 1972
Interview with Marshall Fields, a Marine WWII veteran from Arkansas. Fields discusses his deployment to Wake Island shortly before the war, the Battle of Wake Island, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, China, and Sapporo, Japan.
Date:
February 13, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fields, Marshall E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with M. L. Daman, February 1, 1974
Interview with M.L. Daman, an Army veteran, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Daman worked at camps in Lake Itasca, Minnesota and Bemidji, Minnesota (Company 3718).
Date:
February 1, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Daman, M. L., 1915-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975
Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date:
February 22, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, February 24, 1975
Interview with J. W. Buck, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Buck talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
February 24, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Buck, J. W., 1920-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond E. Abbitt, February 25, 1975
Interview with Father Raymond Abbitt discussing his experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured on the Island of Mindanao in the Philippines and held in various Japanese camps in the Philippines.
Date:
February 25, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clifton O. Bellew, February 4, 1976
Interview with Clifton Bellew, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Detroit during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
February 4, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bellew, Clifton O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Bow, February 4, 1976
Interview with James Bow, Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Bishops Point with the Hawaiian Naval Reserve during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
February 4, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bow, James, 1917-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James H. Barclay, February 12, 1976
Interview with James H. Barclay concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Barclay worked in camps in Monrovia, California and Waxahachie, Texas.
Date:
February 12, 1976
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Barclay, James H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library