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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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Green Pioneers in North Texas
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Oral History Interview with Michie Stevens, March 21, 2013
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Interview with Michie Stevens, stewardess for Air America, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences of growing up in World War II China and Japan, having a brother join the Yakuza crime syndicate, getting her first English speaking jobs, hiring and training with Air America, meeting and marrying her husband, working as a stewardess for Air America in Japan, and living in Laos, Thailand, and South Vietnam. The interview includes an appendix with an article about Stevens.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Michie
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Steve Stevens, March 21, 2013
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Interview with Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot Steve Stevens for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences while serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War, flight training with the Marine Corps, getting hired with Air America, as well as flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos, photo reconnaissance missions throughout Laos including the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Beechcraft Volpar, flying other helicopters and airplanes in Laos, South Vietnam, and Japan for Air America, and flying work in other parts of the world after Air America. Stevens talks about a Search and Rescue mission in Laos, his early interest in aviation and the military, early connections to Air America via other Marines, and the excellent maintenance at Air America.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Steve
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Don E. Ferrier, March 26, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with Don Ferrier, a Certified Green Builder and CEO of Ferrier Companies, discussing the founding and development of the business, particularly green building technologies and high energy efficiency for both residential homes and commercial remodeling.
Date:
March 26, 2019
Creator:
Ferrier, Donald E. & Stark, Johnnie
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clarence Broadnax, March 26, 2014
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Interview with Clarence Broadnax, a business owner and civil rights activist from Karnack, Texas. Broadnax discusses direct action challenging segregation at Dallas-area businesses, the unification of the Dallas civil rights movement, being jailed, civil rights figures, the Dallas Committee, segregation at sports games, becoming the first black hair stylist in the area, the Kennedy assassination, Barack Obama, nightlife and recreation in Karnack and Dallas, the Civil Rights Act, Dallas as a community, and reflections on his experiences.
Date:
March 26, 2014
Creator:
Fichera, Aaron & Broadnax, Clarence
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011
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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.
Date:
March 30, 2011
Creator:
Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William J. Lawson, 1968
Interview with William J. Lawson, a former executive assistant to Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, who was the former Secretary of State for Texas. In the interview, Mr. Lawson, who is from Austin, Texas, discusses his appointment as executive assistant to O'Daniel in 1941. He also describes his role and associations with the administration at the time, as well as his impressions of O'Daniel. Mr. Lawson expresses his personal views and experiences when it comes to relations between O'Daniel and the Legislature, the Democratic State Executive Committee, patronage, the Senate, and also when O'Daniel was appointed Secretary of State.
Date:
March 15, 1968
Creator:
Gantt, Fred & Lawson, William J.
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Galloway, March 17, 1984
Interview with Judge Harold Galoway, an army veteran from Yantis, Texas. This interview contains his recollections as a World War II medical corpsman in Europe. Army life and the health problems of soldiers are discussed.
Date:
March 17, 1984
Creator:
Gilbreath, David W. & Galloway, Harold
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lee Daniels, March 21, 1992
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Transcript of an interview with Rosa Lee Daniels concerning her experiences as a student at Frederick Douglass Colored School until it burned down in 1913, and was rebuilt and renamed the Frederick Moore School in Denton, Texas (1910-1921). Daniels discusses the school facilities, her teachers, discipline, school equipment and facilities, segregation, and Klan activities in Denton.
Date:
March 21, 1992
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & Daniels, Rosa Lee
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ken W. Duncan, March 9, 1994
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Interview with Ken Duncan concerning his experiences during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Duncan worked at camps in Redvale, Colorado (Company 3844) and Paradox Valley, Colorado.
Date:
March 9, 1994
Creator:
Gonzalez, Linda Ott & Duncan, Ken W.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with R. A. Wolfe, March 18, 1994
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Interview with R.A. Wolfe concerning his experiences during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Wolfe worked at camps in Waxahachie, Texas (Company 878) and Dallas, Texas (Company 2896).
Date:
March 18, 1994
Creator:
Gonzalez, Linda Ott & Wolfe, R. A.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mansell Smith, March 5, 2014
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Interview with Mansell Smith, a business-owner and longtime resident of Denton, Texas. Smith discusses his family background and growing up in Denton during the 1930s and 40s, running a floor covering business, housing in Denton, buying real estate, the black community and race relations, his hobbies, and his service in the National Guard.
Date:
March 5, 2014
Creator:
Gurrola, Moisés & Smith, Mansell
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, March 31, 2013
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Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, Women's Army Corps Enlisted, Keypunch Operator, and Korean War-ere Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Babcock's personal experiences of childhood in Michigan, basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia, duty assignments at Governor's Island, New York and Hanau, Germany, her temporary duty assignment at the Pentagon, her placement in the Veterans of Foreign War's Women's Auxiliary despite veteran status, and her brother's experience in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Additionally, the interview includes her reason for enlisting, her family's reaction to her enlistment, impressions of post-war Germany, advice for future women service members, her views on service and women in combat, and her daughter's views of the military and the military service of her mom and other family members. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Babcock's military career.
Date:
March 31, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Babcock, Marjorie Rae Lutkins
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, March 21, 2013
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Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, a USAF Afghan War veteran and Bronze Star recipient from Fremont, Nebraska. Krier discusses her time at the University of Nebraska, ROTC, becoming a logistics planning officer, work at Yokota Air Base in Japan, the effect of 9/11 and the War on Terror on military life, struggles as a servicewoman and misogyny, joint training with the Army, deployment to Kuwait, deployment to Afghanistan, work and leadership at the brigade level, female integration in combat units, leaving active duty for the reserves, and life off-duty. In appendix is an overview of Krier's Air Force career, photos of her, and photos of her commendations.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Krier, Jennifer Leia
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, March 14, 2013
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Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, a Air Force veteran from Phoenix, Arizona. Lachance-Skier discusses growing up, participating in Junior ROTC, enlisting in the Air Force in 1976, experiences as a woman in a newly integrated Air Force, sexual harassment and assault in the military, service in England, attending ROTC and becoming an officer, her marriage, service in Germany, her work during the Gulf War, being forced out as part of a personnel drawdown, transitioning to the civilian world and her post-Air Force career, her involvement in the Grace After Fire program for assisting female veterans, problems facing female veterans and lack of support, the 2014 lifting of the combat ban on women in the US armed forces, the WASPs, and advice for servicewomen. In appendix is a summary of Lachance-Skier's USAF career, three photos of her Meritorious Service Medal certificates, and a Grace After Fire booklet.
Date:
March 14, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Lachance-Skier, Lisa Jane
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, March 31, 2013
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Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Weger's personal experiences of childhood, her family history of military service, reasons for joining the Navy, reaction from her family to her enlistment, training as a cryptological technician, first duty station at Whidbey Island, Washington. Weger talks about the lack of women in unit, rate of pregnancy among unit, sexual assault in the Navy, being a sexual assault victim advocate at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia, deployments aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the Shellback Ceremony and hazing, her activity in veterans groups, the civilian reaction to service, reflections on military service, her second duty station at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia, and advice for future female service members. Additionally, she includes her thoughts on the lifting of combat exclusion ban on women, working at a joint command, integrated barracks, women on submarine duty, the Naval medical system, and her grandmother's service in the Women's Army Corp during the Korean War. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Weger's military career.
Date:
March 31, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Weger, Laura Nevada
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bert Boydstun, March 3, 1993
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Interview with Bert Boydstun concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Boydstun worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Palisade, Colorado. Interview includes Boydstun's experiences leading up to joining the CCC.
Date:
March 3, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John & Boydstun, Bert
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Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Arwine, March 8, 1993
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Interview with John Arwine, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Hurst, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date:
March 8, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John C. & Arwine, John
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Margaret Millar Dawson, March 16, 1993
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Interview with Margaret Dawson concerning her recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1951 to 1962.
Date:
March 16, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John C. & Dawson, Margaret Millar
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carlene B. Feild, March 17, 1993
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Interview with Carlene Feild concerning her recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Date:
March 17, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John C. & Feild, Carlene B.
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Oral History Interview with Norman F. Williams, March 16, 1993
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Interview with Norman Williams, a geologist, concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas, as well as the activities of De Beers.
Date:
March 16, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John C. & Williams, Norman F.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James R. Chennault, March 16, 1994
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Interview with James Chennault concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Chennault worked at a camp in Natchez, Mississippi (Company 1489).
Date:
March 16, 1994
Creator:
Henley, Shelly & Chennault, James R.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sam Hayes, March 4, 1993
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Interview with Sam Hayes, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Groveton, Texas. Hayes talks about his childhood, experiences during the Great Depression, and experiences joining and serving the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Date:
March 4, 1993
Creator:
Hodges, Ann & Hayes, Sam
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Polenta, March 2, 1993
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Interview with Frank Polenta, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Polenta discusses his background and his experiences at the CCC Camp Pebble Dell--ANF No. 1 in Marienville, Pennsylvania.
Date:
March 2, 1993
Creator:
Hodges, Ann & Polenta, Frank
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John M. Evans, Jr., March 7, 1992
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Interview with John M. Evans, Jr., an army veteran and nurse from Berwick, Pennsylvania. Herein he recounts his experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Included: his assignment to a convalescent center, Cam Ranh Bay; attack by enemy sapper team, August, 1969; morale and drug problems; living conditions; recreation; and readjustment to stateside life.
Date:
March 7, 1992
Creator:
Houser, Cindy & Evans, John M., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library