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Oral History Interview with Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson, March 13, 1970

Interview with Hattie Bell McKamey Ferguson (Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson), farmer and homemaker, who shares her observations on the land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1910 to 1970. She also discusses small town social life, the agrarian life, Mexican-Anglo relations, and King Ranch.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Ferguson, Hattie Bell McKamey, 1911-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edwin F. Flato, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edwin F. Flato, March 13, 1970

Interview with Edwin Flato, a businessman from Corpus Christi, Texas. Flato discusses his arrival in Kingsville in 1904, his construction of a hardware store in Robstown, TX, and various experiences in the Corpus area economy.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Flato, Edwin F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, March 13, 1970

Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, a teacher from Taft, Texas. Moore discusses her experiences living and schooling in Taft from 1909, her time at Texas A&M, and President Taft's visit to the town.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Moore, Mrs. Henry
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ivan Bounds, March 27, 2002

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Interview with aircraft worker Ivan Bounds. The interview includes Bounds' personal experiences as a longtime resident of Denton County, Texas from 1926-2002.
Date: March 27, 2002
Creator: Stribling, Beth & Bounds, Ivan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, March 25, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, March 25, 1989

Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, a United States Navy veteran from Lincoln, Nebraska, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Maryland.
Date: March 25, 1989
Creator: Summers, H. R., Jr. & Lawrence, Lloyd A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Burlyce Logan, March 14, 2006 and February 6, 2017

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Interview with Burlyce Logan, one of the first African American students at North Texas, and UNT alumna whose college education began in 1956 and concluded in 2011. She recalls her childhood and education in Dallas and New York City; love of piano and musical education; decision to become one of the first African American students at North Texas; experiences as a college student, including racist incidents on campus, and as a boarder in Southeast Denton; decision to drop out in 1958; marriage to Raymond Logan, move to California, and return to Denton; decision to return to UNT as a student in 2005 and experiences on campus in the 21st century; 2011 graduation.
Date: 2006-03-14/2017-02-06
Creator: Thompson, Mark; Stallings, Chelsea & Logan, Burlyce
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Susan Khammash, March 2, 2003

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Transcript of an interview with with Susan Khammash concerning her recollections while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, August 30-September 1, 1969, in Lewisville, Texas. Khammash discusses her early interest in popular music, particularly The Beatles; her rejection of middle-class cultural values; influence of the Vietnam War on young people; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; her involvement with the Back-To-Earth movement; cowboys, bikers, and townfolk; security; alcohol and drug use; activities of the Hog Farm; medical and camping facilities; "Wavy Gravy" (Hugh Romney); Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Ten Years After, Chicago, and Janis Joplin; her thoughts about environmentalism; the women's movement; the role of music as a reflection of the hippie movement of the Sixties.
Date: March 2, 2003
Creator: Tittle, Dennis & Khammash, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, March 24, 2014

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Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, an African-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas, from Champaign, Illinois, who moved to Texas during the civil rights era. Johnson, accompanied by her neighbor Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, discusses the differences between life in Illinois and the segregated South, her first instances of discrimination, desegregation in Fort Worth, the Wright Amendment, Juneteenth, neighborhoods and housing, differences between Dallas and Fort Worth, persistent racism, and Carswell AFB.
Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Travis, Sarah & Johnson, Marilyn Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ora Lee Grant, March 11, 2018

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Interview with Ora Lee Grant with the assistance of her granddaughter, Monique Delagraentiss. Grant discusses growing up in Brookshire, Texas, celebrating Juneteenth with family, her grandfather's church (Sanctified Folks, which eventually became Church of God and Christ), the role of women in Juneteenth celebrations, and the political environment of the time.
Date: March 11, 2018
Creator: Turner, Elizabeth Hayes & Grant, Ora Lee
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, March 20, 2014

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Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, a former student of I. M. Terrell High School from Fort Worth, Texas. Sanders-Wise discusses her average daily routine at the school, integration, her family history, Juneteenth and black culture in Fort Worth, church life, experiences of segregation and discrimination, and contemporary racism. In appendix is a photo of a public art installation commemorating black railroad employees at the TRE Station in Fort Worth.
Date: March 20, 2014
Creator: Williams, Tessa & Sanders-Wise, Brenda
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Glenn F. Davis, March 3, 1993

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Interview with Glenn F. Davis, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Plano, Texas. Davis discusses his family, farming background, and working for the CCC at camps in Colorado, Texas, and California during the Great Depression.
Date: March 3, 1993
Creator: Wilson, David & Davis, Glenn F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles E. Smith, March 29, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles E. Smith, March 29, 1988

Interview with Charles E. Smith, community leader and longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Dallas, Texas. Smith discusses his role in the Hamilton Park Civic League, of which he was president in 1973, the Hamilton Park School, its closure, integration and its effects in Richardson ISD, and the Pacesetter program.
Date: March 29, 1988
Creator: Wilson, William & Smith, Charles E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marion Hayes, March 24, 2013

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Transcript of an interview with Marion Hayes, author and LGBT activist, conducted for the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Hayes discusses her family history; childhood in Corsicana, Texas; gay high school culture in the 1960s; horsemanship; Dallas Gay Rodeo; lesbian culture in the 1950s and 1960s; Dallas LGBT community; Circle of Friends; AIDS epidemic; LGBT night life; writing career. Appendix includes various photos and documents.
Date: March 24, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Hayes, Marion, 1945-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walter H. Hodgson, March 10, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walter H. Hodgson, March 10, 1977

Interview with Walter Hodgson, a retired university professor-administrator, concerning his recollections of the formation of the jazz program at North Texas State College while dean of the School of Music.
Date: March 10, 1977
Creator: Wysocki, Kathy & Hodgson, Walter H.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dennis Dunkins, March 8, 2006

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Interview with Dennis Dunkins, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Dunkins' personal experiences of childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas, majoring in Industrial Technology and his graduation in 1963, having a career with General Motors, as a business owner, and with Fort Worth ISD. Additionally, Dunkins speaks about off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton, social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty, efforts to desegregate public facilities in Denton, and his summer jobs with Texas & Pacific Railroad Company. The interview includes a photograph of the University of North Texas Trailblazers in 2005.
Date: March 8, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Dunkins, Dennis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, March 16, 2006

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Transcript of an interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, a member of the first generation of African-American students at North Texas State College, concerning her remembrances about her childhood and education in Fort Worth, Texas. Rodgers discusses her experiences at I.M. Terrell High School; decision to enroll at North Texas as a sixteen-year-old high school graduate in 1957; off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty; experiences with President J.C. Matthews; graduation with major in physical education in 1962; teaching career in Fort Worth ISD during era of desegregation and later experiences with "Trailblazers" organization.
Date: March 16, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Rodgers, Jo Cyel
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library