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Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006

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Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education.
Date: April 3, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Block, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert B. Block, a United States Navy veteran from Yorktown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Block, Albert B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987

Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, a United States Navy veteran from East Prairie, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after surviving the wreck of the USS Houston during World War II.
Date: April 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kennedy, Albert E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy,  April 15, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987

Interview with Albert Kennedy, a businessman, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Kennedy talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Saigon, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: April 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kennedy, Albert E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert Kamenicky, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert Kamenicky, a United States Navy veteran from Rogers, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kamenicky, Albert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albirda Briley, April 29 and May 16, 1994

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Interview with Albirda Briley, a nurse, about her experiences as a plant nurse at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Briley discusses the hiring policies for African Americans, racial problems, industrial accidents and plant medical facilities, social activities, U.S. Congressman Wright Patman's role in her being hired, and the effects of the depot on Texarkana. The Appendix includes a photocopy of a letter to Albirda Briley dated June 13, 1963 [1 p.] and a photocopy of Albirda Briley's grade cards from Texarkana College in Texarakana, Texas [1 p.]
Date: 1994-04-29/1994-05-16
Creator: Brantley, Janet & Briley, Albirda
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Alessandro Buccilli, April 6, 2011

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Interview with Italian immigrant Alessandro Buccilli, Director of Marketing and Sales Administration for Peterbilt Motors Company, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Buccilli discusses his family background in Rome, Italy, his education, employment in the U.S., the shifts in perceptions about Italy and the U.S., social responsibility, learning English, his perspectives on the importance of language and culture, raising American children, and his legacy. The interview also includes Buccilli's comparisons of opportunities, bureaucracy, culture, and national immigration debates in Italy and the U.S.
Date: April 6, 2011
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Buccilli, Alessandro
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ali H. Heidari, April 20, 2011

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Interview with Ali Heidari, an Iranian immigrant, realtor, and restaurateur from Tehran. Heidari discusses growing up, education, moving to Athens, Texas in 1975, attending UT Arlington, getting into real estate, his family, his reaction to the 1979-81 hostage crisis, experiences as an immigrant in DFW, and his thoughts on American youth and culture.
Date: April 20, 2011
Creator: Nabors, Daniel J. & Heidari, Ali H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers,  April 12, 1965 (open access)

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 Alma Clark, April 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Alma Clark regarding her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship. She discusses her childhood and background, living in a segregated neighborhood in Austin, interracial relationships, moving to Denton and Quakertown history, and her involvement with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Ceballos, Nathan & Clark, Alma
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ann Dunnewold, April 21, 2021

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Interview with Ann Dunnewold, a psychologist from Oberlin, Ohio. Dunnewold discusses her education, struggling with postpartum depression, Postpartum Support International, psychotherapy, self-care, writing the Postpartum Survival Guide, and her practice in Dallas.
Date: April 21, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Dunnewold, Ann
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arch Gibson, April 8, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arch Gibson, April 8, 1976

Interview with Arch Gibson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 8, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gibson, Arch
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Barry M. Lewis, April 13, 2021

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Interview with Barry M. Lewis, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois. Lewis discusses his background in law, education, the COVID-19 Pandemic, his involvement with postpartum cases, postpartum psychoses, the DSM, and literature and treatment related to postpartum mental illnesses.
Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Lewis, Barry M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978

Interview with Navy veteran Ben Dei Santi. The interview includes Dei Santi's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 21, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dei Santi, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988

Interview with Ben Russell, a United States Navy veteran from Memphis Tennessee, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Russell, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bessie Harden, April 7, 1988 (open access)

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 Bette Graham, April 2, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bette Graham, April 2, 1980

Interview with Bette Graham, inventor of Liquid Paper and founder of the Liquid Paper Corporation, which has since been sold to the Gillette Company. The interview includes a speech given by Bette Graham before the New Enterprise Club on March 9th, 1977 as well as a previous Oral History interview conducted on May 10th, 1969 and an Oral History interview on August 3, 1977. Additionally, there is a speech that was given to the Rotary Club at the Baker Hotel. Finally, there is a clip from the Dallas Morning News from May 14th, 1980 regarding the death of Bette Graham.
Date: April 2, 1980
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Graham, Bette
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, April 25, 2013

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Interview with Betty Kimble, an employee of Texas Instruments and community activist from Denton, Texas. Kimble discusses her education and family, growing up in Denton, the relocation of Quakertown and the development of new black neighborhoods, changing demographics and current issues, and community action in Southeast Denton. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse, the Confederate Memorial, and a picture of students and teachers at the Fred Moore School in the 1930s or 40s, as identified in the interview by Mrs. Kimble.
Date: April 25, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Kimble, Betty
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, April 2, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, April 2, 1982

Interview with Bill Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, concerning his recollections and experiences during the 67th session of the Texas legislature. He introduces the elections of 1980, House bills created during that time, views of active politicians, and issues debated during the session.
Date: April 2, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bill King, April 26, 2018

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Interview with Dr. Bill King, a radiologist from Denton, Texas. King discusses his family background and upbringing, working for the Denton County Chronicle as a teenager, grade school, attending North Texas State College and becoming a doctor, the history of the Rotary Club, and his involvement in it.
Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Chegwidden, Caitlin & King, Bill
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, April 7, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Billie Mohair, librarian and community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Mohair talks about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, her experiences of racism and segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, Quakertown, continued community involvement, and contemporary civil rights issues.
Date: April 17, 2017
Creator: Lacy, David & Mohair, Billie
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bob Murphey, April 19, 1969 (open access)

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 Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014

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Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, the Black Panthers, King's assassination, work in Dallas ISD, and continued work with the NAACP, including tenure as president of the Dallas chapter. In appendix is Fields' "colored" ticket to the Texas State Fair from 1954.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library