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Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, July 12, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, July 12, 1977

Interview with attorney and Democratic Representative L. DeWitt Hale from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Hale discusses his experiences as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. He also expresses his personal views on budget surplus, highway appropriations, the teacher retirement bill, Texas Monthly's ratings of legislators, public school financing, ad valorem taxation, and the Peveto Bill.
Date: July 12, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 11, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 11, 1977

Interview with Democratic attorney and member of the Texas Legislature Sarah Weddington from Austin, Texas. In the interview, Weddington discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature on issues such as budget surpluses, highway appropriations, public school financing, the Peveto Bill, property taxations, and personal legislation.
Date: July 11, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Weddington, Sarah
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday,  August 28, 1965 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday, August 28, 1965

Interview with Paul J. Kilday, former U.S. Congressman (1939-1940), attorney and judge from San Antonio, Texas. The interview includes Kilday's experiences and personal views of neutrality legislation, selective service legislation, Lend-Lease, conscientious objectors, atomic bomb, demobilization, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, creation of Atomic Energy Commission, Unification Act of the Armed Services, creation of Department of Defense, and campaign for Congress against Maury Maverick, 1938.
Date: July 1, 1966
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Kilday, Paul J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970

Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: July 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, 1984

Interview with former president of North Texas State College and North Texas State University J. C. Matthews from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Matthews recollects some of his experiences and thoughts as a child and while he was a student at school. He also comments on several personal experiences as a teacher, including when he was appointed as a laboratory school teacher, a curriculum committee member, and the dean of the college of education. He also talks about the desegregation of North Texas State College in 1955.
Date: July 26, 1984
Creator: Adams, Wayne; Blair, Witt; Jenkins, Floyd; Kingery, Dwane; Marquis, R. L.; Mohat, Imogen et al.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983

Interview with high school football coach Raymond Clement from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Raymond discusses his experiences as the football coach during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date: July 6, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clement, Raymond
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mac Reynolds, July 18, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mac Reynolds, July 18, 1983

Interview with businessman Mac Reynolds from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Reynolds discusses his experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date: July 18, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & Reynolds, Mac
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Herbert Ferrill, July 20, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Herbert Ferrill, July 20, 1983

Interview with former assistant football coach at North Texas State College Herbert Ferrill from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Ferrill describes his experiences concerning the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date: July 20, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & Ferrill, Herbert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Malcolm McGregor, August, 1965 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Malcolm McGregor, August, 1965

Interview with former state legislator Malcolm McGregor, an attorney from El Paso, Texas. The interview includes McGregor's experiences as a liberal in Texas Legislature, 1954-64, and his race for U.S. Congress in 1964.
Date: July 30, 1967
Creator: Brewer, Thomas B. & McGregor, Malcolm
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, November 3, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, November 3, 1967

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, who was an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the politician's personal experiences and views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date: July 8, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Allan Shivers, 1966-1968 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Allan Shivers, 1966-1968

Interview with Allan Shivers, a former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. The interview includes Shivers' observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, the Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952, the Johnson presidential race of 1960, Texas Democratic politics from 1952-56, and the Fifty-third State Legislature. The interview also includes his opinion on the governor's role in state party organization, the state Democratic Convention of 1951, the gubernatorial election of 1954, veterans land board controversy from 1954-55, as well as insurance scandals of the mid-1950s and the lame-duck governor.
Date: July 24, 1969
Creator: Brewer, Thomas B.; Gantt, Fred & Shivers, Allan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, December 1, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, December 1, 1969

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, an attorney from Dallas. The interview includes his personal experiences and views as a member of the Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature.
Date: July 15, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 12, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 12, 1973

Interview with Democratic Texas Senator and attorney Oscar H. Mauzy from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Mauzy shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. Subjects discussed include freshmen senators, committee appointments, reform legislation, and the Comparative Negligence Bill. Mauzy also comments on fellow politicians Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: July 12, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 17, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 17, 1975

Interview with Democratic senator and attorney Oscar H. Mauzy, a member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Mauzy discusses his experiences while serving as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Mauzy also expresses his personal views on public school financing, public utilities legislation, the College Coordinating Bill, constitutional revision, personal legislation. He comments on fellow politicians Comptroller Bob Bullock, Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: July 6, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 8, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 8, 1975

Interview with Democratic attorney and member of the Texas Legislature Sarah Weddington from Austin, Texas. In the interview, Weddington discusses her experiences while serving as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also discusses her decision to enter politics and her personal political philosophies. Weddington expresses her thoughts on the House speakership race, committee appointments, constitutional revisions, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and comments on Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: July 8, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Weddington, Sarah
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 8, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 8, 1975

Interview with David Allred, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Allred discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also describes his thoughts on issues such as the House speakership race, committee chairpersons, House rules, Equal Rights Amendment, the establishment of Public Utilities Commission, public school financing and the Constitutional Convention.
Date: July 8, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 29, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 29, 1971

Interview with Democratic journalist and member of the Texas House of Representative David Allred, from Wichita Falls, Texas. David Allred was the son of former Governor James V. Allred. In the interview, Allred describes some of his experiences as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty -second Legislature. His topics of discussion include the origins of the "Dirty Thirty", the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, and his comments on former politicians Speaker Gus Mutscher and Representatives William Heatly, Frances Farenthold, and Tommy Shannon.
Date: July 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Barbara Jordan, July 7, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Barbara Jordan, July 7, 1970

Interview with Democratic Texas Senator and attorney Barbara Jordan from Houston, Texas. In the interview, Barbara discusses her thoughts and experiences in the Sixty-first Legislature as its first African-American member since Reconstruction. She also shares her thoughts on issues such as the Kennedy-Johnson Campaign in 1960, her unsuccessful campaigns for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964, her successful campaign for the Texas Senate as its first African-American member since 1883, and civil rights. She also comments about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Roy Wilkins, Ralph Abernathy, Adam Clayton Powell, Muhammed Ali (Cassius Clay), Stokely Carmichael, the Black Panthers, Eldridge Cleaver, the African-American image, working within the Establishment, revenue and spending bills, Governor Preston Smith and Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, corporate profits tax, social legislation, student unrest, and sales tax.
Date: July 7, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jordan, Barbara
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mitchell Jackson, July 17, 1993

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Interview with Mitchell Jackson, a former student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories of what his life was like in a segregated school and community. He comments specifically on his family background, teachers, athletics, school curriculum, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller.
Date: July 17, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Jackson, Mitchell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Darrell Harrington, July 5, 1997

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Interview with Darrell Harrington, an anesthetist and Army veteran of the Vietnam War. In the interview, Harrington describes his experiences while serving as an Army nurse, and includes details on his assignments to Chu Lai, Da Nang, and the 91st Evacuation Hospital in An Khe. Harrington also discusses the treatment of wounded troops and enemy soldiers, relationships between doctors and nurses, general morale problems, and recreational activities. He recalls his return to the States on thirty-day leave as well as post-Vietnam adjustments and his attitudes toward the war.
Date: July 5, 1997
Creator: Houser-Hess, Lucinda & Harrington, Darrell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jose Gonzales, July 4, 1997

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Interview with Jose Gonzalez, an anesthetist and Army veteran of the Vietnam War. In the interview, Gonzalez describes his experiences while serving as an Army nurse in Vietnam. Gonzalez discusses what life was like during his assignment to the 24th Evacuation Hospital, and includes details concerning relationships between doctors and nurses, morale, American relations with Vietnamese civilians, recreational activities, entertainment, and his Bronze Star award. He also recalls the adjustments that both he and many of his comrades dealt with post-Vietnam, and shares his attitudes toward the war.
Date: July 4, 1997
Creator: Houser-Hess, Lucinda & Gonzalez, Jose
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gelane Matthews Barron, July 7, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gelane Matthews Barron, July 7, 1974

Interview with Gelane Matthews Barron, former Army nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas. The interview includes Barron's experiences at Tipler General Hospital at Fort Shafter during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: July 7, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Barron, Gelane Matthews
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Odis P. Elmore, July 6, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Odis P. Elmore, July 6, 1974

Interview with Odis P. Elmore, an Army Air Corps veteran from Springfield, Tennessee. This interview includes his experiences at Hickam Field with the post medical detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: July 6, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Elmore, Odis Preston
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hedwige Kaczanowski Gray, July 5, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Hedwige Kaczanowski Gray, July 5, 1974

Interview with Hedwige Kaczanowski Gray, a United States Army nurse from Detroit, Michigan. The interview includes her experiences at the Schofield Barracks hospital before and during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: July 5, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gray, Hedwige Kaczanowski
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library