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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
7
American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project
5
Women in the Texas Republican Party Oral History Project
5
World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
5
Rivertown at War Oral History Project
4
Texas Community History Oral History Project
4
Texas Political History Oral History Project
3
World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
3
Green Pioneers in North Texas
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Texas Business Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Houston Tom Wright, August 15, 1978
Interview with Houston Tom ("Slug") Wright, 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. Wright discusses 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Tamuang, Thailand (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date:
August 15, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wright, Houston Tom, 1915-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard E. Riley, August 6, 1978
Transcript of an interview with Howard Riley, an Army veteran from Arkansas, concerning his experiences at Fort Shafter with the 64th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 6, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Riley, Howard E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Garrett, August 22, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with Howard Garret discussing his education and practice as a landscape architect and arborist, as well as his community engagement around organic gardening and soil health.
Date:
August 22, 2019
Creator:
Stark, Johnnie & Garrett, Howard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ignaz Gorischek, August 17, 2020
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Interview with Ignaz Gorischek, a fashion consultant from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Gorischek discusses his forty years of work in the department store industry, specifically in luxury retail, opening stores and putting on exhibits with Neiman Marcus, leaving Neiman's to work at a design firm in Dallas, and working with students at the University of North Texas.
Date:
August 17, 2020
Creator:
Becker, Annette & Gorischek, Ignaz
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. Brown, August 4, 2010
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Interview with J. Brown, a teacher, rancher, stagecoach-builder, and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Brown discusses his family history, his education and family, working the Wild West Show at Six Flags, building stagecoaches, the history of the stagecoach, and a tour of his shop.
Date:
August 4, 2010
Creator:
Liles, Debbie & Brown, J. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. L. Summers, August 21, 1995
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Interview with J.L. Summers, U.S. 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. Summers discusses 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 and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), railway maintenance work in Burma (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), Bangkok (1945), and his liberation. The Appendix includes photocopies of various documents provided by Mr. Summers [13 p.].
Date:
1995-08-21/1995-08-22
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Summers, J. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. O. Phillips, August 7, 1981
Interview with Dr. J. O. Phillips, a United States Navy veteran from Fort Worth, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7,1941 while aboard the USS Tangier.
Date:
August 7, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Phillips, J. O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. W. Stoker, August 4, 2010
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Interview with J. W. Stoker, a cowboy from Weatherford, Texas. Stoker discusses his family and growing up, getting involved in the rodeo, traveling shows, being drafted into the Army and serving in Korea, celebrities he has worked with, the Six Flags Wild West Show, induction into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, contemporary rodeos, his favorite acts, and reflections on his career. In appendix are two promotional photos of Stoker and his horse, and three of him performing.
Date:
August 4, 2010
Creator:
Liles, Debbie & Stoker, J. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James A. Caudel, August 17, 1974
Interview with James Caudel, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the Overhaul and Repair Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 17, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Caudel, James A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Beasley, August 4, 1981
Interview with James Beasley, a United States Army veteran from North Carolina, regarding his experiences and memories while stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 as a member of the 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry.
Date:
August 4, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Beasley, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James F. O'Connor, August 18, 1974
Interview with James F. O'Connor, a Navy WWII veteran from New Albany, Indiana, who was present aboard the USS San Francisco during the attack on Pearl Harbor. O'Connor discusses joining the Navy, assignment to the San Francisco, work on the ship, crew organization, undergoing maintenance in Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack, the day before, the bombing, and the following night.
Date:
August 18, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & O'Connor, James F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James G. Turner, August 7, 1999
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Transcript of an interview with James G. Turner, Marine Corps veteran (Regimental Headquarters Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences on Saipan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Turner discusses his decision to join the Marine Corps, December 7, 1942; boot camp, Parris Island; formation of the 4th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, 1943; preparations on Maui for the invasion of Saipan; the amphibious landings on Saipan, June 15, 1945; his duties with the Motor Transport Section and Headquarters Company; return to Maui.
Date:
August 7, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Turner, James G.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James H. Barclay, August 21, 1974
Interview with James Barclay, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 21, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Barclay, James H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Kaster, August 12, 1971
Interview with Representative James Kaster regarding his experiences while a member of the 62nd Texas State Legislature.
Date:
August 12, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James L. Young, Jr., August 17, 1974
Interview with James L. Young, Jr., U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-22 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 17, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, James L., Jr., 1920-2013
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Riley Chennault, August 6, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran James Riley Chennault. The interview includes Chennault's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood in Mississippi, moving to Texas in 1939, joining the 112th Cavalry, training, combat, and the Battle of Driniumor River. Chennault also talks about the mobilization of the Texas National Guard, Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, rotation to the states, his assignment to a pack mule outfit, his discharge from the Army, and the daily routine of life in the horse cavalry. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date:
August 6, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Chennault, James Riley
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, August 6, 1971
Interview with James Stroud, who was an employee of the Dallas Cotton Exchange and Home Owners Loan Corporation, from Dallas, Texas. Stroud recounts his experience during the Great Depression and New Deal era in the DFW area, including his father's meat processing business, the beginnings of HOLC in Dallas, the kind's of people they assisted, the terms for HOLC loans, government finance, and his opinions of Franklin Roosevelt.
Date:
August 6, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stroud, James W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987
Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemeteries, epidemics, and folk medicines and remedies.
Date:
August 20, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Janell Myers, August 16, 2003
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Transcript of an interview with with Dr. Janell Myers, counselor, concerning her recollections of the Texas International Pop Festival, in Lewisville, Texas, Labor Day Weekend, 1969. Myers discusses her conservative family background in Dallas, Texas; her attraction to the hippie counterculture as a teenager; hanging out with hippies in Lee Park in Dallas; her college experience at North Texas State University in Denton; her participation in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and sit-ins; her admiration of singer Janis Joplin; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; activities of the Hog Farm at the festival; use of drugs and alcohol at the festival; comments about the various rock groups at the festival; activities of "Wavy Gravy"; lasting memories of the festival.
Date:
August 16, 2003
Creator:
Tittle, Dennis & Myers, Janell
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jerome D. Fox, August 21, 2003
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Interview with Jerome D. Fox, an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The interview includes Fox's personal experiences about childhood on a ranch in West Texas, enlisting in the Navy, boot camp at San Diego, California, aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, his assignment to the OS2U crew aboard the USS Detroit, patrol duty in the Aleutian Islands, bombardment of the Kurile Islands, South American patrol, his assignment to the Central Pacific Theater as an escort for the Tanker Division in refueling carrier battle groups, kamikaze attacks, operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, and his postwar activities.
Date:
August 21, 2003
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fox, Jerome D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, August 17, 1971
Interview with Representative Jim Earthman regarding his experiences while a member of the 62nd Texas State Legislature.
Date:
August 17, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joaquin Gomez, August 24, 1974
Interview with Joaquin Gomez, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at the Schofield Barracks with the 24th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 24, 1974
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Gomez, Joaquin, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John D. Fosque, August 2, 1985
Interview with John Fosque, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, concerning his experiences as a long-time employee of Caltex (1936-1967).
Date:
August 2, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fosque, John D., 1911-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998
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Interview with John Hargrove, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hargrove discusses growing up and his family background, being drafted into the Air Corps, training, assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field as a radio operator, life and work at Langley, transition to the B-26, the start of the war, submarine patrol, deployment to Townsville, Australia via Hawaii, flying his first mission, liberty and recreation, bombing and close air support missions, the crew being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, losses, returning to the US, work as a radio instructor, meeting his wife, postwar service, and reflections on the atomic bomb. In appendix is a manuscript for an autobiography written by Hargrove, an addendum to the interview, and a letter to Ron Marcello making corrections to the interview.
Date:
August 12, 1998
Creator:
Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hargrove, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library