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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project
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Women in the Texas Republican Party Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Rivertown at War Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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Green Pioneers in North Texas
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Texas Business Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Donald M. Smith, August 12, 1996
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Interview with Donald M. Smith, businessman, concerning his experiences as the head of Riverside Foundry, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Foundry business during the Great Depression; thoughts about Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; conversion from peacetime to wartime production during World War II; obtaining contracts to produce hand grenades and rifle grenades; problems in procuring pig iron and other scarce materials; employment of women; technological innovations in manufacturing process; responsibilities toward the local community.
Date:
August 12, 1996
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, Donald M.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995
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Interview with Luciel Leonard, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas from 1939 to 1983, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin, the attempts to unionize during the 1950s, and the changes in the product line.
Date:
August 3, 1995
Creator:
Lipscomb, Carol & Leonard, Luciel
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995
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Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.
Date:
August 23, 1995
Creator:
Lipscomb, Carol & Holcomb, Marguerite Oklahoma
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Vivian T. Starks, August 24, 1993
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Interview with Vivian Starks, a schoolteacher, concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1946-1993). Starks discusses the acceptance of African American women by Texas Republicans, her political philosophy, and women's issues.
Date:
August 24, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Starks, Vivian T.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Florence Shapiro, August 17, 1993
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Interview with Florence Shapiro, a state legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1970-1993). Shapiro also discusses her initial involvement in local politics, her election to the Plano, Texas, City Council (1979-1990), her election as mayor of Plano (1990), her election to the Texas Legislature (1992), her views on social and fiscal conservatism and abortion, and the evolution of the Republican Party in Collin County, Texas.
Date:
August 17, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Shapiro, Florence
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carolyn Wright, August 12, 1993
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Interview with Judge Carolyn Wright, a state district judge, concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the rise of the Republican Party in Texas from 1968 to 1993. Wright discusses her educational background, her move to Dallas, her decision to enter Republican politics, her election as a state district judge, her relationship with the African American community, and her personal political philosophy.
Date:
August 12, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Wright, Carolyn
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alma Box, August 19, 1993
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Interview with Alma Box concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Box discusses her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, her personal political philosophy, the activities of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, and her views on the Religious Right, abortion, and the Eagle Forum.
Date:
August 19, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Box, Alma
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Grant Jones, August 21, 1979
Interview with Grant Jones, an insurance executive and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Abilene, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Jones discusses his appointment as chairman of the Finance Committee, the Legislative Budget Board and the budget-making process, Comptroller Bob Bullock, Governor William Clements, the appropriations bill, tax relief legislation, public school financing, the Peveto bill, "Killer Bees," and consumer legislation.
Date:
August 21, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Grant
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Audrey Daniels Kariel, August 6, 2019
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Interview with Audrey Kariel, former Mayor of Mashall, Texas, discussing her family, upbringing in Corsicana, being Jewish during World War II, segregation, her education and marriage, becoming Chairman of the City Commission as Mayor of Marshall, Texas, race relations over the years, and becoming Chair of the Marshall Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
August 6, 2019
Creator:
Lacy, David & Kariel, Audrey Daniels
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adrienne Griffen, August 12, 2022
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Interview with Adrienne Griffen, the Executive Director of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance from Arlington, Virginia. Griffen discusses her family, time as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy, education, her own experience with postpartum depression, becoming an advocate, Postpartum Support International, other leaders and organizations in her field, postpartum psychosis, statistics, and treatments.
Date:
August 12, 2022
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Griffen, Adrienne
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 Kay C. Copeland, August 30, 1993
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Interview with Kay C. Copeland, a conservative political activist from Paris, Texas, regarding her role and the role of other women in the rise of the Republican Party in Texas. Copeland discusses her background, her involvement in political organizations, her political beliefs, and politicians in the area.
Date:
August 30, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Copeland, Kay C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Herbert M. Fish, July 31, 1985
Interview with Herbert M. Fish, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Boston, Massachusetts. Fish discusses his time working at Shell Oil during the Depression, experience in the U.S. Army, his duties at Caltex, marketing with Chinese agents and visiting China, dealing with Japanese executives, and Caltex European operations.
Date:
August 31, 1985
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fish, Herbert M.
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 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 Frank Apalatea, Jr., August 5, 1981
Interview with Frank Apalatea, Jr., a United States Army veteran from Bakersfield, California, regarding his experiences as a member of the 25th Infantry Division stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 5, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Apalatea, Frank, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Representative Tip Hall, August 13, 1979
Interview with Representative Tip Hall, a member of the House of Representatives from Ennis, Texas. Hall discusses his experiences attending the 66th Legislative Session for the state of Texas, his initial race for the Texas Legislature, his political stance, the appropriations bill, and bills related to public school education.
Date:
August 13, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Horner, August 6, 1978
Interview with Charles H. Horner, a United States Navy veteran from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Horner discusses his recollections aboard the USS Cassin during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 6, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Horner, Charles H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William O. Good, August 5, 1978
Interview with William O. Good, United States Army veteran from Riverton, West Virginia. Good describes his recollections as a member of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 98th Antiaircraft Regiment stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 5, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Good, William O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with B. S. Reddig, August 5, 1978
Interview with B. S. "Bud" Reddig, a United States Army veteran from Plumerville, Arkansas. Reddig explains his experiences as a member of K Company, 21st Infantry stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
August 5, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Reddig, B. S.
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 Garth W. Slate, August 13, 1980
Interview with Garth Slate, 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. Slate 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, Thailand (1944), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1945), American air raids, and his liberation.
Date:
August 13, 1980
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Slate, Garth W., 1921-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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 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