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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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The Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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Caltex Oral History Project
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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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World War II China-India-Burma Theater Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project
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Flying Voices Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with W. J. Brooks, September 30, 1990
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Interview with W. J. Brooks, Civilian Conservation Corps employee during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Kentucky; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 547 at Camp Robinson near Jackson, Kentucky and Company 2513 at Camp Panaca in Panaca, Nevada; and experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Date:
September 30, 1990
Creator:
Dreyer, Janice & Brooks, W. J.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012
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Interview with Ramon Ruiz, a civil servant of the Department of Education and advocate for Hispanic education from La Copita, Texas. Ruiz discusses his family history, growing up, school in Kingsville, local relations between Mexicans and white people, high school football, playing for North Texas State, becoming a coach for elementary school, joining the Job Corps, teaching inmates, working with school districts on desegregation in Texas, and work on various federal education programs in Washington with an emphasis on Hispanic communities and cooperation with Mexico. In appendix is a biography of Ruiz and his resumé.
Date:
September 29, 2012
Creator:
Juárez, Miguel & Ruiz, Ramon M.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Salvador Espino, September 26, 2007
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Interview with Fort Worth city councilman Salvador Espino as part of the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. The interview includes Espino's personal experiences about childhood and education, having a career a computer consultant, accountant, and attorney, volunteering for Catholic Diocese, and running for a seat representing District Two on the Fort Worth City Council. Espino also discusses the district demographics and priorities, the creation of Latinos Unidos, and his involvement in Fort Worth's 2006 immigrant rights march. The interview also includes an appendix with an article written by Espino.
Date:
September 26, 2007
Creator:
Moye, Todd & Espino, Salvador
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur B. Clark, September 29, 2000
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Interview with Arhtur B. Clark, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. Clark discusses joining the National Guard, training and maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and surrender to the Japanese, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, labor on the Burma "Death" Railway, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a reference page and a written flight log by Col. Tom Sledge.
Date:
September 29, 2000
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Clark, Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 2000
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Interview with Army veteran Ralph L. Cerny. The interview includes Cerny's personal experiences about being a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, joining the Illinois National Guard, federalization of the Illinois National Guard, training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, shipping to Camp Darwin, Australia, and combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal. Additionally, Cerny talks about the formation of the American Division and landings at New Caledonia, transferring of the division to Guadalcanal, the fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war, evacuation to the Fiji islands for rest and recuperation, landings on Bougainville, patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville, his rotation back to the States, stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, and his postwar career.
Date:
September 18, 2000
Creator:
Lane, Peter B. & Cerny, Ralph L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rosendo Evaro, September 30, 2006
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Interview with Evaro Rosendo as part of the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. The interview includes Rosendo's personal experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas. Rosendo speaks about the local folklore concerning the presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout the 20th century, as well as the shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Date:
September 30, 2006
Creator:
Folsom, Brad & Evaro, Rosendo
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William E. Cooper, September 7, 1999
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Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran William E. Cooper. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about being a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater, pre-flight and flight training, various assignments, and dropping supplies by parachute to prisoners-of-war. Cooper also talks about living on Guam, mechanical weaknesses of the B-29, his descriptions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima from the air after the dropping of the atomic bombs, his disappointment with not being able to fly combat missions, postwar duty as a test pilot on Guam, and his postwar civilian activities.
Date:
September 7, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Cooper, William E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran Charles C. Brabham Jr. The interview includes Brabham's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression, joining the 112th Cavalry at age 16, his mobilization and various assignments, and his medical evacuation die to malaria, dysentery, and hookworm.
Date:
September 9, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Brabham, Charles C., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harriett Shelton Collins, September 16, 2006
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Interview with longtime resident of Cisco, Texas, Harriett Shelton Collins as part of the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences about education in Cisco's all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School, her pregnancy and marriage to Bill Collins, working at the Boss Glove Factory, earning her GED, entering beauty school, and earning a degree as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Additionally, Collins speaks about social life among blacks in Cisco, especially in church activities, her experiences with racial discrimination, the phenomenon of "passing" among blacks in Cisco and elsewhere, her experiences at "Negro Achievement Day" at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and her children's experiences in public school during desegregation.
Date:
September 16, 2006
Creator:
Rose, Harriett DeAnn & Collins, Harriett Shelton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hugh W. Calvert, September 10, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran Hugh W. Calvert. The interview includes Calvert's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, his assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, tank school at Fort Knox, transferring to Service Troop, his assignment to New Caledonia and to Woodlark Island, operation on Arawe, the Driniumor River Campaign, and his rotation back to the States.
Date:
September 10, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Calvert, Hugh W.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Breyer, September 20, 2003
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Interview with Army veteran Frank Breyer, including personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, volunteering for the draft, various assignments, his attachment to Merrill's Marauders, medical evacuation to Ledo, combat around Bhamo, Burma, the opening of the Burma Road, transfer to the 612th Artillery and to Kunming, China, for artillery training, teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command, and the resumption of fighting between Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces.
Date:
September 20, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Breyer, Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John L. Bates, Jr., September 21, 2003
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Interview with attorney and Army veteran John L. Bates Jr. The Interview includes Bates' personal experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, Officer Candidate School, being selected for the Counter Intelligence Corps, British Intelligence School, assignment to Kweiyang, China, the end of the war and his transfer to the War Crimes Section as an Assistant Theater Judge Advocate, his assignment to Hankow to investigate the executions of three of Jimmy Doolittle's pilots and to Formosa to investigate war crimes, dealing with Japanese military personnel accused of committing atrocities against Allied POWs on Formosa, and his postwar career in the Army Reserve.
Date:
September 21, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Bates, John L., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Betty Andujar, September 12, 1993
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Interview with Betty Andujar, a political activist and former legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). She also discusses the evolution of the GOP in Texas, her personal political philosophy, and her views on abortion.
Date:
September 12, 1993
Creator:
Strickland, Kristi & Andujar, Betty
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Ocie R. Turner, 1991
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Interview with the Rev. Ocie Turner, a minister at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, Marine WWII veteran, and a longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Mexia, Texas. Turner discusses his family background, education, serving in the Marine Corps at the Battle of Iwo Jima, working as a butcher in Dallas, working in the oil and gas industry, buying his house in Hamilton Park, the growth and development of the neighborhood, community organizations, local businesses, the schools and his children's education, and changes in the neighborhood over time.
Date:
1991-09-14/1991-12-05
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Turner, Ocie R.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marvin E. Tilghman, September 6, 1978
Interview with Marvin Tilghman, 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. Tilghman 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:
September 6, 1978
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Tilghman, Marvin E., 1917-
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rayford Price, January 3, 1972
Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Rayford Price, an attorney from Palestine, Texas. The interview includes Price's personal views on general problems in the Texas state government, taxation, lobby activities, annual legislative sessions, reforms in the office of the House Speaker, insurance legislation, appropriations, legislative ethics, redistricting, and House and Senate relations.
Date:
September 24, 1973
Creator:
Riddlesperger, James W. & Price, Rayford
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, September 30, 1973
Interview with Democratic Representative and attorney L. DeWitt Hale, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale discusses his experiences as a member of the Regular Session of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. He also talks about his personal views concerning reform legislation and appropriations, and comments on fellow politician Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date:
September 30, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972
Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date:
September 13, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Emory M. Spencer, September 30, 1971
Interview with attorney Emory M. Spencer. The interview includes Spencer's personal experiences about being an attorney. Spencer talks about the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas 1920-71, cotton farming, Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan, gambling, the development of the Aransas County Airport, oil exploration, housing subdivisions, the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission, hurricanes, agriculture, property values, and prominent citizens of the county.
Date:
September 30, 1971
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Spencer, Emory M.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. Dan Smith, September 26, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with [C.] Dan Smith, UNT Athletic Hall of Fame Member, Distinguished Alumnus of UNT and Geezle Fraternity, and Board of Regents Member (Chair for two years). Smith shares concerning his childhood in Hawkins, TX, and his public education in Lewisville, TX; Insights about his athletic football career in high school, at Texas Technological College, and North Texas State College; Recollections on graduating in business administration, beginning a career in securities, and establishing his own business, CDS Resources; Views on staying committed and involved as an alumnus; His perspectives on the role of the Geezle Fraternity and its contribution to his college education, his career progress, and his continuing loyalty to UNT.
Date:
September 26, 2019
Creator:
Pettit, John D. & Smith, Dan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Witt, September 28, 1977
Interview with Navy veteran Charles Witt. The interview includes Witt's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview also includes an appendix with a travel journal.
Date:
September 28, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Witt, Charles
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, September 9, 1977
Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences as a member of the 65th Legislature. Agnich talks about budget surplus, highway appropriations, public school financing, the Peveto bill, and personal legislation.
Date:
September 9, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James R. Kanaman, September 19, 1977
Interview with James Kanaman, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer-minelayer USS Tracy during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
September 19, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Kanaman, James R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clark L. Taylor, September 14, 1979
Interview with Captain Clark Taylor, 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. Taylor 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, Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date:
September 14, 1979
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, Clark L., 1915-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library