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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Texas Community History Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project
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DFW Immigration Oral History Project
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Dallas LGBT Oral History Project
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Geezle Fraternity Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Ada Fabiana Duque, October 20, 2012
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Interview with Ada Fabiana Duque, Colombian-born immigrant to Rockwall, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Duque's family background and the risks that accompanied being financially successful in Colombia during the Colombian civil war, the guerrilla violence in Colombia in the 1980s and 1990s, her experience as an exchange student to Illinois in 1992, her expectations about the U.S., education and employment in food engineering, the process of acquiring citizenship through political asylum, and her opinions about U.S. immigration policy and cultural assimilation, as well as reflections on American identity.
Date:
October 20, 2012
Creator:
Bundschuh, Molly & Duque, Ada Fabiana
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Boggs, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Albert Boggs, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mixon, Oklahoma. Boggs discusses his family life, farming, struggles during the Depression, joining the CCC, his first assignment to a camp at Jacksonville, TX, education, camp life and organization, work, fights in camp, transfer to a camp in Waxahachie, being an assistant leader, building bridges, the kinds of people who worked the camp, and some general reflections. In appendix are Boggs' discharge papers and a newsletter commemorating CCC veterans.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Hudson, Linda & Boggs, Albert
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alfred Edgar Greer, October 31, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with Alfred Edgar Greer, North Texas State College and Geezle fraternity member alumni. The interview traces Greer's background in Snyder, Texas; public school education in Decatur, TX; two-years of study at Decatur Baptist College, where he starred for and captained the basketball team; continued academic pursuits at North Texas State College in public school administration (BS, 1951; MS, 1954) and his membership in the Geezle Fraternity; association with the Geezles and their shared values that permeated his life; 36-year leadership and teaching career in public education in eight school districts in Texas.
Date:
October 31, 2019
Creator:
Pettit, John D. & Greer, Alfred Edgar, 1929-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 1967
Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Alonzo W. Jamison, a college professor and farmer-stockman from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences and personal views on the Sixtieth Legislature and activities on the House Education Committee.
Date:
October 31, 1967
Creator:
Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alton Warner, October 22, 1983
Interview with Alton Warner, a United States Navy veteran from Bronson, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Worden.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Warner, Alton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, October 21, 2009
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Interview with assistant professor of music history at UNT Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Alonso-Minutti's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico, attending college at Universidad de las Americas, discovering music history as a discipline of study, a one-year course of study in theology in Dallas, choir direction at a church in England, attending graduate school, and accepting a job offer from UNT. Additionally, Alonso-Minutti discusses family history, her grandparents' migration from Spain and Italy, her first impressions of the U.S., the decision to study musicology in the U.S. or Great Britain, the citizenship process, and the contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas.
Date:
October 21, 2009
Creator:
Onspaugh, Patrick & Alonso-Minutti, Ana R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007
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Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.
Date:
October 24, 2007
Creator:
Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Annie Jimerson, October 2, 1996
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Transcript of an interview with Annie Jimerson from Lufkin, Texas, concerning her experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date:
October 2, 1996
Creator:
Jackson, Sarah C. & Jimerson, Annie M., 1911-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 1994
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Interview with Annie Mae Arnold about her recollections of the African American community in Texarkana, Texas from 1931 to 1994. Arnold discusses marriage customs, farm work, diet, birthing and child delivery, courting practices, education, cooking, and child rearing.
Date:
October 20, 1994
Creator:
Rowe, Beverly & Arnold, Annie Mae Williams
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Antonio T. Chavez, October 11, 2013
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Interview with Antonio Chavez, a former UNT student from Sonora, Texas. Chavez discusses the desegregation of schools in Sonora, experiences in grade school and the disparity in quality between segregated schools, his father's grocery business, discrimination, majoring in elementary education, working in geophysics, attending North Texas State College, life in Denton and on campus, and raising his family.
Date:
October 11, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & Chavez, Antonio T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Hofstein, October 30, 2007
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Interview with Arthur Hofstein, a Army WWII veteran from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hofstein discusses the lead up to war, being drafted, training to be a radio operator, departure for the European Theater, landing in France and first action at Mars-la-Tour, the Battle of the Bulge, German prisoners and civilians, advancing into Germany, the liberation of Dachau, letters, and life after the war. In appendix are various materials and photographs related to Hofstein and his service.
Date:
October 30, 2007
Creator:
Decoster, Charlotte & Hofstein, Arthur I.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Manganello, October 23, 1982
Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Arthur Manganello. The interview includes Manganello's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 23, 1982
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Manganello, Arthur
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur R. Grace, October 14, 1977
Interview with Arthur R. Grace regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date:
October 14, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Grace, Arthur R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with B. B. Gunn, October 5, 1995
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Interview with B. B. Gunn, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mart, Texas. Gunn discusses growing up in a family of tenant farmers, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, its organization, building a telephone line, daily routine, recreation, religious services, desertion, and dam construction. In appendix are two newspaper clippings mentioning CCC history and a letter to Mr. Gunn.
Date:
October 5, 1995
Creator:
Camp, Kathi & Gunn, B. B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with B. D. Fillmore, October 9, 1973
Audio interview with B. D. Fillmore, a veteran of World War II from Dallas, Texas, regarding his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after being captured on the island of Java in 1942. Fillmore discusses his transfer to several different camps as a part of the "Lost Battalion."
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fillmore, B. D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with B. D. Fillmore, October 9, 1973
Interview with B. D. Fillmore, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Jacksboro, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") by Japanese forces on Java. Fillmore discusses joining the Guard and mobilization, deployment to the Pacific, diversion to Java and operations at Malang, the Japanese invasion and American surrender, internment at Tanjung Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, transfer to Thanbyuzayat and work on the Burma Railway, and liberation. In appendix are Fillmore's Japanese prisoner records, and War Department reports on his missing status and health.
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, October 10, 1975
Interview with Ben Bynum, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo. Bynum shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also discusses the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, insurance legislation, his personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date:
October 10, 1975
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ben Moody, October 8, 2003
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Interview with Ben Moody, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kilgore, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Moody discusses his family, surviving the Great Depression, his jobs and education, joining the 112th and mobilization, deployment to New Caledonia, Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island, the Battle of Arawe, the Battle of Driniumor River, spending the remainder of the war in the hospital, and reflections on the 112th.
Date:
October 8, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Moody, Ben
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, October 20, 2006
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Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, resident of Cisco, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Weeks discusses attending all-black schools, her family and marriages, the barbeque business she started with her second husband Oscar Weeks, her career as a beautician, nurse's aid, and physical therapist's assistant, and experiences with discrimination.
Date:
October 20, 2006
Creator:
Rose, DeAnn & Weeks, Betty Jo
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980
Interview with Brooks Holt, a civil servant and United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, discussing his experiences and recollections of working as district director of the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
Date:
October 13, 1980
Creator:
Acrey, Autry & Holt, Brooks
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972
Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date:
October 25, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carl Gorman, October 9, 1994
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Interview with Marine Corps veteran Carl Gorman. The interview includes Gorman's personal experiences as a Navajo code talker with the 2nd Marines on Guadacanal, Tarawa, and Saipan.
Date:
October 9, 1994
Creator:
Christman, Calvin & Gorman, Carl
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carol Blocker, October 14, 2022
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Interview with Carol Blocker, an activist from Chicago, Illinois. Blocker discusses postpartum activism, her experience with her daughter Melanie, the difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression, the Melanie Blocker Stokes Act, and the lack of detailed information available about postpartum mental illnesses.
Date:
October 14, 2022
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Blocker, Carol
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, October 22, 1983
Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, about his experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
October 22, 1983
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Hollingshead, Cecil, 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library