Oral History Interview with Martin L. Allday, October 8, 1994

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Interview with Martin L. Allday, an Army WWII veteran from Austin, Texas. Allday discusses his experiences at the Battle of Okinawa, including being drafted and basic training, transiting the Pacific, assignment to the 96th Infantry Division and arrival on Okinawa, events of the fighting on the Shuri Line at Zebra Hill, being wounded, evacuation and recovery, returning to Okinawa, clean-up operations, souvenirs, and adjustment to civilian life. An appendix includes a letter typed by Allday for a panel discussion of the battle, a map of the battle from "The Second World War: a Complete History" by Martin Gilbert, a veteran's questionnaire from the Admiral Nimitz Museum he filled out, and a one-page biography.
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allday, Martin L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 1967 (open access)

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louise Raggio, October 31, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louise Raggio, October 31, 1980

Interview with Louise Raggio about her career and the passage of the Texas Family Code. She discusses her education, internships, work with the National Youth Administration and the League of Women Voters in Austin, work as a prosecutor and as chairman of several law associations, and other legal activities.
Date: October 31, 1980
Creator: Saxon, Gerald & Raggio, Louise Ballerstedt, 1919-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Evilu Pridgeon, October 24, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Evilu Pridgeon, educator and longtime Dallas LGBT activist, for the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Pridgeon discusses her childhood in Austin, Texas; education; work history; coming out; Dallas LGBT history; AIDS crisis in Dallas; LGBT activism; The Dallas Way; diversity in the gay community.
Date: October 24, 2015
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Pridgeon, Evilu, 1949-
System: The UNT Digital Library