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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
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 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 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 Charles D. Lewis, October 8, 1993

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Interview with Charles Lewis concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Lewis worked at camps in Chillicothe, Ohio (Company 502) and Xenia, Ohio (Company 3542). Includes an appendix.
Date: October 8, 1993
Creator: Polatti, Gaylon & Lewis, Charles D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Chester E. Hudson, October 12, 1993

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Interview with Chester Hudson concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hudson worked at camps in Calico Rock, Arkansas (Company 4747); Walcott, Arkansas (Company 3799); and Ozone, Arkansas (Company 1708). Includes an appendix.
Date: October 12, 1993
Creator: Polatti, Gaylon & Hudson, Chester E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Clarence Shockey, October 7, 1990

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Interview with Clarence Shockey, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Ridgeway, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. It includes an appendix with newspaper clippings about Shockey's efforts to host a reunion.
Date: October 7, 1990
Creator: Dickey, Richard C. & Shockey, Clarence
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 1995

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Interview with Claude Hocker, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 8, 1995
Creator: White, Jack A. & Hocker, Claude O.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995

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Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
Date: October 22, 1995
Creator: Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Commander Alex Vraciu, October 9, 1994

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Interview with Cmdr. Alex Vraciu, a Navy WWII veteran and Navy Cross recipient from East Chicago, Indiana. Vraciu discusses his family and educational background, naval flight training, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the F6F Hellcat, various combat operations throughout the Pacific, his actions at the "Marianas Turkey Shoot," being awarded the Navy Cross and time stateside, and returning to combat. In appendix is an autobiographical sketch by Vraciu, including a picture of him and his Hellcat with visible victory markings on the fuselage.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Vraciu, Alexander
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David Braden, October 8, 1994

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Interview with David Braden, an Army Air Force WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Braden served as a navigator/radar-bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific; he recounts being in ROTC at North Texas Agricultural College and signing up for the Air Corps Reserves, flight training, the B-29, his crewmates, assignment to Saipan, organization of a bombing mission, the jetstream, flak and fighters, being shot down, switching crews, targets, briefings, recreation, Japanese holdouts on Saipan, fighter escorts, returning stateside, and leaving the service. In appendix is a letter sent to Dr. Marcello by Braden containing some corrections for the interview.
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Braden, David, 1924-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David W. Peake, Sr., October 9, 1994

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Interview with Acting Sergeant David W. Peake, Sr., regarding his memories of the invasion of Iwo Jima and experiences as a member of the 3st Replacement Battalion, 27th Regiment, 5th Marine Division during the invasion and occupation of Japan.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Peake, David W., Sr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994

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Interview with Edith Smith about her recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses her marriage to Wilbur Smith, courting practices, her childhood, family servants, her education, church activities, a survey of downtown businesses, her job in the newspaper business, leisuretime activities, Red Cross activities during World War I, family reading material, and political activities.
Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Smith, Edith
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Edwin C. Hunt, October 19, 1995

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Interview with Edwin Hunt, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 19, 1995
Creator: Maynard, Stephen R. & Hunt, Edwin C., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ernest Brown, October 2, 1996

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Transcript of an interview with Ernest A. Brown, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Bellows Field with the 72th Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Includes appendix of various military documents.
Date: October 2, 1996
Creator: Rouh, Peggy & Brown, Ernest A., 1916-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995

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Interview with Eugene Brown concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at camps in Cleburne, Texas (Company 3804) and San Antonio, Texas (Company 3822).
Date: October 16, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Brown, Eugene L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993

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Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.
Date: October 11, 1993
Creator: Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with George J. Savage, October 21, 1996

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Interview with George J. Savage, an Army Air Forces veteran (30th Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, 20th Air Force)., concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan, 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bomb raids. Appendix (p. [54]) includes images, bombing mission history, selected bombing mission specifics, and chronology of post World War II Air Force career.
Date: October 21, 1996
Creator: Snow, Jason & Savage, George J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with H. W. Kamp, October 10, 1995

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Interview with former college professor at the North Texas State College H. W. Kamp from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Kamp describes his experiences concerning the desegregation of the college.
Date: October 10, 1995
Creator: Price, Tammi & Kamp, H. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 1994

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Interview with Commander Hal Lamar, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while serving as flag lieutenant and aide to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during World War II. Lamar discusses Nimitz's personal and professional routines; comments about Admirals William ("Bull") Halsey and Raymond Spruance; the Roosevelt-Nimitz-MacArthur conference at Pearl Harbor from July to August of 1944; and the transfer of CINCPAC from Pearl Harbor to Guam.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Christman, Calvin & Lamar, Hal
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Herbert Hughes, October 11, 1990

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Interview with Herbert Hughes concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hughes worked at camps in Tucson, Arizona (Company 2852); Dublin, Texas (Company 3810); and Monument, Colorado (Company 3810).
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: Chrisman, David & Hughes, Herbert
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hollis J. Willett, October 18, 1993

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Interview with Hollis Willett concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Willett worked at camps in Cottonwood, Arizona and Lake Arthur, New Mexico (Company 2842).
Date: October 18, 1993
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Willett, Hollis J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hugh Martin, October 8, 1995

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Interview with Hugh Martin, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 8, 1995
Creator: White, Jack & Martin, Hugh
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library