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Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967

Interview with former Democratic journalist and member of the Texas House of Representatives David Allred from Wichita Falls, Texas. The interview includes Allred's experiences while serving in the Sixtieth Legislature as well as his personal views on the influence of lobbyists, rules of the House, power of committee chairs, defeat of pari-mutuel betting bill, the value of the Texas Legislative Council, and annual legislative sessions. The interview also contains Allred's thoughts on fellow politicians and information about his father, Governor James V. Allred.
Date: November 20, 1968
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Hunter McLean, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Hunter McLean, 1968

Interview with William Hunter McLean, insurance executive, former chair of the Texas State board of Insurance (1963-68), and chairman of the Johnson-Humphrey campaign in Texas. The interview includes McLean's comments on the evolution of the State Board of Insurance, insurance scandals of the mid-1950s, fire and casualty rate-making, automobile insurance and the Johnson-Humphrey campaign in Texas.
Date: November 16, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & McLean, William Hunter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. James V. Allred, 1967-1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mrs. James V. Allred, 1967-1968

Interview with Mrs. James V. Allred, wife of former Governor James V. Allred, from Wichita Falls, Texas. The interview includes Allred's reminiscences of her husband's political career and her life in the Governor's Mansion.
Date: November 12, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale; Stephens, A. Ray & Allred, James V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Manuel Guerrero, September 11, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Manuel Guerrero, September 11, 1968

Interview with Manuel Guerrero, Governor of Guam. Guerrero discusses the Elective Governor Acts of 1968, former governor Bill Daniel, his experiences in government, the economy and agriculture of the island, and the powers of the governorship.
Date: September 11, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Guerrero, Manuel (Carson)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wick Fowler, May 23, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Wick Fowler, May 23, 1968

Interview with Wick Fowler, a journalist from Big Sandy, Texas. The interview includes his early career as a reporter, impressions of Martin Dies, Shivers gubernatorial campaign of 1950, as well as his experiences as appointments secretary to Governor Allan Shivers and observations of Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.
Date: August 31, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Fowler, Wick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Mrs. Dan Moody, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Mrs. Dan Moody, 1968

Interview with Mrs. Dan Moody, wife of former Texas Governor Dan Moody. The interview includes reminiscences of her husband's political career, the Al Smith campaign of 1928, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, and excerpts from her Mansion Diary.
Date: August 16, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Moody, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Christian, August 8, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Christian, August 8, 1968

Interview with George Christian, White House Press Secretary of the Lyndon Johnson administration from Austin, Texas. Christian discusses the organization of the president's staff and their duties, Johnson's decision-making process and habits as president, his own role as press secretary and the challenges of it, the logistics of communication at the White House, differences between state and federal politics, public perception of presidents and their credibility, the coming end of Johnson's term, party politics, and the 1968 election.
Date: August 8, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Christian, George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul Smith, August 1, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul Smith, August 1, 1968

Interview with Dr. Paul Smith, a professor at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. Smith discusses his experience during the election process for a new university president in 1968, following the retirement of James Carl Matthews.
Date: August 1, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Smith, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, November 3, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, November 3, 1967

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, who was an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the politician's personal experiences and views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date: July 8, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Mauzy, Oscar H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ghent Sanderford, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ghent Sanderford, 1967

Interview with Ghent Sanderford, attorney. The interview includes Sanderford's experiences as private secretary to Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925-27 and 1933-35, his relationship with James E. Ferguson, as well as comments about Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, James Allred, W. Lee O'Daniel, and Coke Stevenson. The interview also includes his opinions on the Johnson-Stevenson senatorial race of 1948 and the impeachment of James Ferguson.
Date: May 4, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Sanderford, Ghent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967

Interview with J. Fagg Foster, from Blue Ridge, Texas. The interview includes Foster's involvement in the Rainey controversy while he was a graduate assistant at the University of Texas, 1944-45.
Date: April 16, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Kendall & Foster, J. Fagg
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969

Interview with former member of the Texas House of Representatives H. Grady Perry, a journalist from Stephenville, Texas. Mr. Perry is also a brother-in-law to former Governor Coke Stevenson. In the interview, Mr. Perry recollects his thoughts and experiences while serving in the Thirty-seventh Legislature. He comments on several different politicians including Senator Joe Bailey and Sam Johnson, and also Governors Pat Neff, James and Miriam Ferguson, and Coke Stevenson. He describes his meeting with William Jennings Bryan and goes into detail about Southwest Texas machine politics.
Date: April 8, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Perry, H. Grady
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Claud H. Gilmer, April 6, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Claud H. Gilmer, April 6, 1968

Interview with Representative Claud H. Gilmer, a Texas state legislator from Rocksprings, Texas. Gilmer discusses his entry into politics, his first campaign for election, his experiences as a freshman in congress, the "Immortal Fifty-six," his position on the Omnibus Tax Bill, his relationship with Price Daniel, his views on Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, bills he sponsored, his impression of Daniel as House Speaker, appointing house committee members, his thoughts on the House Speaker as an office, public education in Texas, his thoughts on governor Beauford H. Jester, and his time as Speaker.
Date: April 6, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Gilmer, Claud H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 19, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 19, 1967

Interview with former Democratic Texas House of Representatives member L. DeWitt Hale from Corpus Christi, Texas. The interview includes Hale's personal views on issues such as lobby influences, revenue legislation, changes in House rules, the evolution of House membership, one-year versus two-year budgets, annual legislative sessions, constitutional revisions, and higher education. The interview also includes biographical information about Hale as well as his comments on fellow politicians.
Date: March 25, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Hale, L. DeWitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William J. Lawson, 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William J. Lawson, 1968

Interview with William J. Lawson, a former executive assistant to Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, who was the former Secretary of State for Texas. In the interview, Mr. Lawson, who is from Austin, Texas, discusses his appointment as executive assistant to O'Daniel in 1941. He also describes his role and associations with the administration at the time, as well as his impressions of O'Daniel. Mr. Lawson expresses his personal views and experiences when it comes to relations between O'Daniel and the Legislature, the Democratic State Executive Committee, patronage, the Senate, and also when O'Daniel was appointed Secretary of State.
Date: March 15, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Lawson, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Kell Cahoon, October 24, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Kell Cahoon, October 24, 1967

Interview with former Texas House of Representatives Republican member and independent oil-man and geologist Frank K. Cahoon. The interview includes Cahoon's personal views on salaries for public school teachers, labor legislation, sales tax, liquor registration, appropriation bills, revisions in criminal code, lobby influence, and the future growth for the Republican party in Texas. Cahoon also talks about his thoughts on fellow politicians, his decision to switch career paths from business to politics, and his experiences as the only Republican representative in the Texas House.
Date: February 12, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Cahoon, Frank Kell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Homer P. Rainey, August 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Homer P. Rainey, August 1967

Interview with Homer P. Rainey, former president of the University of Texas and professor of higher education at the University of Colorado. The interview includes general coverage of Rainey's early career, his problems with the Board of Regents at the University of Texas, 1944-45, and his unsuccessful race for governor of Texas in 1946.
Date: February 5, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Kendall & Rainey, Homer P.
System: The UNT Digital Library