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Oral History Interview with Jan Wendell, October 2, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jan Wendell, October 2, 1971

Interview with Jan Wendell, a teacher and president of the Rockport Art Association from Yoakum, Texas. Wendell discusses the origins and missions of the RAA in Rockport, Texas, their building fund, classes and seminars offered, art galleries, the kinds of buyers and students she encounters, and the Association's financing.
Date: October 2, 1971
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Wendell, Janice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Keith Naylor, April 2, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Keith Naylor, April 2, 1971

Interview with Keith Naylor, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Vernon, Texas, who was captured with 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") on Java by the Japanese. Naylor discusses joining the Guard, deployment to the Pacific and the war's start, operations at Malang on Java, the American surrender, experiences in internment at Tanjung Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, work on the Burma Railway, internment at Chungkai and Linson in Thailand, and liberation. In appendix are an excerpt from a radio broadcast of Norton McGriffin in the News, three letters to Naylor's mother regarding his MIA status, and two cards from Naylor while interned.
Date: April 2, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library