Oral History Interview with Seth Massey, April 8, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Seth Massey, April 8, 1986

Transcript of an interview with Seth Massey concerning his reminiscences about the history of Denton, Texas, 1920-1976. Massey discusses community swimming pools, the Hollywood actress Ann Sheridan, Massey and Hoffer Service Station, the Great Depression, Interurban streetcars, and Quakertown [African-American section of Denton].
Date: April 8, 1986
Creator: Martin, Adelene L. & Massey, Seth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hazel Young, Alicia Alexander, Daisy Punch and Margaret Davis Calhoun, May 12, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Hazel Young, Alicia Alexander, Daisy Punch and Margaret Davis Calhoun, May 12, 1986

Transcript of an interview with the daughters of Frederick Douglass Moore: Alexander, Alice (b. 1908), Punch, Daisy (b. ca. 1910), and Young, Hazel (b. 1905). Also included in the interview is Calhoun, Margaret Davis (b. ca. 1910). They discuss their reminiscences about the history of the African-American sections of Denton, Texas, 1910-85, and remembrances about their father, Frederick Douglass Moore, a renowned African-American educator in Denton, 1915-50. The original African- American section, "Quakertown," and its origins; their early family history; Fred Moore's barbershop; appointment of Fred Moore as principal of Frederick Douglass Colored School, 1915; removal of African Americans from "Quakertown" to southeast Denton; tidbits of the Moore family history; Alexander and Young's teaching careers; their jobs at the Davis Hotel; recreational activities of African-American children before desegregation; church activities.
Date: May 12, 1986
Creator: Martin, Adelene L.; Young, Hazel, 1905-; Alexander, Alica, 1908-; Punch, Daisy, 1910- & Calhoun, Margaret Davis, 1910-
System: The UNT Digital Library