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Oral History Interview with William L. Archer, June 10, 1986

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Interview with William L. Archer, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Prosperity, Pennsylvania. Archer discusses his education and hiring by Texaco, assignment to the Philippines in 1938, work as a lube engineer, mining operations in the Philippines, distribution, relations between the Philippine and New York offices, marketing strategies, company policies, World War Two and hiding on Negros Island, liberation and the reestablishment of company operations, the post-war market, reorganization, production, security issues, trade with Arabia, and various other businessmen in the industry.
Date: June 10, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Archer, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, June 18, 1986

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Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his background, working for Caltex in China, India, and South Africa, relations between Caltex headquarters and branch offices, the construction of the Caltex refiner at Vishakhapatnam, and the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West.
Date: June 18, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Price, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joseph Mannion, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joseph Mannion, April 26, 1986

Interview with Navy veteran Joseph Mannion. The interview includes Mannion's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mannion, Joseph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986

Interview with farmer-rancher Hazen Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life in Denton, Texas, from 1910 to 1930. Armstrong talks about business activities around the city square and county courthouse, city streetcar service, Oak Street residences, the Cascade Plunge swimming pool, forced removal of African Americans from the "Quakertown" section of Denton to the east side of the railroad tracks in the 1920s, early automobiles in Denton, Denton during World War I, medical practices, childhood leisure time activities, Prohibition in Denton, the Great Depression, farming practices in the 1920s and 1930s, contrasts between banking practices of the 1920s and 1930s with those of the 1980s, and the oil history.
Date: March 29, 1986
Creator: Martin, Adelene & Armstrong, Hazen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Luther G. Prunty, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Luther G. Prunty, 1986

Interview with Luther Prunty, civil servant, Army veteran, and member of the "Lost Battalion." The interview includes Prunty's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Prunty talks about the Fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp, Changi Prison Camp, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: October 20, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Prunty, Luther
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986

Interview with Navy veteran Edward Jones. The interview includes Jones' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter written by Jones.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986

Interview with Army veteran David Bedell. The interview includes Bedell's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 443rd Signal Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bedell, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Herschel Blackwell, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Herschel Blackwell, April 26, 1986

Interview with Herschel Blackwell regarding his experiences as a member of VP-14 a Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blackwell, Herschell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986

Interview with C. N. Swain, a Navy WWII veteran from Kernes, Texas. Swain discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the service and training, life and work aboard the Vestal, operations before December 7th, being knocked overboard by a Japanese torpedo and the destruction of the USS Arizona, and service afterwards.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Swain, C. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leon Hobbs, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leon Hobbs, April 26, 1986

Interview with Leon Hobbs, a United States Army veteran from Austin, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of H Company, 35th Infantry.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hobbs, Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thomas Stockett, April 25, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Stockett, April 25, 1986

Interview with Thomas Stockett, a United States Navy veteran from California, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dale.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stockett, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Isaac Breedlove, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Isaac Breedlove, April 26, 1986

Interview with Isaac Breedlove, a United States Army veteran from Sylacauga, Alabama, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of Company I, 35th Infantry, 25th Division.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Breedlove, Isaac D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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 Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986

Interview with Howard Yergin, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York City. Yergin discusses his career with the company, including his education and Army service, hiring by Caltex, move to Shanghai in 1948 and business conducted there, businessmen who helped reestablish Caltex's Chinese market after WWII, fleeing China in 1949, attempts at recouping capital from the Chinese government, operations in Hong Kong, changes in the oil market over the years, corporate financing, internal reorganization, OPEC, Persian Gulf economies, South African operations, the tanker fleet, and the company's move from New York to Dallas.
Date: {1986-01-23,1986-01-24}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Yergin, Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Hill, October 13, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Hill, October 13, 1986

Interview with retired schoolteacher William Hill. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences concerning race relations in Sherman, Texas, 1915-30. Hill talks about the lynching of George Hughes in 1930, the African-American business and professional community in Sherman, and Ku Klux Klan marches.
Date: October 13, 1986
Creator: Kumler, Donna & Hill, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Andrew White, September 24, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Andrew White, September 24, 1986

Interview with Andrew White, business executive and president of the local chapter of the NAACP in Sherman, Texas. The interview includes White's personal experiences about race relations and the development of African-American businesses in Sherman during the 1980s.
Date: September 24, 1986
Creator: Kumler, Donna & White, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alexander Bate, September 19, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alexander Bate, September 19, 1986

Interview with retired schoolteacher Alexander Bate. The interview includes Bate's personal experiences about the African American business community in Sherman, Texas, and the lynching of George Hughes. Bate also talks about being an African-American educator, and local race relations in Sherman.
Date: September 19, 1986
Creator: Kumler, Donna & Bate, Alexander
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Ferguson, October 4, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Ferguson, October 4, 1985

Interview with George Ferguson, executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview includes Ferguson's personal experiences about education, employment by Texaco, and transferring to Caltex. Ferguson also talks about the origins of Caltex, his Australian experience, activities during World War II, expatriates in Caltex, the Kurnell refinery, navy fuel oil contracts, nationalization, Texaco's and Socal's reentry into Europe, and Caltex's move from New York to Dallas.
Date: October 4, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ferguson, George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert J. Kirchhofer, January 17, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert J. Kirchhofer, January 17, 1986

Interview with Robert Kirchhofer, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, concerning his experiences and reminiscences of his long-time career with the Caltex Corporation.
Date: January 17, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kirchhofer, Robert J., 1911-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with James Voss, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with James Voss, 1986

Interview with James Voss, a lawyer and employee of the Caltex Petroleum Company from San Antonio, Texas. Voss discusses his earlier life and joining Caltex, work on company claims involving postwar China and other assets affected by World War II, the crude oil market, effects of the Chinese Communist Revolution on the company and markets, company operations in Japan and reconstruction, the company in Korea and Vietnam, mergers, purchases, divestments, expansion in the Mid East, South Africa, re-entry into China, and reflections on the energy business and his career.
Date: 1986-01-09/1986-06-20
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. W. Baer, Jr., July 8, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. W. Baer, Jr., July 8, 1986

Interview with W.W. Baer, Jr., an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Illinois, discussing his World War II experiences, training at Texaco, work with Caltex in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand, the establishment of Caltex East, and his appointment as managing director in Tanzania.
Date: July 8, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Baer, W. W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986

Interview with William Taylor, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York, about his experiences working for the company in the Philippines and Thailand, the joint venture refinery in Thailand, expansion of the company, and the move of headquarters from New York to Dallas.
Date: January 20, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, H. William
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