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Oral History Interview with Jack Hill, December 8, 2006

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Interview with Jack Hill, former employee of the Texas Textile Mill, as part of the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences about his childhood, working at Wilson's Grocery Store and Cole's Groceries, enlisting in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and serving in the China-Burma-India Theater. Hill also discusses his family's experience in the Great Depression, his lay-off due to new child labor laws, the tornado of 1948, and his career in retail sales.
Date: December 8, 2006
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah & Hill, Jack
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Debbie Denmon, December 4, 2006

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Interview with Debbie Denmon, local news media personality and third-generation descendant of residents of Quakertown, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood and education in Denton, having a career in broadcast journalism, and reporting on local efforts to capture Quakertown history. Denmon also speaks about memories of her great-grandmother Othella Hill, great-grandfather "Dollar Bill" Hill, and grandmother Norvell Williams Reed.
Date: December 4, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Denmon, Debbie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Pam Rose, December 1, 2006

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Interview with Pam Rose, resident of Eastland, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Rose discusses attending an all-black elementary school, desegregation of schools, discrimination she experienced, race relations in the community throughout history, public perceptions of race, education at Texas Women's University, and her career as a nurse.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Rose, DeAnn & Rose, Pamela
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Cassandra F. Berry, November 29, 2006

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Interview with Denton resident Cassandra F. Berry, UNT employee with a personal interest in the history of Quakertown, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Berry's personal experiences about working at UNT as the Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, as well as her service to the Denton African American Museum, which led to her interest in the history of Quakertown.
Date: November 29, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Berry, Cassandra F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Rev. Reginald Logan, Sr., November 28, 2006

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Transcript of an interview with Rev. Reginald Logan, Sr., a descendant of Quakertown homeowners, concerning the experiences of his father, John Logan, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton, Texas. Logan also discusses his experiences while attending segregated schools in Denton; career in U.S. Air Force and communications industry and as a clergyman; and Quakertown in family's historical memory.
Date: November 28, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Logan, Reginald, 1948-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, November 22, 2006

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Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, NASA engineer, as part of the Skylab Oral History Project. The interview includes Briscoe's personal experiences about education at Texas A&M University and South Texas School of Law, joining NASA, working in flight control operations and communications support on the Apollo program, and problem-solving on Skylab missions. Briscoe also speaks about the Skylab "wet workshop," the monotony inherit in Skylab work-shift schedules and efforts to break it, and Skylab's contributions to space exploration.
Date: November 22, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Briscoe, Alan Lee
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Fred Hill, November 6, 2006

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Transcript of an interview with Fred Hill, a son of residents of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Hill discusses concerning his experiences of his parents, Othella and T.C. Hill, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton, his career in the U.S. Army and as an undertaker in Denton, and Quakertown in family's historical memory. Appendix includes photographs (five pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of sources (one page).
Date: November 6, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Hill, Fred L., 1934-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Aaron, November 4, 2006

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Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, NASA engineer and manager, as part of the Skylab Oral History Project. The interview includes Aaron's personal experiences about childhood and education, having a career with NASA in mission control, space shuttle and software development, and International Space Station programs. Aaron speaks about his duties on various missions, Skylab's importance to NASA and space exploration, and his perceptions of NASA's working and management culture. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: November 4, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Aaron, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ruby Cole, November 29, 2006

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Interview with Ruby Cole, resident of southeast Denton, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Cole's personal experiences about attending segregated schools in Denton, and living in a house moved from Quakertown. Cole also talks about her memories of educator Fred Moore, the folklore of Quakertown neighborhood and reasons for its disintegration, the efforts to create an African American museum in Denton, and Quakertown in the community's historical memory.
Date: November 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Cole, Ruby
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ed Fendell, October 27, 2006

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Interview with Ed Fendell, NASA communications engineer and assistant flight director, as part of the Skylab Oral History Project. The interview includes Fendell's personal experiences about childhood, serving in the Korean War-era Air Force, and joining NASA in 1963. Additionally, Fendell speaks about his communications work for Apollo, Skylab, the International Space Station, and Space Shuttle program missions, trouble-shooting for Skylab missions, lessons learned from the Skylab program, personnel issues at the Johnson Space Center, and turf battles between the Johnson Space Center and other NASA centers. The interview includes an appendix with a photograph and text of what the back of the photograph reads.
Date: October 27, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Fendell, Ed
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles Williams, October 23, 2006

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Transcript of an interview with Charles Williams, a son of resident's of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood and long-time Denton resident, concerning his early childhood and education in Denton, including experiences with racial segregation and experiences with integrating Denton public schools; interest in radical black politics; influence of uncle, Fred Hill; career in U.S. Navy; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Includes photographs (two pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of sources (one page).
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Williams, Charles, 1955-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, October 20, 2006

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Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, resident of Cisco, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Weeks discusses attending all-black schools, her family and marriages, the barbeque business she started with her second husband Oscar Weeks, her career as a beautician, nurse's aid, and physical therapist's assistant, and experiences with discrimination.
Date: October 20, 2006
Creator: Rose, DeAnn & Weeks, Betty Jo
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with T. R. Milton, 2006-2007

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Interview with General T. R. Milton, retired U.S. Air Force general and former commander of Thirteenth Air Force. In the interview, Milton gives his opinions regarding various commanders, USAF traditions compared to those of other services, including discussions of uniforms and force cohesiveness, Air Force Chiefs of Staff, and Air Force execution of various Cold War policies. He also talks about his combat experience in the European Theater of World War II, gives his thoughts on command and leadership, and voices his concerns regarding the U.S. Air Force Academy, force organization, and command structure.
Date: October 11, 2006
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Milton, T. Ross
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ledell Randle, October 7, 2006

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Interview with Ledell Randall, resident of Eastland, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Randall discusses growing up on a farm in Hawkins, Texas, family, the Texas State Fair, factory work in Dallas, segregation, coming to Eastland, her children, integration, opening up a barbeque with her husband (King's Barbeque), and local organizations.
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Rose, DaAnn & Randle, Ledell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Rosendo Evaro, September 30, 2006

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Interview with Evaro Rosendo as part of the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. The interview includes Rosendo's personal experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas. Rosendo speaks about the local folklore concerning the presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout the 20th century, as well as the shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Date: September 30, 2006
Creator: Folsom, Brad & Evaro, Rosendo
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harriett Shelton Collins, September 16, 2006

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Interview with longtime resident of Cisco, Texas, Harriett Shelton Collins as part of the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences about education in Cisco's all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School, her pregnancy and marriage to Bill Collins, working at the Boss Glove Factory, earning her GED, entering beauty school, and earning a degree as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Additionally, Collins speaks about social life among blacks in Cisco, especially in church activities, her experiences with racial discrimination, the phenomenon of "passing" among blacks in Cisco and elsewhere, her experiences at "Negro Achievement Day" at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and her children's experiences in public school during desegregation.
Date: September 16, 2006
Creator: Rose, Harriett DeAnn & Collins, Harriett Shelton
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, September 14, 2006

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Transcript of an interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, a longtime Denton resident and former resident of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Reed shares concerning her childhood in Quakertown; family history; family's forced move out of Quakertown to Solomon Hill neighborhood of Denton; race relations in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women's Fellowship; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Appendix includes photographs (13 pages), one map (1 page), and a list of sources (1 page).
Date: September 14, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Reed, Norvell Hill Williams, 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William D. Whitson, August 13, 2006

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Interview with William Whitman, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Denton, Texas, who served with General Curtis LeMay. Whitman discusses flight training, becoming a heavy bomber pilot, service in the European theater, joining LeMay's staff, and stories about LeMay's work and personality.
Date: August 13, 2006
Creator: Hurley, Alfred & Whitson, William D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006

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Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date: July 15, 2006
Creator: Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James Koger, July 14, 2006

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Interview with James Koger, Army veteran, concerning his memories of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; decision to enroll at University of Oklahoma; being drafted in 1945; training in Army Corps of Engineers; service in postwar occupation of Japan; decision to return to University of Oklahoma; career as aviation engineer with General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas. Appendix includes photo of interviewee.
Date: July 14, 2006
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Koger, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Ed Balentine, July 7, 2006

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Interview with former North Texas State Teachers College student John Ed Balentine, longtime resident of Denton County, Texas. The interview includes Balentine's personal experiences about life on Denton farms, including descriptions of ranch work, wheat harvest, and entertainment options in Denton, education in Denton schools, dropping out of school to work for magnolia Oil Co. in Kermit, Texas, and being inducted into the U.S. Army. Additionally, Balentine speaks about his family's economic difficulties during the Great Depression, undergraduate studies at North Texas as an Industrial Arts major, descriptions of student social life, his World War II service in an anti-battalion, returning to Kermit, courting and marrying Jeanette Smith, and descriptions of historic Denton County photographs. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and Balentine's autobiography.
Date: July 7, 2006
Creator: Moye, Todd & Balentine, John Ed
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Alma Clark, September 29, 2006

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Interview with Alma Clark, first-generation descendant through marriage of Quakertown residents, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Clark's personal experiences about childhood and education, marrying Rev. "Willie" Clark, moving to Denton, and participating in Denton Christian Women's Fellowship. Clark also discusses her family's experience in Denton as well as her husband's feelings regarding Denton's Civic Center Park, on the site of Quakertown. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: June 29, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Clark, Alma
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Wilhelmina Delco, May 15, 2006

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Interview with Wilhelmina R. Fitzgerald Delco, former member of the Texas House of Representatives (D-Austin). The interview includes Delco's personal experiences about childhood and education, marriage to Exalton A. Delco, Jr., being involved in community issues, running for the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, her 1974 election to the Texas House of Representatives seat representing Travis County, and serving as Speaker Pro Tem of the House. Additionally, Delco speaks about her family's involvement in Chicago politics, the difficulty of desegregating Austin schools in a manner that shared resources equitably with all groups, serving on the Committee on Public Education and Committee on Higher Education, being involved in the National Conference of State Legislatures, including efforts to encourage divestiture from apartheid-South Africa, as well as her involvement in efforts to reform the Texas higher education funding system and her commitment to education as her life's work.
Date: May 15, 2006
Creator: Moye, Todd & Delco, Whilhelmina
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, April 30, 2006

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Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, alumna of North Texas State University. The interview includes Davis' personal experiences about childhood in rural East Texas, making the decision to attend North Texas, campus life, graduating with a degree in library science, and having a career in Dallas public schools.
Date: April 30, 2006
Creator: Quirk, Ryan & Davis, Margaret Hunt
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library