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Oral History Interview with Josephine Bermejo, February 16, 2013

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Interview with Josephine Bermejo, first generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bermejo's recollections of schooling in Minnesota and Iowa, learning in English schools, leaving school for family obligations, and getting a GED in Fort Worth, Texas. Bermejo also talks about children's education and her thoughts on the future of Mexican American education. It includes an appendix with the Bermejo family tree.
Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo, Josephine
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ceclia Bermejo Hernandez, February 16, 2013

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Interview with Cecelia Hernandez, a Mexican-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas. Hernandez discusses her schooling, her family, thoughts on college and first generation students, becoming and being a parent, working at Fort Worth ISD, and encountering struggles as a Hispanic person and parent. In appendix is her family tree.
Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo-Hernandez, Cecelia
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Sally Bermejo Bravo, March 24, 2013

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Interview with Sally Bravo, second generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bravo's recollections of schooling in Fort Worth, the scholastic structure of her home life, cultural expectations and limitations on education, and the meaning of high school graduation, as well as educational goals for children, the role in sending children to college, and the generational changes in educational goals. It includes an appendix with the Bermejo family tree.
Date: March 24, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bravo, Sally Bermejo
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Nicole Deluna, March 17, 2013

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Interview with Nicole Deluna, third generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Deluna's personal experiences of schooling in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as the meaning of high school graduation, reasons for not attending college, a discussion of cultural expectations of Mexican American women, her daughter's educational plans, and the benefit of an education in the workplace. The interview includes an appendix with the Bermejo family tree.
Date: March 17, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Deluna, Nicole
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bruce Monroe, November 9, 2013

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Interview with Bruce Monroe from San Antonio, Texas. Monroe discusses attending Texas A&M, coming out, the gay scene in Houston and Florida, the start of the AIDS epidemic, living in Dallas and work with the Dallas Gay Alliance, becoming president of the DGA, changing its name, the Dallas Buyers Club, work in Washington DC, living with HIV, Dallas Way, and art.
Date: November 9, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Monroe, Bruce
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Moore, October 26, 2013

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Interview with Robert Moore, a LGBT-focus journalist from Hurst, Texas. Moore discusses attending Texas Tech University, his career, working for Dallas Gay News and starting Dallas Voice, changes in attitudes toward LGBT people in Texas, HIV-AIDS, LGBT guilds and associations, and keeping up with changing media.
Date: October 26, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Moore, Robert Wade
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Linda Pina, April 8, 2013

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Interview with Linda Pina, a cousin of UNT interviewer Francis Bravo from Fort Worth, Texas, interviewed for for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience project. Pina discusses growing up, school, her parents' divorce, and her own children and their education. In appendix is Bravo and Pina's family tree.
Date: April 8, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Pina, Linda
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Antonio T. Chavez, October 11, 2013

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Interview with Antonio Chavez, a former UNT student from Sonora, Texas. Chavez discusses the desegregation of schools in Sonora, experiences in grade school and the disparity in quality between segregated schools, his father's grocery business, discrimination, majoring in elementary education, working in geophysics, attending North Texas State College, life in Denton and on campus, and raising his family.
Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Bynum, Katherine E. & Chavez, Antonio T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Howard Okon, November 7, 2013

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Interview with Howard Okon, a businessman and LGBT community activist from Dallas, Texas. Okon discusses founding the Dallas Tavern Guild, running gay bars in the 1970s, coming out, drug use, political allies, vandalism and raids, changes in patronage, the current state of Texas gay bars, the AIDS epidemic, the impact of social media on the scene, the Dallas dance hall ordinance, activism, and generational differences.
Date: November 7, 2013
Creator: Castillo, Vogel & Okon, Howard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mary Franklin, October 18, 2013

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Interview with Mary Franklin, an activist in the Dallas LGBT community from Riverhead, New York. Franklin discusses her family background, the neighborhood she grew up in in, dyslexia and struggles in school, her sexuality and coming out, the LGBT scene on Long Island, "gay" as a term, her first girlfriend, Anita Bryant, applying for a marriage license on National Coming Out Day, feminism and activism, moving to Dallas, the decriminalization of homosexuality in Texas, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, threats, involvement with the Unitarian Church, working at the Food Pantry, and changes in societal attitudes towards LGBT.
Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Castillo, Vogel Vladimir & Franklin, Mary
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William F. Collier, February 17, 2013

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Interview with William F. Collier, Marine veteran and Air America helicopter pilot, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Collier's personal experiences as a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam, living with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, living in Thailand, search and rescue missions, and the Marine Aviation Cadet program, as well as his early love of aviation, interaction with the local populations in Southeast Asia, rumors about Air America, thoughts on the Air America movie, leaving Air America, and his thoughts on U.S. involvement in Laos as well as his own involvement. The interview includes an appendix with a short story written by Collier.
Date: February 17, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Collier, William F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Joseph Hazen, April 19, 2013

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Interview with Joseph Hazen, Marine veteran and Air America fixed-wing pilot, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Hazen's personal experiences at Navy flight training, peace-time Marine Corps, and flying for Air America. Hazen talks about interactions with the "Customer," also known as CIA case officers, his interaction with the Hmong, various missions, his transfer to Southern Air Transport, rumors about Air America, and his thoughts on U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: May 6, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Hazen, Joseph
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Michie Stevens, March 21, 2013

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Interview with Michie Stevens, stewardess for Air America, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences of growing up in World War II China and Japan, having a brother join the Yakuza crime syndicate, getting her first English speaking jobs, hiring and training with Air America, meeting and marrying her husband, working as a stewardess for Air America in Japan, and living in Laos, Thailand, and South Vietnam. The interview includes an appendix with an article about Stevens.
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Michie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Steve Stevens, March 21, 2013

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Interview with Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot Steve Stevens for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences while serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War, flight training with the Marine Corps, getting hired with Air America, as well as flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos, photo reconnaissance missions throughout Laos including the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Beechcraft Volpar, flying other helicopters and airplanes in Laos, South Vietnam, and Japan for Air America, and flying work in other parts of the world after Air America. Stevens talks about a Search and Rescue mission in Laos, his early interest in aviation and the military, early connections to Air America via other Marines, and the excellent maintenance at Air America.
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Steve
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Steven Atikinson, November 23, 2013

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Interview with Steven Atikinson, a LGBT rights activist from Keller, Texas. Atkinson discusses his childhood in Keller, growing up in a small conservative town, coming to terms with his sexuality, education at Baylor, his brief marriage, coming out, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the queer social scene in Dallas in the 1990s, discrimination, grassroots activism, direct action, lobbying, the growth of the Dallas LGBT community and resources, gay rights legislation, and thoughts on his life overall.
Date: November 23, 2013
Creator: Graham, Celeste & Atkinson, Steven
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David Taffet, November 12, 2013

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Interview with David Taffet, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Yonkers, New York. Taffet discusses his education, coming out, anti-war activism at State University of New York at Albany, the SUNY Gay Alliance, moving to Dallas, the AIDS epidemic, police harassment and entrapment, working for the Custom Shop and the Dallas Voice, the "AIDS cocktail" and advancements in treatment of the illness, and grassroots politics.
Date: November 12, 2013
Creator: Graham, Celeste & Taffet, David
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, March 31, 2013

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Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, Women's Army Corps Enlisted, Keypunch Operator, and Korean War-ere Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Babcock's personal experiences of childhood in Michigan, basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia, duty assignments at Governor's Island, New York and Hanau, Germany, her temporary duty assignment at the Pentagon, her placement in the Veterans of Foreign War's Women's Auxiliary despite veteran status, and her brother's experience in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Additionally, the interview includes her reason for enlisting, her family's reaction to her enlistment, impressions of post-war Germany, advice for future women service members, her views on service and women in combat, and her daughter's views of the military and the military service of her mom and other family members. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Babcock's military career.
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Babcock, Marjorie Rae Lutkins
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Lorra Golden, February 9, 2013

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Interview with Lorra Golden, a Army Iraq War veteran from Gainesville, Texas. Golden discusses her family background, life before the military, joining the Army, training, struggles as an older enlistee and a lesbian in the service, deployment to Camp Taji, driving convoys, seeing combat, having PTSD, veterans, the chain of command, women in combat and female integration, and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. In appendix is a chronology of Golden's service, and two photos of newspaper clippings of the construction of walls around Sadr City, Baghdad.
Date: February 9, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Golden, Lorra
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Toni Lewis, May 14, 2013

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Interview with Toni Lewis, U.S. Air Force veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral history Project. Lewis discusses her childhood, decision to enlist in 1976, experiences as a woman in the service, experiences with the Veterans Administration, and opinions about changing roles for women in the U.S. military.
Date: May 14, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Lewis, Toni
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Emre Ersin Ozer, January 19, 2013

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Interview with Emre Ersin Ozer, a software engineer and immigrant to Texas from Sivas, Turkey. Ozer discusses his family background, his education, his marriage, Turkish culture and community in the US, the effect of the 2008 financial crisis, immigration, graduate school, work, and citizenship.
Date: January 19, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Ozer, Emre Ersin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Shelley Schnittker, February 24, 2013

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Interview with U.S. Navy Seaman, Avionics Technician, and Persian Gulf War-era Veteran Shelley Schnittker for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes her experiences with childhood in Arlington and the effects of her parent's divorce. She talks about her experience in drug rehab, reasons for joining the Navy, training in a job recently opened to women, her experience in an all-female company at boot camp, life at duty station in San Diego, California, and the reaction of her family when she told them of her enlistment. It also includes her experience as part of a detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, her thoughts on women in combat and the expanding role of women in the Navy in the early 1990s. She talks about her first marriage, as well as attending Baylor University and the reaction of other students in regards to her veteran status, the lack of support for women veterans at Baylor, the shellback ceremony, and her advice for future generations of women in the military. Schnittker also talks about unreported sexual assault during avionics school, and gives advice to victims of military sexual trauma. It includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Schnittker's …
Date: February 24, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Schnittker, Shelley
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, March 31, 2013

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Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Weger's personal experiences of childhood, her family history of military service, reasons for joining the Navy, reaction from her family to her enlistment, training as a cryptological technician, first duty station at Whidbey Island, Washington. Weger talks about the lack of women in unit, rate of pregnancy among unit, sexual assault in the Navy, being a sexual assault victim advocate at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia, deployments aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the Shellback Ceremony and hazing, her activity in veterans groups, the civilian reaction to service, reflections on military service, her second duty station at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia, and advice for future female service members. Additionally, she includes her thoughts on the lifting of combat exclusion ban on women, working at a joint command, integrated barracks, women on submarine duty, the Naval medical system, and her grandmother's service in the Women's Army Corp during the Korean War. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Weger's military career.
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Weger, Laura Nevada
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Bane, January 11, 2013

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Interview with Robert Bane, a Army WWII veteran from Garland, Texas. Bane discusses his family background, basic training, deployment to the Battle of the Bulge, General George S. Patton, experiences in combat with the 63rd Infantry Division during the drive into Germany, his comrades, crossing the Rhine, liberating Dachau, returning to the states, and his work with the Freemasons. In appendix is a photograph of Bane with his medals.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Malone, Timothy & Bane, Robert M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Igor Juric, January 12, 2013

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Interview with Igor Juric, an immigrant from Konjic, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Juric discusses growing up in Yugoslavia, fleeing to Vela Luka at the start of the Bosnian Wars, returning to Konjic and living in the midst of conflict, fleeing to Germany via Čapljina, moving to the Colony, Texas, and adjusting to life in America.
Date: January 12, 2013
Creator: McKee, David & Juric, Igor
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library