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Oral History Interview with William Waybourn, May 22, 2013
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Interview with William Waybourn, an LGBT activist from Matador, Texas. Waybourn discusses his early life and education, his work in journalism, his partner, the Dallas Times Herald, his family, working for Market Center, the relationship between the gay community and Dallas community figureheads, the Dallas Gay Alliance, the Dallas "gayborhood," Texas Penal Code 21.06 (the "homosexual conduct" law), police harassment, the Fifth Circuit Court, the AIDS epidemic, fighting medical discrimination, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and reflections on his career.
Date:
May 22, 2013
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Waybourn, William
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, March 14, 2013
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Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, a Air Force veteran from Phoenix, Arizona. Lachance-Skier discusses growing up, participating in Junior ROTC, enlisting in the Air Force in 1976, experiences as a woman in a newly integrated Air Force, sexual harassment and assault in the military, service in England, attending ROTC and becoming an officer, her marriage, service in Germany, her work during the Gulf War, being forced out as part of a personnel drawdown, transitioning to the civilian world and her post-Air Force career, her involvement in the Grace After Fire program for assisting female veterans, problems facing female veterans and lack of support, the 2014 lifting of the combat ban on women in the US armed forces, the WASPs, and advice for servicewomen. In appendix is a summary of Lachance-Skier's USAF career, three photos of her Meritorious Service Medal certificates, and a Grace After Fire booklet.
Date:
March 14, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Lachance-Skier, Lisa Jane
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Book
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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
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Effie McQueen, April 30, 2013
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Interview with Effie McQueen from Marshall, Texas. McQueen discusses her childhood and education, attending North Texas State University, participation in civil rights activism, getting the streets of south Denton paved, Quakertown, employment and discrimination, her church involvement, the Denton County Courthouse, and reflections on the town. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Den County Confederate Memorial.
Date:
April 30, 2013
Creator:
Stallings, Chelsea & McQueen, Effie
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Book
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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
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Book
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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
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Michael Hurd, May 28, 2013
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Interview with Michael Hurd, a journalist and member of the Texas Black History Preservation Project from Houston, Texas. Hurd discusses growing up in Texarkana and Houston, his education and service in the Air Force, work with the Houston Post and USA Today, Juneteenth, researching black history, the Texas Black History Preservation Project and related efforts, being an historian, the history of Juneteenth and emancipation in Texas, and civil rights. In appendix are photographs of Hurd, clippings of his reporting, and URLs to videos he was involved in.
Date:
May 26, 2013
Creator:
Turner, Elizabeth Hays & Hurd, Michael
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Book
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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
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Campbell Read, July 1, 2013
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Interview with Campbell Read, a professor at Southern Methodist University and Dallas-area LGBT activist from Edinburgh, Scotland. Read discusses fighting police harassment, organizing a televised rebuttal to televangelist James Robison's condemnation of the gay community, important members of the community in Dallas and Denton, attending college in Lebanon and the United States, becoming involved with gay rights' activities at SMU, his family, and bird-watching. In appendix are pictures of demonstration signs Read carried and relevant newspaper clippings.
Date:
July 1, 2013
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Read, Campbell
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, March 21, 2013
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Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, a USAF Afghan War veteran and Bronze Star recipient from Fremont, Nebraska. Krier discusses her time at the University of Nebraska, ROTC, becoming a logistics planning officer, work at Yokota Air Base in Japan, the effect of 9/11 and the War on Terror on military life, struggles as a servicewoman and misogyny, joint training with the Army, deployment to Kuwait, deployment to Afghanistan, work and leadership at the brigade level, female integration in combat units, leaving active duty for the reserves, and life off-duty. In appendix is an overview of Krier's Air Force career, photos of her, and photos of her commendations.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Hedrick, Amy & Krier, Jennifer Leia
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kim Phillips, March 20, 2013
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Interview with Kim Phillips, vice-president of the Denton Conventions and Visitors Bureau from Longview, Texas. Phillips discusses her love of Denton, her childhood and education, the music scene, the sense of community,, the CVB's work, local history, Quakertown, the Chamber of Commerce, the black and Hispanic communities, and the Confederate memorial. In appendix is a picture of Denton County Courthouse and the County Confederate Memorial.
Date:
March 20, 2013
Creator:
Stallings, Chelsea & Phillips, Kim
Object Type:
Book
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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
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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
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Candy Marcum, June 3, 2013
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Interview with Candy Marcum. The interview includes Marcum's personal experiences from her childhood, growing up as a lesbian, the gay community, and being involved in the Human Rights Campaign. She particularly talks about counseling gay people, the AIDS crisis, and the coming out process.
Date:
June 3, 2013
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Marcum, Candy
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Don Maison, July 30, 2013
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Interview with Don Maison, President and Chief Executive Officer of AIDS services of Dallas. The interview includes Maison's personal experiences about his childhood, working with the Dallas County Juvenile Department, being gay, being involved with the gay community, and his experiences as a lawyer. He particularly talks about being involved with the Dallas Gay Alliance, the Village Station arrests, and the AIDS crisis.
Date:
July 30, 2013
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Maison, Don
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Book
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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
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Valerie MartÃnez-Ebers, October 22, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie MartÃnez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. MartÃnez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date:
October 22, 2013
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine E. & MartÃnez-Ebers, Valerie
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fernando Sanchez, November 1, 2013
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Transcript of an interview with Fernando "Fernie" Sanchez, Dallas Latino community AIDS activist and services coordinator. Sanchez shares concerning his childhood in El Paso, Texas; move to Dallas, Texas after graduating from UT-El Paso; various Dallas County jobs; AIDS activism; development of AIDS services in the Latino community; AIDS Arms and other organizations; HIV/AIDS stigma within the community; needs among and difficulties encountered by minority HIV/AIDS patients.
Date:
November 1, 2013
Creator:
Bundschuh, Molly Ellen & Sanchez, Fernando, 1960-
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cameron Lowry, July 2, 2013
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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Cameron Lowry, member of the United States Army and Texas National Guard, and ROTC recruiter. In the interview he discusses his decision to join the army, experiences at the New Mexico Military Institute, being stationed in Kuwait, missions with the Texas National Guard, and position as an ROTC recruiter at the University of North Texas. Appendix includes photos of Lowry.
Date:
July 2, 2013
Creator:
Malone, Timothy A. & Lowry, Cameron
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bruce Cunningham, March 21, 2013
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Video log for a recording of an interview with Bruce Cunningham, Army veteran (82nd Airborne Division, 1st Platoon A Company 325th Airborne Regiment) and ROTC instructor. In the interview he discusses his decision to enlist in 1983; officer candidate school in 1985; commission as 2nd Lieutenant; Airborne Jumpmaster School; assignment to Italy with 82nd Airborne Division; work with US Border Patrol; Iraq deployment; and difficulties of being a soldier, teacher, student and father. Appendix includes photos of Cunningham with 1st Platoon A Company 325th Airborne Regiment and teaching classes.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Malone, Timothy A. & Cunningham, Bruce
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gary Bruce, August 6, 2013
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Interview with Gary Bruce, a resident of Pilot Point, Texas. Bruce recounts his childhood and growing up in a poor community, primary school, his parents, high school, racism, the JFK and MLK assassinations, the Texas State Fair, Juneteenth, jobs worked, his first marriage, children, his second wife, family history in north Texas, changes in Denton and Pilot Point over the years, segregation, and the Zimmerman trial. In appendix are a series of family photos.
Date:
August 6, 2013
Creator:
Stallings, Chelsea & Bruce, Gary
Object Type:
Book
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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
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eliot Coleman, October 10, 2013
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Interview with Eliot Coleman, an organic farmer and homesteader from Rumson, New Jersey. Coleman discusses his childhood, college experience, work at Franconcia College, befriending Scott and Helen Nearing and purchasing a stead from them, thoughts on government, counterculture, good methods for organic farming, local ecology and maintaining ecosystems, his marriages, different farms worked, stories about the Nearings, and thoughts on his way of life.
Date:
October 10, 2013
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Coleman, Eliot
Object Type:
Book
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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