Interview with University of North Texas Professor Dr. Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Beckman's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico City, relocating to the U.S., her decision to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, her culture shock and homesickness, marriage to Curt Beckman, the decision to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Iowa, being hired at UNT, and her efforts to remain in touch with family members in Mexico.

Interview with former Denton City Council member Charlye Heggins as part of the UNT African American Remembrance Project. The interview includes Heggins' personal experiences about her childhood, raising a family, doing volunteer work in Denton, and being involved with Texas politics. She particularly talks about discrimination and race issues in Denton during the 1970s and '80s. It includes an appendix with photographs and an article about her death.

Interview with Cathy N. Hartman, the Associate Dean of the University of North Texas Libraries before her retirement in December 2015. She discusses her education and her career as an academic librarian, particularly working with government information and digital preservation.

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.

Interview with Douglas Chadwick, former executive director of the UNT Foundation from Dallas, Texas. Chadwick discusses his family background and education at Southern Methodist University, his career in administration, work as Director of Planned Giving at UNT, involvement with the UNT Foundation and work as executive director, building connections and financial support, changes in the Foundation through the years, thoughts on the future of the Foundation and University, and his retirement.

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.

Interview with Dr. Bobby Jones, a veterinarian and epidemiologist from Southlake, Texas, whose family was prominent in the development of the community. Jones discusses his family history, growing up in a rural, segregated community, education at T. M. Terrell, race relations in Southlake, the Jones Annual Picnic, the Jones Gate cafe, the Civil Rights Act and desegregation, and the development of Southlake.

Interview with Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, a teacher from Fort Worth, Texas, who lived during the end of the Jim Crow era. Morne'y discusses her family background, attending grade school in Fort Worth, experiences with segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 60s, attending North Texas State College, working at Parkland Hospital, her marriages and children, moving to California and back to Texas, her career with Fort Worth ISD, church activities and faith, thoughts on child education, and various related stories. In appendix are photos of her high school yearbook and her family, a petition from the Como neighborhood for utilities services in 1924, and her typed family history.

Interview with Jack Evans and George Harris, LGBT activists and a couple of over fifty years from Denton, Texas. They discuss Evans' time in the Coast Guard, Harris' time in and expulsion from the CIA, realizing their sexuality, meeting one another, moving to Dallas, police harassment, their wedding in 2014, involvement with United Methodist Church, the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce and involvement in the Dallas LGBT community, and the AIDS epidemic.

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.

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.

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.

Interview with Dr. Bill King, a radiologist from Denton, Texas. King discusses his family background and upbringing, working for the Denton County Chronicle as a teenager, grade school, attending North Texas State College and becoming a doctor, the history of the Rotary Club, and his involvement in it.

Interview with Florencia Arrechea, a Argentinian-American immigrant from Necochea, Argentina. Arrechea discusses growing up, major differences between living in Argentina and the US, Argentinian politics and culture, immigrating to Texas, different jobs she has worked, thoughts on American citizens versus immigrants, Hispanic-American issues, and her hopes for the future.

Interview with Foy Taylor, a longtime resident of Denton, Texas, and donor of a antique log cabin to the Denton County Historical Commission. Taylor discusses his family background, education and career, his service in the Navy and witnessing atomic bomb tests, his family's farm in Denton, growing up in the area, prohibition and the Depression, and changes in the town over time.

Interview with Dritz Schwalm, a professor at the University of North Texas from Arolsen, Hesse. Schwalm discusses his family background, the county of Waldeck, his education, moving to the United States and working in academia, his parents' laundry business, the University of Marburg, working at Texas Women's University and the University of North Texas, German culture in the United States, shopping, the Goethe Institute, American politics, thoughts on citizenship, and radical leftists in Germany. In appendix are two pictures of Marburg discussed in the interview.

Interview with Karen Dickson, vice-president of the Denton Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Division from Bryan, Texas. Dickson discusses her childhood and education, her career, economic development and the work she does for the Chamber of Commerce, thoughts on "community" and being a community leader, and the economic history of Denton. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Denton County Confederate Memorial.

Interview with Mansell Smith, a business-owner and longtime resident of Denton, Texas. Smith discusses his family background and growing up in Denton during the 1930s and 40s, running a floor covering business, housing in Denton, buying real estate, the black community and race relations, his hobbies, and his service in the National Guard.

Interview with Pam Livingston, a Denton, Texas public servant from Kansas. Livingston discusses growing up, her family, attending North Texas State College (UNT), her impression of Denton, her jobs with the city, being a certified business development specialist, church activity, changes in Denton over time, and thoughts on community. In appendix is a picture of the Denton County Courthouse, and one of the Denton County Confederate Memorial.

Interview with Olive Stephens of Clayton, Texas, mayor of Shady Shores, Texas, accompanied by her daughter Jean McBride. Stephens discusses growing up in Clayton, her family and moving to Shady Shores, making and selling ceramics, being elected to town council and mayor, and her subsequent work in city and county politics. In appendix is a summary of Stephens' career, and a quote of hers provided by her daughter.

Interview with Dana Lodge, an employee of the Denton Conventions and Visitors Bureau from Dallas, Texas. Lodge discusses growing up, her education, her work in the restaurant industry, entering the hospitality industry and her work with the Bureau, festivals and events in Denton, local history, and plans for the future of Denton. In appendix are pictures of the Denton County Courthouse and the Confederate Soldiers memorial. Includes an appendix.

Interview with Johnny Masch, a longtime resident of the Denton area from Blue Mound, Texas. Masch discusses his family history, his upbringing and education, farming, where he was for major historical events, his politics, his hobbies, and his family. In appendix are a photo of his grandparents and pictures of their passport.

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.

Interview with Warren Whitson Jr., a WWII veteran, businessman and former mayor of Denton, Texas, from Denton. Whitson discusses his family background, his first jobs and education, his family's canning business, joining the Army Air Force and becoming a bomber pilot, flying B-17s in the European theater, his marriage, building a house, his businesses, becoming involved in the city, and the development of Denton over time.