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Oral History Interview with Adrienne Griffen, August 12, 2022

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Interview with Adrienne Griffen, the Executive Director of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance from Arlington, Virginia. Griffen discusses her family, time as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy, education, her own experience with postpartum depression, becoming an advocate, Postpartum Support International, other leaders and organizations in her field, postpartum psychosis, statistics, and treatments.
Date: August 12, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Griffen, Adrienne
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alla Clary, August 12, 1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alla Clary, August 12, 1969

Interview with Alla Clary, former secretary to Representative Sam Rayburn, from McKinney, Texas. In the interview, Miss Clary discusses her personal experiences and recollections from her many years of service in the office of Congressman Rayburn in Washington D.C.
Date: August 12, 1969
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Clary, Alla
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers,  April 12, 1965 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, April 12, 1965

Interview with former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas (1950-57), Allan Shivers from Lufkin, Texas. The interview includes Shivers' observations on his career in the Texas Senate (1934-45), liquor control issue, pari-mutuel betting, lobbyists, oil politics, labor relations, comments about Governors James Allred and W. Lee O'Daniel, race for lieutenant governor in 1946, views on the operation of state government, education, Truman presidential race of 1948, tidelands oil, death of Governor Jester in 1949 and succession to governorship, gubernatorial election in 1950 and the Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign of 1952.
Date: April 12, 1965
Creator: Brewer, Thomas B. & Shivers, Allan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999

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Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Betty Andujar, September 12, 1993

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Interview with Betty Andujar, a political activist and former legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). She also discusses the evolution of the GOP in Texas, her personal political philosophy, and her views on abortion.
Date: September 12, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Andujar, Betty
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966

Interview with Tom Bullock Hyder, a Democratic Texas State Legislator from Denton, Texas. Hyder recounts his time in state government from 1928 to about 1940, discussing lobbying, the growth of the state's industries, liquor laws, state education, his relations with various prominent state figures and politicians, campaigns, and other topics.
Date: May 12, 1966
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Hyder, Bullock
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carolyn Wright, August 12, 1993

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Interview with Judge Carolyn Wright, a state district judge, concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the rise of the Republican Party in Texas from 1968 to 1993. Wright discusses her educational background, her move to Dallas, her decision to enter Republican politics, her election as a state district judge, her relationship with the African American community, and her personal political philosophy.
Date: August 12, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Wright, Carolyn
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987

Interview with Catherine Bell, a public employee and community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Bell discusses the early organization and social activities, her experiences in a segregated environment, the street paving of the African American section of Denton, urban renewal, desegregation of public places in Denton, her political activities, desegregation of schools, and the jobs program.
Date: December 12, 1987
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., the founder of the Uvalde Producers Feed and Elevator Inc., from Uvalde, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, education, and his views on the grain business.
Date: July 12, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Charles V., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Chester E. Hudson, October 12, 1993

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Interview with Chester Hudson concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hudson worked at camps in Calico Rock, Arkansas (Company 4747); Walcott, Arkansas (Company 3799); and Ozone, Arkansas (Company 1708). Includes an appendix.
Date: October 12, 1993
Creator: Polatti, Gaylon & Hudson, Chester E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Christopher Zett, July 12, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Christopher Zett, July 12, 1977

Interview with Christopher Zett, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: July 12, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Zett, Christopher
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 Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996

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Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald M. Smith, August 12, 1996

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Interview with Donald M. Smith, businessman, concerning his experiences as the head of Riverside Foundry, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Foundry business during the Great Depression; thoughts about Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; conversion from peacetime to wartime production during World War II; obtaining contracts to produce hand grenades and rifle grenades; problems in procuring pig iron and other scarce materials; employment of women; technological innovations in manufacturing process; responsibilities toward the local community.
Date: August 12, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, Donald M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald Stanley Vogel, February 12, 2003

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Interview with Donald Stanley Vogel, artist and art dealer, concerning his recollections concerning painter Perry Nichols. He discusses his early years as a painter after coming to Dallas from Chicago, 1942; comments about the "Dallas Nine"; building a clientele for his paintings; his relationship with John Rosenfield, the arts and music critic for the Dallas Morning News; his business partnership with Betty McLean in the Betty McLean Art Gallery, 1951-54; his criticism of Nichols's work habits; comments about Nichols's personal life; his role in Nichols's mural painted for the Belo Corporation; his critique of the Belo mural; the importance of self-discipline to the successful artist.
Date: February 12, 2003
Creator: Balsley, Gerald & Vogel, Donald S., 1917-2004
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dora VeLora Harrell, March 12, 1994

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Interview with Dora VeLora Harrell about her recollections of growing up in Texarkana, Texas. Harrell discusses her education, local industries, church activities, social clubs and fraternal organizations, and women's issues.
Date: March 12, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Harrell, Dora VeLora
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dora VeLora Harrell, March 12, 1994

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Interview with Dora VeLora Harrell concerning her recollections of Texarkana, Texas, 1915-1950. She discusses her family background, education, local industries, church activities, social clubs and fraternal organizations, and women's issues.
Date: March 12, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Harrell, Dora VeLora
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Douglas F. Knight, March 12, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Douglas F. Knight, March 12, 1978

Interview with Douglas Knight, U.S. Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Knight talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1942-1944), and his liberation.
Date: March 12, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Knight, Douglas F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank H. King, December 12, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank H. King, December 12, 1978

Interview with Frank King, U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. King talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944-1945), Phet Buri, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: December 12, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Frank H., 1921-2004
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank H. King, December 12, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank H. King, December 12, 1978

Interview with Frank H. King, a United States Marine Corps veteran from Shamrock, Texas. King discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in 1942.
Date: December 12, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Frank H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Kell Cahoon, October 24, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Kell Cahoon, October 24, 1967

Interview with former Texas House of Representatives Republican member and independent oil-man and geologist Frank K. Cahoon. The interview includes Cahoon's personal views on salaries for public school teachers, labor legislation, sales tax, liquor registration, appropriation bills, revisions in criminal code, lobby influence, and the future growth for the Republican party in Texas. Cahoon also talks about his thoughts on fellow politicians, his decision to switch career paths from business to politics, and his experiences as the only Republican representative in the Texas House.
Date: February 12, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Cahoon, Frank Kell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980

Interview with Gene Freeland, an assistant to the regional representative at the Labor Department from Dallas, Texas. He discusses the labor climate in Texas, his involvement with the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and representation of unions in politics.
Date: October 12, 1980
Creator: King, Amelia Kay & Freeland, Gene
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, March 12, 1998

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Transcript of an interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division), concerning his experiences as an artillery officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bowser also discusses his role in planning the Inchon landing, 1950, during the Korean War.
Date: March 12, 1998
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bowser, Alpha Lyons
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Burns, March 12, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Burns, March 12, 1974

Interview with George Burns, a postal worker, farmer, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and a member of the "Lost Battalion," about his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burns talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: March 12, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burns, George, 1917-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library