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Oral History Interview with Bobby Jones, June 19, 2014
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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.
Date:
June 19, 2014
Creator:
Fichera, Aaron & Jones, John Dolford "Bobby"
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991
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Interview with Sheila Allen, an attorney and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Allen discusses attending school in Hamilton Park, integration in Richardson ISD and relations between white and black students, discrimination, attending East Texas State and Sam Houston University, struggles finding work afterwards, law school, church life, reflections on the Hamilton Park community, resisting "Buy Out," the Civic League, and thoughts on the future.
Date:
1991-06/1991-09
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Allen, Sheila R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William H. Haugh, January 12, 1999
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Interview with William H. Haugh, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Haugh discusses growing up in Wrightsville, getting his own farm, the wartime economy, being drafted into the Army, becoming a machine gunner in the 35th Infantry Division, arrival in Metz and advancing to the Battle of the Bulge, artillery, experiences in combat, the Rhineland Campaign, the Ruhr Valley, being wounded, the German surrender and the Army of Occupation, reflections on combat, and returning to civilian life.
Date:
January 12, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Haugh, William H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999
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Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration of the Air Force, and the Roswell UFO incident. Some additional biographical information about Ramey is provided by Colonel Terry Garland.
Date:
April 27, 1999
Creator:
Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, February 26, 2014
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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.
Date:
February 26, 2014
Creator:
Travis, Sarah & Alaman Morne'y, Exie Jean
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998
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Interview with John Hargrove, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hargrove discusses growing up and his family background, being drafted into the Air Corps, training, assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field as a radio operator, life and work at Langley, transition to the B-26, the start of the war, submarine patrol, deployment to Townsville, Australia via Hawaii, flying his first mission, liberty and recreation, bombing and close air support missions, the crew being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, losses, returning to the US, work as a radio instructor, meeting his wife, postwar service, and reflections on the atomic bomb. In appendix is a manuscript for an autobiography written by Hargrove, an addendum to the interview, and a letter to Ron Marcello making corrections to the interview.
Date:
August 12, 1998
Creator:
Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hargrove, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
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
Object Type:
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
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Evans and George Harris, January 20, 2016
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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.
Date:
January 20, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Evans, Jack & Harris, George
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991
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Interview with Barbara Darden, a nurse and resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Darden discusses her upbringing and education, nursing, her family, moving to Hamilton Park and the neighborhood's development, school involvement, desegregation and busing, and the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League.
Date:
1990-12/1991-10
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Max Glauben, January 1990
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Interviews with Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Glauben discusses his family origins, growing up with Sephardic Hebrew, education, the invasion of Poland, losing the family business, the move to the ghetto and life there, people's different reactions to oppression, ventures outside the ghetto, escalating extermination by the Germans, Warsaw Uprising, transfer to KL Lublin, the organization of the camp, transfers to and labor at Wieliczka, Mielec, Budzyn and Flossenburg, illness, sabotage, daily routine in the camps, the approach of the front, being on a train strafed by Allied planes and wounded, escape, rescue by American forces, moving to the United States, and his thoughts on faith.
Date:
1990-01-09/1990-01-24
Creator:
Rosen, Keith & Glauben, Max
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Vincent, March 14, 2006
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Interview with Richard Vincent, a member and former pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church from Kirksville, Missouri. Vincent discusses his education and religious background, the Circle of Friends in Dallas and discovering the Metropolitan Community Church, establishing MCC Dallas, ministering to prisoners, becoming the first pastor of MCC Dallas, cooperation with bars and other LGBT community establishments, the congregation, moving the church, his theology, succeeding pastors, and reflections on his ministry.
Date:
March 14, 2006
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Vincent, Richard
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Diego Echevarria, October 14, 2015
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Interview with Diego Echevarria, an Mexican-American immigrant from Mexico City. Echevarria discusses his childhood, life in Mexico City, living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, moving to Texas City, experiences in school, moving to Irving, Texas, ESL, reflections on Mexico City, the visa process, the DREAM Act, employment, and immigration rhetoric in America.
Date:
October 14, 2015
Creator:
Nichols, Cynthia & Echevarria, Diego
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Nine, April 28, 1990
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Interview with Kenneth Nine, a Army WWII veteran from Lonaconing, Maryland, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nine discusses joining the Army, assignment to the 27th Infantry at Schofield Barracks, alerts, athletics, gambling, events of the attack at Schofield, preparing defenses on Oahu, and later service in the war.
Date:
April 28, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Nine, Kenneth
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993
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Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp, Singapore, and life in captivity there, and liberation.
Date:
March 18, 1993
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, Cleon
Object Type:
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990
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Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date:
1990-02/1990-03
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with E. Maurice Keathley, May 24, 1995
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Interview with E. Maurice Keathely, an employee of Prudential Insurance from Houston, Texas, who was involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture. Keahtley discusses his educational background, work at Prudential, his responsibilities with "Kai-Pru", the value and benefits of the venture, key members of the companies, the financial arrangement and organization of the venture, marketing, HMO's, inter-company cooperation, difficulties and criticisms, and the Texas Medical Association.
Date:
May 24, 1995
Creator:
Pinkney, Kathryn & Keathley, E. Maurice
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gail Halvorsen, March 21, 2016
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Interview with Col. Gail Halvorsen, a Air Force veteran from Salt Lake City, Utah, who took part in the Berlin Airlift. Halvorsen discusses his family background, growing up, learning to fly, joining the Air Corps and flying various missions around the Atlantic during WWII, experiences in the Berlin Airlift, and relationships with Germans he affected. In appendix are various photos of and by Halvorsen from throughout his career, and letters he received from German children.
Date:
March 21, 2016
Creator:
Moody, Kimberly & Halvorsen, Gail Seymour
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999
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Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.
Date:
January 15, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016
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Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
Date:
April 29, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Object Type:
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
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