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Baytown Oral Histories
47
World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
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Texas Political History Oral History Project
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World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
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Business Archives Project
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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
2
World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project
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African American History Oral History Project
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Texas Business Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fall 1975
Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date:
{1975-09-10,1975-12-01}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, 1976
Interview with Jimmy Carroll, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1976-08-19,1976-09-29,1976-10-07,1976-12-01}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joan Johnson, 1976
Interview with Joan Johnson, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1976-03-29,1976-04-15,1976-05-03,1976-05-12}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Johnson, Joan
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Judge John D. Wendell, August-October 1971
Interview with Judge John D. Wendell, Aransas County Judge from Rockport, Texas. Wendell discusses the growth of the county's economy during his tenure, county taxation, spending and budgeting, the courthouse, housing developments, the fishing industry, county boundary disputes, the Intracoastal Canal, the Aransas County Navigation District, dredging, oil valuation and related lawsuits, conservationism, Aransas County Airport, and influential citizens.
Date:
{1971-08-18,1971-10-01}
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Wendell, John D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with P. J. Smallwood, October 1973
Interview with P. J. Smallwood, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Sherman, Texas. Smallwood recounts his experiences with the "Lost Battallion" which was captured on Java in March, 1942, and his subsequent time as a POW, including: joining the National Guard; mobilization and deployment to East Asia; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and the unit's capture; and his internment and labor at the Bicycle Camp in Batavia (Jakarta), Changi Camp in Singapore, the "15 Kilo Camp" in Malaysia, where he worked on the Death Railway, Kanchanaburi in Thailand, and Saigon.
Date:
{1973-10-11,1973-10-25}
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Smallwood, P. J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sara Snyder, 1975
Interview with Sara Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include her coming to Baytown and Baytown history.
Date:
{1975-12-17,1975-12-22,1976-01-09}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Snyder, Sara
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, 1979
Interview with Wilburn L. Snyder, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include World War Two and the history of Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1979-08-09,1979-08-12}
Creator:
Chandler, Patricia M. & Snyder, Wilburn L.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William T. Busch, 1979
Interview with William T. Busch, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include his early life and youth in Cedar Bayou, his early employment, and his involvement in World War I, employment in banking institutions of Baytown, TX, development of Goose Creek after the oil field boom, and the effects of the Depression on Baytown, TX.
Date:
{1979-09-13,1979-10-02}
Creator:
Swofford, Sarah & Busch, William Thomas
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Don McLeod, February and March 1975
Interview with Don McLeod, who moved to Mont Belvieu in 1929 from Beaumont, Texas. McLeod answers questions and describes the growth of the oil business in Mont Belvieu and Baytown, including what companies were already here and how the business has changed from then until now.
Date:
{1975-02-19,1975-03-01,1975-03-03}
Creator:
Webber, Betsy & McLeod, Don
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Herman W. Lay, 1974-1975
Interview with Herman W. Lay, executive committee chairman of Pepsi Co., Inc., from Greensville, South Carolina. Lay discusses his childhood and education, his earlier jobs, working in distribution during the Depression, buying the Barrett Food Company and founding H. W. Lay & Co., Inc., the company's growth and expansion, merger with the Frito Co. and gaining nationwide distribution, buying the Red Dot Co., merger with Pepsi, continued expansion, work with Eastern Bloc countries, establishment in the Arab world, the Japanese market, involvement in the Dallas economy, and words on successful entrepreneurship.
Date:
{1974-12-31,1975-02-20}
Creator:
Caruth, Donald & Lay, Herman W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Margaret B. Davis, 1976
Interview with Margaret B. Davis, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Mrs. Davis talks about the Baytown area from 1915 to 1976.
Date:
{1976-01-16,1976-02-13,1976-07-07}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Davis, Margaret B.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Olgie Ivey, Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, and Ben Ivey Jr., 1979
Interviews with Ben Ivey Jr., Olgie (Mrs. Ben) Ivey Sr., and Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, from Denton, Texas. The interviewees discuss Ben Ivey Sr's business ventures in Denton, including their family history, each's upbringing and education, the history and operations of businesses owned by the family, life in Denton, neighbors, and local government.
Date:
{1979-10-17,1979-11-14}
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd; Ivey, Olgie; Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey & Ivey, Ben, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Outline of Interview with Joan Johnson, 1976]
Outline of interview with Joan Johnson. The author highlights some important time of the interview and certain answers.
Date:
{1976-03-29,1976-05-03,1976-05-12}
Creator:
McNeil, William J. & Johnson, Joan
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970
Interview with Earl I. Crow, a farmer and mechanic from Taft, TX. Crow recounts his family's move to Sinton, TX, in 1909, and the establishment of Taft as a community through the 1910s.
Date:
March 13, 1970
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Crow, Earl I.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edwin F. Flato, March 13, 1970
Interview with Edwin Flato, a businessman from Corpus Christi, Texas. Flato discusses his arrival in Kingsville in 1904, his construction of a hardware store in Robstown, TX, and various experiences in the Corpus area economy.
Date:
March 13, 1970
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Flato, Edwin F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson, March 13, 1970
Interview with Hattie Bell McKamey Ferguson (Mrs. Fred H. Ferguson), farmer and homemaker, who shares her observations on the land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1910 to 1970. She also discusses small town social life, the agrarian life, Mexican-Anglo relations, and King Ranch.
Date:
March 13, 1970
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Ferguson, Hattie Bell McKamey, 1911-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, March 13, 1970
Interview with Mrs. Henry Moore, a teacher from Taft, Texas. Moore discusses her experiences living and schooling in Taft from 1909, her time at Texas A&M, and President Taft's visit to the town.
Date:
March 13, 1970
Creator:
Stephens, A. Ray & Moore, Mrs. Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970
Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date:
July 19, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Moss, Jack
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Breckenridge Garrison, September 18, 1970
Interview with Brack Garrison, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Amarillo, Texas, accompanied by Nita Boynton. Garrison details his experiences defending Guam in the Japanese invasion of December 1941, and his subsequent surrender and internment in Japanese POW camps at Zentsuji and Osaka.
Date:
September 18, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Garrison, John Breckenridge (Brack)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roy Allen, November 4, 1970
Interview with Roy Allen, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Denton, Texas. Allen served during the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, after which he fought with Filipino guerrillas until his capture by Japanese forces in mid-1942. He was interned at the Del Monte Plantation, Mindanao, and later at Yokkaichi, Japan.
Date:
November 4, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Robert & Allen, Roy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Fujita, November 9, 1970
Interview with Frank Fujita, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas. Fujita recounts his experiences as a captured member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "the Lost Battalion"), including: joining the Guard and deploying to East Asia; diversion to Brisbane and assignment to Malang, Java; repelling a Japanese infantry assault; attempted evasion of Japanese forces before being captured; and internment and labor at Surabaja, Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and Omori Camp in Tokyo. Fujita recorded his POW experiences in an encrypted diary.
Date:
November 9, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Burlage, November 18, 1970
Interview with George Burlage, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Visalia, California. Burlage was stationed in the Philippines before the war and fought at Corregidor in 1942 before his capture by the Japanese, after which he was interned at Camp Cabanatuan #3 in Central Luzon, Las Pinas airfield near Manila, and Moji, Japan.
Date:
November 18, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald & Burlage, George
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal Diary of Frank Fujita, Jr.
A copy of Frank Fujita Jr.'s war diary, obtained by Dr. Ron Marcello to accompany Fujita's oral history interview. Fujita was an Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment captured on Java in March 1942. Included is Fujita's original bound diary, and a rewritten version he made in a Japanese logbook in internment and continued. They contain daily activities, doodles, lists of dozens of servicemen and captives encountered, and the key to an encoded script Fujita developed for sensitive information. Also included is a postwar newspaper clipping about Fujita's unit.
Date:
December 19, 1970
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fujita Jr., Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971
Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date:
January 8, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library