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Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, April 7, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Billie Mohair, librarian and community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Mohair talks about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, her experiences of racism and segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, Quakertown, continued community involvement, and contemporary civil rights issues.
Date: April 17, 2017
Creator: Lacy, David & Mohair, Billie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mae Nell Shepherd, April 10, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Mae Nell Shephard for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Shepherd discusses her involvement in the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, desegregation in Denton, and contemporary race relations.
Date: April 10, 2017
Creator: Huebner, Andrew & Shepherd, Mae Nell
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, April 7, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Catherine Bell, public employee and community activist, about her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
Date: April 7, 2017
Creator: Beattie, Kathleen & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Evelyn Black, April 5, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Evelyn Black, schoolteacher and community activist, about her involvement with the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship.
Date: April 5, 2017
Creator: Cunningham, Sarah & Black, Evelyn J., 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Pat Cheek, April 3, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Pat Cheek, schoolteacher and community activist, from Denton, Texas, concerning her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship. In the interview Cheek also discusses the feminist movement, contemporary politics, and her continued community involvement.
Date: April 3, 2017
Creator: Robinson, Sarah & Cheek, Pat
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ruby Cole and Alma Clark, March 28, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Ruby Cole and Alma Clark for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview they discuss their experiences with segregation, civil rights activism, and involvement in the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
Date: March 28, 2017
Creator: Elliott, Brian; Cole, Ruby & Clark, Alma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, March 2, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Linnie McAdams, community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview McAdams talks about the contemporary state of civil rights progress; involvement in the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; discrimination; poverty; Quakertown; continued community involvement; women’s rights; contemporary politics; and whiteness of black movies.
Date: March 2, 2017
Creator: Lacy, David & McAdams, Linnie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, March 1, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with community activist Pat Gulley for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Gulley discusses her experiences with the black community and interracial interactions, involvement in the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, civil rights, and contemporary race relations.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Huebner, Andrew & Gulley, Pat
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carol Riddlesperger, February 28, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Carol Riddlesperger, schoolteacher and community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview she discusses her involvement in the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship and civil rights activism in Denton.
Date: February 28, 2017
Creator: Cunningham, Sarah & Riddlesperger, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, February 23, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Euline Brock, college professor and community activist from Denton, Texas. In the interview Brock discusses her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, the Civil Rights Movement, and the facilitation of desegregation in Denton. She also discusses her decision to pursue a political career and bettering race relations while serving as Mayor of Denton.
Date: February 23, 2017
Creator: Elliott, Brian & Brock, Euline
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Ripp, November 17, 2013

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with William Ripp, former dispatch shift manager for Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. In the interview Ripp shares experiences and anecdotes of his time as a flight dispatcher, remembering the bankruptcy of Braniff in 1982, life adjustments after Braniff, and overall impact of his career with Braniff.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Ripp, William
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Claudia Bevill, May 25, 2013

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with flight attendant, Claudia Bevill. In the interview she discusses her career as a flight attendant of Braniff International Airways and the bankruptcy of Braniff on May 12, 1982. Appendix includes photos and a document titled "Braniff - My Coming of Age" written by Bevill.
Date: May 25, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Bevill, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, April 25, 2013

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Interview with Betty Kimble, an employee of Texas Instruments and community activist from Denton, Texas. Kimble discusses her education and family, growing up in Denton, the relocation of Quakertown and the development of new black neighborhoods, changing demographics and current issues, and community action in Southeast Denton. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse, the Confederate Memorial, and a picture of students and teachers at the Fred Moore School in the 1930s or 40s, as identified in the interview by Mrs. Kimble.
Date: April 25, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Kimble, Betty
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William D. Whitson, August 13, 2006

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Interview with William Whitman, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Denton, Texas, who served with General Curtis LeMay. Whitman discusses flight training, becoming a heavy bomber pilot, service in the European theater, joining LeMay's staff, and stories about LeMay's work and personality.
Date: August 13, 2006
Creator: Hurley, Alfred & Whitson, William D.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jack Callaway, March 28, 1997

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Interview with Jack Callaway, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the auxiliary supply vessel USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a photocopy of a newspaper article from the December 7, 1996 edition of the Lewisville Leader titled, "Pearl Harbor survivor recalls 'day of infamy'" by Dusty Rainbolt [2 leaves].
Date: March 28, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Callaway, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Roy M. Gee, March 24, 1997

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Interview with Roy M. Gee, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: March 24, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, Roy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William J. Fisk, December 26, 1996

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Interview with William J. Fisk, a Navy veteran (VPB-123), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the crew of a PB4Y-2; his unauthorized participation in a combat mission out of Okinawa over the Sea of Japan; battle damage to his plane; description of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from aerial observations after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date: December 26, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Fisk, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jay Titus, November 9, 1996

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Interview with Jay Titus, an Army Air Forces veteran (457th Squadron, 330th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-29 bombardier in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan in 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bombing raids. Appendix includes a photocopy of the "350th Bomb Group Digest: a summary of combat activities from April 12 to Sept. 2 1945" [21 leaves]
Date: November 9, 1996
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Titus, Jay
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Martha Nichols, October 23, 1996

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Interview with Martha Nichols, a university professor, and her experiences concerning the formation and development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas, 1988-95. Early interest in women's studies; organizing the Women's Studies Program on campus; opponents and proponents; teaching methods; views on feminism.
Date: October 23, 1996
Creator: Cook, Charles & Nichols, Martha
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with J. C. Armstrong, October 17, 1996

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Interview with J. .C. Armstong, an Army Air Forces veteran (20th Bomb Group), concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam and Saipan to Japan, 1945; Japanese flak and fighter opposition.
Date: October 17, 1996
Creator: Snow, Jason & Armstrong, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Leo Nugent, October 5, 1996

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Interview with Leo Nugent, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Hickam Field with the 11th Bombardment Group during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a photocopied data sheet on the 11th and 5th Bomb Groups [1 leaf]
Date: October 5, 1996
Creator: Blanchette, Scott & Nugent, Leo B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harry Brand, September 28, 1996

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Interview with Steve Pickens, a businessman and former President of the Nocona Boot Company, concerning his experiences as a financial analyst for Justin Industries, comptroller for Nocona Boot Company from 1983 to 1984, general manager of Nocona from 1984 to 1987, and President of Nocona from 1987 to 1995. Pickens comments on Nocona's founder, Enid Justin; the "Urban Cowboy" craze and plant expansion in 1981; the reorganization of the boot manufacturing process; marketing and advertising strategies and the "Hero Series" posters; on-the-job training of plant executives; employer-employee relations; wages and benefits; the western wear sales downturn in 1993; layoffs; the diversification of the product line; the creation of the "show boot;" and his termination as President in 1995.
Date: September 28, 1996
Creator: Rouh, Peggy & Brand, Harry B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jim Mason, September 28, 1996

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Interview with Jim Mason, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a corpsman at the Naval Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941: also anecdotal information about Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
Date: September 28, 1996
Creator: Sanchez, Jim & Mason, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Carl Williams, September 27, 1996

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Interview with Kenneth Williams concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Williams worked at a camp in Clinton, Oklahoma (Company 2836).
Date: September 27, 1996
Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Williams, Kenneth Carl
System: The UNT Digital Library