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Oral History Interview with Alf Brown Jr., March 26, 1974

Description: Transcript of an interview with Alf Brown Jr., an 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.
Date: March 24, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brown, Alf, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Allen H. Benton, November 24, 2004

Description: Interview with Allen H. Benton, World War II-era veteran of the 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard. The interview includes Benton's personal experiences about childhood in upstate New York and the Depression-era economy, education at Cornell University, drafting into the U.S. Army Infantry and service at several stateside bases, transferring to Cavalry and combat in the Pacific Theater, and having a career as an author of biological field guides. The interview also includes Benton's memories o… more
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Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T.; Benton, Allen H. & Johnston, Craig F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Andrew White, September 24, 1986

Description: Interview with Andrew White, business executive and president of the local chapter of the NAACP in Sherman, Texas. The interview includes White's personal experiences about race relations and the development of African-American businesses in Sherman during the 1980s.
Date: September 24, 1986
Creator: Kumler, Donna & White, Andrew
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007

Description: Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some o… more
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Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Chris Miller, June 24, 1975

Description: Interview with Chris Miller, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Miller discusses her decision to enter politics, her personal political philosophy, the House speakership race, her committee appointments, constitutional revision, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and her personal legis… more
Date: June 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Miller, Dorothy June Chrisman
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with E. Maurice Keathley, May 24, 1995

Description: 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.
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Date: May 24, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Keathley, E. Maurice
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Oral History Interview with Frank A. Hoke, November 24, 1971

Description: Interview with Frank A. Hoke, banker and attorney. The interview includes Hoke's personal experiences about being an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Hoke talks about mortgage buying, loan amortization, insurance, home improvements, accounting procedures, politics and patronage, taxes and appraising, foreclosures, and loan servicing.
Date: November 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hoke, Frank A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John Sacker, February 24, 1989

Description: Interview with Major John R. Sacker, a United States Air Force veteran from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while a member of the 9th Signal Service Company stationed there.
Date: February 24, 1989
Creator: Young, Thomas & Sacker, John R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Vogt, February 24, 1995

Description: Interview with Dr. John Vogt, a physician involved in the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture, from Birmingham, Michigan. Vogt discusses his initial work with Kaiser Permanente, the origins of the Kai-Pru venture and why it was established in the Texas market, the benefits and downside for each company, the Dallas healthcare market, the Dallas medical community, healthcare plan models, cost control, and the end of Kai-Pru.
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Date: February 24, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Vogt, John
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Wood, February 24, 1993

Description: Interview with Lloyd Wood, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Valera, Texas. Wood discusses his family background, joining the CCC and assignment to Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, daily routine, projects, fights, recreation and entertainment, his fellow men and superiors, transfer to a camp at Roswell, New Mexico, sports and athletics, pay, ethnic relations in camp, and the National Association of CCC Alumni.
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Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: O'Day, Buckley & Wood, Lloyd
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Oral History Interview with Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong, February 24, 2010

Description: Interview with Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong, longtime activists in the Dallas lesbian community. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences of childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, New Jersey, and California, as well as her decision to study nursing and settle in Denver, Colorado, and her coming out narrative. The interview also includes Young's personal experiences of childhood in Ada, Oklahoma, her education at East Central State University and the University of Colorado, and… more
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Date: February 24, 2010
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Young, Louise & Armstrong, Vivienne
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Oral History Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, March 24, 2014

Description: Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, an African-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas, from Champaign, Illinois, who moved to Texas during the civil rights era. Johnson, accompanied by her neighbor Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, discusses the differences between life in Illinois and the segregated South, her first instances of discrimination, desegregation in Fort Worth, the Wright Amendment, Juneteenth, neighborhoods and housing, differences between Dallas and Fort Worth, persistent racism, and Ca… more
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Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Travis, Sarah & Johnson, Marilyn Jean
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Oral History Interview with Oliver Clark, September 24, 1990

Description: Interview with Oliver Clark, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Denton, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC on the tail end of the Great Depression.
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Date: September 24, 1990
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Clark, Oliver
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Oral History Interview with Paul Voertman, June 24, 1977

Description: Interview with Paul Voertman concerning his expriences as President of Voertman's Book Store in Denton, Texas. He discusses the founding of Voertman's by his father in 1925, the early years of the store, the Depression, the opening of a store near Texas Women's University, and the effects upon his business from North Texas State University opening its own book store. He also shares his thoughts on education, his early work experience, the growth in merchandise lines, and the problems of the boo… more
Date: June 24, 1977
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Voertman, Paul, 1929-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard Crooks, July 24, 2003

Description: Interview with aircraft worker Richard Crooks. The interview includes Crooks' personal experiences of being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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Date: July 24, 2003
Creator: Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Crooks, Richard
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Oral History Interview with Robert Gregg, March 24, 1971

Description: Interview with Robert Gregg, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Decatur, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Gregg discusses mobilization and deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and his capture, internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
Date: March 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gregg, Robert
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Rula Walid Bibi, April 24, 2011

Description: Interview with Rula Walid Bibi, Palestinian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Bibi's personal experience with discrimination of Palestinians in the Middle East, childhood in Kuwait City, education at the University of Kuwait and Midwestern State University, family experiences during the First Gulf War and circumstances surrounding her immigration to Texas in 1990, thoughts on religion, experiences as a single mother as … more
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Date: April 24, 2011
Creator: Abigail, R. Matthew & Bibi, Rula Walid
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Oral History Interview with Russell E. Dougherty, May 24, 2004

Description: Interview with Air Force veteran General Russell E. Dougherty, former commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command. The interview includes Dougherty's personal experiences with General Curtis LeMay. Dougherty speaks about LeMay's uncanny judgment, organizational talents, and penchant for discipline, as well as his handling of people in his command, and the Soviet military's assessment of LeMay. The interview includes an appendix with "A General's Perspective: Leadership in the Cold War," written… more
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Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Dougherty, Russell E.
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Oral History Interview with Sally Bermejo Bravo, March 24, 2013

Description: Interview with Sally Bravo, second generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bravo's recollections of schooling in Fort Worth, the scholastic structure of her home life, cultural expectations and limitations on education, and the meaning of high school graduation, as well as educational goals for children, the role in sending children to college, and the generational changes in educational goals. It includes… more
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Date: March 24, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bravo, Sally Bermejo
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Oral History Interview with Shelley Schnittker, February 24, 2013

Description: Interview with U.S. Navy Seaman, Avionics Technician, and Persian Gulf War-era Veteran Shelley Schnittker for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes her experiences with childhood in Arlington and the effects of her parent's divorce. She talks about her experience in drug rehab, reasons for joining the Navy, training in a job recently opened to women, her experience in an all-female company at boot camp, life at duty station in San Diego, California, and the reaction of… more
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Date: February 24, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Schnittker, Shelley
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Oral History Interview with Thomas W. Nance, March 24, 2003

Description: Interview with Thomas W. Nance, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Nance discusses growing up and joining the 112th, working with horses, equipment used and organization, maneuvers at Fort Bliss, deployment to New Caledonia, operations on Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island and the landing at Arawe, being wounded and evacuated, recovery and discharge, continued disability and experiences with VA hospitals, and refl… more
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Date: March 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Nance, Thomas W.
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Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-2004

Description: Interview with landscape architect and Army veteran William Garbo Sr. The interview includes Garbo's personal experiences about the G Troop, 112th Cavalry, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World-War II, growing up in an Italian-American family in Mississippi during the Great Depression, volunteering for the draft and processing at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, being assigned to the 26th War Dog Platoon and to New Guinea in 1944, … more
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Date: November 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Garbo, William, Sr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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