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Oral History Interview with Anna Harriet Heyer, November 30, 1991

Description: Transcript of an interview with Anna Harriet Heyer, the first full-time music librarian of North Texas, concerning her experiences during the development of the Music Library at North Texas State College from 1940 to 1965.
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Date: November 30, 1991
Creator: Dickey, Richard C. & Heyer, Anna Harriet, 1909-2002
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Oral History Interview with Anna Robinson, November 27, 2007

Description: Interview with Anna Robinson, a Women's Army Corps veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Robinson discusses her family and childhood, joining the WAC, transfer to Germany as a supply clerk in 1946, life and work in that assignment, being in a car wreck, her sexuality and gays in the service, the Iraq War and George W. Bush, leaving the Army and work for the city of Forth Worth as an artist, her church involvement, and returning to Germany,
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Date: November 27, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice L. & Robinson, Anna
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Oral History Interview with Ben F. Yung, Jr., March 2, 1993

Description: Interview with Ben F. Yung, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Ranger, Texas. The interview covers his childhood, his decisions leading to joining the CCC, his experiences there, and his experiences reenlisting with the CCC.
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Date: March 2, 1993
Creator: McCrain, James B. & Yung, Ben F., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Ben H. Wooten, 1969

Description: Interview with Ben H. Wooten, a banker, public servant, and philanthropist. The interview includes Wooten's observations on the growth and development of banking and finance in the Southwest. The interview also includes his experiences in service during World War I as well as his multiple positions within the banking industry, including: assistant cashier of the Alba National Bank in Alba, Texas, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Farmersville, Texas, state bank examiner, Federal Home… more
Date: February 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wooten, Ben H.
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Oral History Interview with Bert Boydstun, March 3, 1993

Description: Interview with Bert Boydstun concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Boydstun worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Palisade, Colorado. Interview includes Boydstun's experiences leading up to joining the CCC.
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Date: March 3, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John & Boydstun, Bert
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Oral History Interview with Beth Eakman, March 28, 1997

Description: Interview with Beth Eakman, a graduate student, concerning her experiences with the establishment of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Her early introduction to feminism while a student at Texas Christian University, 1980s; activities with Planned Parenthood in Fort Worth; activities with Choice Dallas; involvement with the North Texas Democrats and Ann Richards's gubernatorial campaign, 1990; break-up of her marriage, 1991, and spousal abuse; stalking by her ex-husb… more
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Date: March 28, 1997
Creator: Cook, Charles & Eakman, Beth
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Oral History Interview with Betty Andujar, September 12, 1993

Description: 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.
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Date: September 12, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Andujar, Betty
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Oral History Interview with Bobby Jones, June 19, 2014

Description: 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.
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Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Fichera, Aaron & Jones, John Dolford "Bobby"
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Oral History Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, March 20, 2014

Description: Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, a former student of I. M. Terrell High School from Fort Worth, Texas. Sanders-Wise discusses her average daily routine at the school, integration, her family history, Juneteenth and black culture in Fort Worth, church life, experiences of segregation and discrimination, and contemporary racism. In appendix is a photo of a public art installation commemorating black railroad employees at the TRE Station in Fort Worth.
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Date: March 20, 2014
Creator: Williams, Tessa & Sanders-Wise, Brenda
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Oral History Interview with Burnette Sain, February 24, 1993

Description: Interview with Burnette Sain, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Bolivar, Tennessee. Sain discusses his family and farming background, life during the Great Depression, and work at a CCC camp in Bristol, Tennessee,
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Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Sain, Burnette
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Oral History Interview with Carlos Puente and Maria Esther Puente, March 15, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Carlos Puente and Maria Esther Puente, Fort Worth-based Chicano political activists. They discuss the Raza Unida Party in Tarrant County and throughout Texas; efforts to improve the economic, social and political aspects of the Chicano community; Carlos Puente's service on Fort Worth City Council; Roadblocks Mexican-Americans faced in campaigning and running for political office, city council and school board, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s; Challenges of he… more
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Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Martinez, Peter C.; Puente, Carlos (Activist) & Puente, Maria Esther (Activist)
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Oral History Interview with Ceclia Bermejo Hernandez, February 16, 2013

Description: Interview with Cecelia Hernandez, a Mexican-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas. Hernandez discusses her schooling, her family, thoughts on college and first generation students, becoming and being a parent, working at Fort Worth ISD, and encountering struggles as a Hispanic person and parent. In appendix is her family tree.
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Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo-Hernandez, Cecelia
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Oral History Interview with Charles Timlin, July 8, 1978

Description: Interview with Charles Timlin, a Navy WWII veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Timlin discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including is entry into the service, assignment to the Vestal, training and life on the ship, the night before the attack, events during the morning of the attack, and some details about service in the war afterwards.
Date: July 8, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Timlin, Charles
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Oral History Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, March 5, 2003

Description: Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, businessman and musician, concerning his recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family's Mexican foods business.
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Date: March 5, 2003
Creator: Ray, Dulce Ivette & Rodriguez, Charlie
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Oral History Interview with Chester E. Hudson, October 12, 1993

Description: 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.
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Date: October 12, 1993
Creator: Polatti, Gaylon & Hudson, Chester E.
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Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995

Description: Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
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Date: October 22, 1995
Creator: Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
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Oral History Interview with Curtis O. Greer, Jr., February 14, 1991

Description: Interview with Curtis O. Greer, Jr., a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. An appendix with an outline for the interview is included.
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Date: February 14, 1991
Creator: Maschino, Ellen & Greer, Curtis O., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with David K. Carlson, March 23, 2021

Description: Interview with David Carlson, a rancher and retired psychologist from Denton, Texas. The focus of the interview is the "Texas blackout," a weeklong power outage from February 14th to February 21st, 2021. Carlson discusses working at nursing homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, his ranch, how they took care of the animals and themselves during the freeze, and the animal births that occurred during this time.
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Date: March 23, 2021
Creator: Crittenden, Micah Carlson & Carlson, David K.
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