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Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

Description: Interview with Vivian Starks, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1954 to 1991. Starks discusses her segregated education in Bryan, Texas, Wiley College, her teaching career in segregated Dallas schools, her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, transportation problems, home improvements, church activities, Civic League, the "Buy Out," zoning problems, Interorganizational Council and political activities, employment at Hamilton Park School, … more
Date: {1991-04-23,1991-05-08}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994

Description: Interview with Geralene Young about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Young discusses hiring and promotion practices, relations between male and female workers, social activities, and the social and economic effects of the depot on Texarkana.
Date: January 18, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Young, Geralene Mahone
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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.
Date: September 12, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Andujar, Betty
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Florence Shapiro, August 17, 1993

Description: Interview with Florence Shapiro, a state legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1970-1993). Shapiro also discusses her initial involvement in local politics, her election to the Plano, Texas, City Council (1979-1990), her election as mayor of Plano (1990), her election to the Texas Legislature (1992), her views on social and fiscal conservatism and abortion, and the evolution of the Republican Party in Collin… more
Date: August 17, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Shapiro, Florence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Eiland Collins, 1991

Description: Interview with Eiland Collins, a community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1962 to 1991. Collins discusses his childhood in East Texas, his segregated education, Civic League and its activities, property violations, home improvements, his presidency of the Civic League, zoning problems, the "Buy Out," and current neighborhood problems.
Date: {1991-01-18,1991-03-12}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Collins, Eiland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 1994

Description: Interview with Ildea Cutchall about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Cutchall discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, safety precautions, social activities, swing shifts, race relations, relationships between the male and female workers, and the social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a certificate from the Lone Star Ordnance Plant to … more
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Cutchall, Ildea
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles Goff, February 1, 1994

Description: Interview with Charles Goff about his experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Goff discusses his move from Akron, Ohio, the construction of the plant, safety procedures, bond drives, housing and transportation adjustments, and the social and economic effects on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing of a "rim to be shellacked" and a "rim" [1 leaf].
Date: February 1, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Goff, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990

Description: Interview with Curtis Smith, an airline employee and community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1956 to 1990. Smith discusses his early life in East Texas, his employment in Dallas, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, job promotions with Braniff, African-American housing in Dallas, his decision to purchase a home in Hamilton Park in 1956, flooding problems, shopping in the community, traffic and access problems, social activities, churc… more
Date: {1990-02-02,1990-02-23,1990-03-30}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lucretia Greene, March 26, 1994

Description: Interview with Lucretia Greene about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II. Greene discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, and the relationships between male and female workers.
Date: March 26, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Greene, Lucretia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Zelle Holman Moore and Marguerite Holman Magee, March 10, 1994

Description: Interview with Marguerite Magee and Zelle Moore, sisters, about their recollections of life in Texarkana, Texas. Magee and Moore discuss their parents, Junior Service League, family entertainment, women's suffrage and political activities, church activities, the Current Topic Club, the Wednesday Music Club, and women's household chores.
Date: March 10, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly; Moore, Zelle Holman & Magee, Marguerite Holman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lucille Nix, August 9, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Lucille Nix, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences teaching at Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas (1949-1969). Nix discusses her relationship with students, church activities, and Principal Fred Moore.
Date: August 9, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Nix, Lucille
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ann H. Gooch, December 7, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ann Gooch about her recollections of Texarkana, Texas from 1925 to 1950. Gooch discusses her mother's occupation, political, and social activities, her relationships with African Americans, her early education, business enterprises, social organizations, and family life.
Date: December 7, 1993
Creator: Rowe, Beverly J. & Gooch, Ann H., 1920-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991

Description: Interview with Barbara J. Darden, a woman who moved into the rich neighborhood, Hamilton Park, Dallas from the project area at the time of racial desegregation. She talks about her experiences growing up, getting her nursing degree, moving to Hamilton Park (a primarily African American neighborhood), and her experiences living there.
Date: {1990-12-13,1991-10-26}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Cooley, February 21, 1994

Description: Interview with Dorothy Cooley about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Cooley discusses employment procedures, job assignments, swing shift, wartime rationing, safety procedures, housing, social activities, race relations, relationships among male and female employees, and the economic effects on Texarkana.
Date: February 21, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Cooley, Dorothy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991

Description: Interview with Sheila Allen concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1958 to 1991. Allen discusses her education at Hamilton Park School, the desegregation of Hamilton Park School, her experiences at Richardson Junior High, her experiences in law school at the University of Texas, the relationships between Hamilton Park and other African-American communities, school activities as a teenager, and the "Buy Out."
Date: {1991-06-21,1991-09-04}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Allen, Sheila R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hazel Kennedy and Annie Mae Kennedy, November 26, 1993

Description: Interview with Hazel and Annie Mae Kennedy about their recollections of Texarkana, Texas from 1927 to 1941. They discuss their careers, church activities, social organizations, their education, entertainment, local business enterprises, women in business, and ethnic groups.
Date: November 26, 1993
Creator: Rowe, Beverly; Kennedy, Hazel & Kennedy, Annie Mae
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Joseph R. Williams, August 24 and 30, 1990

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dr. Joseph Williams, a physician, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas in the 1950s and 1960s. Williams discusses his childhood and education in Dallas, medical school at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee (1942-1945), his Army career, segregated housing in Dallas, discrimination against African-American physicians, dealing with the white power structure in Dallas, civil rights activities, his decision to build a home in H… more
Date: {1990-08-24,1990-08-30}
Creator: Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935- & Williams, Joseph R., 1920-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lee Daniels, March 21, 1992

Description: Transcript of an interview with Rosa Lee Daniels concerning her experiences as a student at Frederick Douglass Colored School until it burned down in 1913, and was rebuilt and renamed the Frederick Moore School in Denton, Texas (1910-1921). Daniels discusses the school facilities, her teachers, discipline, school equipment and facilities, segregation, and Klan activities in Denton.
Date: March 21, 1992
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Daniels, Rosa Lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Zan W. Holmes Jr., 1991

Description: Interview with Zan W. Holmes, Jr., a clergyman and community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. Holmes discusses his youth and adolescent years in Waco, segregated education, college at Huston-Tillotson (1952-1956), entry to Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University (1956), organizing the Hamilton Park Methodist Church and his partnership there, his home in Hamilton Park, his political activities, church youth p… more
Date: {1991-09-19,1991-11-05}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Holmes, Zan W., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994

Description: Interview with Edith Smith about her recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses her marriage to Wilbur Smith, courting practices, her childhood, family servants, her education, church activities, a survey of downtown businesses, her job in the newspaper business, leisuretime activities, Red Cross activities during World War I, family reading material, and political activities.
Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Smith, Edith
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994

Description: Interview with Jessie Surratt about her recollections of women's lives in Texarkana, Texas during the Progressive Era. Surratt discusses the business community during her childhood, "Swampoodle" and speakeasies and prostitution, folk medicines, funeral practices, her education, her stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home, memories of her parents, church activities, her mother's membership in Maccabees, gender roles, child-rearing, and holiday customs.
Date: October 28, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Surratt, Jessie Marie Perkinson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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