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Oral History Interview with David Taffet, November 12, 2013

Description: Interview with David Taffet, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Yonkers, New York. Taffet discusses his education, coming out, anti-war activism at State University of New York at Albany, the SUNY Gay Alliance, moving to Dallas, the AIDS epidemic, police harassment and entrapment, working for the Custom Shop and the Dallas Voice, the "AIDS cocktail" and advancements in treatment of the illness, and grassroots politics.
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Date: November 12, 2013
Creator: Graham, Celeste & Taffet, David
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John B. Brush, February 3, 1998

Description: Interview with John Brush, a businessman and WWII POW from White Plains, New York. Brush discusses his family history, school, work for Procter & Gamble Company, marriage, moving to Manila in 1941, the lead up to war, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, internment by the Japanese army at Santo Tomas Prison Camp, survival with his family, censorship and propaganda, shanties and villages, fake identities to help US servicemen survive, move to Los BaƱos camp, liberation, and return to the US. more
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Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Brush, John B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life, business and travel, 1961-1965]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1961 and 1965, including photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, tickets, maps, illustrations, and various other documents. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: [1961..1965]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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