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Oral History Interview with Verle Oringderff, January 10, 1991

Description: Interview with Verle Oringderff concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oringderff worked at a camp in Littlefield, Texas (Company 3802). Interview includes information about Oringderff's schooling and childhood as well as the effects of the Great Depression on his household.
Date: January 10, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Oringderff, Verle
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017

Description: Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Au… more
Date: January 2, 2017
Creator: Czap, Joseph; Holcombe, George & Holcombe, Wanda
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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