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Oral History Interview with William Havel, April 22, 1994

Description: Interview with William Havel, an army veteran from Staten Island, New York. This interview recounts his experiences as an adopted child in a farm family and then as a corpsman at Tripler General Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Date: April 22, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Havel, William
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999

Description: Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration … more
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Date: April 27, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Garland, Terry & Roberts, John A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Effie McQueen, April 30, 2013

Description: Interview with Effie McQueen from Marshall, Texas. McQueen discusses her childhood and education, attending North Texas State University, participation in civil rights activism, getting the streets of south Denton paved, Quakertown, employment and discrimination, her church involvement, the Denton County Courthouse, and reflections on the town. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Den County Confederate Memorial.
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Date: April 30, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & McQueen, Effie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016

Description: Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
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Date: April 29, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan, April 25, 2014

Description: Interview with Eva McMillan, a civil rights activist from Tennessee. McMillan discusses growing up in the segregated South, her family, early involvement in civil rights, experiences of racism and discrimination, her son Ernie's establishing a chapter of the SNCC at UT Arlington, Ernie's arrests and imprisonment, founding various advocacy and activism groups in Dallas, milestones and tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement, conflict with the police and the decline of the SNCC, and reflections on… more
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Date: April 25, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & McMillan, Eva
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

Description: Interview with Vivian Starks, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Bryan, Texas. Starks discusses her education, teaching, her service with the USO, moving to Dallas and Hamilton Park, black schools in Dallas, developing the neighborhood, churches, issues with "buying out," the Civic League, Old North Dallas, desegregation, and contemporary issues.
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Date: 1991-04/1991-05
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Carl Denmon, April 8, 2006

Description: Interview with Carl Denmon, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood in Houston, Texas and undergraduate education at Wiley College. Additionally, Denmon discusses his employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton, graduate studies in Music and Education at NTSU, his career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College, and his perceptions of changes in Denton and at North Texas ov… more
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Date: April 8, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Denmon, Carl
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Curre, Jr., April 19, 2002

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Frank Curre Jr. The interview includes Curre's personal experiences about joining the Navy, boot camp, being aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, and his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Additionally, Curre talks about pre-war shipboard life and training exercises, his activities during the attack on Pearl Harbor, aftermath of the attack, his transfer to the yard minesweeper YMS-102 at Breme… more
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Date: April 19, 2002
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Curre, Frank, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, April 19, 2011

Description: Interview with University of North Texas Professor Dr. Pierina E. Mercado Beckman, Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Beckman's personal experiences about childhood in Mexico City, relocating to the U.S., her decision to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, her culture shock and homesickness, marriage to Curt Beckman, the decision to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Iowa, being hire… more
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Date: April 19, 2011
Creator: Clower, John & Beckman, Pierina E. Mercado
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Gloria Villanueva-Anderson, April 19, 2004

Description: Interview with community activist Gloria Villanueva-Anderson. The interview includes Villanueva-Anderson's personal experiences about being an activist in the Mexican-American community of Denton, Texas, education in Denton schools, discrimination at the train station in Denison, Texas, being accepted to the work-scholarship program of the FBI in 1952, opening her telephone answering exchange business, turning toward Republican politics, and her activities with George H.W. Bush's Texas Statewid… more
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Date: April 19, 2004
Creator: Ray, Dulce Ivette & Villanueva-Anderson, Gloria
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, April 30, 2006

Description: Interview with Margaret Hunt Davis, alumna of North Texas State University. The interview includes Davis' personal experiences about childhood in rural East Texas, making the decision to attend North Texas, campus life, graduating with a degree in library science, and having a career in Dallas public schools.
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Date: April 30, 2006
Creator: Quirk, Ryan & Davis, Margaret Hunt
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Murphy Daniels, April 4, 2006

Description: Interview with Murphy Daniels, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Daniels' personal experiences about childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas rather than Texas Southern University, majoring in pre-med, serving in the United States Air Force, studying at Southwestern Medical School, and pursuing medical research. Additionally, Daniels speaks about his difficulties with white professors and graduate assistants, race relations on campus, soci… more
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Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Daniels, Murphy
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010

Description: Interview with Raymond Curtis, longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Curtis' personal experiences of farm life in the Great Depression, childhood in Collin County, Texas, and education at the University of North Texas under the GI Bill. Additionally, Curtis discusses his family history, his career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, the integration of Weathe… more
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Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Curtis, Raymond
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bill King, April 26, 2018

Description: Interview with Dr. Bill King, a radiologist from Denton, Texas. King discusses his family background and upbringing, working for the Denton County Chronicle as a teenager, grade school, attending North Texas State College and becoming a doctor, the history of the Rotary Club, and his involvement in it.
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Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Chegwidden, Caitlin & King, Bill
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Pressley, April 21, 2015

Description: Interview with Kenneth Pressley, a rancher from Mansfield, Texas. Pressley discusses his family background, education and career, events on the day of desegregation at Mansfield High School in 1956, and race relations.
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Date: April 21, 2015
Creator: Middleton, Megan & Pressley, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David McGuire, April 2, 1990

Description: Interview with David McGuire, a college professor from Waldo, Kansas, regarding his education and music background, career in music education at the University of North Texas, the development of the College of Music, and band history.
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Date: April 2, 1990
Creator: Spencer, David & McGuire, David C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974

Description: Interview with C. R. Gross, civil servant and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Gross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 8, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gross, C. R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Horace Chumley, April 3, 1974

Description: Interview with Horace Chumley, retired law enforcement officer, U.S. Army WWII veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), and member of the “Lost Battalion.” Chumley discusses his experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date: April 3, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Chumley, Horace, 1916-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert D. Duvall, April 12, 1976

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Robert D. Duvall. The interview includes Duvall's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 12, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Duvall, Robert D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Stanton H. Enchelmeyer, April 7, 1976

Description: Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Stanton H. Echelmeyer. The interview includes Echelmeyer's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 50th Reconnaissance Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 7, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Echelmeyer, Stanton H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Jack Kelley, April 19, 1978

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Jack Kelley. The interview includes Kelley's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 19, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kelley, Jack
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Marcus Valenta, April 20, 1978

Description: Interview with Marcus Valenta, Catholic chaplain for the U.S. Army. The interview includes Valenta's personal experiences at the post chapel at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 20, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Valenta, Marcus
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Ben Dei Santi. The interview includes Dei Santi's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 21, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dei Santi, Ben
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Jack W. Robinson, April 23, 1978

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Paul R. Rose. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 23, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Robinson, Jack W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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