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Oral History Interview with Grant Jones, July 21, 1975

Description: Interview with Grant Jones, an insurance executive and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Abilene, Texas. Jones shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature and discusses his personal political philosophy, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and his personal legislation.
Date: July 21, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Grant, 1922-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, December 16, 1974

Description: Interview with Fred Agnich, a businessman and a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views while serving as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Agnich discusses the need for constitutional revision, the Constitutional Revision Committee, Price Daniel, Jr. as chair of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 16, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, June 23, 1975

Description: Interview with James Kaster, a travel agent, a pilot, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from El Paso, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Kaster discusses Speaker Bill Clayton, the House speakership race, committee assignments, constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: June 23, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
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Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974

Description: Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Harris discusses the need for constitutional revision, Price Daniel, Jr. as chairman of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 23, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, November 16, 1978

Description: Interview with Bill Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, concerning his recollections and experiences during the second special session of the 65th legislature. He discusses property tax, sales tax, the position of state governments, the opinions of other politicians at the session, and tax reform.
Date: November 16, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
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Oral History Interviews with Richard Rogers, November 1974

Description: Interview with Richard Rogers, president of Mary Kay Cosmetics. The interview includes Rogers' personal experiences about forming a company. Rogers talks about his mother's (Mary Kay) selling career and its impact on her own company, relations with sales personnel, marketing and sales motivation, the wig business, pricing, the dual management system, legal aspects and government regulations, his views on government regulation, self-regulation, consumerism, product quality, reasons for going pub… more
Date: November 1974
Creator: Caruth, Donald L. & Rogers, Richard
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Oral History Interviews with Mary Kay Ash, November 1974

Description: Interview with cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash. The interview includes Ash's personal experiences about her early sales career and its impact upon her future business philosophy, methods, and the success of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Ash talks about planning prior to launching the company, problems and solutions in the beginning, early legal problems with competitors, her concern for women's opportunities, development and growth of sales, the role of her children in the company, methods of recruit… more
Date: November 1974
Creator: Caruth, Donald L. & Ash, Mary Kay
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, September 7, 1977

Description: Interview with O. H. ("Ike") Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Texas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Harris discusses the budget surplus, appropriations, the highway bill, public school financing, his personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: September 7, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971

Description: Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, chemist and Army Air Corps veteran (95th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Edwards discusses his rescue by the Belgian underground, his capture and interrogation (1944), solitary confinement, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany, Nürnberg (Stalag 13-D) and Moosburg (Stalag 7-A) (1945), and his liberation by American troops. Appendix incl… more
Date: March 6, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Edwards, Marvin B., 1923-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, July 16, 1975

Description: Interview with Bill Clayton, a farmer-rancher-businessman and former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1982), concerning his experiences and personal views as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Clayton discusses his early political career, his personal political philosophy, his quest for the house speakership, personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus Mutscher, Rayford Price, Price Daniel, Jr., the appointment of committee chairs, dispos… more
Date: July 16, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, September 19, 1975

Description: Interview with Walt Parker, a builder, farmer-rancher, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton. Parker discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also talks about the selection of Bill Clayton as speaker of the House, committee appointments, the constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and his personal legislation.
Date: September 19, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, August 11, 1975

Description: Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Harris discusses public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and personal legislation.
Date: August 11, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, July 29, 1971

Description: Interview with Rep. Walt Parker, Texas state legislator from Denton, Texas. Parker discusses his experiences during the first called special session of the 62nd Texas State Legislature in early 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit spending plan, lobbying, taxation, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," and redistricting.
Date: July 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Chris Miller, June 24, 1975

Description: Interview with Chris Miller, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Miller discusses her decision to enter politics, her personal political philosophy, the House speakership race, her committee appointments, constitutional revision, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and her personal legis… more
Date: June 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Miller, Dorothy June Chrisman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fall 1975

Description: Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: {1975-09-10,1975-12-01}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with James Cory, December 21, 1976

Description: Interview with Marine Corps veteran James Cory. The interview includes Cory's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter, news bulletin, memorandums, and a narrative.
Date: December 21, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cory, James
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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