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Oral History Interview with Richard D. Salter, May 1, 1993

Description: Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Richard Salter, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences during internment in the Soviet Union after the downing of his bomber by Japanese planes (1943-1944). Salter also discusses Alaskan operations and his postwar career in the Air Force.
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Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Salter, Richard D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Geoffrey Bryson Fisken, May 1, 1993

Description: Interview with Geoffrey Fisken, a veteran of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, concerning his experiences as a combat pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Fisken discusses the fall of Singapore, Guadalcanal operations, air combat against Japanese Zeros, and his release from duty in December of 1943.
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Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with N. Jesse James, October 8, 1993

Description: Interview with Major N. Jesse James concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. James worked at a camp in Pineville, Kentucky (Company 548).
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Date: October 8, 1993
Creator: McLemore, Laura L. & James, N. Jesse
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.
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Date: {1991-01-18,1991-03-12}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Collins, Eiland
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harold L. Branch, July 7, 1993

Description: Interview with Harold Branch, a diamond expert, concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1920 to 1950.
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Date: July 7, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Branch, Harold L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Baine P. Kerr, May 4, 1993

Description: Interview with Baine Kerr, an attorney and Marine Corps veteran, concerning his combat experiences with the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kerr discusses Guadacanal, his machine gun wound at Guadacanal, Kwajalein, Saipan, and his assignment to a legal office at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Kerr, Baine P.
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Oral History Interview with Rogers Aston, May 4, 1993

Description: Interview with Rogers Aston, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard LST-446 during the Solomon Islands Campaign (1942-1943), his participation in the landings on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Vella Lavella, and Bougainville, and his participation in the Marianas Campaign and landings at Saipan and Guam in 1944. The Appendix to the volume includes a photocopy of an application for the Military Order of the World Wars for Reginald Rogers Aston dated July 19, 1984 [4 leaves] and a photocopy… more
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Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard & Aston, Rogers
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Zenji Abe, May 1-4, 1993

Description: Interview with Zenji Abe, an Imperial Japanese Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, his participation in the Aleutians Campaign in June 1942 and the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" in May 1944, and the surrender of Rota Island on September 2, 1945.
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Date: 1993-05-01/1993-05-04
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Abe, Zenji
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Philip Brodsky, December 11, 1989

Description: Interview with Philip Brodsky, a pharmacologist, a civil servant, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Brodsky discusses the Japanese bombing of Nichols Field, the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Palawan Island (1942-1944), the hell ship to Formosa (1944), and his liberation.
Date: 1989-12-11/1989-12-13
Creator: Burlage, George & Brodsky, Philip
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with O. L. Davis, March 6, 1993

Description: Interview with O.L. Davis concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Davis worked at a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico (Company 2868).
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Date: March 6, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Davis, O. L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993

Description: Interview with Charles Foote concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Foote worked at a camp in Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899).
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Date: February 21, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
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Oral History Interview with Grant Jones, August 21, 1979

Description: Interview with Grant Jones, an insurance executive and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Abilene, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Jones discusses his appointment as chairman of the Finance Committee, the Legislative Budget Board and the budget-making process, Comptroller Bob Bullock, Governor William Clements, the appropriations bill, tax relief legislation, public school financing, the Peveto bill, "Killer Bees," and consumer… more
Date: August 21, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Grant
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with R. B. Smithwick, November 17, 1990

Description: Interview with R. B. Smithwick concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Smithwick worked at camps in Farmersville, Texas (Company 869) and Kaufman, Texas (Company 869).
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Date: November 17, 1990
Creator: Carter, Susan & Smithwick, R. B.
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
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Date: {1991-09-19,1991-11-05}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Holmes, Zan W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Melvin Land, 1993

Description: Oral history interviews with Melvin Land, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Coalton, Oklahoma. The interview contains details of Land's childhood and the death of his mother, his experiences in the Great Depression, his experience being a recruit and an educational advisor in the CCC, his experiences as an active duty officer for the Naval Air Station, and his experiences working at the Rusk State Hospital.
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Date: {1993-02-27,1993-03-16}
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Adolph C. Allen, February 25, 1993

Description: Interview with Adolph Allen from Colfax, Louisiana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Allen worked at a camp in New Augusta, Mississippi (Company 5415).
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Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Allen, Adolph C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Grubbs, February 25,1993

Description: Interview with Albert Grubbs, Jr. from Dawson, Texas concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Grubbs worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Ferguson, James & Grubbs, Albert B., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Robert Crist, May 26,1993

Description: Interview with Robert Crist from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Crist worked at a camp in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania (Company 1377).
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Date: May 26, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crist, Robert
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Oral History Interview with G. Marguerite Anderson, February 16, 1992

Description: Interview with G. Marguerite Anderson, a librarian, concerning her experiences as a student in the Library School at the Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas and as a librarian. Anderson discusses her early exposure to books and libraries; her enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; her employment as a student at the college library; her college social life; her employment as librarian at Abilene Christian… more
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Date: February 16, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard & Anderson, G. Marguerite
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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.
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Date: January 10, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Oringderff, Verle
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Teasley, June 2, 1992

Description: Interview with Elizabeth Teasley, a librarian, concerning her experiences as a student in the Library School at North Texas State College and as a public school librarian. Interview includes biographical information of Teasley and her parents.
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Date: June 2, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard & Teasley, Elizabeth
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Oral History Interview with Maury Meister, April 10, 1991

Description: Interview with Maury Meister, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences patrolling off of Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Date: April 10, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Meister, Maury
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Oral History Interview with John L. Ruddick, February 24,1993

Description: Interview with John Ruddick concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Ruddick worked at a camp in Brownwood, Texas (Company 849). Appendix includes a photocopy of Ruddick's CCC Enrollee's Record of Training and Experience. Interview includes information on Ruddick's parents as well as his life before joining the CCC and an appendix.
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Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Ruddick, John L.
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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
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Date: {1990-02-02,1990-02-23,1990-03-30}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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