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Oral History Interview with Alton O. Crawley, March 9, 1999

Description: Interview with electrical engineer and Army veteran Alton O. Crawley. The interview includes Crawley's personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, having pre-war civilian jobs in radio/communications work, training for Office of Strategic Services operations, being assigned to Wudu, China, coast watching activities and radio transmissions, and various miscellaneous accounts of his tour of duty in China. The interview includes an appendix with various letters ac… more
Date: March 9, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Crawley, Alton O.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Alvin Morgan, February 17, 1997

Description: Interview with Alvin Morgan, U.S. Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944-1945), American air raids, and his liberation.
Date: {1997-02-17,1997-02-24,1997-03-03}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Morgan, Alvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ann H. Gooch, December 7, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ann Gooch about her recollections of Texarkana, Texas from 1925 to 1950. Gooch discusses her mother's occupation, political, and social activities, her relationships with African Americans, her early education, business enterprises, social organizations, and family life.
Date: December 7, 1993
Creator: Rowe, Beverly J. & Gooch, Ann H., 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997

Description: Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daug… more
Date: June 22, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 1994

Description: Interview with Annie Mae Arnold about her recollections of the African American community in Texarkana, Texas from 1931 to 1994. Arnold discusses marriage customs, farm work, diet, birthing and child delivery, courting practices, education, cooking, and child rearing.
Date: October 20, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Arnold, Annie Mae Williams
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Archie Gantt, August 31, 1999

Description: Interview with Army veteran Archie Gantt. The interview includes Gantt's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, boyhood in central Texas, basic training, shipping to England, combat on the Siegfried Line, and the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Gantt talks about leadership problems, combat living conditions, Officer Candidate School and commissioning, and his postwar war service in Europe.
Date: August 31, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Gantt, Archie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with B. B. Gunn, October 5, 1995

Description: Interview with B. B. Gunn, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mart, Texas. Gunn discusses growing up in a family of tenant farmers, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, its organization, building a telephone line, daily routine, recreation, religious services, desertion, and dam construction. In appendix are two newspaper clippings mentioning CCC history and a letter to Mr. Gunn.
Date: October 5, 1995
Creator: Camp, Kathi & Gunn, B. B.
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.
Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Kerr, Baine P.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara Campbell, May 6, 1993

Description: Interview with Barbara Campbell concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Campbell discusses the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, the activities of Northwood, Texas, Republican Women's Club, the Texas Federation of Republican Women, her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, and her personal political philosophy.
Date: May 6, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Campbell, Barbara
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara J. Darden, 1990-1991

Description: Interview with Barbara J. Darden, a woman who moved into the rich neighborhood, Hamilton Park, Dallas from the project area at the time of racial desegregation. She talks about her experiences growing up, getting her nursing degree, moving to Hamilton Park (a primarily African American neighborhood), and her experiences living there.
Date: {1990-12-13,1991-10-26}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Darden, Barbara J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara Rodman, October 24, 1996

Description: Interview with Barbara Rodman, a college professor, concerning her experiences in the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas, 1992-96; educational background; participation in student protests against the Vietnam War; activities with the National Organization of Women (NOW); origins of her interest in women writers; her role in the Women's Studies Program at UNT; her teaching philosophy and thoughts about "engaged feminism."
Date: December 24, 1996
Creator: Cook, Charles & Rodman, Barbara
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bert Boydstun, March 3, 1993

Description: Interview with Bert Boydstun concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Boydstun worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Palisade, Colorado. Interview includes Boydstun's experiences leading up to joining the CCC.
Date: March 3, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John & Boydstun, Bert
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Beth Eakman, March 28, 1997

Description: Interview with Beth Eakman, a graduate student, concerning her experiences with the establishment of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Her early introduction to feminism while a student at Texas Christian University, 1980s; activities with Planned Parenthood in Fort Worth; activities with Choice Dallas; involvement with the North Texas Democrats and Ann Richards's gubernatorial campaign, 1990; break-up of her marriage, 1991, and spousal abuse; stalking by her ex-husb… more
Date: March 28, 1997
Creator: Cook, Charles & Eakman, Beth
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Betty Andujar, September 12, 1993

Description: Interview with Betty Andujar, a political activist and former legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). She also discusses the evolution of the GOP in Texas, her personal political philosophy, and her views on abortion.
Date: September 12, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Andujar, Betty
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bill Oakley, February 6, 1991

Description: Transcript of an interview with Bill Oakley, from Ben Wheeler Texas, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oakley worked at camps in Carrizozo, New Mexico (Company 3808) and Tokay, New Mexico (Company 3808).
Date: February 6, 1991
Creator: Woestman, Kelly A. & Oakley, Bill, 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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