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Oral History Interview with Albert B. Grubbs, February 25,1993
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.
Oral History Interview with Albert B. Thorn, July 25, 1990
Interview with Albert Thorn concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Thorn worked at camps in Lake Arthur, New Mexico (Company 2842) and Carlsbad, New Mexico (Company 2842).
Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006
Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Oral History Interview with O. L. Davis, March 6, 1993
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).
Oral History Interview with Olen Bates, October 9, 1993
Interview with Olen Bates concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Bates worked at a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Oral History Interview with Olen Bates, October 9, 1993
Interview with Olen Bates about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Bates discusses his childhood in Oklahoma, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and describes his life in the camp.
Oral History Interview with Paul Bunch, December 7, 1971
Interview with Paul Bunch, a New Mexico National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Atlanta, Missouri. Bunch served in I Troop, 111th Horse Cavalry, which became F Battery, 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft); he recounts going to the Philippines before the war in 1941, his action during the bombing of Clark Field on December 8th, the fight for Bataan, and his capture and internment at Camp O'Donnell, after which he was held at Cabanatuan #2, Bilibid Prison, and then Yodagawa Steel Mill, Osaka, Japan.
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