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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-

Oral History Interview with Hazel Kennedy and Annie Mae Kennedy, November 26, 1993

Description: Interview with Hazel and Annie Mae Kennedy about their recollections of Texarkana, Texas from 1927 to 1941. They discuss their careers, church activities, social organizations, their education, entertainment, local business enterprises, women in business, and ethnic groups.
Date: November 26, 1993
Creator: Rowe, Beverly; Kennedy, Hazel & Kennedy, Annie Mae

Oral History Interview with Forrest B. Earnest, November 4, 1993

Description: Interview with Forrest B. Earnest, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Cotton County, Oklahoma. Earnest discusses his family origins, education and jobs as a young man, joining the CCC, working on the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, organization and geography of the camp, working as a clerk, routine, leisure, pay, educational programs, religion and literature in camp, fights, and benefits of being in CCC.
Date: November 4, 1993
Creator: McCoy, George & Earnest, Forrest B.

Oral History Interview with David A. Eargle, October 26, 1993

Description: Interview with David Eargle concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Eargle worked at camps in Waynesville, North Carolina (Company 443); Greer, South Carolina (Company 443); Switzer, South Carolina; Laurens, South Carolina; and Roseburg, Oregon (Company 3450). Appendix includes photocopy of Mr. Eargle's CCC discharge papers [2 p.]
Date: October 26, 1993
Creator: Pierce, Jeffrey & Eargle, David

Oral History Interview with Lloyd B. Shipman, October 23, 1993

Description: Interview with Lloyd Shipman, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Dallas, Texas. Shipman discusses his family and education, the impact of the Great Depression, joining the CCC and assignment to Bartlett, Texas, work as a typist, discipline and regimentation in the camp, daily routine, education services, recreation, and his thoughts on the impact of the CCC. In appendix are a chapter from an autobiography by Shipman, and two poems that he wrote.
Date: October 23, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Shipman, Lloyd B.

Oral History Interview with Richard A. Crane, October 17, 1993

Description: Interview with Richard A. Crane about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Mesquite, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 819 at Camp NP-2-A in Grand, Canyon, Arizona; description of camp; life in camp.
Date: October 17, 1993
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Crane, Richard A.

Oral History Interview with William P. Austin, October 15, 1993

Description: Interview with William Austin concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Austin worked at camps in Fort Worth, Texas (Company 1816) and Amarillo, Texas.
Date: October 15, 1993
Creator: Early, Brice & Austin, William P.

Oral History Interview with Albert Boggs, October 11, 1993

Description: Interview with Albert Boggs, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mixon, Oklahoma. Boggs discusses his family life, farming, struggles during the Depression, joining the CCC, his first assignment to a camp at Jacksonville, TX, education, camp life and organization, work, fights in camp, transfer to a camp in Waxahachie, being an assistant leader, building bridges, the kinds of people who worked the camp, and some general reflections. In appendix are Boggs' discharge papers an… more
Date: October 11, 1993
Creator: Hudson, Linda & Boggs, Albert

Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993

Description: Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.
Date: October 11, 1993
Creator: Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield

Oral History Interview with Olen Bates, October 9, 1993

Description: 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.
Date: October 9, 1993
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Bates, Olen

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).
Date: October 8, 1993
Creator: McLemore, Laura L. & James, N. Jesse

Oral History Interview with Walter L. Henry, October 8, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dr. Walter Henry concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Henry worked at a camp in Pine Valley, California (Company 901).
Date: October 8, 1993
Creator: Hudson, Linda S. & Henry, Walter L., 1918-

Oral History Interview with James L. Jackson, September 3, 1993

Description: Interview with attorney James L. Jackson from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories from when he was a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, and includes detailed comments on his teachers, the athletics program, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller. He also shares his thoughts and experiences concerning segregation in Denton.
Date: September 3, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Jackson, James L.

Oral History Interview with Kay C. Copeland, August 30, 1993

Description: Interview with Kay C. Copeland, a conservative political activist from Paris, Texas, regarding her role and the role of other women in the rise of the Republican Party in Texas. Copeland discusses her background, her involvement in political organizations, her political beliefs, and politicians in the area.
Date: August 30, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Copeland, Kay C.

Oral History Interview with Alma Box, August 19, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Alma Box concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Box discusses her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, her personal political philosophy, the activities of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, and her views on the Religious Right, abortion, and the Eagle Forum.
Date: August 19, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi Throne & Box, Alma, 1930-

Oral History Interview with Lucille Nix, August 9, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Lucille Nix, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences teaching at Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas (1949-1969). Nix discusses her relationship with students, church activities, and Principal Fred Moore.
Date: August 9, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Nix, Lucille

Oral History Interview with Mitchell Jackson, July 17, 1993

Description: Interview with Mitchell Jackson, a former student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories of what his life was like in a segregated school and community. He comments specifically on his family background, teachers, athletics, school curriculum, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller.
Date: July 17, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Jackson, Mitchell

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.
Date: July 7, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Branch, Harold L.

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).
Date: May 26, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crist, Robert

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.

Oral History Interview with Edmund T. Thomassen, May 4, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Commander Edmund Thomassen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a naval officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomassen discusses the New York State Merchant Marine Academy in 1941, his assignment to the USS Sheridan (APA 51), Tarawa landing, Marshall Island landings, Saipan landing, his assignment to Newport, Rhode Island, his assignment to the USS Dutchess for amphibious landings, and his Korean War experiences.
Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Thomassen, Edmund T., 1924-

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
Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard & Aston, Rogers

Oral History Interview with Gerald E. Miller, May 3, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Admiral Jerry (Gerald) Miller, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Miller discusses his assignment to the USS Richmond, Komandorski Island action, the Aleutians Campaign, and his post-World War II naval career.
Date: May 3, 1993
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Miller, Jerry, 1919-2014
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