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Oral History Interview with Jodi-Anne Davidson, November 14, 2009

Description: Interview with Jodi-Anne Davidson, Jamaican immigrant, for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Immigration Project. She discusses her childhood and family history in Jamaica; parents’ divorce; father’s decision to immigrate to the U.S. with two daughters; experiences with the U.S. immigration system; reminiscences of family life in Jamaica and Jamaican history.
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Date: November 14, 2009
Creator: Park, David & Davidson, Jodi-Anne
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Oral History Interview with Burlyce Logan, March 14, 2006 and February 6, 2017

Description: Interview with Burlyce Logan, one of the first African American students at North Texas, and UNT alumna whose college education began in 1956 and concluded in 2011. She recalls her childhood and education in Dallas and New York City; love of piano and musical education; decision to become one of the first African American students at North Texas; experiences as a college student, including racist incidents on campus, and as a boarder in Southeast Denton; decision to drop out in 1958; marriage t… more
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Date: 2006-03-14/2017-02-06
Creator: Thompson, Mark; Stallings, Chelsea & Logan, Burlyce
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Oral History Interview with James Koger, July 14, 2006

Description: Interview with James Koger, Army veteran, concerning his memories of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; decision to enroll at University of Oklahoma; being drafted in 1945; training in Army Corps of Engineers; service in postwar occupation of Japan; decision to return to University of Oklahoma; career as aviation engineer with General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas. Appendix includes photo of interviewee.
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Date: July 14, 2006
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Koger, James
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Oral History Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., September 19, 2003

Description: Interview with Barton B. Wallace, Jr., engineer and Army veteran (Quartermaster Corps Graves Registration Service-China Zone), concerning his experiences with Recovery Team No. 4 in the recovery of the remains of American military personnel in China, 1945-46. Appendix consists of letters, chronology, Separation Qualification Record, and extracts from various forms.
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Date: September 19, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wallace, Barton B., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, March 5, 2003

Description: Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, businessman and musician, concerning his recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family's Mexican foods business.
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Date: March 5, 2003
Creator: Ray, Dulce Ivette & Rodriguez, Charlie
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Oral History Interview with Robert Stuth-Wade, February 19, 2003

Description: Interview with Robert Stuth-Wade, artist, concerning his recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. He discusses his early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols's marital life and alcoholism; Nichols's teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols's studio; his comparison of Nichols's lifestyle to that of Ernest Hemingway; his critique of Nichols's works and work habits; his criticisms of abstract expres… more
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Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Stuth-Wade, Bob 1953- & Balsley, Gerald
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Oral History Interview with Donald Stanley Vogel, February 12, 2003

Description: Interview with Donald Stanley Vogel, artist and art dealer, concerning his recollections concerning painter Perry Nichols. He discusses his early years as a painter after coming to Dallas from Chicago, 1942; comments about the "Dallas Nine"; building a clientele for his paintings; his relationship with John Rosenfield, the arts and music critic for the Dallas Morning News; his business partnership with Betty McLean in the Betty McLean Art Gallery, 1951-54; his criticism of Nichols's work habits… more
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Date: February 12, 2003
Creator: Balsley, Gerald & Vogel, Donald S., 1917-2004
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Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with Kathy Jack concerning her childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; "coming-out" narrative; social life in Dallas's gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
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Date: October 26, 2009
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Jack, Kathy, 1957-
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Oral History Interview with Wiliam Wayne Kitts, May 13, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with William Wayne Kitts, U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Kitts shares concerning his childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas; college at the University of Texas during the Depression; musical background; enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor; midshipman school in New York City and selection for sonar school in Key West, Florida; assignment to USS Mason, the first ship in the navy with an integrat… more
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Date: May 13, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Kitts, William Wayne, 1921-
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Oral History Interview with Gudrun Raschen, November 1, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with Gudrun Raschen, a German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman's University. Raschen shares concerning her childhood, and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents' move to South Africa; own move to South Africa; discovery of the cello and decision to study it seriously; involvement in anti-apartheid movement; decision to move to the U.S. for graduate school; attraction of UNT Doctorate of Musical Art… more
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Date: November 1, 2009
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Raschen, Gudrun
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Oral History Interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, November 26, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, a longtime Denton County resident, concerning her family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle; recollections of Influenza epidemic, Great Depression, World War II, and Kennedy assassination; admiration for Barack Obama.… more
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Date: November 26, 2009
Creator: Taylor, D. J. & Sullivan, Mary George Billingsley, 1908-
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Oral History Interview with William Alexander Hatcher, December 4, 2008

Description: Transcript of an interview with William Hatcher, a World War II Army veteran (29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force). Hatcher discusses concerning his his childhood and education; family's experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic training at Ft. Belvoir, Va.; instruction in engineering, communications, and… more
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Date: December 4, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hatcher, William Alexander, 1923-
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Oral History Interview with William McElvaney, August 20, 2008

Description: Transcript of an interview with Reverend William McElvaney, Dallas clergyman and social activist. McElvaney discusses concerning his childhood and education in Dallas; membership in Methodist Church; pursuit of undergraduate and MBA degrees from SMU; career in banking and oil businesses; decision to enter Perkins School of Theology at SMU and Union Theology Seminary in New York; influence of Reinhold Niebuhr; family life; pastorship of Methodist church in Justin, Tex., St. Stephen's United Meth… more
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Date: August 20, 2008
Creator: Mims, Michael & McElvaney, William K., 1928-
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Oral History Interview with Carol West, May 29, 2008

Description: Transcript of an interview with Reverend Carol West, pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth. Reverend West discusses concerning her childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at North Texas State College and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of "coming out" to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to enter ministry; training in suicide pr… more
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Date: May 29, 2008
Creator: Mims, Michael & West, Carol, 1949-
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Oral History Interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, March 22, 2007

Description: Transcript of an interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, pastor of the Dallas Cathedral of Hope. Reverend Piazza discusses conversion from Catholicism to the Methodist Church, decision to enter ministry, the process of coming out, volunteer work, and development of outreach and social justice ministries, and decision to leave and affiliate with United Church of Christ denomination.
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Date: March 22, 2007
Creator: Mims, Michael & Piazza, Michael, 1954-
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Oral History Interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, September 14, 2006

Description: Transcript of an interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, a longtime Denton resident and former resident of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Reed shares concerning her childhood in Quakertown; family history; family's forced move out of Quakertown to Solomon Hill neighborhood of Denton; race relations in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women's Fellowship; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Appendix includes photographs (13 pages), one map (1 page), and a… more
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Date: September 14, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Reed, Norvell Hill Williams, 1921-
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Oral History Interview with Rev. Reginald Logan, Sr., November 28, 2006

Description: Transcript of an interview with Rev. Reginald Logan, Sr., a descendant of Quakertown homeowners, concerning the experiences of his father, John Logan, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton, Texas. Logan also discusses his experiences while attending segregated schools in Denton; career in U.S. Air Force and communications industry and as a clergyman; and Quakertown in family's historical memory.
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Date: November 28, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Logan, Reginald, 1948-
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Oral History Interview with Charles Williams, October 23, 2006

Description: Transcript of an interview with Charles Williams, a son of resident's of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood and long-time Denton resident, concerning his early childhood and education in Denton, including experiences with racial segregation and experiences with integrating Denton public schools; interest in radical black politics; influence of uncle, Fred Hill; career in U.S. Navy; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Includes photographs (two pages), a map of Quakertown… more
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Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Williams, Charles, 1955-
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Oral History Interview with Fred Hill, November 6, 2006

Description: Transcript of an interview with Fred Hill, a son of residents of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Hill discusses concerning his experiences of his parents, Othella and T.C. Hill, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton, his career in the U.S. Army and as an undertaker in Denton, and Quakertown in family's historical memory. Appendix includes photographs (five pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of s… more
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Date: November 6, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Hill, Fred L., 1934-
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Oral History Interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, March 16, 2006

Description: Transcript of an interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, a member of the first generation of African-American students at North Texas State College, concerning her remembrances about her childhood and education in Fort Worth, Texas. Rodgers discusses her experiences at I.M. Terrell High School; decision to enroll at North Texas as a sixteen-year-old high school graduate in 1957; off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and re… more
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Date: March 16, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Rodgers, Jo Cyel
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Oral History Interview with Janell Myers, August 16, 2003

Description: Transcript of an interview with with Dr. Janell Myers, counselor, concerning her recollections of the Texas International Pop Festival, in Lewisville, Texas, Labor Day Weekend, 1969. Myers discusses her conservative family background in Dallas, Texas; her attraction to the hippie counterculture as a teenager; hanging out with hippies in Lee Park in Dallas; her college experience at North Texas State University in Denton; her participation in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and sit-ins; her admi… more
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Date: August 16, 2003
Creator: Tittle, Dennis & Myers, Janell
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Oral History Interview with Robert E. Yerger, April 12, 2003

Description: Transcript of an interview with Robert E. Yerger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a flying boat pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Yerger discusses his decision to enlist in the Navy, May, 1942; basic flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; PBY flying boat training at Corpus Christi, 1942-43; his tenure as a flight instructor, Chase Field, Beeville, Texas, 1943; assignm… more
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Date: April 12, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Yerger, Robert E.
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