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Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994

Interview with Jessie Surratt about her recollections of women's lives in Texarkana, Texas during the Progressive Era. Surratt discusses the business community during her childhood, "Swampoodle" and speakeasies and prostitution, folk medicines, funeral practices, her education, her stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home, memories of her parents, church activities, her mother's membership in Maccabees, gender roles, child-rearing, and holiday customs.

Date: October 28, 1994

Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Surratt, Jessie Marie Perkinson

Oral History Interview with Robert Hutchins Roser, January 7, 1995

Interview with 1st Lieutenant Robert Roser, an Army veteran, concerning his experiences with the 29th Division during the invasion of Normandy in World War II.

Date: January 6, 1995

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Roser, Robert Hutchins

Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 1994

Interview with Colonel Columbus Savage, an Army Air Corps veteran (16th Bomb Squadron) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Savage discusses Bataan Airfield (1941-1942), the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1945), Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), Mukden, … more

Date: {1994-05-26,1994-05-31}

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Savage, Columbus

Oral History Interview with David Webb, December 19, 1991

Interview with Dr. David Webb, a librarian, concerning his experiences as Director of Libraries, Director of Library Services, and Professor of Library Services at North Texas State College and North Texas State University from 1953 to 1982.

Date: December 19, 1991

Creator: Dickey, Richard & Webb, David A.

Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991

Interview with Sheila Allen concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1958 to 1991. Allen discusses her education at Hamilton Park School, the desegregation of Hamilton Park School, her experiences at Richardson Junior High, her experiences in law school at the University of Texas, the relationships between Hamilton Park and other African-American communities, school activities as a teenager, and the "Buy Out."

Date: {1991-06-21,1991-09-04}

Creator: Wilson, William H. & Allen, Sheila R.

Oral History Interview with Margaret Millar Dawson, March 16, 1993

Interview with Margaret Dawson concerning her recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1951 to 1962.

Date: March 16, 1993

Creator: Henderson, John C. & Dawson, Margaret Millar

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

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 William P. Austin, October 15, 1993

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 Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 1994

Interview with Ildea Cutchall about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Cutchall discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, safety precautions, social activities, swing shifts, race relations, relationships between the male and female workers, and the social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a certificate from the Lone Star Ordnance Plant to … more

Date: April 1, 1994

Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Cutchall, Ildea

Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994

Interview with Geralene Young about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Young discusses hiring and promotion practices, relations between male and female workers, social activities, and the social and economic effects of the depot on Texarkana.

Date: January 18, 1994

Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Young, Geralene Mahone

Oral History Interview with Charles Goff, February 1, 1994

Interview with Charles Goff about his experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Goff discusses his move from Akron, Ohio, the construction of the plant, safety procedures, bond drives, housing and transportation adjustments, and the social and economic effects on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing of a "rim to be shellacked" and a "rim" [1 leaf].

Date: February 1, 1994

Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Goff, Charles

Oral History Interview with Lee B. Soucy, April 25, 1994

Interview with Lee Soucy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Date: April 25, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Soucy, Lee B.

Oral History Interview with Anne L. Cleveland, March 18, 1994

Interview with Anne Cleveland about her recollections of women's clubs in Texarkana, Texas. Cleveland discusses the Current Topic Club, the Sue Sanderson Garden Club, church activities, entertainment, women's household chores, and the Civic Music Club.

Date: March 18, 1994

Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Cleveland, Anne Lieberman

Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

Interview with Vivian Starks, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1954 to 1991. Starks discusses her segregated education in Bryan, Texas, Wiley College, her teaching career in segregated Dallas schools, her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, transportation problems, home improvements, church activities, Civic League, the "Buy Out," zoning problems, Interorganizational Council and political activities, employment at Hamilton Park School, … more

Date: {1991-04-23,1991-05-08}

Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.

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

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.

Date: May 1, 1993

Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Salter, Richard D.

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

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.

Date: May 1, 1993

Creator: Daniels, John & Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson

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

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 Interviews with Eiland Collins, 1991

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.

Date: {1991-01-18,1991-03-12}

Creator: Wilson, William H. & Collins, Eiland

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

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 Baine P. Kerr, May 4, 1993

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 Rogers Aston, May 4, 1993

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 Zenji Abe, May 1-4, 1993

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.

Date: 1993-05-01/1993-05-04

Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Abe, Zenji

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).

Date: March 6, 1993

Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Davis, O. L.

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

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).

Date: February 21, 1993

Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.