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- Oral History Interview with William L. Archer, June 10, 1986
- Interview with William L. Archer, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Prosperity, Pennsylvania. Archer discusses his education and hiring by Texaco, assignment to the Philippines in 1938, work as a lube engineer, mining operations in the Philippines, distribution, relations between the Philippine and New York offices, marketing strategies, company policies, World War Two and hiding on Negros Island, liberation and the reestablishment of company operations, the post-war market, reorganization, production, security issues, trade with Arabia, and various other businessmen in the industry.
- Oral History Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, June 18, 1986
- Interview with John R. "Jack" Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his background, working for Caltex in China, India, and South Africa, relations between Caltex headquarters and branch offices, the construction of the Caltex refiner at Vishakhapatnam, and the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West.
- Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984
- Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fred Salmon and her entry into ranching at Nocona in 1938; Fred Salmon's family background; ranching activities and shipping cattle to the Fort Worth and Bowie markets; her experiences raising sheep, chickens, hogs, and horses, and a description of the ranch hands.
- Oral History Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, January 16, 1980
- Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, an 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. Rayburn discusses the 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), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1945), American air raids, and his liberation.
- Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981
- Interview with William Stewart, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Forsman talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), the hell ship to Japan (1942), Ohasi, Honshu (1942-1945), and his liberation.
- Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981
- Interview with Jonathan Burns, an Army veteran (200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burns discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison, Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Moji (1944-1945), A-bomb damage at Nagasaki, and his liberation.
- Oral History Interview with Donald C. Brain, March 11, 1981
- Interview with Donald C. Brain, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, about his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. He discusses the sinking of the USS Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
- Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, 1984
- Interview with former president of North Texas State College and North Texas State University J. C. Matthews from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Matthews recollects some of his experiences and thoughts as a child and while he was a student at school. He also comments on several personal experiences as a teacher, including when he was appointed as a laboratory school teacher, a curriculum committee member, and the dean of the college of education. He also talks about the desegregation of North Texas State College in 1955.
- Oral History Interview with James L. Rogers, October 23, 1980
- Interview with Former professor, administrator, and director of the North Texas State University New Service James L. Rogers, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Rogers remembers the desegregation of North Texas State College in the 1950's. He also shares his thoughts and memories on the admission of A. Tennyson Miller in 1954, the Adkins case, the admission of Mrs. Irma E. L. Sephas, the role of President J. C. Matthews in the desegregation of NTSC, and when Abner Haynes became the first African-American athlete at NTSC in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with G. A. Moore, May 28, 1982
- Interview with football coach G. A. Moore, from Pilot Point, Texas. In the interview, Moore recalls his experiences concerning the desegregation of athletics at the North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interviews with Odus Mitchell, 1982
- Interview with former North Texas football coach Odus Mitchell from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Mitchell discusses his experiences as head football coach during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interviews with Leon King, 1982
- Interview with public school administrator Leon A. King from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, King describes his experiences as one of the two first African Americans who first integrated athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Jerrell Shaw, January 12, 1983
- Interview with businessman Jerrell Shaw Businessman from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Shaw reminisces about when he was a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Jerry Russell, January 13, 1983
- Interview with attorney Jerry Russell from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Russell describes his experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Ray Toole, January 14, 1983
- Interview with businessman Ray Toole. In the interview, he describes his experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Ira T. DeFoor, May 24, 1983
- Interview with college instructor Ira T. DeFoor from Denton, Texas. In the interview, DeFoor discusses his experiences from when he was the equipment manager for the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983
- Interview with high school football coach Raymond Clement from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Raymond discusses his experiences as the football coach during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Mac Reynolds, July 18, 1983
- Interview with businessman Mac Reynolds from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Reynolds discusses his experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Herbert Ferrill, July 20, 1983
- Interview with former assistant football coach at North Texas State College Herbert Ferrill from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Ferrill describes his experiences concerning the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Kenneth Bahnsen, March 5, 1984
- Interview with former assistant football coach at North Texas State University Kenneth Bahnsen from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Bahnsen discusses his recollections about the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Fred Graham, March 16, 1984
- Interview with former sports information director at North Texas State University Fred Graham. In the interview, Graham discusses his experiences and thoughts while he was an assistant in the News and Information Office during the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with William Carrico, March 19, 1984
- Interview with high school administrator and former member of the North Texas State College football team William Carrico, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Carrico discusses his experiences from when he was on the team during the desegregation of athletics.
- Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, April 4, 1984
- Interview with former president of the North Texas State College and the North Texas State University, J. C. Matthews from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Matthews shares his thoughts and experiences concerning the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Fred McCain, April 2, 1984
- Interview with former football coach and director of athletics at the North Texas State University Fred McCain, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McCain describes his experiences from when he worked at the college during the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics.
- Oral History Interview with Jack Gray, May 30, 1984
- Interview with Judge Jack Gray of the 211th district court in Denton County, Texas. In the interview, Judge Gray expresses his thoughts and memories of the desegregation of athletics at the North Texas State College in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Dub Brown, June 6, 1984
- Interview with journalist and former student of the North Texas State College Dub Brown from Waco, Texas. In the interview, Brown recollects memories from when he was a student at the college during the desegregation of athletics in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Charlie Cole, March 5, 1985
- Interview with county adult probation officer and former member of the North Texas State College football team Charlie Cole Jr., from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Cole recollects thoughts and memories from when he was a student at the college during the desegregation of athletics in 1956.
- Oral History Interview with Bob Way, December 13, 1984
- Interview with college instructor and former member of the North Texas State football team Bob Way from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Way recollects some of his experiences and thoughts while he was a student at the school during the desegregation of athletics.
- Oral History Interview with Joseph B. Pomerance, December 6, 1980
- Interview with Dr. Joseph B. Pomerance, a veteran army physician from Augusta, Georgia. This interview recounts his experiences at the Station Hospital, Hickam Field, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Harold Galloway, March 17, 1984
- Interview with Judge Harold Galoway, an army veteran from Yantis, Texas. This interview contains his recollections as a World War II medical corpsman in Europe. Army life and the health problems of soldiers are discussed.
- Oral History Interview with Frank Klein, December 20, 1984
- Interview with business executive and former member of the North Texas State football team Frank Klein from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Way recollects some of his experiences and thoughts while he was a student at the school during the desegregation of athletics.
- Oral History Interview with Joseph Mannion, April 26, 1986
- Interview with Navy veteran Joseph Mannion. The interview includes Mannion's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986
- Interview with farmer-rancher Hazen Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life in Denton, Texas, from 1910 to 1930. Armstrong talks about business activities around the city square and county courthouse, city streetcar service, Oak Street residences, the Cascade Plunge swimming pool, forced removal of African Americans from the "Quakertown" section of Denton to the east side of the railroad tracks in the 1920s, early automobiles in Denton, Denton during World War I, medical practices, childhood leisure time activities, Prohibition in Denton, the Great Depression, farming practices in the 1920s and 1930s, contrasts between banking practices of the 1920s and 1930s with those of the 1980s, and the oil history.
- Oral History Interview with Otis Cason, August 22, 1987
- Interview with farmer Otis Cason. The interview includes Cason's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Cason talks about breaking mules, rural school, sheep and goat raising, hog killing, and charcoal making.
- Oral History Interview with Luther G. Prunty, 1986
- Interview with Luther Prunty, civil servant, Army veteran, and member of the "Lost Battalion." The interview includes Prunty's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Prunty talks about the Fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp, Changi Prison Camp, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
- Oral History Interview with Edward Jones, April 25, 1986
- Interview with Navy veteran Edward Jones. The interview includes Jones' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter written by Jones.
- Oral History Interview with Billy Barker, September 3, 1977
- Interview with homemaker Billie Simpson Barker. The interview includes Barker's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1925-1985. Barker talks about her father's sawmill operation, creek flooding, threshing operations, changes in land ownership, her husband's death, effects of the Great Depression, social life, the county's longtime residents, recreational activities, epidemics, wildlife problems, the tornado of June 8, 1937, her childhood, and homemade clothing.
- Oral History Interview with David Bedell, April 25, 1986
- Interview with Army veteran David Bedell. The interview includes Bedell's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 443rd Signal Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Ernest Galeassi, September 16, 1988
- Interview with Army veteran Ernest Galeassi. The interview includes Galeassi's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 324th Signal Company during the Japanese attack a Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Eunice Gray, October 16, 1987
- Interview with Eunice Gray, schoolteacher and local historian. The interview includes Gray's personal experiences about Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Gray talks about the early history of her descendants, cattle raising and marketing, and the oil industry.
- Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987
- Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemeteries, epidemics, and folk medicines and remedies.
- Oral History Interview with Herschel Blackwell, April 26, 1986
- Interview with Herschel Blackwell regarding his experiences as a member of VP-14 a Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Thomas J. Hayman, December 4, 1989
- Interview with Thomas Hayman, a builder from Huntsville, Texas, who was involved in the development of Hamilton Park. Hayman discusses his education and early career, going into the construction business, work with the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, building projects in Dallas, the Dallas Interracial Association, prominent figures in Dallas business and the black community, and the process of building Hamilton Park.
- Oral History Interview with Charles E. Smith, March 29, 1988
- Interview with Charles E. Smith, community leader and longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Dallas, Texas. Smith discusses his role in the Hamilton Park Civic League, of which he was president in 1973, the Hamilton Park School, its closure, integration and its effects in Richardson ISD, and the Pacesetter program.
- Oral History Interview with John Roberts, December 15, 1987
- Interview with Dr. John Roberts, former superintendent of Richardson Independent School District from Grand Prairie, Texas, who worked through the district's desegregation. Roberts discusses how he came to Richardson ISD, desegregating, closures and reorganization of the district, issues with becoming fully integrated, developing the Pacesetter program, and thoughts on its impact.
- Oral History Interview with Roy Eschmann, February 23, 1989
- Interview with Roy Eschmann, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eschmann discusses joining the Army, basic training, assignment to Schofield Barracks and the 25th Infantry Division, his duties and daily life, Japanese friends on Hawaii, preparation for war, guard duty on the night of December 6/7th, the morning of the attack and shooting at Japanese aircraft, patrols afterwards and fear of invasion, rumors, and later service.
- Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Scantlin, November 8, 1985
- Interview with Clarence and Nona Scantlin, business-owners from Forth Worth, Texas. The Scantlins discuss their respective family histories and upbringing, their marriage, Clarence's work with Sandegaard's and Adam's grocery store and A&P Tea Company, starting his own grocery business, how the grocery and meat market were run, finances, quitting the grocery business, opening a business in furniture refinishing, how it was ran, and retirement.
- Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986
- Interview with C. N. Swain, a Navy WWII veteran from Kernes, Texas. Swain discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the service and training, life and work aboard the Vestal, operations before December 7th, being knocked overboard by a Japanese torpedo and the destruction of the USS Arizona, and service afterwards.
- Oral History Interview with Nolan Albarado, November 15, 1987
- Interview with Nolan Albarado, a Army WWII veteran from Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Albarado discusses his experiences at Schofield Barracks, Oahu during the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the Army and training, assignment to Schofield Barracks, life and operations there, liberty, the stockade, and later service in the war.
- Oral History Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, June 22, 1988
- Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, a Army WWII veteran from Butler, New Jersey, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Rodgers discusses joining the Army and training, assignment to coastal artillery at Fort Shafter, operations there, work in communications, alerts, life in the peacetime Army, the morning of December 7th and reaction to the attack, handling communications at battalion HQ, the aftermath and following days, and his subsequent service in the Pacific War. In appendix is a letter by Rodgers to his mother of December 31, 1941, and a journal of his experiences typed during the war.