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Oral History Interview with Murdo MacIver, November 9, 1985

Description: Interview with Murdo MacIver, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his experiences with the company. He comments on his educational background and early employment, his employment with Standard Oil Company of California, his transfer to Caltex in 1938, the expansion before World War II, Caltex during World War II, Bapco's refinery expansion, financing postwar refinery expansion, foreign exchange problems, banking syndicates, accounting methods, tanker construction, training … more
Date: November 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & MacIver, Murdo, 1901-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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.
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Date: August 9, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Nix, Lucille
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Olen Bates, October 9, 1993

Description: 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.
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Date: October 9, 1993
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Bates, Olen H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William W. Creacy, October 9, 1993

Description: Interview with William Creacy concerning his experiences before, during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Creacy worked at camps in Elephant Butte, Arizona (Company 855); Tucson, Arizona; Grand Lake, Colorado; and Yuma, Arizona.
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Date: October 9, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Creacy, William W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ken W. Duncan, March 9, 1994

Description: Interview with Ken Duncan concerning his experiences during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Duncan worked at camps in Redvale, Colorado (Company 3844) and Paradox Valley, Colorado.
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Date: March 9, 1994
Creator: Gonzalez, Linda Ott & Duncan, Ken W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Max Glauben, January 1990

Description: Interviews with Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Glauben discusses his family origins, growing up with Sephardic Hebrew, education, the invasion of Poland, losing the family business, the move to the ghetto and life there, people's different reactions to oppression, ventures outside the ghetto, escalating extermination by the Germans, Warsaw Uprising, transfer to KL Lublin, the organization of the camp, transfers to and labor at Wieliczka, Mielec, Budzyn and Flossenburg, illness, … more
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Date: 1990-01-09/1990-01-24
Creator: Rosen, Keith & Glauben, Max
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interviews with James Voss, 1986

Description: Interview with James Voss, a lawyer and employee of the Caltex Petroleum Company from San Antonio, Texas. Voss discusses his earlier life and joining Caltex, work on company claims involving postwar China and other assets affected by World War II, the crude oil market, effects of the Chinese Communist Revolution on the company and markets, company operations in Japan and reconstruction, the company in Korea and Vietnam, mergers, purchases, divestments, expansion in the Mid East, South Africa, r… more
Date: 1986-01-09/1986-06-20
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Journal History 195

Description: "Journal History 195" by Guadalupe Balderrama. Printed on the first page of the journal are its title and Balderrama's name while the second and third page contain wide columns of paragraphed text.
Date: February 9, 1983
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Balderrama, Guadalupe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Lina Maddox, April 9, 2014

Description: Transcript of an interview with Lina Mae Maddox, telephone operator and EEOC member and activist, concerning her childhood as a white Mississippi sharecropper; experiences of discrimination against poor and women; move to Dallas for war work; experiences of segregation; sympathizing with African Americans' experiences with discrimination; public reaction to the Civil Rights Act; EEOC and union activism; civil rights improvements. Appendix includes excerpts from Maddox's autobiography and variou… more
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Date: April 9, 2014
Creator: Fant, Christopher E. & Maddox, Lina Mae, 1923-
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Oral History Interview with Kamran Khadivar, December 9, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Kamran Khadivar, a civil/structural engineer, businessman, and Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Khadivar discusses his childhood in Shiraz, Iran; coming to America at fourteen by himself; living with extended family in Texas; adjusting to America and learning English; parents’ escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution; education in America; work experience; continuing Iranian traditions in own family; opportunities provided in America.
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Date: December 9, 2012
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Khadivar, Kamran, 1960-
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Oral History Interview with Harryette Ehrhardt, July 9, 2013

Description: Transcript of an interview with Harryette Ehrhardt, an educator, politician, and LGBT rights advocate. Ehrhardt shares concerning her graduate school experience; gay community; memories of Donald Baker; discrimination against gay men in the public school system; struggle for LGBT civil rights; childhood and young adult years; family history; work within the gay community; Dallas Women's Political Caucus; activism and advancement of the Dallas LGBT community.
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Date: July 9, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Ehrhardt, Harryette B., 1934-
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Oral History Interview with Gregory Robinson, June 9, 2013

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Gregory Robinson, son of former Braniff CFO, Neal Robinson, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. In the interview Robinson shares memories of his childhood and father working for Braniff, reflections on Harding Lawrence and how he ran the company, events leading to and after bankruptcy, comments on competitors and deregulation, and Braniff’s impact on the airline industry as a whole.
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Date: June 9, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Robinson, Gregory
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Oral History Interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, November 9, 1996

Description: Interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, musician and vocalist, concerning his experiences as a musician/vocalist with Bob Will's "Texas playboys" and the "Light Crust Doughboys" western swing bands, 1936-42; comments about Bob Willis and band members Marvin Montgomery, Kenneth Pitts, Al Stricklin, "Smokey" Dacus, "Knocky" Parker, Leon McAuliffe, Eldon Shamblin; forming his own groups and playing the Fort Worth, Texas, night club circuit, 1950-70; comments about western swing, big band, and pop music. more
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Date: November 9, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D.; Schotte, Will & Ferguson, Joe Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History of Rebecca Lopez

Description: This article is a short biography of journalist Rebecca Lopez, reporter for WFAA in Dallas. Rebecca talks about her career as a crime reporter, her thoughts on the field of journalism, and her background and education.
Date: December 9, 2019
Creator: Lopez, Rebecca & Martinez, Tiffany
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

[The History of Pendennis, illustrations]

Description: Photograph of a frontispiece illustration and the title page of The History of Pendennis. The image on the left details two men interacting outside on the street and a woman watching from a window. The note under it reads "Colonel Altamont refuses to move on." The image under the title on the right depicts a man and a woman with two cherubs and a semi-undressed woman holding onto them. The title page reads "The History of Pendennis Vol. 1 / By W. M. Thackeray / London. Bradbury & Evans. Bouveri… more
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with George Duncan, October 9, 1994

Description: Interview with Captain George Duncan, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Duncan discusses his pilot training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1941, his assignment to Air Group 9 on the carrier Essex, the Hellcat fighter, the sinking of Fubuki-class destroyer in June of 1944 off of Pagan Island, the Marianas Campaign in 1944, the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot," the Philippines Campaign and the attack on the Japanese battleship Musashi, and his … more
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Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Christman, Calvin L. & Duncan, George, 1917-
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Oral History Interview with Dennie Wolf, September 9, 2019

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dennie Wolf, co-author of chapters on postpartum recovery in the 1979 book Ourselves and Our Children and the 1984 version Our Bodies Ourselves, both publications of the Boston Women’s Health Collective. This interview includes discussion of postpartum depression, the women’s health movement, second wave feminism, and development psychology. The interview is part of the postpartum depression project.
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Date: September 9, 2019
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Wolf, Dennie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

Description: This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, a historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.
Date: October 9, 2009
Creator: Austin, D. A. & Levit, Mindy R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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History of the ZGS 500 MeV Booster.

Description: The history of the design and construction of the Argonne 500 MeV booster proton synchrotron from 1969 to 1982 is described. This accelerator has since been in steady use for the past 25 years to power the Argonne Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS).
Date: May 9, 2006
Creator: Simpson, J.; Martin; R. & Kustom, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Raíces: The History of Raza at UNT Symposium

Description: This is the official website for the Raíces (Roots): The History of Raza at UNT Symposium, held at UNT on September 21, 2012. Raíces explored the beginnings of Chicano/a, Latino/a student leadership and activism at North Texas and its evolution over the decades. It includes information about the symposium's schedule and presenters.
Date: April 9, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Partner: UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit
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Oral History - Angela Hale

Description: This article is a short biography of former television reporter Angela Hale, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: December 9, 2014
Creator: Sigman, Ashlea
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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