The Digital Collection

The UNT Oral History Collection in the UNT Digital Library contains a selection of oral history transcripts covering World War II, politics, community activism, desegregation, recollections of life in Texas, and more. Access to some of these items is restricted to the UNT community.

The Physical Collection

With more than 1,800 bound volumes of oral history interviews, including more than 150,000 pages of transcript, the UNT Oral History Program collection has amassed the largest public university collection of oral history interviews in Texas and one of the nation’s pre-eminent World War II oral history collections. In addition to World War II history, the collection’s strengths include but are not limited to Denton history, African-American history, entrepreneurial history, university history, histories of the Holocaust, the New Deal, Texas politics, and other subjects, and the archives of the Oral History Association. Students, journalists, researchers, genealogists, government agencies and members of the general public have used the collection to publish journalistic and scholarly articles, books, genealogies, and other materials.

Interview transcripts of the UNT Oral History Collection cannot be loaned. The vast majority of the interviews are available for photocopy for a fee. To make arrangements to access a transcript in the University Archives, please contact Morgan Gieringer, University Archivist, or Perri Hamilton, at 940-565-2766. To purchase a copy of a transcript, please contact Lisa Fox of the Oral History Program, at (940) 565-2549.

For more information, including an index of the full collection, see the Oral History Program's Collection page.



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UNT Oral History Collection in UNT Digital Library. University of North Texas Libraries. https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/UNTOH/ accessed March 19, 2024.


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Denton County, TX
277
Dallas County, TX
238
Tarrant County, TX
125
Travis County, TX
66
Bexar County, TX
44
San Diego County, CA
24
Nueces County, TX
22
Collin County, TX
20
Bowie County, TX
18
El Paso County, TX
17
Grayson County, TX
17
Harris County, TX
15
Parker County, TX
15
Wichita County, TX
15
Brown County, TX
14
San Patricio County, TX
14
Lubbock County, TX
13
Orleans Parish, LA
13
Aransas County, TX
11
Cook County, IL
11
Jefferson Parish, LA
10
Los Angeles County, CA
10
McLennan County, TX
10
Bell County, TX
9
Brazos County, TX
9
Cape Girardeau County, MO
9
Cherokee County, TX
9
Clark County, NV
9
York County, PA
9
Comanche County, OK
8
Ellis County, TX
8
Miller County, AR
8
Pike County, AR
8
Potter County, TX
8
Cooke County, TX
7
Eddy County, NM
7
Hancock County, ME
7
Pulaski County, AR
7
Taylor County, TX
7
Eastland County, TX
6
Harrison County, TX
6
Hunt County, TX
6
Montague County, TX
6
Prince William County, VA
6
Wise County, TX
6
Allegheny County, PA
5
Cass County, TX
5
Chaves County, NM
5
Escambia County, FL
5
Fannin County, TX
5
Gregg County, TX
5
Limestone County, TX
5
Middlesex County, MA
5
Navarro County, TX
5
Smith County, TX
5
Suffolk County, MA
5
Wayne County, MI
5
Williamson County, TX
5
Alameda County, CA
4
Denver County, CO
4
Jack County, TX
4
Jackson County, MO
4
Johnson County, TX
4
Kaufman County, TX
4
Kings County, NY
4
Lancaster County, PA
4
Maricopa County, AZ
4
Mesa County, CO
4
Young County, TX
4
Atchison County, MO
3
Bernalillo County, NM
3
Camp County, TX
3
Cochise County, AZ
3
Coleman County, TX
3
El Paso County, CO
3
Fairfax County, VA
3
Gillespie County, TX
3
Greenville County, SC
3
Hidalgo County, TX
3
Houston County, TX
3
Jefferson County, AL
3
Jefferson County, TX
3
Kane County, IL
3
Kerr County, TX
3
King County, WA
3
Lamb County, TX
3
Morris County, NJ
3
Newport County, RI
3
Orange County, FL
3
Philadelphia County, PA
3
Pima County, AZ
3
Shelby County, TN
3
Tulsa County, OK
3
Westmoreland County, PA
3
Zavala County, TX
3
Angelina County, TX
2
Anne Arundel County, MD
2
Atlantic County, NJ
2
Bay County, FL
2
Beaufort County, SC
2
Bergen County, NJ
2
Boulder County, CO
2
Bryan County, OK
2
Caddo Parish, LA
2
Calhoun County, AL
2
Carter County, OK
2
Champaign County, IL
2
Charleston County, SC
2
Clay County, TX
2
Cleveland County, OK
2
Coconino County, AZ
2
Coryell County, TX
2
Cumberland County, ME
2
Cumberland County, NC
2
Cuyahoga County, OH
2
Davidson County, TN
2
DeWitt County, TX
2
Erath County, TX
2
Fairfield County, SC
2
Floyd County, IN
2
Floyd County, TX
2
Fresno County, CA
2
Fulton County, GA
2
Garfield County, CO
2
Garland County, AR
2
Hall County, TX
2
Hampshire County, MA
2
Henderson County, TX
2
Hopkins County, TX
2
Izard County, AR
2
Jackson County, TX
2
Kauai County, HI
2
Kinney County, TX
2
Kleberg County, TX
2
Knox County, TN
2
Lamar County, TX
2
Lampasas County, TX
2
Leavenworth County, KS
2
Lee County, AL
2
Lincoln County, NE
2
Little River County, AR
2
Miami-Dade County, FL
2
Monroe County, NY
2
Montgomery County, KS
2
Montrose County, CO
2
Morris County, TX
2
Nacogdoches County, TX
2
Oklahoma County, OK
2
Okmulgee County, OK
2
Orange County, CA
2
Panola County, TX
2
Presidio County, TX
2
Rockwall County, TX
2
Salt Lake County, UT
2
San Jacinto County, TX
2
Sarasota County, FL
2
Shelby County, TX
2
Solano County, CA
2
Spokane County, WA
2
Suffolk County, NY
2
Uvalde County, TX
2
Waller County, TX
2
Westchester County, NY
2
Adams County, MS
1
Alachua County, FL
1
Alamosa County, CO
1
Albany County, NY
1
Aleutians West Census Area, AK
1
Allegany County, MD
1
Anderson County, TX
1
Arlington County, VA
1
Ashtabula County, OH
1
Assumption Parish, LA
1
Audrain County, MO
1
Baldwin County, AL
1
Baltimore County, MD
1
Bannock County, ID
1
Baxter County, AR
1
Beauregard Parish, LA
1
Beaver County, PA
1
Beckham County, OK
1
Bee County, TX
1
Bell County, KY
1
Beltrami County, MN
1
Benewah County, ID
1
Berkshire County, MA
1
Blue Earth County, MN
1
Boone County, IA
1
Brazoria County, TX
1
Breathitt County, KY
1
Brewster County, TX
1
Bronx County, NY
1
Bucks County, PA
1
Burnet County, TX
1
Cache County, UT
1
Callaway County, MO
1
Cambria County, PA
1
Carbon County, PA
1
Carbon County, WY
1
Carroll County, KY
1
Cass County, MO
1
Cayuga County, NY
1
Centre County, PA
1
Chambers County, TX
1
Chattahoochee County, GA
1
Chester County, PA
1
Chester County, SC
1
Clark County, AR
1
Clark County, IN
1
Clarke County, GA
1
Clay County, IL
1
Clear Creek County, CO
1
Clearfield County, PA
1
Clearwater County, ID
1
Clearwater County, MN
1
Clinton County, IN
1
Clinton County, NY
1
Clinton County, PA
1
Cochran County, TX
1
Coke County, TX
1
Collingsworth County, TX
1
Columbiana County, OH
1
Comal County, TX
1
Contra Costa County, CA
1
Coos County, OR
1
Craven County, NC
1
Crawford County, PA
1
Crenshaw County, AL
1
Crockett County, TX
1
Crosby County, TX
1
Custer County, OK
1
Dane County, WI
1
Dauphin County, PA
1
Daviess County, MO
1
Deaf Smith County, TX
1
Decatur County, IA
1
Delta County, TX
1
Dickens County, TX
1
Dimmit County, TX
1
Dodge County, NE
1
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
1
Ector County, TX
1
Edwards County, TX
1
Elbert County, CO
1
Elkhart County, IN
1
Erie County, NY
1
Essex County, MA
1
Essex County, NJ
1
Etowah County, AL
1
Fairfield County, CT
1
Fairfield County, OH
1
Floyd County, GA
1
Forest County, PA
1
Forrest County, MS
1
Franklin County, ME
1
Franklin County, TX
1
Galveston County, TX
1
Garvin County, OK
1
Genesee County, NY
1
Gila County, AZ
1
Goshen County, WY
1
Grafton County, NH
1
Grand County, CO
1
Granite County, MT
1
Grant County, AR
1
Grant County, NM
1
Grant Parish, LA
1
Gray County, KS
1
Greene County, MO
1
Greene County, OH
1
Greenlee County, AZ
1
Greenwood County, SC
1
Guadalupe County, TX
1
Halifax County, VA
1
Hampden County, MA
1
Hardeman County, TN
1
Harlan County, NE
1
Harmon County, OK
1
Harnett County, NC
1
Hartford County, CT
1
Haskell County, TX
1
Hawaii County, HI
1
Hays County, TX
1
Hempstead County, AR
1
Hennepin County, MN
1
Henrico County, VA
1
Hill County, TX
1
Hillsborough County, FL
1
Hood County, TX
1
Houston County, AL
1
Howard County, AR
1
Howard County, TX
1
Hughes County, OK
1
Huntingdon County, PA
1
Iberville Parish, LA
1
Imperial County, CA
1
Ingham County, MI
1
Itasca County, MN
1
Jackson County, IL
1
Jackson County, OK
1
Jackson County, OR
1
Jasper County, TX
1
Jefferson County, CO
1
Jim Hogg County, TX
1
Jim Wells County, TX
1
Johnson County, AR
1
Jones County, TX
1
Karnes County, TX
1
Kay County, OK
1
Kenedy County, TX
1
Kiowa County, OK
1
Kitsap County, WA
1
Knox County, IL
1
Knox County, TX
1
La Plata County, CO
1
Labette County, KS
1
Lake County, IL
1
Lake County, IN
1
Lancaster County, NE
1
Lancaster County, SC
1
Lane County, OR
1
Lauderdale County, MS
1
Lee County, FL
1
Lincoln County, NM
1
Lincoln County, NV
1
Lincoln County, OR
1
Livingston Parish, LA
1
Lorain County, OH
1
Lucas County, OH
1
Luna County, NM
1
Macon County, MO
1
Madison County, IA
1
Madison County, MS
1
Madison County, TX
1
Marion County, AL
1
Marion County, IN
1
Marion County, OR
1
Marion County, TX
1
Maui County, HI
1
McCulloch County, TX
1
McDonough County, IL
1
Menard County, TX
1
Midland County, TX
1
Millard County, UT
1
Milwaukee County, WI
1
Minnehaha County, SD
1
Mississippi County, MO
1
Mitchell County, TX
1
Mohave County, AZ
1
Monmouth County, NJ
1
Monterey County, CA
1
Montgomery County, AL
1
Montgomery County, OH
1
Montgomery County, VA
1
Morehouse Parish, LA
1
Morris County, KS
1
Motley County, TX
1
Mower County, MN
1
Multnomah County, OR
1
Nassau County, NY
1
Natrona County, WY
1
Neshoba County, MS
1
Nevada County, CA
1
Nolan County, TX
1
Oakland County, MI
1
Ohio County, KY
1
Okfuskee County, OK
1
Oneida County, WI
1
Orange County, NC
1
Orange County, NY
1
Orange County, TX
1
Osage County, OK
1
Oswego County, NY
1
Ouachita Parish, LA
1
Palm Beach County, FL
1
Palo Pinto County, TX
1
Pawnee County, KS
1
Peoria County, IL
1
Perry County, MS
1
Pickens County, AL
1
Pierce County, WA
1
Pike County, MS
1
Pittsburg County, OK
1
Polk County, AR
1
Polk County, FL
1
Polk County, GA
1
Polk County, IA
1
Pottawatomie County, OK
1
Prowers County, CO
1
Pueblo County, CO
1
Pulaski County, MO
1
Racine County, WI
1
Rapides Parish, LA
1
Red River County, TX
1
Refugio County, TX
1
Reno County, KS
1
Richland County, SC
1
Riley County, KS
1
Rio Grande County, CO
1
Riverside County, CA
1
Robertson County, TX
1
Rockland County, NY
1
Ross County, OH
1
Russell County, KS
1
Sabine County, TX
1
Sabine Parish, LA
1
San Bernardino County, CA
1
Santa Barbara County, CA
1
Santa Fe County, NM
1
Scotland County, NC
1
Scurry County, TX
1
Sevier County, AR
1
Shackelford County, TX
1
Shelby County, KY
1
Silver Bow County, MT
1
Sioux County, ND
1
Snohomish County, WA
1
Socorro County, NM
1
Somervell County, TX
1
Stanislaus County, CA
1
Stephens County, OK
1
Stephens County, TX
1
Story County, IA
1
Sullivan County, MO
1
Sullivan County, TN
1
Summit County, OH
1
Sutton County, TX
1
Swisher County, TX
1
Talladega County, AL
1
Titus County, TX
1
Tom Green County, TX
1
Trinity County, TX
1
Tripp County, SD
1
Tulare County, CA
1
Tuscarawas County, OH
1
Tyler County, TX
1
Upshur County, TX
1
Van Zandt County, TX
1
Ventura County, CA
1
Vernon Parish, LA
1
Walker County, TX
1
Washington County, AL
1
Washington County, AR
1
Washington County, OK
1
Washington County, PA
1
Washington County, TX
1
Washoe County, NV
1
Webb County, TX
1
Wharton County, TX
1
Wilbarger County, TX
1
Wilcox County, AL
1
Windham County, VT
1
Wood County, TX
1
Woodbury County, IA
1
Wyoming County, PA
1
Yavapai County, AZ
1
York County, VA
1
Yuma County, AZ
1

Titles (expand list)

World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors Oral History Project
174
World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
71
Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
59
Texas Community History Oral History Project
48
World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project
33
Texas Political History Oral History Project
32
The Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project
26
Flying Voices Oral History Project
19
Business History Oral History Project
15
Business Archives Project
14
World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project
11
Caltex Oral History Project
10
Green Pioneers in North Texas
10
UNT and TWU Library and Library School History Oral History Project
10
Women in the Texas Republican Party Oral History Project
10
World War II European Theater Oral History Project
10
World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project
10
American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project
9
DFW Immigration Oral History Project
7
World War II China-India-Burma Theater Oral History Project
7
Dallas LGBT Oral History Project
6
Texas Business Oral History Project
6
Quakertown Oral History Project
5
Texas Community Oral History Project
5
Vietnam War Oral History Project
5
Basques in the United States Oral History Project
4
Desegregating DFW Oral History Project
4
Geezle Fraternity Oral History Project
4
World War II Pacific Theater (Naval Engagements) Oral History Project
4
Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project
3
Mexican-American Women's Educational Experience Project
3
Rivertown at War Oral History Project
3
World War II Home Front Oral History Project
3
World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Marine Corps) Oral History Project
3
African American History Oral History Project
2
General Curtis LeMay Oral History Project
2
University of North Texas History Oral History Project
2
Weatherford Oral History Project
2
Works Progress Administration History Oral History Project
2
World War II Atlantic Theater Oral History Project
2
World War II Japanese-American Civilian Internees Oral History Project
2
World War II Mediterranean Theater Oral History Project
2
World War II War Crimes Oral History Project
2
Agricultural Adjustment Administration History Oral History Project
1
Chicano Political Activists Oral History Project
1
Cold War Oral History Project
1
Denton County Historical Commission
1
Denton County Historical Commission Oral History Project
1
Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project
1
Korean War Oral History Project
1
Music Oral History Project
1
National Youth Administration History Oral History Project
1
New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
1
North Texas Civil Rights History Oral History Project
1
North Texas Oral History Project
1
Political History (Pre-World War II Germany) Oral History Project
1
Political History Oral History Project
1
Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project
1
University of North Texas (Desegregation) History Oral History Project
1
WAVES Oral History Project
1
Women Veterans Oral History Project
1
World War I Oral History Project
1
World War II (Weapons Development) Oral History Project
1
World War II Oral History Project
1
World War II Pacific Theater (Philippine Guerrilla Operations) Oral History Project
1
World War II Pacific Theater (Submarine Service) Oral History Project
1
World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Army Air Corps) Oral History Project
1
World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Army) Oral History Project
1

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