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Oral History Interview with Anna Robinson, November 27, 2007

Description: Interview with Anna Robinson, a Women's Army Corps veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Robinson discusses her family and childhood, joining the WAC, transfer to Germany as a supply clerk in 1946, life and work in that assignment, being in a car wreck, her sexuality and gays in the service, the Iraq War and George W. Bush, leaving the Army and work for the city of Forth Worth as an artist, her church involvement, and returning to Germany,
Date: November 27, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice L. & Robinson, Anna
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bert Boydstun, March 3, 1993

Description: Interview with Bert Boydstun concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Boydstun worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Palisade, Colorado. Interview includes Boydstun's experiences leading up to joining the CCC.
Date: March 3, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John & Boydstun, Bert
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Beth Eakman, March 28, 1997

Description: Interview with Beth Eakman, a graduate student, concerning her experiences with the establishment of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Her early introduction to feminism while a student at Texas Christian University, 1980s; activities with Planned Parenthood in Fort Worth; activities with Choice Dallas; involvement with the North Texas Democrats and Ann Richards's gubernatorial campaign, 1990; break-up of her marriage, 1991, and spousal abuse; stalking by her ex-husb… more
Date: March 28, 1997
Creator: Cook, Charles & Eakman, Beth
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Betty Andujar, September 12, 1993

Description: Interview with Betty Andujar, a political activist and former legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). She also discusses the evolution of the GOP in Texas, her personal political philosophy, and her views on abortion.
Date: September 12, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Andujar, Betty
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bobby Jones, June 19, 2014

Description: Interview with Dr. Bobby Jones, a veterinarian and epidemiologist from Southlake, Texas, whose family was prominent in the development of the community. Jones discusses his family history, growing up in a rural, segregated community, education at T. M. Terrell, race relations in Southlake, the Jones Annual Picnic, the Jones Gate cafe, the Civil Rights Act and desegregation, and the development of Southlake.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Fichera, Aaron & Jones, John Dolford "Bobby"
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, March 20, 2014

Description: Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, a former student of I. M. Terrell High School from Fort Worth, Texas. Sanders-Wise discusses her average daily routine at the school, integration, her family history, Juneteenth and black culture in Fort Worth, church life, experiences of segregation and discrimination, and contemporary racism. In appendix is a photo of a public art installation commemorating black railroad employees at the TRE Station in Fort Worth.
Date: March 20, 2014
Creator: Williams, Tessa & Sanders-Wise, Brenda
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Carlos Puente and Maria Esther Puente, March 15, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Carlos Puente and Maria Esther Puente, Fort Worth-based Chicano political activists. They discuss the Raza Unida Party in Tarrant County and throughout Texas; efforts to improve the economic, social and political aspects of the Chicano community; Carlos Puente's service on Fort Worth City Council; Roadblocks Mexican-Americans faced in campaigning and running for political office, city council and school board, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s; Challenges of he… more
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Martinez, Peter C.; Puente, Carlos (Activist) & Puente, Maria Esther (Activist)
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ceclia Bermejo Hernandez, February 16, 2013

Description: Interview with Cecelia Hernandez, a Mexican-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas. Hernandez discusses her schooling, her family, thoughts on college and first generation students, becoming and being a parent, working at Fort Worth ISD, and encountering struggles as a Hispanic person and parent. In appendix is her family tree.
Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo-Hernandez, Cecelia
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Chester E. Hudson, October 12, 1993

Description: Interview with Chester Hudson concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hudson worked at camps in Calico Rock, Arkansas (Company 4747); Walcott, Arkansas (Company 3799); and Ozone, Arkansas (Company 1708). Includes an appendix.
Date: October 12, 1993
Creator: Polatti, Gaylon & Hudson, Chester E.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995

Description: Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).
Date: October 22, 1995
Creator: Pearcy, Matthew T. & Savage, Columbus
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David K. Carlson, March 23, 2021

Description: Interview with David Carlson, a rancher and retired psychologist from Denton, Texas. The focus of the interview is the "Texas blackout," a weeklong power outage from February 14th to February 21st, 2021. Carlson discusses working at nursing homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, his ranch, how they took care of the animals and themselves during the freeze, and the animal births that occurred during this time.
Date: March 23, 2021
Creator: Crittenden, Micah Carlson & Carlson, David K.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dennis Dunkins, March 8, 2006

Description: Interview with Dennis Dunkins, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Dunkins' personal experiences of childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas, majoring in Industrial Technology and his graduation in 1963, having a career with General Motors, as a business owner, and with Fort Worth ISD. Additionally, Dunkins speaks about off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton, social life among African-American students and … more
Date: March 8, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Dunkins, Dennis
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dionne Bagsby, November 19, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dionne Phillips Bagsby, former member of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. Bagsby shares memories of childhood and education in Markham, Illinois; marriage to Jim Bagsby; participation in the Arkansas civil rights movement; move to Fort Worth, Texas; career as an educator in the Fort Worth public schools; Jim Bagsby's political career; her own decision to enter politics and winning campaign strategies; issues she had to face as a county commissioner; her tr… more
Date: November 19, 2018
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Bagsby, Dionne Phillips, 1936-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dulcie Barnier Dreyspring, December 4, 2012

Description: Interview with Dulcie Barnier Dreyspring, Australian-born immigrant to Fort Worth, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Dreyspring's personal experiences of childhood in Australia, interactions with American soldiers during World War II, the Japanese invasion of Australia, her first visit to the U.S., first impressions of America, her first marriage to an American, and her return to Australia for the immigration process. It also includes her impre… more
Date: December 4, 2012
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Dreyspring, Dulcie Barnier
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eddie Griffin, January 31, 2014

Description: Interview with Eddie Griffin, an African-American historian and activist from Fort Worth, Texas. Griffin discusses his family origins, growing up in segregated Fort Worth, the Fort Worth economy and discrimination, white neighborhoods, attending I. M. Terrell High School, black newspapers and histories, JFK's visit, attending Arlington State College, being drafted into the Army and stationed in Germany, becoming a revolutionary, robbing a series of banks, being incarcerated, activism in prison … more
Date: January 31, 2014
Creator: Moye, Todd & Griffin, Eddie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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