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Oral History Interview with Bob and Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984
Interview with Ada Reed and Bob Brewer, owners and operators of A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants. In the interview, the Brewers discuss their family backgrounds, marriage, losses on charge accounts during the Great Depression, the change from clerk-service to self-service operation of the store, the credit business, purchasing clothes at the Dallas fashion market, customer interests, changes in product lines, commercial and residential growth in the Bertram area, using direct mail and radio advertising, their involvement with the Texas Retail Association, factors in developing a successful business, and civic activities. The interview includes an appendix with a flyer, photographs, articles, and letters.
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 Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., the founder of the Uvalde Producers Feed and Elevator Inc., from Uvalde, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, education, and his views on the grain business.
Oral History Interview with Clarence Kindl, May 4, 1984
Interview with Alton Warner, a United States Army Air Corps veteran from Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Wheeler Field as a member of the Air Corps.
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 Earl Selover, May 4, 1984
Interview with Navy veteran Earl Selover. The interview includes Selover's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Oral History Interview with Elston Brooks, March 21, 1984
Audio interview with Elston Brooks, a journalist who worked at the Fort Worth Press and then the Star-Telegram, discussing his memories and experiences of being a newspaperman during the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. Brooks also discusses his love of music and performance.
Oral History Interview with Floyd H. Laughlin, May 6, 1984
Interview with Floyd H. Laughlin, a United States Army veteran from Ulrichsville, Ohio, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Fort Kamehameha as a member of A Battery, 97th Coast Artillery.
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 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 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 H. Brandon Perkins, May 4, 1984
Interview with H. Brandon Perkins, a United States Army veteran from Lennig, Virginia, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of the 34th Combat Engineers.
Oral History Interview with H. T. Hudgins, May 5, 1984
Interview with H. T. Hudgins, a United States Navy veteran from Mathews County, Virginia, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Bagley.
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 Harry Hopkins, May 5, 1984
Interview with Harry Hopkins, a United States Navy veteran from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS St. Louis.
Oral History Interview with Hobart Gates, May 4, 1984
Interview with Hobart Gates, a United States Army veteran from Fort Yates, North Dakota, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of the 98th Coast Artillery.
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 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 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 John D. Gunther, May 6, 1984
Interview with John D. Gunther, a United States Army veteran from Galesburg, Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of Headquarters Company, 65th Engineers.
Oral History Interview with John Korba, May 3, 1984
Interview with Navy veteran John Korba. The interview includes Korba's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Oral History Interview with John Leedom, February 10, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Senator John Leedom, a businessman and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Texas. In this interview Leedom discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature.
Oral History Interview with John N. Delia, May 6, 1984
Interview with Navy veteran John N. Delia. The interview includes Delia's personal experiences aboard YSD-19 (Yard Salvage Derrick) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Oral History Interview with Johnny Yturri, February 16, 1984
Interview with Johnny Yturri discussing his experiences growing up with Basque parents, Basque customs, learning English, early jobs, and sheep ranching in Orange County, California.
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 Lloyd Pearson, March 11, 1984
Interview with Lloyd Pearson, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Denver, Colorado. Pearson discusses: growing up with his family during the Depression; joining the CCC and his assignment in South Fork, Colorado; quality of life at the camp; projects worked; the establishment of "side camps;" recreation, leave, and policies of the CCC.
Oral History Interview with Lorenzo Echanis, February 16, 1984
Interview with Lorenzo Echanis discussing his experiences growing up in Basque Country with Basque parents, attending church and learning catechism, immigration to the United States, working as a shepherd, marriage, and returning to visit his hometown years later.
Oral History Interview with Mary Louise Mujica, February 15, 1984
Interview with Mary Louise Mujica regarding her experiences growing up in Basque Country, speaking the Basque language and learning English, working at Bastanchury Ranch and the conditions there, Basque traditions such as dances, and her life and family in America.
Oral History Interview with Nipawan Teepanont, February 17, 1984
Audio interview with Nipawan Teepanont, a graduate student from Thailand studying education at North Texas State University. Teepanont discusses his background, comparisons between education in Thailand and the United States, adjusting, the international community at the university, and his job.
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, March 9, 1984
Interview with former Democratic Texas State Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, who was an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the Senator's personal views and experiences as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature. The interview also includes the Senator's thoughts on fellow politicians, midnight appointments, pay raises for teachers, taxation, appropriations, and the Jurisprudence Committee.
Oral History Interview with Pete Evans, March 7, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Pete Evans, a labor representative from Hamby, Texas, concerning his experiences while employed by the National Youth Administration during the 1930s, one of the New Deal relief agencies established during the Great Depression.
Oral History Interview with Russell R. Argabrite, May 3, 1984
Interview with Navy veteran Russell R. Argabrite. The interview includes Argabrite's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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 Stephan Swetlick, July 10, 1984
Interview with Stephan Swetlick, a businessman who has primarily been a farmer. He has also run a cafe, had a meat route, swapped called, and fed out cattle and hogs.
Oral History Interview with Stephen P. Yorden, May 5, 1984
Interview with Stephen P. Yorden, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey.
Oral History Interview with Urban J. Endres, April 4, 1984
Interview with Urban J. Endres, a businessman from Muenster, Texas, about the period of prohibition of alcohol and bootlegging in the United States, his memories of the local option election of 1959, and his experience establishing his own beer distributorship.
Oral History Interview with Velma Mynier, October 19, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Velma Mynier, owner and administrator of South Park Manor Nursing Homes. Mynier discusses her family background and shares her experiences on nursing home chain operations and the rewards of working in the nursing home profession as owner and administrator of South Park Manor Nursing Homes in Corpus Christi and Refugio, Texas.
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 Interviews with Charles W. Burris, 1984-1985
Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Burris discusses his training, the fall of Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and being set free.
Oral History Interviews with Pete Evans, 1984
Interview with Pete Evans, a Texas National Guard veteran and POW from Hamby, Texas. Evans discusses his time as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion") which was captured by the Japanese in March, 1942, including: his upbringing; entering the Guard and training; mobilization, the Louisiana Maneuvers, and deployment to East Asia; diversion from the Philippines to Brisbane and then Java, after December 7th, 1941; assignment to Sangosari near Malang; the Japanese invasion and the American surrender; and experiences in internment at Surabaya, Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Nagasaki, and the Orio district of Kitakyūshū.
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