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Oral History Interview with Beryl Barton Womack, July 3, 2002

Interview with Beryl Barton Womack. The interview includes Womack's personal experiences about England during the Blitz in World War II, courtship and marriage to Lieutenant Travis Womack, early education, wartime rationing, attending the Domestic Science Teachers College, and coming to the United States. Additionally, Womack speaks about Winston Churchill's inspirational speeches during the Battle of Britain, the bombing of her parents' home in Nottinghamshire, the coming of American troops, a… more

Date: July 3, 2002

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Womack, Beryl Barton

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dolphus Edward Rowan, July 17, 2007

Interview with Ed Rowan, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Gadsden, Alabama. Rowan discusses his family background, education, work, purchasing an airplane, flying over the the wreck of the Hindenburg, joining the National Guard and flying coastal patrols, becoming a bomber pilot, his B-17 crew, the various missions they flew in the European Theater, fighters, flak, equipment, tactics, leaving the service, and working as an airline pilot. In appendix is a photo of Rowan's civilian plane, his D… more

Date: July 17, 2007

Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Rowan Jr., Dolphus Edward

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Gerard Roland Vela, July 21, 2004

Interview with Dr. Gerard Roland Vela, UNT Professor Emeritus of Microbiology. The interview includes Vela's personal experiences about childhood and education, serving in World War II-era U.S. Navy, having a fellowship at Harvard University, and joining the North Texas faculty in 1965. Additionally, Vela discusses his family history, his love of chemistry, genetics, and microbiology, the growing pains involved with transitioning North Texas into a research university, the construction of a res… more

Date: July 21, 2004

Creator: Calderon, Roberto R. & Vela, Gerard Roland

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harlan W. Crouse, July 2, 2004

Interview with Army veteran Harlan W. Crouse, including personal experiences about combat in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese surrender in Yokohama Harbor, and being present during the post-war U.S. occupation of Japan.

Date: July 2, 2004

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Crouse, Harlan W., 1926-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006

Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward… more

Date: July 15, 2006

Creator: Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Koger, July 14, 2006

Interview with James Koger, Army veteran, concerning his memories of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; decision to enroll at University of Oklahoma; being drafted in 1945; training in Army Corps of Engineers; service in postwar occupation of Japan; decision to return to University of Oklahoma; career as aviation engineer with General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas. Appendix includes photo of interviewee.

Date: July 14, 2006

Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Koger, James

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Joba Ramirez, July 19, 2004

Interview with Joba Ramirez, a nurse from Denton, Texas, regarding her Mexican-American heritage. Ramirez discusses her background, medical education, family traditions, discrimination she experienced, and the history of Denton's Mexican-American community.

Date: July 19, 2004

Creator: Ray, Dulce Ivette & Ramirez, Joba

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Ed Balentine, July 7, 2006

Interview with former North Texas State Teachers College student John Ed Balentine, longtime resident of Denton County, Texas. The interview includes Balentine's personal experiences about life on Denton farms, including descriptions of ranch work, wheat harvest, and entertainment options in Denton, education in Denton schools, dropping out of school to work for magnolia Oil Co. in Kermit, Texas, and being inducted into the U.S. Army. Additionally, Balentine speaks about his family's economic d… more

Date: July 7, 2006

Creator: Moye, Todd & Balentine, John Ed

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Melvin Fenoglio, July 19, 2000

Interview with Navy veteran Melvin Fenoglio, educator and farmer-rancher. The interview includes Fenoglio's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, and the Iwo Jima and Okinawa Campaigns. Fenoglio also talks about early family history, his pre-war education, his acceptance in the V-7 Program, failing out of the Midshipman School and transferring to the U.S. Naval Training Center, yeoman training, gunnery practice off the Hawaiian Islands, his personal observations of… more

Date: July 19, 2000

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fenoglio, Melvin

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard Crooks, July 24, 2003

Interview with aircraft worker Richard Crooks. The interview includes Crooks' personal experiences of being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

Date: July 24, 2003

Creator: Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Crooks, Richard

Partner: UNT Oral History Program