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Oral History Interview with Alvin Dean, September 17, 1990

Interview with Alivin Dean, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Geronimo, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.

Date: September 17, 1990

Creator: Antle, Mike & Dean, Alvin

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Gladys P. Crawford, September 29, 1995

Interview with college professor Gladys P. Crawford from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Crawford discusses her experiences during the desegregation of North Texas State College in the 1950's.

Date: September 29, 1995

Creator: Hasier, Paulette & Crawford, Gladys P.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Homer Lorel Haile, September 22, 1996

Interview with Homer L. Haile, an Army Air Corps veteran (489th Squadron, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a crew member of a B-24 in the European Theater during World War II. Stateside training, raid to Kiel, Germany; raid to Oschersleben, Germany; other raids.

Date: September 22, 1996

Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Haile, Homer Lorel

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Homer Lorel Haile, September 22, 1996

Interview with Homer L. Haile, an Army Air Corps veteran (489th Squadron, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a crew member of a B-24 in the European Theater during World War II. Stateside training, raid to Kiel, Germany; raid to Oschersleben, Germany; other raids.

Date: September 22, 1996

Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Haile, Homer Lorel

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jacob Bekker, September 28, 1996

Interview with Jacob Bekker, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw, Poland. Bekker discusses his upbringing, life for Jews in Warsaw before the war, antisemitism in Warsaw and discrimination, the invasion of Poland, Germans and Poles identifying Jews and singling them out for labor, fleeing to Russia and working there, returning to Poland after the war, and leaving for Israel.

Date: September 28, 1996

Creator: Anson, Jennifer & Bekker, Jacob

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Dietz, September 19, 1995

Interview with Dr. James Dietz, former medical director of the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance joint venture from Cleveland, Ohio. Dietz discusses his educational background, joining Kaiser Permanente and being part of a pre-paid group practice, becoming medical director of the Permanente-Prudential partnership and moving to Texas, recruiting practitioners, boards, business, reception of the company in Texas, costs and competition, and the end of the joint venture.

Date: September 19, 1995

Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Dietz, James

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James L. Jackson, September 3, 1993

Interview with attorney James L. Jackson from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories from when he was a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, and includes detailed comments on his teachers, the athletics program, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller. He also shares his thoughts and experiences concerning segregation in Denton.

Date: September 3, 1993

Creator: Glaze, Michele & Jackson, James L.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Lloyd Ruddick, September 9, 1994

Transcript of an interview with John Ruddick, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Melvin during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Ruddick discusses the Marianas invasion, the Carolines invasion, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Battle of Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kurile operations, and the occupation of Japan.

Date: September 9, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ruddick, John Lloyd, 1923-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Carl Williams, September 27, 1996

Interview with Kenneth C. Williams about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Clinton, Oklahoma (Company 2836); description of camp; life in camp.

Date: September 27, 1996

Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Williams, Kenneth Carl

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Oliver Clark, September 24, 1990

Interview with Oliver Clark, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Denton, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC on the tail end of the Great Depression.

Date: September 24, 1990

Creator: Glaze, Michele & Clark, Oliver

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999

Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, libe… more

Date: September 7, 1999

Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Seidel, Robert

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Sam Blomberg, September 1, 1997

Interview with Sam Blomberg, an anesthetist and Army veteran from the Vietnam War. In the interview, Blomberg describes his experiences while serving as an Army nurse in Vietnam. Blomberg discusses his assignment to the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam, and includes details concerning the provision of immunization shots to Vietnamese orphans, general living conditions, his social life, and the "Vietnamization" of the war. Blomberg recalls the post-war adjustments that many veterans dealt w… more

Date: September 1, 1997

Creator: Houser-Hess, Lucinda & Blomberg, Sam

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Selwyn R. Burgin, September 19, 1990

Interview with Selwyn Burgin, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Big Sandy, Texas. Burgin discusses growing up, joining the CCC in 1934, assignment to a camp at Maydelle, Texas, boxing on his first night in the barracks, transfer to Lindale, projects worked, engineering training, leave and recreation, transfer to Marshall, paperwork, the relationship between CCC workers and local residents, and thoughts on bringing back the CCC for current generations.

Date: September 19, 1990

Creator: Shields, Doug & Burgin, Selwyn R.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Thomas Richard Young, September 3, 1999

Transcript of an interview with Thomas Richard Young, artist and Army Air Forces veteran (463rd Bomb Group, 774th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot and a prisoner-of-war in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing titled, "North Compound, Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, January, 1945."

Date: September 3, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Thomas Richard

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with W. J. Brooks, September 30, 1990

Interview with W. J. Brooks, Civilian Conservation Corps employee during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Kentucky; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 547 at Camp Robinson near Jackson, Kentucky and Company 2513 at Camp Panaca in Panaca, Nevada; and experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Date: September 30, 1990

Creator: Dreyer, Janice & Brooks, W. J.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William E. Cooper, September 7, 1999

Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran William E. Cooper. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about being a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater, pre-flight and flight training, various assignments, and dropping supplies by parachute to prisoners-of-war. Cooper also talks about living on Guam, mechanical weaknesses of the B-29, his descriptions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima from the air after the dropping of the atomic bombs, his disappointment with not being ab… more

Date: September 7, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cooper, William E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William F. Belcher, September 27, 1995

Interview with college professor William F. Belcher from Abilene, Texas. In the interview, Belcher discusses his experiences during the desegregation of the North Texas State College.

Date: September 27, 1995

Creator: Hasier, Paulette & Belcher, William F.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with "Zeke" Campbell, September 14, 1996

Interview with William M. "Zeke" Campbell, musician, concerning his experiences as a member of the "Light Crust Doughboys" western swing band, 1935-42. Campbell also discusses his early radio career, appearances in the movies of Gene Autry, and his musical influences. Includes a photocopy of a newspaper article from the Fort Worth Star Telegram dated June 17-18, 1981 written by Mike H. Price. Article is titled, "He may not be crusty but he's still in the swing" [1] page.

Date: September 14, 1996

Creator: Daniels, John D.; Schotte, Will & Campbell, William M.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Ocie R. Turner, 1991

Interview with the Rev. Ocie Turner, a minister at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, Marine WWII veteran, and a longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Mexia, Texas. Turner discusses his family background, education, serving in the Marine Corps at the Battle of Iwo Jima, working as a butcher in Dallas, working in the oil and gas industry, buying his house in Hamilton Park, the growth and development of the neighborhood, community organizations, local businesses, the sch… more

Date: 1991-09-14/1991-12-05

Creator: Wilson, William H. & Turner, Ocie R.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Zan W. Holmes Jr., 1991

Interview with Zan Holmes Jr., a Methodist pastor and resident of Hamilton Park from Waco, Texas. Holmes discusses his family background, education, seminary, moving to Hamilton Park, building a church, political activity, local development and related issues, youth activities, the schools, and desegregation.

Date: 1991-09/1991-11

Creator: Wilson, William H. & Holmes, Zan W., Jr.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program