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Oral History Interview with Richard Griffin, June 11, 1998

Description: Interview with Richard Griffin about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 708 at Camp Rabideau in Blackduck, Minnesota; description of camp; life in camp.
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Date: June 11, 1998
Creator: Hughen, Bill & Griffin, Richard
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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.
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Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Fichera, Aaron & Jones, John Dolford "Bobby"
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Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991

Description: Interview with Sheila Allen, an attorney and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Dallas, Texas. Allen discusses attending school in Hamilton Park, integration in Richardson ISD and relations between white and black students, discrimination, attending East Texas State and Sam Houston University, struggles finding work afterwards, law school, church life, reflections on the Hamilton Park community, resisting "Buy Out," the Civic League, and thoughts on the future.
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Date: 1991-06/1991-09
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Allen, Sheila R.
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Oral History Interview with Billy Drawe, June 13, 2000

Description: Interview with dairyman and Marine Corps veteran Billy Drawe. The interview includes Drawe's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, enlistment and boot camp, tank training, invading Guam, coming under Japanese mortar fire on Guam, invading Iwo Jima, hauling supplies ashore to the infantry on Iwo Jima, and returning to the states for training in the V-12 Program.
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Date: June 13, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Drawe, Billy
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Oral History Interview with Janet Blair, June 25, 2001

Description: Interview with homemaker Janet Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences about being a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II, education in Europe, working with "Bundles for Britain," various assignments, rationing and air raids in England, D-Day, and serving troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Blair talks about her patriotic motivation, her decision to join the Red Cross, her selection as a clubmobiler, the formation of a lifelong frie… more
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Date: June 25, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blair, Janet
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Oral History Interview with Robert W. Wilson, June 6, 2001

Description: Interview with airline pilot and Army Air Forces veteran Robert W. Wilson. The interview includes Wilson's personal experiences about being B-25 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, basic training, college preparatory courses, flight training, and various missions. Wilson talks about his pre-war job experiences, flying conditions over the Owen Stanley Mountains, Operation OBOE, leave time in Sydney, Australia, the move to Palawan, Philippines, missions to French Indo-China, attitud… more
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Date: June 6, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilson, Robert W.
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Oral History Interview with Candy Marcum, June 3, 2013

Description: Interview with Candy Marcum. The interview includes Marcum's personal experiences from her childhood, growing up as a lesbian, the gay community, and being involved in the Human Rights Campaign. She particularly talks about counseling gay people, the AIDS crisis, and the coming out process.
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Date: June 3, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Marcum, Candy
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Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 2002

Description: Interview with banker and Navy veteran Bennie G. Snider. The interview includes Snider's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education in Denton, Texas, joining the Navy, and boot training and electrical engineering school. Snider talks about duties aboard the USS Hancock, his assignment to Task Group 58 and the invasion of the Philippines, as well as the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, kamikaze attacks and the Hancock being hit by a kamikaze, burial… more
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Date: June 10, 2002
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Snider, Bennie, G.
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Oral History Interview with P. K. Carlton, June 30, 2004

Description: Interview with U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force veteran P. K. Carlton. Carlton speaks about his association with General Curtis LeMay, bomber operations against Japan and Japanese occupied territory, his assignment with the Strategic Air Command Operations staff under LeMay, and the role of the SAC and the B-52 in relations with the Soviets. Additionally, Carlton speaks about LeMay's role in creating a safety program for the SAC and in building SAC's communications system, in the develop… more
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Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Carlton, P. K.
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Oral History Interview with John Connolly, June 22, 2010

Description: Interview with John Connolly, veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The interview includes Connolly's personal experiences of childhood in Whitney and Amarillo, Texas, Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Cleburne and Hillsboro, Texas, and Grand Junction, Colorado, as well as his World War II-era experience in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Additionally, Connolly discusses his family's difficulties in the Great Depression, his decision to enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps, his work as a… more
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Date: June 22, 2010
Creator: Moye, Todd & Connolly, John
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Oral History Interview with Dolphus Compere III, June 9, 2009

Description: Interview with World War II veteran Dolphus E. Compere III as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Compere's personal experiences of childhood in Dallas, Texas, medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas, and interning at the University of Michigan prior to his enlistment in the Army Air Corp as a surgeon with the Third Air Commando Group. Additionally, Compere discusses his experiences in the Philippines providing medical care to mili… more
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Date: June 9, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Compere, Dolphus E., III
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Oral History Interview with William Barsanti, June 26, 2004

Description: Interview with accountant and Army veteran William Barsanti. The interview includes Barsanti's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, his youth in an Italian immigrant family, graduating from high school and enrolling in college, then in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, being inducted into the U.S. Army, basic training, being selected for the Army Specialized Training Program, transferring to the 106th Infantry Division, and his assignment to Cannon Company as a supply … more
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Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Barsanti, William
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Oral History Interview with J. D. Bradley, June 27, 2003

Description: Interview with postmaster and Army veteran J.D. Bradley. The interview includes Bradley's personal experiences about being a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II, enlisting in the army, basic training, various assignments, guard duty in the court docks during the tribunal, and guarding Hideki Tojo. Bradley talks about rules and regulations for Military Police guards, steps taken to prevent suicides among the prisoners, the physical descri… more
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Date: June 27, 2003
Creator: Koontz, Christopher N. & Bradley, J. D.
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Teasley, June 2, 1992

Description: Interview with Elizabeth Teasley, a librarian, concerning her experiences as a student in the Library School at North Texas State College and as a public school librarian. Interview includes biographical information of Teasley and her parents.
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Date: June 2, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard & Teasley, Elizabeth
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Oral History Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, June 13, 2002

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Frank H. Bigelow, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bigelow's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boyhood in North Dakota, various jobs during the Great Depression, and enlisting in the Navy. Additionally, Bigelow speaks about volunteering for duty in the Philippines and his assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, pre-war military life in the Philippines, the Japanese bombing of Cav… more
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Date: June 13, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bigelow, Frank H., 1921-
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Oral History Interview with Seldon D. Reese, June 21, 1978

Description: Interview with Seldon D. Reese, a Navy veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Reese talks about the sinking of the USS Houston (1942), capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp, Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp, Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-44), Kanchanaburi, Thailand, and American air raids (1944), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-4… more
Date: June 21, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Reese, Seldon D., 1922-
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Oral History Interview with Ray Robinson, June 25, 1979

Description: Interview with Ray Robinson regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was part of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion." He was captured on the island of Java in March of 1942 and spent the duration of the war thereafter as a prison of war in camps in South East Asia and in Japan.
Date: June 25, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ray Robinson
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Partner: University of North Texas
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Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 29, 1971

Description: Interview with Jack Blanton, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton recounts his experiences during the first session of 62nd Texas State Legislature in 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit funding plan, state finance, education reform, taxation, his role on the Appropriations Committee, manipulation of stocks and insurance, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," ethics legislation, and redistricting.
Date: June 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
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Oral History Interview with Leon P. Sell, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with Leon P. Sell, United States Army veteran from Wallis, Texas. This interview contains his experiences with the 25th Medical Battalion at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He discusses being a first sergeant of D Company, 25th Medical Battalion and only being 18 at the time of the attack.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sell, Leon P., Sr.
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Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997

Description: Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daug… more
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Date: June 22, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
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