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Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986

Description: Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview discusses his employment with Standard Oil of California from 1926 to 1939; his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex; the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia; the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain; refinery operations in Bahrain during World War II; the early relationship between Bapco and Caltex; Bapco and the royal family of Bahrain; British influence in Bahrain an… more
Date: May 27, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Josephson, Leigh D.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, February 8, 1979

Description: Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, a competitive pilot and flight instructor from Garden City, Minnesota. Whyte discusses her family history, her childhood and education, moving to Oregon, her initial interests in flying, her training in nursing, taking up flying, winning her first race, teaching others to fly, becoming a flight instructor full-time, Prohibition bootlegging, races, a crash, Amelia Earhart, the growth of women in aviation, service as a Army Air Corps nurse during World War Two, … more
Date: February 8, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & White, Edna Gardner
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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