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Autobiographical Narrative of Leonard A. Charpentier, June 18, 1999

Description: Narrative of Dr. Leonard A. Charpentier. The narrative includes a monologue of Charpentier's experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Charpentier talks about basic training, flight training, fighter pilot training, his assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, the P-47 Thunderbolt, various missions, his being shot down on a mission over southern France and being captured, the treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital, and his postwar me… more
Date: June 18, 1999
Creator: Charpentier, Leonard A.
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A Doctoral Dissertation Using Interviews with the Zale Corporation, 1983-1984

Description: A University of North Texas Ph.D. dissertation written by Tommy W. Stringer and based upon oral history interviews. Includes topics such as the history of Jews and discrimination against them in Tsarist Russia; "Zhid" and "shtetl"; immigration difficulties; the immigration policies of the United States; the arrival of Sam Zalevsky in Texas in 1910; Jewish communities in Texas; the Ku Klux Klan in Texas in the 1920s; and the establishment of Zales Jewelry stores in 1924. The dissertation also in… more
Date: May 1984
Creator: Stringer, Tommy W.
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The flight log of Theodore Lindquist: Marine Corps bombing squadron VMN --- 433, October 14, 1943 --- November 12, 1945

Description: The photocopied flight log book of Theodore Lindquist, aircraft worker and Marine Corps veteran (Bombing Squadron VMB-433), concerning his activities as a PBJ (B-25) gunner in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Gunnery training in the States, 1944; flight from the West Coast to Green Island; bombing missions to New Ireland, Kavieng, and New Britain; night missions, strafing missions, and air-sea rescue missions; comments about weather conditions; reports of damage to his plane.
Date: 1943/1945
Creator: Lindquist, Theodore
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The Letters of Captain Edward P. Jaeger to Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Jaeger 1968-1969

Description: Transcript of recorded letters sent by Captain Edward P. Jaeger (Ed) to his parents while stationed in South Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He discusses both personal and military topics including a chronicle of his departure for Vietnam; description of Vietnamese village life and culture; assignment to the 17th Field Hospital at An Khe; physical description of facilities at 17th Field Hospital; his responsibilities as medical supply officer; descriptions of and comments about… more
Date: August 1, 1998
Creator: Jaeger, Edward P.
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The Letters of Captain Edward P. Jaeger to Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce Jaeger 1968-1969

Description: Transcript of recorded letters sent by Captain Edward P. Jaeger (Ed) to his wife, Elizabeth Jaeger (Libby) while stationed in South Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He discusses both personal and military topics including plans for having children; future personal financial planning; racial tensions and Black Power activities; shopping for civilian consumer goods; renovation of the Officer's Club; physicians’ negative attitudes about serving in Vietnam; procurement of medical su… more
Date: August 1, 1998
Creator: Jaeger, Edward P.
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The Letters of Lieutenant Gary T. Banks to Anne and Timothy D. Banks 1967-1968

Description: Photocopies of the handwritten letters of Lieutenant Gary T. Banks, attorney and Army Veteran (181st Military Intelligence Detachment), from the Republic of (South) Vietnam to his wife and son in Denton, Texas. He discusses troop morale; interrogation of enemy POWs; spot reports concerning information given by POWs and detainees; Tet Offensive, 1968; personal love poetry; miscellaneous personal family matters; future plans in civilian life; queries about his son; and future job aspirations.
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: Banks, Gary T.
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The Letters of Lieutenant Gary T. Banks to Anne and Timothy D. Banks 1967-1968, Part Two

Description: Photocopies of the handwritten letters of Lieutenant Gary T. Banks, attorney and Army Veteran (181st Military Intelligence Detachment), from the Republic of (South) Vietnam to his wife and son in Denton, Texas. He discusses troop morale; interrogation of enemy POWs; spot reports concerning information given by POWs and detainees; Tet Offensive, 1968; personal love poetry; miscellaneous personal family matters; future plans in civilian life; queries about his son; and future job aspirations.
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: Banks, Gary T.
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Oral History Interview with A. B. Jolley, 1977

Description: Interview with A. B. Jolley, a Dallas County agriculture agent in Dallas, Texas. The interview discusses his father's farming and livestock operation in Tarrant County, Texas; his employment as a teacher in Tarrant, Collin, and Hood counties; his experiences attending North Texas State Normal College in the early 1900s; his employment as an assistant county agricultural agent in Dallas in 1919; his demonstration work with Dallas County youth in 4-H Clubs; talks about the origin and activities o… more
Date: {1977-04-15,1977-05-12}
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Jolley, A. B.
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Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, May 6, 1970

Description: Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator A. R. Schwartz, an attorney from Galveston, Texas. The interview includes Schwartz's experiences as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature, as well as his personal views on issues such as one-year versus two-year budgets, revenue bills, welfare spending, constitutional revisions, urban-rural conflicts, minimum wages for migrant workers, education legislation, unrest on college campuses, and personal legislation. The former Senator's comments about… more
Date: February 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwartz, Aaron Robert
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Oral History Interview with A. Tennyson Miller, January 11, 1992

Description: Interview with schoolteacher A. Tennyson Miller from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Miller reflects on his experiences as a teacher and coach at the Fredrick Douglass School during the late 1930's and early 1940's, which was before the school was integrated. He comments on Principal Fred Moore and segregated education in Denton. Tennyson also discusses his admission to the doctoral program at North Texas State College, which broke racial barriers in 1954.
Date: January 11, 1992
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Miller, A. Tennyson
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Oral History Interview with A. W. Dupree, 1990

Description: Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., resident of Hamilton Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas from 1966-1990. Dupree discusses his youth in Dallas; service in U.S. military in World War II; musical career; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park and experiences as a resident; home improvements; church activities; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; commercial encroachment; the “Buy Out.”
Date: {1990-07-23,1990-08-16}
Creator: Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935- & Dupree, A. W., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with A. Y. Allee, February 21, 1969

Description: Interview with Captain A. Y. Allee, a member of the Texas Rangers "Company D". In the interview, Captain Allee explains what these organizations are, and why they are significant. He discusses some specific details of his job, as well as Mexican-American relations that he has observed. Captain Allee describes his version of what happened at the Crystal City Incident.
Date: February 21, 1969
Creator: Cuellar, Robert & Allee, A. Y.
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Oral History Interview with Abbie McMillen, August 4, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Abbie McMillan, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning her childhood; early experiences with gardening and self-sufficiency; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
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Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & McMillen, Abbie
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