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Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006

Description: Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students a… more
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Date: April 3, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Block, April 27, 1990

Description: Interview with Albert B. Block, a United States Navy veteran from Yorktown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
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Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Block, Albert B.
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Oral History Interview with Albert E. Kennedy, April 15, 1987

Description: Interview with Albert Kennedy, a businessman, a Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Kennedy talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Saigon, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and h… more
Date: April 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kennedy, Albert E.

Oral History Interview with Albert Kamenicky, April 27, 1990

Description: Interview with Albert Kamenicky, a United States Navy veteran from Rogers, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix.
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Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kamenicky, Albert

Oral History Interview with Albirda Briley, April 29 and May 16, 1994

Description: Interview with Albirda Briley, a nurse, about her experiences as a plant nurse at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Briley discusses the hiring policies for African Americans, racial problems, industrial accidents and plant medical facilities, social activities, U.S. Congressman Wright Patman's role in her being hired, and the effects of the depot on Texarkana. The Appendix includes a photocopy of a letter to Albirda Briley dated June 13,… more
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Date: 1994-04-29/1994-05-16
Creator: Brantley, Janet & Briley, Albirda

Oral History Interview with Alessandro Buccilli, April 6, 2011

Description: Interview with Italian immigrant Alessandro Buccilli, Director of Marketing and Sales Administration for Peterbilt Motors Company, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Buccilli discusses his family background in Rome, Italy, his education, employment in the U.S., the shifts in perceptions about Italy and the U.S., social responsibility, learning English, his perspectives on the importance of language and culture, raising American children, and his legacy. The interview … more
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Date: April 6, 2011
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Buccilli, Alessandro

Oral History Interview with Ali H. Heidari, April 20, 2011

Description: Interview with Ali Heidari, an Iranian immigrant, realtor, and restaurateur from Tehran. Heidari discusses growing up, education, moving to Athens, Texas in 1975, attending UT Arlington, getting into real estate, his family, his reaction to the 1979-81 hostage crisis, experiences as an immigrant in DFW, and his thoughts on American youth and culture.
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Date: April 20, 2011
Creator: Nabors, Daniel J. & Heidari, Ali H.
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Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, April 12, 1965

Description: Interview with former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas (1950-57), Allan Shivers from Lufkin, Texas. The interview includes Shivers' observations on his career in the Texas Senate (1934-45), liquor control issue, pari-mutuel betting, lobbyists, oil politics, labor relations, comments about Governors James Allred and W. Lee O'Daniel, race for lieutenant governor in 1946, views on the operation of state government, education, Truman presidential race of 1948, tidelands oil… more
Date: April 12, 1965
Creator: Brewer, Thomas B. & Shivers, Allan

Oral History Interview with Alma Clark, April 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Alma Clark regarding her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship. She discusses her childhood and background, living in a segregated neighborhood in Austin, interracial relationships, moving to Denton and Quakertown history, and her involvement with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
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Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Ceballos, Nathan & Clark, Alma

Oral History Interview with Ann Dunnewold, April 21, 2021

Description: Interview with Ann Dunnewold, a psychologist from Oberlin, Ohio. Dunnewold discusses her education, struggling with postpartum depression, Postpartum Support International, psychotherapy, self-care, writing the Postpartum Survival Guide, and her practice in Dallas.
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Date: April 21, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Dunnewold, Ann

Oral History Interview with Barry M. Lewis, April 13, 2021

Description: Interview with Barry M. Lewis, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois. Lewis discusses his background in law, education, the COVID-19 Pandemic, his involvement with postpartum cases, postpartum psychoses, the DSM, and literature and treatment related to postpartum mental illnesses.
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Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Lewis, Barry M.
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Oral History Interview with Bessie Harden, April 7, 1988

Description: Interview with Bessie Harden, a community activist from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Bessie primarily discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She explains what it was like growing up in a segregated and racist society. Bessie also comments on the early days of the Fellowship, social activities of the Fellowship, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, urban renewal, the integrati… more
Date: April 7, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & Harden, Bessie

Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, April 25, 2013

Description: Interview with Betty Kimble, an employee of Texas Instruments and community activist from Denton, Texas. Kimble discusses her education and family, growing up in Denton, the relocation of Quakertown and the development of new black neighborhoods, changing demographics and current issues, and community action in Southeast Denton. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse, the Confederate Memorial, and a picture of students and teachers at the Fred Moore School in the 1930s or 40s, a… more
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Date: April 25, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Kimble, Betty
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Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, April 2, 1982

Description: Interview with Bill Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, concerning his recollections and experiences during the 67th session of the Texas legislature. He introduces the elections of 1980, House bills created during that time, views of active politicians, and issues debated during the session.
Date: April 2, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy

Oral History Interview with Bill King, April 26, 2018

Description: Interview with Dr. Bill King, a radiologist from Denton, Texas. King discusses his family background and upbringing, working for the Denton County Chronicle as a teenager, grade school, attending North Texas State College and becoming a doctor, the history of the Rotary Club, and his involvement in it.
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Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Chegwidden, Caitlin & King, Bill

Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, April 7, 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Billie Mohair, librarian and community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Mohair talks about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, her experiences of racism and segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, Quakertown, continued community involvement, and contemporary civil rights issues.
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Date: April 17, 2017
Creator: Lacy, David & Mohair, Billie
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Oral History Interview with Bob Murphey, April 19, 1969

Description: Interview with attorney and former Sergeant-at-Arms of the Texas House of Representatives Bob Murphey, who is from Nacogdoches, Texas. Mr. Murphey is also an accomplished public speaker and the nephew of former Governor Coke Stevenson, who he comments on. In the interview, he discusses his experiences while serving as Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Murphey also describes his thoughts and personal views on the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.
Date: April 19, 1969
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Murphey, Bob

Oral History Interview with Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014

Description: Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ma… more
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Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce
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Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Description: Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
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Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986

Description: Interview with C. N. Swain, a Navy WWII veteran from Kernes, Texas. Swain discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the service and training, life and work aboard the Vestal, operations before December 7th, being knocked overboard by a Japanese torpedo and the destruction of the USS Arizona, and service afterwards.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Swain, C. N.
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