UNT Oral History Program - 14 Matching Results
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- Oral History Interview with Houston Tom Wright, August 15, 1978
- Interview with Houston Tom ("Slug") Wright, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wright discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand (1944), American air raids, Tamuang, Thailand (1944), Phet Buri, Thailand (1944-1945), and his liberation.
- Oral History Interview with George N. Carter, November 15, 1976
- Interview with George Carter, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Mugford during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with William T. Crow, May 15, 1976
- Interview with William Crow, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Rudolph P. Zalman, May 15, 1976
- Interview with Rudolph Zalman, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while ashore at home in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Zalman was attached to the repair ship USS Medusa.
- Oral History Interview with W. B. Ray, May 15, 1976
- Interview with Wilburn Ray, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Worden during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with James T. Kerns, May 15, 1976
- Interview with James Kerns, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard a motor launch in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979
- Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrating to Greece, working for the underground getting Jews out of Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt and Palestine, and migrating to the United States. Rosenzweig also talks of meeting her husband and their marriage, working in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, their move to Decatur, as well as their employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, the sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
- Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, November 15, 1973
- Interview with Fred H. Minor, an attorney, a Democrat, and a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. He discusses his experiences while serving in the Texas Legislature during the 1930s, comments upon Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, and Miriam and James Ferguson, and his talks about his term as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
- Oral History Interview with Russell J. Hampson, December 15, 1976
- Interview with Russell J. Hampson, an Army WWII veteran from West Orange, New Jersey. Hampson discusses his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including joining the Army in 1940, being stationed at Schofield Barracks, the events of the attack, and operations on Oahu afterward.
- Oral History Interview with James Kaster, June 15, 1973
- Interview with Representative James Kaster, a Democratic Texas state legislator from El Paso, Texas. Kaster discusses his experiences during the regular session of the 63rd Legislature, including: the large influx of freshman representatives in the legislature; reform legislation; the legislative process; Speaker Price Daniel's reform package; the coming speaker race; anti-lobby legislation; the Ethics Commission and ethics legislation; and his opinion of DeWitt Hale.
- Oral History Interview with Van B. Cross, May 15, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Van B. Cross. The interview includes Cross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 14th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Sauer, May 15, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Oscar H. Sauer. The interview includes Sauer's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979
- Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt, Palestine, and his migration to the U.S. Additionally, Rosenzweig talks about their meeting and marriage, work in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, moving to Decatur, employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
- Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, December 1, 1969
- Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, an attorney from Dallas. The interview includes his personal experiences and views as a member of the Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature.