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Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, December 10, 1964

Description: Interview with former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Fred H. Minor, an attorney from Lewisville, Texas. The interview includes Minor's personal experiences as a member of the Texas House of Representatives and Speaker of the House, 1931-33, as well as funding for highway construction and his philosophy concerning functions of Speaker of the House.
Date: June 30, 1965
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Minor, Fred H.
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Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969

Description: Interview with Judge Ed Gossett, judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the first interview, Gossett discusses his childhood in Louisana and Texas, his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, his time as a lawyer and as district attorney for the 46th judicial district, and his election to Congress in 1938. The second interview includes Gossett's discussion of his tenure as a Congressman.
Date: 1969-06/1969-08
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Gossett, Ed Lee, 1902-1990
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Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 30, 1970

Description: Interview with a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Jack Blanton, who is also a businessman from Carrollton, Texas. In the interview, Blanton discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. He also expresses his opinions on issues including his personal political philosophies, one-year versus two-year budgets, the Caveness Plan, social legislation, the establishment of the University of Texas at Dallas, the creation of new four-year … more
Date: June 30, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, Jack
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Oral History Interview with Jack B. Scroggs, June 16, 1971

Description: Interview with Dr. Jack B. Scroggs, history professor at North Texas State University from Little Rock, Arkansas. Scroggs discusses his experience as chairman of the Faculty Search Committee at NTSU after the resignation of university president John J. Kamerick, and the process of finding a new president.
Date: June 16, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Scroggs, Jack B.
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Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, June 24, 1971

Description: Interview with Democratic attorney L. DeWitt Hale, a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. He also share his thoughts on many issues that include revenue bills, corporate profits tax, the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, legislative ethics, the "Dirty Thirty", appropriations, redistricting, and personal legisl… more
Date: June 24, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
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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 Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972

Description: Interview with Jake Guiles, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Guiles discusses joining the service, training, being stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines, the Japanese invasion and American retreat to Bataan, fighting as infantry, surrender at Marivales, the Bataan Death March, experiences in internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabantuan, transit to Japan, internment at Hitachi mining camp, liberation, and reflections. In appendix is a notebook kept by Gui… more
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Guiles, Jake
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Oral History Interview with James Kaster, June 15, 1973

Description: 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.
Date: June 15, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James
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Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, June 29, 1973

Description: Interview with Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses his experience in the 63rd Legislature, including: the legislatures overall political orientation; the effect of freshman legislators; Lt. Gov. William Pettus Hobby Jr's allies in the senate and his platform; the reform legislation package; the lobby; appropriations; the legislature's shortcomings; and his thoughts on the governor's office.
Date: June 29, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
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Oral History Interview with Heinen, J. B., Jr., June 25, 1974

Description: Interview with J. B. Heinen, Jr., an independent oilman, concerning his experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Heinen worked at camps in Clarksville, Texas; San Simon, Arizona (Company 2881); Wilcox, Arizona; and Bowie, Arizona.
Date: June 25, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Heinen, J. B., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, June 23, 1975

Description: Interview with James Kaster, a travel agent, a pilot, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from El Paso, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Kaster discusses Speaker Bill Clayton, the House speakership race, committee assignments, constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: June 23, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
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Oral History Interview with Chris Miller, June 24, 1975

Description: Interview with Chris Miller, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Miller discusses her decision to enter politics, her personal political philosophy, the House speakership race, her committee appointments, constitutional revision, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and her personal legis… more
Date: June 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Miller, Dorothy June Chrisman
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