Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Oral History Programhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTOHP/browse/2024-03-05T12:00:14-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Oral History ProgramOral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 19962024-03-05T12:00:14-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288822/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288822/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with Joe Allison, March 2, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288822/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Joe Allison, a Navy veteran and a company transportation executive, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.</p>Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 19952024-03-05T12:00:06-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288821/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288821/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288821/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Luciel Leonard, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas from 1939 to 1983, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin, the attempts to unionize during the 1950s, and the changes in the product line.</p>Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 19952024-03-05T12:00:03-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288820/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288820/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Columbus Savage, October 22, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288820/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Columbus Savage concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Savage was assigned by the Army Reserves to work as a junior officer of the mess hall at a camp in Greer, South Carolina (Company 441).</p>Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 19952024-03-05T11:59:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288819/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288819/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Claude O. Hocker, October 7, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288819/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Claude Hocker, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Edwin C. Hunt, October 19, 19952024-03-05T11:59:29-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288818/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288818/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Edwin C. Hunt, October 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Edwin C. Hunt, October 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288818/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Edwin Hunt, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 19952024-03-05T11:59:24-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288817/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288817/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288817/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Odis Taylor concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Taylor worked at camps in Pierce, Idaho (Company 5702) and Emida, Idaho (Company 229).</p>Oral History Interview with Troy Sloan, October 12, 19952024-03-05T11:59:20-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288816/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288816/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Troy Sloan, October 12, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Troy Sloan, October 12, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288816/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Troy Sloan concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Sloan worked at a camp in Bonham, Texas (Company 894).</p>Oral History Interview with George L. McColm, March 18, 19952024-03-05T11:59:19-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288815/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288815/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with George L. McColm, March 18, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with George L. McColm, March 18, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288815/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with George McColm, a Navy veteran and an agricultural expert, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. McColm discusses his education at Kansas State College, his experiences in agricultural marketing research, his employment with the Production Marketing Administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, his employment at Topaz Relocation Center for Japanese Americans (1942-1944), his induction into the U.S. Navy (1944), his role in planning for the invasion of the Japanese home islands (1945), and his role in writing Japanese land reform laws during postwar American occupation. Appendix includes photocopies of various biographical documents concerning George McComb and his career in the U.S. Navy and in agriculture.</p>Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 19952024-03-05T11:59:18-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288814/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288814/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Eugene L. Brown, October 16, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288814/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Eugene Brown concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brown worked at camps in Cleburne, Texas (Company 3804) and San Antonio, Texas (Company 3822).</p>Oral History Interview with Robert L. Fort, October 28, 19952024-03-05T11:59:17-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288813/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288813/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Robert L. Fort, October 28, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Robert L. Fort, October 28, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288813/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Robert Fort, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a legal-sized photocopy of a document concerning the location and activities on the USS Raleigh on Sunday, December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 19952024-03-05T11:58:51-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288812/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288812/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288812/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.</p>Oral History Interview with Bunichi Ohtsuka, March 18, 19952024-03-05T11:58:43-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288811/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288811/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Bunichi Ohtsuka, March 18, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Bunichi Ohtsuka, March 18, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288811/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Bunichi Ohtsuka, a veteran of the Imperial Japanese Air Force, concerning his experiences while training to become a kamikaze pilot in 1945.</p>Oral History Interview with Hugh Martin, October 8, 19952024-03-05T11:58:15-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288810/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288810/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Hugh Martin, October 8, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Hugh Martin, October 8, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288810/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Hugh Martin, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Robert M. Allen, October 14, 19952024-03-05T11:58:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288809/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288809/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Robert M. Allen, October 14, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Robert M. Allen, October 14, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288809/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Robert Allen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while temporarily assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (His permanent assignment was aboard the aircraft tender USS Avocet. He was attending signalman school at the Submarine Base).</p>Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 19952024-03-05T11:58:00-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288808/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288808/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288808/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right after the war. When he was liberated, Towery was put aboard a hospital ship at Port Arthur.</p>Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 19952024-03-05T11:57:56-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288807/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288807/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288807/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ray Hunt. Hunt joined the Army Air Corps in early 1939. After training, Hunt became an aircraft mechanic and went to the Philippines in November, 1941. He was captured on Bataan and made a prisoner of war. Hunt describes his experiences on the Death March. Along the way, he escaped and was aided by Filipinos until he was healthy enough to join a guerrilla band in Tarlac. Hunt describes his activities and the command structure of his guerrilla organization. When the Allies invaded Luzon, Hunt’s band of guerrillas created havoc behind enemy lines. He received a battlefield commission retroactively sometime in 1945. He stayed in the Army, retiring in 1959.</p>Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 19952024-03-05T11:57:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288806/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288806/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with John Bumgarner, March 18, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288806/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with John Bumgarner, a physician and an Army veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines during World War II. Bumgarner discusses the fall of Bataan and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1944-1945), and his liberation.</p>Oral History Interview with Dorothy Still Danner, March 19, 19952024-03-05T11:57:27-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288805/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288805/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Dorothy Still Danner, March 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Dorothy Still Danner, March 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288805/small/"/></a></p><p>interview with Dorothy Still Danner. Danner graduated from nursing school in Los Angeles in 1935. In 1939, she applied and was accepted as a nurse in the Navy. After a while, she received orders for the Philippines and arrived in early 1940 on a two-year assignment. Danner recalls the idyllic setting prior to the war before describing activities just after the Japanese invasion. She was stationed at a hospital at Sangley Point near Cavite in Luzon, Philippines. She was captured by the Japanese and interned at Santo Tomas starting in March 1942. Sometime in 1943, she was sent to Los Banos.</p>Oral History Interview with Ernest Gordon, March 19, 19952024-03-05T11:57:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288804/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288804/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ernest Gordon, March 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Ernest Gordon, March 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288804/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ernest Gordon. Gordon was born in Scotland and joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1939 at Stirling Castle. He was sent to Singapore in January 1940 before the Japanese invaded. Gordon recalls defending the Malay Peninsula starting in January 1942. Gordon was the last to go over the causeway into Singapore before it was destroyed. As Singapore fell, Gordon escaped to Sumatra. When Sumatra fell, Gordon escaped on a sailboat but was captured asea and sent back to Singapore where he entered Changi. He was sent north to build the Death Railway. He describes the conditions along the railway and the work environment.</p>Oral History Interview with John C. ("Jack") Fitch, March 19, 19952024-03-05T11:57:18-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288803/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288803/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John C. ("Jack") Fitch, March 19, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with John C. ("Jack") Fitch, March 19, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288803/small/"/></a></p><p>Fitch begins with a summary of the naval career of his father, Admiral Aubrey Fitch. Fitch joined the Navy in early 1942. He was assigned to the USS Wasp (CV-7) just before it sank, then to the USS Hornet (CV-8) just before it sank. He was finally assigned to CASU-3 and sent to Guadalcanal. He reflects on what it was like for him in the service while having a high-ranking father. In April, 1943, Fitch transferred aboard the USS Nicholas (DD-449). Fitch shares several anecdotes of his experiences aboard the Nicholas while engaged in the fight around the Solomon Islands and in the Slot. During the Battle of Kula Gulf, Fitch went aboard a whaleboat and rescued survivors from the USS Helena (CL-50). Fitch attended a gunnery school at Noumea before reporting aboard the USS La Vallette (DD-448) in October 1943. He describes being at the Marshall Islands invasion. In July 1944 Fitch returned to the US and put the USS Benner (DD-807) into commission. He recalls battling kamikazes while aboard the Benner on station off the coast of Japan toward the end of the war. Fitch returned to the US and was discharged in May 1946. Includes an appendix with characteristics of destroyer ships and photographs of the American naval operations in the Pacific Theater.</p>Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 19952024-03-05T11:57:04-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288802/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288802/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288802/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.</p>Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 19942024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288797/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288797/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288797/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Edith Smith about her recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses her marriage to Wilbur Smith, courting practices, her childhood, family servants, her education, church activities, a survey of downtown businesses, her job in the newspaper business, leisuretime activities, Red Cross activities during World War I, family reading material, and political activities.</p>Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 19942024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288798/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288798/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288798/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Jessie Surratt about her recollections of women's lives in Texarkana, Texas during the Progressive Era. Surratt discusses the business community during her childhood, "Swampoodle" and speakeasies and prostitution, folk medicines, funeral practices, her education, her stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home, memories of her parents, church activities, her mother's membership in Maccabees, gender roles, child-rearing, and holiday customs.</p>Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 19942024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288799/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288799/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Annie Mae Arnold, October 20, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288799/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Annie Mae Arnold about her recollections of the African American community in Texarkana, Texas from 1931 to 1994. Arnold discusses marriage customs, farm work, diet, birthing and child delivery, courting practices, education, cooking, and child rearing.</p>Oral History Interview with Robert Hutchins Roser, January 7, 19952024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288800/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288800/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Robert Hutchins Roser, January 7, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Robert Hutchins Roser, January 7, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288800/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with 1st Lieutenant Robert Roser, an Army veteran, concerning his experiences with the 29th Division during the invasion of Normandy in World War II.</p>Oral History Interview with Marcia Taylor, May 31, 19952024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288801/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288801/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Marcia Taylor, May 31, 1995" title="Oral History Interview with Marcia Taylor, May 31, 1995" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288801/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Marcia Taylor, a homemaker, concerning her recollections of the history of the Nocona Boot Company and its founder, Ms. Enid Justin.</p>Oral History Interview with Paul Dillon, November 3, 19932024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288794/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288794/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Paul Dillon, November 3, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with Paul Dillon, November 3, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288794/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Paul Dillon concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Dillon worked at a camp in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (Company 1381). Includes an appendix with Dillon's CCC discharge papers and a photograph of his camp.</p>Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 19942024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288795/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288795/"><img alt="Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 1994" title="Oral History Interviews with Columbus Savage, May 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288795/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Colonel Columbus Savage, an Army Air Corps veteran (16th Bomb Squadron) and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Savage discusses Bataan Airfield (1941-1942), the fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell (1942), Cabanatuan (1942), Davao Penal Colony (1942-1944), Bilibid Prison in Manila (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1945), Mojo and Fukuoka, Kyushu (1945), Mukden, Manchuria (1945), and his liberation by Russian troops. Appendix includes a photocopy of an article from the May 24, 1991 edition of the Carswell Sentinel, titled, "Warrior received belated honors" by MSgt. Dick Hodgson.</p>Oral History Interview with Wilbur Smith, September 30, 19942024-03-05T11:56:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288796/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288796/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Wilbur Smith, September 30, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Wilbur Smith, September 30, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2288796/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Wilbur Smith about his recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses memories of his grandparents and parents, ethnic groups, his education and teachers, boarding houses and hotels, downtown businesses, his mother's business activities, and church activities.</p>Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 19942024-02-01T11:29:22-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261923/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261923/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261923/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Commander Hal Lamar, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while serving as flag lieutenant and aide to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during World War II. Lamar discusses Nimitz's personal and professional routines; comments about Admirals William ("Bull") Halsey and Raymond Spruance; the Roosevelt-Nimitz-MacArthur conference at Pearl Harbor from July to August of 1944; and the transfer of CINCPAC from Pearl Harbor to Guam.</p>Oral History Interview with David Webb, December 19, 19912024-02-01T11:29:14-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261922/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261922/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with David Webb, December 19, 1991" title="Oral History Interview with David Webb, December 19, 1991" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261922/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Dr. David Webb, a librarian, concerning his experiences as Director of Libraries, Director of Library Services, and Professor of Library Services at North Texas State College and North Texas State University from 1953 to 1982.</p>Oral History Interview with T. W. McKee, November 6, 19932024-02-01T11:28:52-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261921/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261921/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with T. W. McKee, November 6, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with T. W. McKee, November 6, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261921/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Thomas McKee concerning his experiences during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. McKee worked at a camp in Waxahachie, Texas (Company 878). Includes an appendix.</p>Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 19912024-02-01T11:27:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261920/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261920/"><img alt="Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991" title="Oral History Interviews with Sheila R. Allen, 1991" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261920/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Sheila Allen concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1958 to 1991. Allen discusses her education at Hamilton Park School, the desegregation of Hamilton Park School, her experiences at Richardson Junior High, her experiences in law school at the University of Texas, the relationships between Hamilton Park and other African-American communities, school activities as a teenager, and the "Buy Out."</p>Oral History Interview with Margaret Millar Dawson, March 16, 19932024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261915/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261915/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Margaret Millar Dawson, March 16, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with Margaret Millar Dawson, March 16, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261915/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Margaret Dawson concerning her recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1951 to 1962.</p>Oral History Interview with Odie Mitchell, October 18,19932024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261916/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261916/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Odie Mitchell, October 18,1993" title="Oral History Interview with Odie Mitchell, October 18,1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261916/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Odie Mitchell concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Mitchell worked at camps in Flagstaff, Arizona and Kingman, Arizona.</p>Oral History Interview with Hazel Kennedy and Annie Mae Kennedy, November 26, 19932024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261918/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261918/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Hazel Kennedy and Annie Mae Kennedy, November 26, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with Hazel Kennedy and Annie Mae Kennedy, November 26, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261918/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Hazel and Annie Mae Kennedy about their recollections of Texarkana, Texas from 1927 to 1941. They discuss their careers, church activities, social organizations, their education, entertainment, local business enterprises, women in business, and ethnic groups.</p>Oral History Interview with William P. Austin, October 15, 19932024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261919/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261919/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William P. Austin, October 15, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with William P. Austin, October 15, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261919/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with William Austin concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Austin worked at camps in Fort Worth, Texas (Company 1816) and Amarillo, Texas.</p>Oral History Interview with C. M. ("Hank") Hudspeth, May 3, 19932024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261917/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261917/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with C. M. ("Hank") Hudspeth, May 3, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with C. M. ("Hank") Hudspeth, May 3, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261917/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Hank Hudspeth, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a cryptographer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Hudspeth discusses his assignment to COMSOPAC at Noumea in New Caledonia, the intricacies of sending and receiving various classifications of coded messages, and the ambush of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plane in 1943.</p>Oral History Interviews with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 19732024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261914/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261914/"><img alt="Oral History Interviews with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 1973" title="Oral History Interviews with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 1973" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261914/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. She also talks about her early life in a segregated society, her early political activities, her campaign for the Texas House of Representatives in 1972, the Black Caucus, the Women's Caucus, reform legislation, appropriations, personal legislation, her altercation with Comptroller Robert Calvert, and she comments on Governor Dolph Briscoe.</p>Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-19712024-02-01T11:27:47-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261913/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261913/"><img alt="Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-1971" title="Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-1971" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261913/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ralph Hall, an attorney, a former county judge, a businessman, and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Rockwall. He discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Legislatures. Hall talks about the one-year versus two-year budget, tax legislation, the University of Texas at Dallas, teacher pay raises, anti-riot legislation, the state sales tax, the "grocery tax," the destination tax, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, deficit financing, the corporate profits tax, as well as the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, ethics legislation, redistricting, his campaign for the office of lieutenant governor, and Governor Preston Smith.</p>Oral History Interview with W. J. Brooks, September 30, 19902024-01-02T15:00:38-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220809/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220809/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with W. J. Brooks, September 30, 1990" title="Oral History Interview with W. J. Brooks, September 30, 1990" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220809/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with W. J. Brooks concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Brooks worked in camps in Jackson, Kentucky (Company 547) and Panaca, Nevada (Company 2513).</p>Oral History Interview with James A. Blocklinger, April 22, 19942024-01-02T15:00:20-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220808/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220808/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with James A. Blocklinger, April 22, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with James A. Blocklinger, April 22, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220808/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with James Blocklinger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the heavy minelayer USS Oglala during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Strimple C. Coyle, Aprill 22, 19942024-01-02T15:00:15-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220807/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220807/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Strimple C. Coyle, Aprill 22, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Strimple C. Coyle, Aprill 22, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220807/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Sergeant Major Strimple C. ("Jim") Coyle, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences Ewa Field with VMF-211 (Marine Fighter Squadron 211) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 19942024-01-02T15:00:15-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220806/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220806/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220806/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ildea Cutchall about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Cutchall discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, safety precautions, social activities, swing shifts, race relations, relationships between the male and female workers, and the social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a certificate from the Lone Star Ordnance Plant to Ildea S. Cutchall for 23 months of service at the plant during World War Two [1 leaf].</p>Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 19942024-01-02T14:59:53-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220805/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220805/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220805/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Geralene Young about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Young discusses hiring and promotion practices, relations between male and female workers, social activities, and the social and economic effects of the depot on Texarkana.</p>Oral History Interview with Charles Goff, February 1, 19942024-01-02T14:59:50-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220804/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220804/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Charles Goff, February 1, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Charles Goff, February 1, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220804/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Charles Goff about his experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Goff discusses his move from Akron, Ohio, the construction of the plant, safety procedures, bond drives, housing and transportation adjustments, and the social and economic effects on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing of a "rim to be shellacked" and a "rim" [1 leaf].</p>Oral History Interview with Dorothy Cooley, February 21, 19942024-01-02T14:59:19-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220803/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220803/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Dorothy Cooley, February 21, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Dorothy Cooley, February 21, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220803/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Dorothy Cooley about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Cooley discusses employment procedures, job assignments, swing shift, wartime rationing, safety procedures, housing, social activities, race relations, relationships among male and female employees, and the economic effects on Texarkana.</p>Oral History Interview with William W. Creacy, October 9, 19932024-01-02T14:59:14-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220802/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220802/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William W. Creacy, October 9, 1993" title="Oral History Interview with William W. Creacy, October 9, 1993" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220802/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with William Creacy concerning his experiences before, during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Creacy worked at camps in Elephant Butte, Arizona (Company 855); Tucson, Arizona; Grand Lake, Colorado; and Yuma, Arizona.</p>Oral History Interview with Lee B. Soucy, April 25, 19942024-01-02T14:59:14-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220801/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220801/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Lee B. Soucy, April 25, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Lee B. Soucy, April 25, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220801/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Lee Soucy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.</p>Oral History Interview with Lucretia Greene, March 26, 19942024-01-02T14:59:05-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220800/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220800/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Lucretia Greene, March 26, 1994" title="Oral History Interview with Lucretia Greene, March 26, 1994" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2220800/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Lucretia Greene about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II. Greene discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, and the relationships between male and female workers.</p>