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Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016

Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.

Date: April 29, 2016

Creator: Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996

Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.

Date: October 12, 1996

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter