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Oral History Collection

Description: Text regarding the Oral History Collection at North Texas State University. It describes the committee behind the collection and the oral history subcollections. An index of the collection begins on page 11.
Date: April 1980
Creator: North Texas State University
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with Ernest Ellis, June 30, 1981

Description: Interview with Ernest Ellis, former owner of Lander's Mercantile, previously known as Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything, in New Hope, Texas. The interview includes Ellis discussing his father's accomplishments, including ownership of the mercantile store, a sugar plantation in Louisiana, and a peddling wagon, and serving on the board of the Works Progress Administration in Dallas. Ellis also discusses his personal history of working in his father's shop, taking over ownership before selling in 1… more
Date: June 30, 1981
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Ellis, Ernest
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Personnel Study of North Texas State Teachers College Lettermen from 1936 to 1946 as to Military and Scholastic Attainments During World War II

Description: The purposes of this study are (1) to determine military and scholastic achievements made by North Texas State Teachers College lettermen during World War II; (2) to make tabulations of these achievements; and (3) to provide references and data on these athletes during World War II.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Curnutt, Wilburn
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986

Description: Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and… more
Date: May 27, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Josephson, Leigh D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997

Description: Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daug… more
Date: June 22, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Hugh E. Law, May 15, 1982

Description: Interview with Hugh E. Law, a United States Army veteran from Corvallis, Oregon. Law describes his experiences as a member of the Detach Finance Department stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 15, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Law, Hugh E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with James C. Hardwick, March 17, 1998

Description: Interview with James C. Hardwick, engineer and U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Appendix includes a letter from the interviewee to Dr. Robert Marcello.
Date: March 17, 1998
Creator: McCabe, Linda & Hardwick, James C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Houston James, May 26, 1983

Description: Interview with Houston James, a United States Navy veteran from Brooklyn, New York. James recalls his experiences as a member of Patrol Squadron 24 stationed on Ford Island during the Japanese attack there and on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 26, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & James, Houston
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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