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Oral History Interview with Herb Elfering, December 6, 2001

Description: Interview with electrical engineer and Army veteran Herb Elfering, The interview includes Elfering's personal experiences with a searchlight/radar battery, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment, at camp Malekole during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Elfering also gives brief descriptions of his later experiences at Bougainville and Luzon.
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Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Elfering, Herb
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara Campbell, May 6, 1993

Description: Interview with Barbara Campbell concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Campbell discusses the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, the activities of Northwood, Texas, Republican Women's Club, the Texas Federation of Republican Women, her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, and her personal political philosophy.
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Date: May 6, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Campbell, Barbara
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Marvin E. Tilghman, September 6, 1978

Description: Interview with Marvin Tilghman, 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. Tilghman 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, Thailand (1944), Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China (1944-1945), Americ… more
Date: September 6, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tilghman, Marvin E., 1917-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Personal narrative about travel to Chitral

Description: This is a monologue about a visit to Chitral district by Muhammad Suleman (a 36-year old male teacher). The speaker is telling that it was a surprise for him to travel by air for the first time and it was his first visit to Chitral. He was very excited about this trip.
Date: July 6, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Transcription: Traditional story about Dingkaakuuk

Description: Transcription of a retelling of Dingkaakuuk paomin (the story of Dingkaakuuk), as narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen. When a man marries, his wife cannot stand his younger brother, so he takes him into the forest and leads her to believe he killed him. The younger brother kills a tiger and marries a young woman. He encounters his elder brother again, who kills his wife for making him abandon his brother.
Date: August 6, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Oral History Interview with Bill Oakley, February 6, 1991

Description: Transcript of an interview with Bill Oakley, from Ben Wheeler Texas, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oakley worked at camps in Carrizozo, New Mexico (Company 3808) and Tokay, New Mexico (Company 3808).
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Date: February 6, 1991
Creator: Woestman, Kelly A. & Oakley, Bill, 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Tom Peays, February 6, 1999

Description: Transcript of an interview with Thomas "Tom" Peay, a rancher and Army Air Forces veteran (Air Transport Command), concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Peay discusses his enrollment in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1942; tenure as a primary flight training instructor of Aviation Air Cadets, Harmon Training Center, Ballinger, Texas, 1942-43; Air Ferry Command, 1943; induction into the Army Air Forces, 1943; assignment to the Air Transport Command… more
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Date: February 6, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Peays, Thomas
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Alan A. Fouts, December 6, 2001

Description: Interview with Navy veteran Alan A. Fouts. The interview includes Fouts' personal experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Fouts, Alan A., 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Tape 81 Side A

Description: Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Tape 80. tshà àŋ tshà zə́ thó ə́; 58-[end] abö́ bö́ ḿ thó ə́. 9/11-78 Àbɔ́qɔ
Date: 1978-11-06/1978-11-09
Duration: 31 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 12 Side A

Description: Akha songs and narratives. 0-12 ásɔ̀q: recitations; 12-[end] ásɔ̀q: mͻ-hỳhͻ ə́ mɔ-njí (contd on 13b)
Date: April 6, 1977
Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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