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Oral History Interview with Dick J. Reavis, May 11 and June 22, 2019

Transcript of an interview with Dick J. Reavis, political activist, journalist and author. Reavis is a former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. He discusses childhood memories and early experiences of his father's newspaper publishing career in Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina; Experiences in Texas public schools during segregation era; Father's political views and development of his own political views; Experiences as college student at Texas Tech, Panhandle A&M, and University of Texas; Involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements with Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Students for a Democratic Society, and in various other left causes and organizations; Career in journalism; Personal life, political views and travels.

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Date: {2021-05-11,2021-06-22}

Creator: Phillips, Michael; Wilkison, Kyle; Friauf, Betsy & Reavis, Dick J.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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Oral History Interview with John Murphy, April 6 and 13, 2021

Video recording of interview with John Murphy, UNT professor of jazz studies. Murphy discusses his youth in Baltimore, Maryland, during the 1960s and 1970s including his music education at Baltimore County Public Schools, and the musical influence of the Left Bank Jazz Society; His experience as a UNT student in the jazz studies and music theory programs (1981-1986); playing saxophone in the One O’clock Lab Band and at venues around Denton; His research as an ethnomusicologist studying Cuban and Brazilian music and work as a professor at Western Illinois University (1992-2001) then the University of North Texas (2001-2020) where he served in faculty and administrative roles to further develop the jazz studies program and help preserve the program’s history.

Date: {2021-04-06,2021-04-13}

Duration: 2 hours 56 minutes 07 seconds

Creator: Noel, Heather & Murphy, John P. (John Patrick)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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Oral History Interview with Morton H. Meyerson, March 2-April 26, 2021

Video recording of a series of interviews with Morton H. Meyerson, Dallas-based business leader and philanthropist. Meyerson shares concerning his grandparents’ experiences in present-day Belarus and Prussia and as immigrants to the U.S. and eventually to Fort Worth; parents’ experiences growing up in Fort Worth; Education in Fort Worth public schools culminating at Paschal High School and at UT-Austin; experiences in U.S. Army; Career as a systems engineer at Bell Helicopter, Electronic Data Systems, General Motors, Perot Systems, and other;. Experiences as a philanthropist, including chair of the committee responsible for constructing what became the Meyerson Symphony Center, and as a civic leader, including chair of the committee that brought the superconducting supercollider to Texas.

Date: {2021-03-02,2021-03-11,2021-03-19,2021-03-31,2021-04-09,2021-04-26}

Duration: 6 hours 6 minutes 46 seconds

Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Meyerson, Morton H.

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

11,009km

Work of art in Clay, Wood, Vinyl by artist Jihye Han as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "11,009km"

Date: 2021

Creator: Han, Jihye

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