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Oral History Interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, November 9, 1996

Description: Interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, musician and vocalist, concerning his experiences as a musician/vocalist with Bob Will's "Texas playboys" and the "Light Crust Doughboys" western swing bands, 1936-42; comments about Bob Willis and band members Marvin Montgomery, Kenneth Pitts, Al Stricklin, "Smokey" Dacus, "Knocky" Parker, Leon McAuliffe, Eldon Shamblin; forming his own groups and playing the Fort Worth, Texas, night club circuit, 1950-70; comments about western swing, big band, and pop music. more
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Date: November 9, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D.; Schotte, Will & Ferguson, Joe Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with "Zeke" Campbell, September 14, 1996

Description: Interview with William M. "Zeke" Campbell, musician, concerning his experiences as a member of the "Light Crust Doughboys" western swing band, 1935-42. Campbell also discusses his early radio career, appearances in the movies of Gene Autry, and his musical influences. Includes a photocopy of a newspaper article from the Fort Worth Star Telegram dated June 17-18, 1981 written by Mike H. Price. Article is titled, "He may not be crusty but he's still in the swing" [1] page.
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Date: September 14, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D.; Schotte, Will & Campbell, William M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Melvin Land, 1993

Description: Oral history interviews with Melvin Land, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Coalton, Oklahoma. The interview contains details of Land's childhood and the death of his mother, his experiences in the Great Depression, his experience being a recruit and an educational advisor in the CCC, his experiences as an active duty officer for the Naval Air Station, and his experiences working at the Rusk State Hospital.
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Date: {1993-02-27,1993-03-16}
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interviews with Charles W. Burris, 1984-1985

Description: Interview with Charles Burris, Army Air Corps veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Burris discusses his training, the fall of Bataan, Camp O'Donnell, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and being set free.
Date: {1984-04-05,1985-02..1985-05}
Creator: Cruz, Richard & Burris, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David T. Vo, March 5, 2023

Description: Interview with David Vo, a resident of Calera, Oklahoma. Vo discusses his upbringing in Vietnam, his father's work as an officer in the South Vietnamese military, the Vietnam War, escaping on a boat and coming to the United States, getting his degree in automotive industrial technology at Cal State University, starting a family, and his perspective regarding his homeland.
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Date: March 5, 2023
Creator: Marshell, Nathaniel & Vo, David T.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Horace N. Robinson, February 11, 2023

Description: Interview with Horace N. Robinson, a resident of Durant, Oklahoma. Robinson discusses his upbringing, life in a small town, the appearance of polio, World War II, PTSD he had seen in veterans, Christianity, the development of pacifism, the Vietnam War, and reminders left behind.
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Date: February 11, 2023
Creator: Marshell, Nathaniel & Robinson, Horace N.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John Kirk, April 23, 1988

Description: Interview with John Kirk, a United States Navy veteran from Oklahoma, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kirk, John
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Lester Robinson, April 23, 1988

Description: Interview with Lester Robinson, a United States Navy veteran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Fort Island Naval Air Station as a member of VP-23.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Robinson, Lester E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, May 11, 1988

Description: Interview with Pat Gulley, a community activist and a member of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship. Gulley explains her involvement with the group, the history of race relations in Denton, the desegregation of public facilities and schools, early group meetings, opposition to the Fellowship, and its contributions.
Date: May 11, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & Gulley, Pat
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Urban J. Endres, April 4, 1984

Description: Interview with Urban J. Endres, a businessman from Muenster, Texas, about the period of prohibition of alcohol and bootlegging in the United States, his memories of the local option election of 1959, and his experience establishing his own beer distributorship.
Date: April 4, 1984
Creator: McDaniel, Robert Wayne & Endres, Urban J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interviews with Harrell Edmund Chiles, 1980

Description: Interview with Harrell Edmund Chiles, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Western Company. He discusses his family, formation of the Western Company, oil exploration, history of the oil industry in Texas, his political views, and his "I'm Mad" campaign.
Date: 1980-01/1980-09
Creator: Smallwood, J. B. & Chiles, H. E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Koger, July 14, 2006

Description: Interview with James Koger, Army veteran, concerning his memories of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; decision to enroll at University of Oklahoma; being drafted in 1945; training in Army Corps of Engineers; service in postwar occupation of Japan; decision to return to University of Oklahoma; career as aviation engineer with General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas. Appendix includes photo of interviewee.
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Date: July 14, 2006
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Koger, James
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Carl Williams, September 27, 1996

Description: Interview with Kenneth C. Williams about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Clinton, Oklahoma (Company 2836); description of camp; life in camp.
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Date: September 27, 1996
Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Williams, Kenneth Carl
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Olen Bates, October 9, 1993

Description: Interview with Olen Bates about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Bates discusses his childhood in Oklahoma, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and describes his life in the camp.
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Date: October 9, 1993
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Bates, Olen
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Melvin Land, February 27-March 16, 1993

Description: Interview with Melvin Land, dentist, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2823 at Camp Stockman (SCS-14-O) near Morris, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp; post-CCC life.
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Date: 1993-02-27/1993-03-16
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with W. Erle White, December 14, 1978 and February 1, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with W. Erle White, founder of White's Auto Stores from Wichita Falls, Texas. White discusses his family background, early work experiences and education, as well as his work in auto supply stores and garages, and starting his own business.
Date: 1978-12-14/1979-02-01
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & White, W. Erle
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Keith Shelton, April 27, 2017

Description: Transcript of an interview with Keith Shelton, journalist, concerning his childhood in Oklahoma; family history; journalism training and career; Cold War military service in Germany; work for Dallas Times Herald; coverage of John F. Kennedy's 1963 Texas visit and assassination; coverage of Jack Ruby's trial; UNT journalism department; teaching journalism. Appendix includes various photos of Shelton, a letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson, a copy of a press release from The White House, and c… more
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Date: April 27, 2017
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Shelton, Keith
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dick J. Reavis 2019

Description: 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 dur… more
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Date: {2021-05-11,2021-06-22}
Creator: Phillips, Michael; Wilkison, Kyle; Friauf, Betsy & Reavis, Dick J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Archie Wilkerson, January 28, 1977

Description: Interview with Archie Wilkerson, a realtor and a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-23 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: January 28, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilkerson, Archie, 1924-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[Scrapbook for The Experience, 1981-1984]

Description: Scrapbook containing color photographs, letters, name tags, stickers, brochures, invitations, and tickets in relation to "The Experience" and its' participants. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. The scrapbook also documents social gatherings of those who participated and coordinated "The Experience."
Date: [1981..1984]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Personal Diary of Frank Fujita, Jr.

Description: A copy of Frank Fujita Jr.'s war diary, obtained by Dr. Ron Marcello to accompany Fujita's oral history interview. Fujita was an Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment captured on Java in March 1942. Included is Fujita's original bound diary, and a rewritten version he made in a Japanese logbook in internment and continued. They contain daily activities, doodles, lists of dozens of servicemen and captives encountered, and the key to an e… more
Date: December 19, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fujita Jr., Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998

Description: Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
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Date: March 4, 1998
Creator: Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998

Description: Interview with John Hargrove, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hargrove discusses growing up and his family background, being drafted into the Air Corps, training, assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field as a radio operator, life and work at Langley, transition to the B-26, the start of the war, submarine patrol, deployment to Townsville, Australia via Hawaii, flying his first mission, liberty and recreation, bombing and close … more
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Date: August 12, 1998
Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hargrove, John H.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999

Description: Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
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Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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