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Oral History Interview with Erio Enzo Pedini, November 15, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Erio Enzo Pedini, an immigrant from the Republic of San Marino. Pedini recounts memories growing up in the Republic of San Marino and going to school in Italy; Coming to America in 1958 and the differences in cultures and lifestyles; Living and working in Detroit, Michigan; becoming a U.S. citizen; moving to Dallas, Texas; and working in the building industry.
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Date: November 15, 2015
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Pedini, Erio Enzo 1946-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Benjamin B. Luong, March 15, 2021

Description: Interview with Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm Lương, a chef from Dallas, Texas who studied at the Culinary Institute of America. Benjamin discusses the background of his Vietnamese parents, the Vietnam War, politics, his father's education in the United States, and his own personal journey to becoming a chef.
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Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Bridges-Jacobsen, Lauren & Luong, Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Russell C. Ellis, May 15, 1997

Description: Interview with Russell Ellis, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the merchant ships USS Santa Leonara, USS Jose Bonaficio, USS Daniel H. Hill, and the repair ship USS Amphion in the European Theater during World War II. North Atlantic convoys; German submarine and aircraft threats; personal observations of civilian conditions in England, Belgium, and France.
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Date: May 15, 1997
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Ellis, Russell C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Mary Louise Mujica, February 15, 1984

Description: Interview with Mary Louise Mujica regarding her experiences growing up in Basque Country, speaking the Basque language and learning English, working at Bastanchury Ranch and the conditions there, Basque traditions such as dances, and her life and family in America.
Date: February 15, 1984
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Mujica, Mary Louise
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Description: Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Description: Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrati… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jack Browder, January 15, 1998

Description: Interview with Jack Browder, a Army WWII veteran from Duncan, Oklahoma. Browder was a staff officer with the 741st Tank Battalion in Europe; he recounts his education and entry to active duty in 1941, transfer to the new 741st, armor training and exercises, duties as a supply officer, preparations for the Normandy invasion, DD tanks, D-Day, attachment to the 2nd Infantry Division and advances through northern France, the M4 Sherman, his thoughts on General George S. Patton, the Battle of Saint … more
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Date: January 15, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Browder, Jack
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with W. D. Whitson, November 15, 1995

Description: Transcript of an interview with William D. Whitson, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (442nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), from Denton, Texas, concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Whitson discusses flight training, his flight from the U.S. to Grafton-Underwood, England, his personal relationship with Curtis Le May, his missions and German defenses, his nineteenth mission and crash landing, and his twenty-fifth mission.
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Date: November 15, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitson, William D.
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Oral History Interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., July 15, 1998

Description: Interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., concerning his experiences as an infantry platoon leader (3rd Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 302nd Regiment, 94th Infantry Division) in the European Theater during World War II.
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Date: July 15, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Lane, Peter B. & Bolling, Alexander R. (Alexander Russell), 1922-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The United Kingdom and U.S.-UK Relations

Description: This report discusses the relations between United Kingdom (UK) and the United States, including a sense of shared history, values, and culture, as well as extensive and long-established cooperation on a wide range of foreign policy and security issues.
Date: April 15, 2013
Creator: Mix, Derek E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Twin cities]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a luncheon ceremony joining Dallas with the French city of Dijon as "twin cities," part of a weeklong celebration of France in the city. French dignitaries, including the Mayor of Dijon, make appearances and receive honorary Dallas citizenship.
Date: October 15, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Constitutional convention]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the submission and the Transition committee of the Texas constitutional convention which have worked out a plan that they hope will find approval with the legislator delegates.
Date: July 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gold Dollar]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that the dollar moved sharply higher in European Foreign Exchange Markets, extending its strong rally of the past.
Date: August 15, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Headlines]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 15, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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