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Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012

Description: Interview with Ramon Ruiz, a civil servant of the Department of Education and advocate for Hispanic education from La Copita, Texas. Ruiz discusses his family history, growing up, school in Kingsville, local relations between Mexicans and white people, high school football, playing for North Texas State, becoming a coach for elementary school, joining the Job Corps, teaching inmates, working with school districts on desegregation in Texas, and work on various federal education programs in Washi… more
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Date: September 29, 2012
Creator: Juárez, Miguel & Ruiz, Ramon M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Salvador Espino, September 26, 2007

Description: Interview with Fort Worth city councilman Salvador Espino as part of the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. The interview includes Espino's personal experiences about childhood and education, having a career a computer consultant, accountant, and attorney, volunteering for Catholic Diocese, and running for a seat representing District Two on the Fort Worth City Council. Espino also discusses the district demographics and priorities, the creation of Latinos Unidos, and h… more
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Date: September 26, 2007
Creator: Moye, Todd & Espino, Salvador
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Rosendo Evaro, September 30, 2006

Description: Interview with Evaro Rosendo as part of the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. The interview includes Rosendo's personal experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas. Rosendo speaks about the local folklore concerning the presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout the 20th century, as well as the shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
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Date: September 30, 2006
Creator: Folsom, Brad & Evaro, Rosendo
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harriett Shelton Collins, September 16, 2006

Description: Interview with longtime resident of Cisco, Texas, Harriett Shelton Collins as part of the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences about education in Cisco's all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School, her pregnancy and marriage to Bill Collins, working at the Boss Glove Factory, earning her GED, entering beauty school, and earning a degree as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Additionally, Collins speaks about social lif… more
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Date: September 16, 2006
Creator: Rose, Harriett DeAnn & Collins, Harriett Shelton
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John L. Bates, Jr., September 21, 2003

Description: Interview with attorney and Army veteran John L. Bates Jr. The Interview includes Bates' personal experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, Officer Candidate School, being selected for the Counter Intelligence Corps, British Intelligence School, assignment to Kweiyang, China, the end of the war and his transfer to the War Crimes Section as an Assistant Theater Judge Advocate, his assignment to Hankow to investigate the executions of three of Jimmy Doolittle's pilots and … more
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Date: September 21, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, John L., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Breyer, September 20, 2003

Description: Interview with Army veteran Frank Breyer, including personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, volunteering for the draft, various assignments, his attachment to Merrill's Marauders, medical evacuation to Ledo, combat around Bhamo, Burma, the opening of the Burma Road, transfer to the 612th Artillery and to Kunming, China, for artillery training, teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command, and the resumption of fi… more
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Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Breyer, Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

Description: Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hugh W. Calvert, September 10, 2003

Description: Interview with Army veteran Hugh W. Calvert. The interview includes Calvert's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, his assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, tank school at Fort Knox, transferring to Service Troop, his assignment to New Caledonia and to Woodlark Island, operation on Arawe, the Driniumor River Campaign, and his rotation back to the States.
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Date: September 10, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Calvert, Hugh W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles C. Brabham, Jr., September 9, 2003

Description: Interview with Army veteran Charles C. Brabham Jr. The interview includes Brabham's personal experiences about the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression, joining the 112th Cavalry at age 16, his mobilization and various assignments, and his medical evacuation die to malaria, dysentery, and hookworm.
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Date: September 9, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Brabham, Charles C., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Haynes, September 19, 2001

Description: Interview with Major General Frederick Haynes, a Marine WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Haynes discusses growing up, becoming an officer in the Marine Corps, being a small arms instructor, assignment to the 28th Marines and training for combat, various experiences fighting the Battle of Iwo Jima, and reflections on battle.
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Date: September 19, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Haynes, Frederick E.
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Oral History Interview with Arthur B. Clark, September 29, 2000

Description: Interview with Arhtur B. Clark, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. Clark discusses joining the National Guard, training and maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and surrender to the Japanese, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, labor on the Burma "Death" Railway, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a refere… more
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Date: September 29, 2000
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clark, Arthur B.
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Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 2000

Description: Interview with Army veteran Ralph L. Cerny. The interview includes Cerny's personal experiences about being a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, joining the Illinois National Guard, federalization of the Illinois National Guard, training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, shipping to Camp Darwin, Australia, and combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal. Additionally, Cerny talks about the formation of the American Division and landings at New Caledonia, transferri… more
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Date: September 18, 2000
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Cerny, Ralph L.
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Oral History Interview with William E. Cooper, September 7, 1999

Description: Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran William E. Cooper. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about being a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater, pre-flight and flight training, various assignments, and dropping supplies by parachute to prisoners-of-war. Cooper also talks about living on Guam, mechanical weaknesses of the B-29, his descriptions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima from the air after the dropping of the atomic bombs, his disappointment with not being ab… more
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Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cooper, William E.
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Oral History Interview with James Dietz, September 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Dr. James Dietz, former medical director of the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance joint venture from Cleveland, Ohio. Dietz discusses his educational background, joining Kaiser Permanente and being part of a pre-paid group practice, becoming medical director of the Permanente-Prudential partnership and moving to Texas, recruiting practitioners, boards, business, reception of the company in Texas, costs and competition, and the end of the joint venture.
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Date: September 19, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Dietz, James
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Ocie R. Turner, 1991

Description: Interview with the Rev. Ocie Turner, a minister at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, Marine WWII veteran, and a longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Mexia, Texas. Turner discusses his family background, education, serving in the Marine Corps at the Battle of Iwo Jima, working as a butcher in Dallas, working in the oil and gas industry, buying his house in Hamilton Park, the growth and development of the neighborhood, community organizations, local businesses, the sch… more
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Date: 1991-09-14/1991-12-05
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Turner, Ocie R.
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Oral History Interviews with Zan W. Holmes Jr., 1991

Description: Interview with Zan Holmes Jr., a Methodist pastor and resident of Hamilton Park from Waco, Texas. Holmes discusses his family background, education, seminary, moving to Hamilton Park, building a church, political activity, local development and related issues, youth activities, the schools, and desegregation.
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Date: 1991-09/1991-11
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Holmes, Zan W., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Oliver Clark, September 24, 1990

Description: Interview with Oliver Clark, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Denton, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC on the tail end of the Great Depression.
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Date: September 24, 1990
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Clark, Oliver
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Oral History Interview with Selwyn R. Burgin, September 19, 1990

Description: Interview with Selwyn Burgin, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Big Sandy, Texas. Burgin discusses growing up, joining the CCC in 1934, assignment to a camp at Maydelle, Texas, boxing on his first night in the barracks, transfer to Lindale, projects worked, engineering training, leave and recreation, transfer to Marshall, paperwork, the relationship between CCC workers and local residents, and thoughts on bringing back the CCC for current generations.
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Date: September 19, 1990
Creator: Shields, Doug & Burgin, Selwyn R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Alvin Dean, September 17, 1990

Description: Interview with Alivin Dean, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Geronimo, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
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Date: September 17, 1990
Creator: Antle, Mike & Dean, Alvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Paul J. Sherrard, September 17, 1988

Description: Interview with Paul J. Sherrard, a United States Navy veteran from Morehouse, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at the dispensary at the Ford Island Naval Air Station.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sherrard, Paul J., Sr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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