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Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016

Description: Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
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Date: April 29, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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 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.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mansfield Millington Bascom, January 29, 2000

Description: Interview with engineer and Army veteran Mansfield Millington Bascom. The interview includes Bascom's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, basic training, action on the Siegfried Line, the Battle of Aachen, individual episodes of close ground combat, German tank concentrations immediately prior to the Ardennes Offensive, being wounded and evacuating from the front, recuperation, and returning to the states.
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Date: January 29, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bascom, Mansfield Millington
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harry E. Chase, January 29, 2001

Description: Interview with pastor and Navy veteran Harry E. Chase. The interview includes Chase's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Date: January 29, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Chase, Harry E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Cassandra F. Berry, November 29, 2006

Description: Interview with Denton resident Cassandra F. Berry, UNT employee with a personal interest in the history of Quakertown, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Berry's personal experiences about working at UNT as the Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, as well as her service to the Denton African American Museum, which led to her interest in the history of Quakertown.
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Date: November 29, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Berry, Cassandra F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010

Description: Interview with Raymond Curtis, longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Curtis' personal experiences of farm life in the Great Depression, childhood in Collin County, Texas, and education at the University of North Texas under the GI Bill. Additionally, Curtis discusses his family history, his career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, the integration of Weathe… more
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Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Curtis, Raymond
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Sadye Gee, May 28, 1990

Description: Interview with Sadye Gee, a teacher from Dallas, Texas. Gee discusses her family background, working a laundry service during the Great Depression, education, teaching at B. F. Darrell School, marriage, her husband's career, the Black Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, black Dallas communities, buying a home in Hamilton Park and life in the area as an African-American, raising her daughter, discrimination, schools, the growth of the area, and "buy outs" and relocation. In appendix is a sheet of Gee… more
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Date: May 29, 1990
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Gee, Sadye
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard Schultz, April 29, 1990

Description: Interview with Richard Schultz, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans.
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Date: April 29, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schultz, Richard
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 29, 1971

Description: Interview with Jack Blanton, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton recounts his experiences during the first session of 62nd Texas State Legislature in 1971, including his response to Governor Smith's deficit funding plan, state finance, education reform, taxation, his role on the Appropriations Committee, manipulation of stocks and insurance, the so-called "Dirty Thirty," ethics legislation, and redistricting.
Date: June 29, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Carol West, May 29, 2008

Description: Transcript of an interview with Reverend Carol West, pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth. Reverend West discusses concerning her childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at North Texas State College and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of "coming out" to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to enter ministry; training in suicide pr… more
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Date: May 29, 2008
Creator: Mims, Michael & West, Carol, 1949-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sparks, May 29, 1969

Description: Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sparks, husband and wife from Portland, Texas who are in the cotton farming, banking, and insurance industries. In the interview, Mr. and Mrs. Walter both describe their childhood and early years in school and work. They both share their personal observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, where they have been residents for many years. They also describe the small town's social life and relations with … more
Date: May 29, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Sparks, Walter
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bruce Street, June 19, 1990

Description: Interview with Bruce Street, member of the North Texas State University Board of Regents from Denton, Texas. Street discusses his involvement with the merger of NTSU and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in the 1970s.
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Date: June 29, 1990
Creator: Rafes, Richard & Street, Bruce
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Albirda Briley, April 29 and May 16, 1994

Description: Interview with Albirda Briley, a nurse, about her experiences as a plant nurse at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Briley discusses the hiring policies for African Americans, racial problems, industrial accidents and plant medical facilities, social activities, U.S. Congressman Wright Patman's role in her being hired, and the effects of the depot on Texarkana. The Appendix includes a photocopy of a letter to Albirda Briley dated June 13,… more
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Date: 1994-04-29/1994-05-16
Creator: Brantley, Janet & Briley, Albirda
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, July 29, 2020

Description: Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, a former trimmer from El Paso, Texas. Johnston describes her background and journey to becoming involved in the Dallas fashion industry, education at Texas Tech and the University of North Texas, work as a trimmer in the display department in several stores, including Neiman Marcus, the "NM Way," the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the fashion industry, her shoe collection, and the importance of developing relationships in the industry.
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Date: July 29, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Johnston, Ruth Ann
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Sarah Janice Kee, February 29, 1992

Description: Interview with Sarah Janice Kee, a library administrator and former student of Texan Women's University, then Texas State College for Women. Kee discusses her teaching career, experience studying Library Science at TWU, being a part of the Army Library Service during World War II, working as a librarian, with the ALA, and the U.S. Office of Education in Dallas, Texas.
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Date: February 29, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard C. & Kee, Sarah Janice
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Carol Dix, March 29, 2021

Description: Interview with Carol Dix, an author from London, England. Dix describes her pregnancy and giving birth experiences, Postpartum Depression, the writing she produced, her surgeries, crime, life in London, and her children.
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Date: March 29, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Dix, Carol
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Tracy Hayes, October 29, 2020

Description: Interview with Tracy Hayes, former writer and editor for the Dallas Morning News from Dallas, Texas. Hayes discusses her background and family, change in the fashion industry over time, being hired at the Dallas Morning News, becoming the founding editor of FD Luxe, a monthly fashion magazine, covering fashion shows, and her current life and interest in fashion.
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Date: October 29, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Hayes, Tracy
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986

Description: Interview with farmer-rancher Hazen Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life in Denton, Texas, from 1910 to 1930. Armstrong talks about business activities around the city square and county courthouse, city streetcar service, Oak Street residences, the Cascade Plunge swimming pool, forced removal of African Americans from the "Quakertown" section of Denton to the east side of the railroad tracks in the 1920s, early automobiles in Denton, Denton during World … more
Date: March 29, 1986
Creator: Martin, Adelene & Armstrong, Hazen
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Charles E. Smith, March 29, 1988

Description: Interview with Charles E. Smith, community leader and longtime resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood, from Dallas, Texas. Smith discusses his role in the Hamilton Park Civic League, of which he was president in 1973, the Hamilton Park School, its closure, integration and its effects in Richardson ISD, and the Pacesetter program.
Date: March 29, 1988
Creator: Wilson, William & Smith, Charles E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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