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Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, March 3, 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with community activist Betty Kimble from Denton, Texas, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Kimble discusses her involvement with the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, desegregation in Denton, experiences with discrimination and segregation, contemporary prejudice, lifelong friendships of Fellowship members, and her continued community involvement.
Date: March 3, 2017
Creator: Beattie, Kathleen & Kimble, Betty
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Sally Bermejo Bravo, March 24, 2013

Description: Interview with Sally Bravo, second generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bravo's recollections of schooling in Fort Worth, the scholastic structure of her home life, cultural expectations and limitations on education, and the meaning of high school graduation, as well as educational goals for children, the role in sending children to college, and the generational changes in educational goals. It includes… more
Date: March 24, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bravo, Sally Bermejo
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Nicole Deluna, March 17, 2013

Description: Interview with Nicole Deluna, third generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Deluna's personal experiences of schooling in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as the meaning of high school graduation, reasons for not attending college, a discussion of cultural expectations of Mexican American women, her daughter's educational plans, and the benefit of an education in the workplace. The interview includes an appendix… more
Date: March 17, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Deluna, Nicole
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Amy Trevino, March 31, 2013

Description: Transcript of an interview with Amy Trevino, a Mexican-American woman, about her educational experiences. Trevino shares memories of her childhood growing up in a large family and attending school; How her favorite subjects changed throughout the years with the teacher's influence and connection to the subject matter; Encouragement from her aunt to graduate and attend college; Rebelling and not graduating with her high school class in 1994; Struggles as a young adult with no future goals; Getti… more
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Trevino, Amy, 1975-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Adkins, March 3, 2017

Description: Audio log of an interview with Dorothy Adkins, schoolteacher and community activist for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. The audio log includes timestamps for Adkins' discussions of her childhood; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; activism; teaching career; contemporary times; white privilege and power.
Date: March 3, 2017
Creator: Ceballos, Nathan & Adkins, Dorothy, 1925-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Maxine Thornton Reese, March 24, 2014

Description: Transcript of an interview with Dr. Maxine Thornton Reese, civil rights activist, former Dallas City Councilmember, and longtime Dallas ISD employee. Reese shares concerning her childhood in Dallas, Texas; involvement in Dallas NAACP's Youth Council with Juanita Craft; civil rights activism; life during segregation; desegregation in Texas schools and at the University of North Texas; treatment at UNT; desegregation versus integration; Dallas City Council.
Date: March 24, 2014
Creator: Edelbrock, Kyle & Reese, Maxine Thornton, 1938-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ruby Cole and Alma Clark, March 28, 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Ruby Cole and Alma Clark for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview they discuss their experiences with segregation, civil rights activism, and involvement in the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
Date: March 28, 2017
Creator: Elliott, Brian; Cole, Ruby & Clark, Alma
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Michie Stevens, March 21, 2013

Description: Interview with Michie Stevens, stewardess for Air America, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences of growing up in World War II China and Japan, having a brother join the Yakuza crime syndicate, getting her first English speaking jobs, hiring and training with Air America, meeting and marrying her husband, working as a stewardess for Air America in Japan, and living in Laos, Thailand, and South Vietnam. The interview includes an appendix w… more
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Michie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Steve Stevens, March 21, 2013

Description: Interview with Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot Steve Stevens for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Stevens' personal experiences while serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War, flight training with the Marine Corps, getting hired with Air America, as well as flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos, photo reconnaissance missions throughout Laos including the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Beechcraft Volpar, flying other helicopters and airplanes in La… more
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stevens, Steve
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Don E. Ferrier, March 26, 2019

Description: Transcript of an interview with Don Ferrier, a Certified Green Builder and CEO of Ferrier Companies, discussing the founding and development of the business, particularly green building technologies and high energy efficiency for both residential homes and commercial remodeling.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Ferrier, Donald E. & Stark, Johnnie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Clarence Broadnax, March 26, 2014

Description: Interview with Clarence Broadnax, a business owner and civil rights activist from Karnack, Texas. Broadnax discusses direct action challenging segregation at Dallas-area businesses, the unification of the Dallas civil rights movement, being jailed, civil rights figures, the Dallas Committee, segregation at sports games, becoming the first black hair stylist in the area, the Kennedy assassination, Barack Obama, nightlife and recreation in Karnack and Dallas, the Civil Rights Act, Dallas as a com… more
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: Fichera, Aaron & Broadnax, Clarence
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011

Description: Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. an… more
Date: March 30, 2011
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mansell Smith, March 5, 2014

Description: Interview with Mansell Smith, a business-owner and longtime resident of Denton, Texas. Smith discusses his family background and growing up in Denton during the 1930s and 40s, running a floor covering business, housing in Denton, buying real estate, the black community and race relations, his hobbies, and his service in the National Guard.
Date: March 5, 2014
Creator: Gurrola, Moisés & Smith, Mansell
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, March 31, 2013

Description: Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, Women's Army Corps Enlisted, Keypunch Operator, and Korean War-ere Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Babcock's personal experiences of childhood in Michigan, basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia, duty assignments at Governor's Island, New York and Hanau, Germany, her temporary duty assignment at the Pentagon, her placement in the Veterans of Foreign War's Women's Auxiliary despite veteran status, and her bro… more
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Babcock, Marjorie Rae Lutkins
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, March 21, 2013

Description: Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, a USAF Afghan War veteran and Bronze Star recipient from Fremont, Nebraska. Krier discusses her time at the University of Nebraska, ROTC, becoming a logistics planning officer, work at Yokota Air Base in Japan, the effect of 9/11 and the War on Terror on military life, struggles as a servicewoman and misogyny, joint training with the Army, deployment to Kuwait, deployment to Afghanistan, work and leadership at the brigade level, female integration in combat u… more
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Krier, Jennifer Leia
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, March 14, 2013

Description: Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, a Air Force veteran from Phoenix, Arizona. Lachance-Skier discusses growing up, participating in Junior ROTC, enlisting in the Air Force in 1976, experiences as a woman in a newly integrated Air Force, sexual harassment and assault in the military, service in England, attending ROTC and becoming an officer, her marriage, service in Germany, her work during the Gulf War, being forced out as part of a personnel drawdown, transitioning to the civilian world… more
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Lachance-Skier, Lisa Jane
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, March 31, 2013

Description: Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Weger's personal experiences of childhood, her family history of military service, reasons for joining the Navy, reaction from her family to her enlistment, training as a cryptological technician, first duty station at Whidbey Island, Washington. Weger talks about the lack of women in unit, rate of … more
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Weger, Laura Nevada
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, March 1, 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with community activist Pat Gulley for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Gulley discusses her experiences with the black community and interracial interactions, involvement in the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, civil rights, and contemporary race relations.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Huebner, Andrew & Gulley, Pat
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, March 17, 2011

Description: Interview with graphic designer, business owner, and beauty pageant winner Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Fitzgerald's personal experiences of childhood and home life in Tehran, Iran, attending Al Zahra University in Tehran, coming to America as a young bride, attending the University of North Texas and finding a career as a fine artist in Dallas. Fitzgerald talks about serv… more
Date: March 17, 2011
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah & Fitzgerald, Armaiti Shahidi
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hannah Lee, March 15, 2011

Description: Interview with Hyei-ok "Hannah" Lee, a jeweler and immigrant to Texas from Seoul, Korea. Lee discusses growing up and her education, her family, her children's schooling, traditional Korean family structure, and cultural differences and similarities. In appendix are photographs of items in Lee's home discussed in the interview, and explanations of cultural customs mentioned.
Date: March 15, 2011
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah & Lee, Hyai-ok (Hannah)
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, March 2, 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Linnie McAdams, community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview McAdams talks about the contemporary state of civil rights progress; involvement in the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; discrimination; poverty; Quakertown; continued community involvement; women’s rights; contemporary politics; and whiteness of black movies.
Date: March 2, 2017
Creator: Lacy, David & McAdams, Linnie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bob Glenn, March 30, 2010

Description: Interview with Bob Glenn, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Glenn's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, his 1961 enlistment in the U.S. Army, service at various stateside bases, and his career in the banking industry. Glenn also discusses changes in the Weatherford economy.
Date: March 30, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Glenn, Bob
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Roy J. Grogan, March 16, 2010

Description: Interview with Roy J. Grogan, longtime Weatherford resident and elected official, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Grogan's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, enlisting in the U.S. Navy, and World War II. Additionally, Grogan talks about his studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law, his legal career with the FBI and as a land developer, his political career on the Weatherford City … more
Date: March 16, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Grogan, Roy J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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