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Oral History Interview with Norman Brinker, 1974

Description: Interview with Norman Brinker, a restaurateur. The interview discusses his family, military, education, and sports; early business experiences; his personal development and philosophy of management; founding his first company; entry into food business with Jack-in-the-Box; starting a coffee shop, Brink's; founding of Steak and Ale; growth and expansion into other states; partnership relations; philosophy towards control systems, expansion, public financing, and franchising; views on employee re… more
Date: {1945-12-05,1974-12-11}
Creator: Caruth, Donald L. & Brinker, Norman
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Alan Steinshnider, October 11, 2007

Description: Interview with Alan Steinshnider, a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. The interview discusses his childhood in Phoenix, Ariz.; decision to enlist in the U.S. Naval Reserves; active duty career, including service on USS Yorktown, USS Bonhomme Richard, USS Oriskany, concluding with assignment to Naval Air Station Grand Prairie, Tex.; "shellback" initiation; opinions regarding benefits of military service; daughter's military service. At the end includes a photocopy of various plaques.
Date: October 11, 2007
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Steinshnider, Alan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with William I. Smith, November 20, 2003

Description: Interview with William I. Smith, farmer and Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His rural background in West Texas; his decision to join the Navy, in 1943; boot camp and fireman's school, San Diego, California, 1943; assignment to the USS Kadashan Bay, 1943; shipboard routine; the assault on Peleliu, September 14, 1944; the battle of Leyte Gulf, October, 1944; the Luzon landings and being hit by a kamika… more
Date: November 20, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, William I.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Thorn, August 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Floyd Thorn, a Navy veteran (VP-44), concerning his experiences as a pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in Texas; pre-war flying experience; decision to join the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1938; flight training, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, 1938-39; Mine Warfare Laboratory, Yorktown, Virginia, 1939; operational training, North Island, San Diego, California, 1939-40; assignment to VP-44; training with PBYs, Ford Island, Oahu, Hawaii, 1941; his e… more
Date: August 14, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Thorn, Floyd
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John P. Starkey, March 5, 2003

Description: Interview with John P. Starkey, engineer and Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942; transfer to the Boise, April, 1943; volunteering for assignment to the U.S. Navy Submarine Traini… more
Date: March 5, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Starkey, John P.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ignacio Jaimes Castillo, April 9, 2011

Description: Interview with Ignacio Jaimes Castillo, a Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas from Mexicali, Mexico, concerning his family history; childhood hobbies and family relationships; work as an accountant and business manager for Kenworth Mexicana and PACCAR; education in both Latin America and the United States; opinions on the American economy and manufacturing; comments on illegal immigration, race relations, and work opportunities; flight to Denton on February 29, 2004; the immigration process… more
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Date: April 9, 2011
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Castillo, Ignacio Jaimes
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John W. Lee, April 5, 2003

Description: Interview with John W. Lee, a Navy veteran (USS Balao), concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Balao in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in San Antonio, Texas; his decision to join the Navy, June, 1942; boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the submarine tender USS Sperry, 1942, and stationing at Brisbane, Australia; his volunteering for submarine duty and assignment to the Balao, September, 1943; general accounts of various war patrols; being dept… more
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Lee, John W.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Harold Placette, December 8, 2001

Description: Interview with Harold Placette, Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Phelps during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent experiences aboard the Phelps in the Pacific and Atlantic Theaters during World War II. His decision to enlist in the Navy, July 16, 1940; boot camp, San Diego, California, 1940; assignment to the Phelps and stationing at Pearl Harbor, November, 1940; his training as a radarman; pre-war training exercises; h… more
Date: December 8, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Placette, Harold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Glenn M. Stinchcomb, November 17, 1999

Description: Interview with Glenn M. Stinchcomb, an engineer and Navy veteran (VP-27), concerning his experiences as a PB4Y-2 co-pilot during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Decision to enlist in the Navy on May 9, 1945; acceptance in the V-5 Program for naval aviators, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945-46; pre-flight training, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1946; his decision to participate in the Holloway Program as a midshipman, 1946; primary flight training, Naval Air… more
Date: November 17, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stinchcomb, Glenn M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with William P. Hess, February 19, 1999

Description: Interview with William P. Hess, Army Air Forces veteran (384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Early interest in flying and aviation; employment at Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego, California, 1939-42; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, 1942; Aviation Cadet Program, 1942-43; primary flight school, Visalia, California, 1943; basic flight training, Bakersfield, California, 1943; ad… more
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hess, William P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Louis Finch, December 18, 1995

Description: Interview with Louis Finch, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a member of the 7th and 15th Defense Battalions during World War II. Appendix includes photocopies of 3 certificates belonging to Louis L. Finch [3 leaves].
Date: December 18, 1995
Creator: Maynard, Stephen Ronald & Finch, Louis L.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Beth Eakman, March 28, 1997

Description: Interview with Beth Eakman, a graduate student, concerning her experiences with the establishment of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Her early introduction to feminism while a student at Texas Christian University, 1980s; activities with Planned Parenthood in Fort Worth; activities with Choice Dallas; involvement with the North Texas Democrats and Ann Richards's gubernatorial campaign, 1990; break-up of her marriage, 1991, and spousal abuse; stalking by her ex-husb… more
Date: March 28, 1997
Creator: Cook, Charles & Eakman, Beth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with William J. Fisk, December 26, 1996

Description: Interview with William J. Fisk, a Navy veteran (VPB-123), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the crew of a PB4Y-2; his unauthorized participation in a combat mission out of Okinawa over the Sea of Japan; battle damage to his plane; description of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from aerial observations after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date: December 26, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Fisk, William J.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: Postal Shooting]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: unknown
Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Heartbreak Ridge]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 6, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cult]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 13, 1990, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: America's Cup/Turner]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 7, 1988, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Sudduth, July 5, 1990

Description: Interview with Joseph Sudduth, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field with B Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Interview also covers his life before, during, and after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes an appendix.
Date: July 5, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sudduth, Joseph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with John W. Wisecup, July 28, 1987

Description: Interview with John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wisecup talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: July 28, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wisecup, John W.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara L. Parry, December 10, 2019

Description: Interview with Dr. Barbara L. Parry, a psychiatrist from La Jolla, California. Parry discusses premenstrual psychosis, light treatment and circadian rhythms, the DSM, postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, treatments, medications, the impact of politics, and grants.
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Date: December 10, 2019
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Parry, Barbara L.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: Sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about despite the 6- 3 and 3- 10 losses to Chicago the bright spot continues to be the booming bat of Jeff Burroughs.
Date: August 4, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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