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Oral History Interview with Tom Noel, November 17, 1978

Description: Interview with Thomas E. Noel, a banker. The interview discusses his family background and education; his boyhood work experiences; his first job in banking; his rise to president of First National Bank of Memphis; early banking practices, equipment, and laws; talks about the Depression; his retirement and move to Denton, Texas in 1951; his membership on bank boards; comments on banking in Denton through 1978; and his other business interests. The interview also includes another document entitl… more
Date: November 17, 1978
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Noel, Thomas Ewell
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with La Petta Collier, 1991

Description: Interview with La Petta Collier, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1957 to 1991. The interview discusses segregated rural education in south Texas; housing for African Americans in Dallas in the 1950s; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; Civic League; Hamiton Park School; desegregation; zoning problems; church activities; and the "Buy Out."
Date: {1991-01-25,1991-02-01}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Collier, La Petta
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Myra L. Christian, 1991

Description: Interview with Myra L. Christian, a businesswoman and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1955 to 1991. The interview discusses her parents; her segregated education in Grand Prairie, Texas; her employment as a private housekeeper; housing in the Dallas projects; African American life in the Hall-Thomas area of Dallas; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; transportation problems; the establishment of a beauty shop in Hamilton Park Shopping Center; flooding probl… more
Date: {1991-04-03,1991-04-10}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Christian, Myra L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Ona B. Smith, 1991

Description: Interview with Ona B. Smith, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1959 to 1991. The interview discusses her early life as a daughter of an African American sharecropper; segregated education; African American housing in Dallas during 1940s and 1950s; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements and pride in ownership; transportation problems; shopping; flooding and drainage problems; Hamilton Park PTA; Junior NAACP; desegregation of Hamiton Park School; Civic League; property r… more
Date: {1991-04-30,1991-05-07}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Ona B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Charlotte Brewster, 1991

Description: Interview with Charlotte Brewster, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1975 to 1991. The interview discusses her segregated education in El Dorado, Arkansas; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; Pacesetter; church activities; Willowdell Park; and "Buy Out."
Date: {1991-03-03,1991-04-11}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Brewster, Charlotte
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Pearline Proctor, 1991

Description: Interview with Pearline Proctor, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1959 to 1990. The interview discusses her youth in East Texas; segregated education; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; her role as secretary for Civic League; zoning problems; deed restrictions and violations; the desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; church activities; and the "Buy Out."
Date: {1991-05-06,1991-05-19}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Proctor, Pearline
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Robert E. Price, 1991

Description: Interview with Robert E. Price, a minister and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1972. The interview discusses his youth in Southeast Texas; his education in segregated schools; his decision to move to Hamilton Park; church activities; home improvements; shopping; zooning problems; school activities; deed restrictions; and the desegregation of Hamilton Park School.
Date: {1991-04-22,1991-04-29}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Price, Robert E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Irene Mitchell and Marion Mitchell, 1990-1991

Description: Interview with Irene and Marion Mitchell, they were residents of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1955 to 1980. The interview discusses their youth in Central Texas; their education in segregated schools; their decision to build a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; school activities; the desegregation of Hamilton Park School; the development of Mitchell Mail Service; transportation problems; zoning problems; Interorganizational Council; the "Buy Out," and current neighborhood problems.
Date: 1990-12/1991-01
Creator: Wilson, William H.; Mitchell, Irene & Mitchell, Marion
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Mary E. Garnett, 1990-1992

Description: Interview with Mary E. Garnett, a schoolteacher and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1992. The interview discusses her education in segregated East Texas; her graduation from Texas College; her teaching career in Malakoff, Texas; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; employment at Hamilton Park School; the desegregation of Hamilton Park School in Richardson, Texas; Pacesetter; Interorganizational Council and Civic League; and the "Buy Out."
Date: 1990/1992
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Garnett, Mary E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Michael Patrick Ryan, May 2, 1993

Description: Interview with Michael Patrick Ryan, a Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The interview discusses his assignment to the 2nd Marine Division; landing on Gavutu and Tanambogo in the Florida Islands; Tarawa landing; the Marianas campaign; and the Tinian landing.
Date: May 2, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Ryan, Michael Patrick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Edward L. Newhouse and Mary A. Newhouse, 1990

Description: Interview with Edward and Mary Newhouse, residents of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1955 to 1990. The interview discusses their youth in East Texas; education in segregated schools; housing problems for African Americans in Dallas; home improvements; social life; school activities; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park Junior and Senior High Schools; flooding problems; Pacesetter; Civic League; zoning problems; the "Buy Out," and changes in quality of life in the community.
Date: {1990-12-06,1990-12-14}
Creator: Wilson, William H.; Newhouse, Edward L. & Newhouse, Mary A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with William J. Edmond, December 17, 1990

Description: Interview with William J. Edmond, an educator and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during the 1956 to 1990. The interview discusses his youth in East Texas; his military service in World War II; his employment with Dallas Independent School District; segregated housing in Dallas; his decision to purchase a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; zoning problems; his activities with the Civic League; shopping areas; Interorganizational Council; church activities; school desegregation; and th… more
Date: December 17, 1990
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Edmond, William J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Freddie S. Ervine, 1990

Description: Interview with Freddie S. Ervine, a caterer, realtor, and a resident of Hamilton Park during 1950 to 1990. The interview discusses her childhood in the segregated environment of East Texas; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; establishing her catering business; shopping in Hamilton Park; traffic flow problems; bus service; church activities; Hamilton Park School; the desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; participation in the Civic League; zoning problem;… more
Date: {1990-10-30,1990-11-06}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Ervine, Freddie S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Thelma Wells, 1990

Description: Interview with Thelma Wells, a schoolteacher, secretary, and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1963 to 1979. The interview discusses her education; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; substitute teaching at Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; Interorganizational Council; president of the Civic League; traffic access problems; flooding problems; deed restrictions; zoning controversies; and her decision to move out of Hamilton Park.
Date: {1990-10-19,1990-12-27}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Wells, Thelma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Freddie M. Nance, 1990

Description: Interview with Freddie M. Nance, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1990. The interview discusses her segregated education in Dallas; African American housing in Dallas; her employment history; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; Hamilton Park School; home improvements; social life; church activities; school desegregation; Interorganizational Council, and the "Buy Out."
Date: {1990-08-31,1990-09-09}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Nance, Freddie M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Cicero H. Bruton, 1990

Description: Interview with Cicero Bruton, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1990. The interview discusses his early life; segregated education; his employment with Texas and Pacific Railroad; Universal Freight; children; African American housing in Dallas; his decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; college at Prairie View; shopping; church activities; social activities; Civic League; the "Buy Out"; Hamilton Park School and sports activities; and the desegregation of Ham… more
Date: {1990-09-15,1990-09-18}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Bruton, Cicero H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Sarah Janice Kee, February 29, 1992

Description: Interview with Sarah Janice Kee, a library administrator. The interview discusses her early teaching career in De Leon, Texas; Library School at the Texas States College for Women from 1935 to 1938; working as a librarian at Sabine High School in Beaumont, Texas in 1941; Army Library Service during World War II; Missouri State Library; Wisconsin Free Library Commission; her activities with the American Library Association; and the U.S. Office of Education in Dallas, Texas.
Date: February 29, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard & Kee, Sarah Janice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Laurice Stevenson, 1990

Description: Interview with Laurice Stevenson, a community leader and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1955 to 1990. The interview discusses his education in segregated schools; his early work experience; his military service in World War II; his employment at Consolidated Lloyds Insurance Company; African American housing in Dallas; his decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; description of the original house floor plan; his social life; the pride of home ownership; transportation problems; zonin… more
Date: {1990-09-04,1990-09-11}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Stevenson, Laurice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Henry L. Davis, 1990

Description: Interview with Henry L. Davis, III, a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1990. The interview discusses his education and childhood; his military service in World War II; marriage; his employment with the post office; his decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; church activities; his Big Brothers involvement; presidency of the Civic League; flood control measures; Civic League and community improvements; zoning controversies; integration with Richardson Independent School District;… more
Date: May 1990
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Davis, Henry L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Albertus Edley, October 9, 1990

Description: Interview with Albertus Edley, a clerk and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1990. The interview discusses the bus service and shopping; social life; church activities; zoning problems; Civic League; the "Buy Out"; school desegregation; Interorganizational Council; and political activities.
Date: October 9, 1990
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Edley, Albertus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Velma Jackson, 1990

Description: Interview with Velma Jackson, a clerk and a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during 1956 to 1990. The interview discusses her youth in East Texas; her employment in Dallas; African American housing problems; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home maintenance and improvements; transportation problems; social organizations; Hamilton Park School; church activities; Interorganizational Council and other political activities; zoning problems; Civic League; desegregation of schools; closin… more
Date: {1990-10-18,1990-11-15}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Jackson, Velma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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