Latest content added for UNT Digital Libraryhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?sort=creator&src=ark&searchType=advanced&q6=&t6=dc_coverage&t3=untl_agent&start=456&fq=untl_institution%3AUNTOHP2023-08-30T14:41:58-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital LibraryOral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 19872019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987" title="Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Charley Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Elmore City, Oklahoma. Pryor discusses joining the Marine Corps, operations with the North China Marines in Tsingtao, interactions with Japanese troops before the war, surviving the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30), being captured and participating in a Japanese landing on Java, thoughts on Japanese soldiers and military life, experiences working on the Burma Railway in Thailand, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and a camp at Kachanaburi in Thailand, liberation, and postwar service.</p>Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 20122019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585095/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585095/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012" title="Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585095/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Washington with an emphasis on Hispanic communities and cooperation with Mexico. In appendix is a biography of Ruiz and his resumé.</p>Oral History Interview with Alla Clary, August 12, 19692012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223594/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223594/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Alla Clary, August 12, 1969" title="Oral History Interview with Alla Clary, August 12, 1969" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223594/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Alla Clary, former secretary to Representative Sam Rayburn, from McKinney, Texas. In the interview, Miss Clary discusses her personal experiences and recollections from her many years of service in the office of Congressman Rayburn in Washington D.C.</p>Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 19692019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529168/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529168/"><img alt="Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969" title="Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529168/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Judge Ed Gossett, judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the first interview, Gossett discusses his childhood in Louisana and Texas, his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, his time as a lawyer and as district attorney for the 46th judicial district, and his election to Congress in 1938. The second interview includes Gossett's discussion of his tenure as a Congressman.</p>Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 19662019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529160/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529160/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966" title="Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529160/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Tom Bullock Hyder, a Democratic Texas State Legislator from Denton, Texas. Hyder recounts his time in state government from 1928 to about 1940, discussing lobbying, the growth of the state's industries, liquor laws, state education, his relations with various prominent state figures and politicians, campaigns, and other topics.</p>Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 19672012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223558/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223558/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 1967" title="Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 26, 1967" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223558/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Alonzo W. Jamison, a college professor and farmer-stockman from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences and personal views on the Sixtieth Legislature and activities on the House Education Committee.</p>Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 19652012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223551/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223551/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1965" title="Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1965" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223551/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., a college professor and farmer-stockman from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, as well as House speakerships and lobbyist activities.</p>Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 19682012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223579/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223579/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968" title="Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1968" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223579/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. It also includes his personal views on appropriations, revenue bills, the budget-making process, the legislature's relationship with Governor John Connally, liquor legislation, and urban-rural conflict.</p>Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday, August 28, 19652012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223552/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223552/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday, August 28, 1965" title="Oral History Interview with Paul J. Kilday, August 28, 1965" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223552/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Paul J. Kilday, former U.S. Congressman (1939-1940), attorney and judge from San Antonio, Texas. The interview includes Kilday's experiences and personal views of neutrality legislation, selective service legislation, Lend-Lease, conscientious objectors, atomic bomb, demobilization, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, creation of Atomic Energy Commission, Unification Act of the Armed Services, creation of Department of Defense, and campaign for Congress against Maury Maverick, 1938.</p>Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, December 10, 19642012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223550/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223550/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, December 10, 1964" title="Oral History Interview with Fred H. Minor, December 10, 1964" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223550/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Fred H. Minor, an attorney from Lewisville, Texas. The interview includes Minor's personal experiences as a member of the Texas House of Representatives and Speaker of the House, 1931-33, as well as funding for highway construction and his philosophy concerning functions of Speaker of the House.</p>Oral History Interview with Miles E. Anderson, November 7, 19962012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223616/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223616/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Miles E. Anderson, November 7, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with Miles E. Anderson, November 7, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223616/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Miles E. Anderson, former professor and administrator at the North Texas State College in Denton, Texas. In the interview, Anderson describes his experiences concerning the desegregation of the college and race relations in Denton, Texas. He also comments on President J. C. Matthews and chair of the Board of Regents, Ben Wooten.</p>Oral History Interview with Joe Lindsay Keffer, October 12, 19962012-06-06T21:51:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223615/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223615/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Joe Lindsay Keffer, October 12, 1996" title="Oral History Interview with Joe Lindsay Keffer, October 12, 1996" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223615/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with former student and staff member at the University of North Texas Joe Lindsay Keffer, from Denton, Texas. Keffer describes his experiences as a student at the former North Texas State College during the desegregation of the school in the late 1950's. He also comments on President J. C. Matthews, as well as his personal observations about racial matters on the college campus and the community of Denton, Texas.</p>Oral History Interview with Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, March 17, 20112014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306774/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306774/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, March 17, 2011" title="Oral History Interview with Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, March 17, 2011" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306774/small/"/></a></p><p>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 serving as Mrs. International 2009 and establishing the Fight Oral Cancer Foundation. The interview includes photographs and articles about Fitzgerald.</p>Oral History Interview with Jack Hill, December 8, 20062014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306909/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306909/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Jack Hill, December 8, 2006" title="Oral History Interview with Jack Hill, December 8, 2006" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306909/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Jack Hill, former employee of the Texas Textile Mill, as part of the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences about his childhood, working at Wilson's Grocery Store and Cole's Groceries, enlisting in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and serving in the China-Burma-India Theater. Hill also discusses his family's experience in the Great Depression, his lay-off due to new child labor laws, the tornado of 1948, and his career in retail sales.</p>Oral History Interview with Hannah Lee, March 15, 20112019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585105/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585105/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Hannah Lee, March 15, 2011" title="Oral History Interview with Hannah Lee, March 15, 2011" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585105/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Oral History Interview with Douglas Chadwick, July 19, 20122019-07-28T10:10:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529189/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529189/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Douglas Chadwick, July 19, 2012" title="Oral History Interview with Douglas Chadwick, July 19, 2012" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529189/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Douglas Chadwick, former executive director of the UNT Foundation from Dallas, Texas. Chadwick discusses his family background and education at Southern Methodist University, his career in administration, work as Director of Planned Giving at UNT, involvement with the UNT Foundation and work as executive director, building connections and financial support, changes in the Foundation through the years, thoughts on the future of the Foundation and University, and his retirement.</p>Oral History Interview with Ginger Heiman, July 26, 20122022-06-20T19:46:04-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944682/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944682/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ginger Heiman, July 26, 2012" title="Oral History Interview with Ginger Heiman, July 26, 2012" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944682/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Ginger Heiman, certified public accountant, conducted for the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. She discusses her childhood and education in Denison, Texas, and at Grayson College, Southern Oklahoma University, and UNT; career as a Certified Public Accountant; work with the UNT comptroller’s office and the UNT Foundation.</p>Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 19802023-04-08T14:52:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085622/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085622/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980" title="Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085622/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Gene Freeland, an assistant to the regional representative at the Labor Department from Dallas, Texas. He discusses the labor climate in Texas, his involvement with the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and representation of unions in politics.</p>Oral History Interview with J. D. Bradley, June 27, 20032014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306879/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306879/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with J. D. Bradley, June 27, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with J. D. Bradley, June 27, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306879/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with postmaster and Army veteran J.D. Bradley. The interview includes Bradley's personal experiences about being a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II, enlisting in the army, basic training, various assignments, guard duty in the court docks during the tribunal, and guarding Hideki Tojo. Bradley talks about rules and regulations for Military Police guards, steps taken to prevent suicides among the prisoners, the physical description of the interior of the courtroom of the War Ministry Building, checks for hidden weapons in the courtroom, courtroom procedures, various security procedures, steps taken to impress the Japanese people, living quarters and conditions at the War Ministry Building, relations with Japanese civilians, black market activities, his relationship with a Japanese correspondent and trading cigarettes for photographs of the proceedings, Sugamo Prison, and his commanding officer, Lt. Col. Aubrey S. Kenworthy. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.</p>Oral History Interview with K. O. Dahlgren, May 28, 20022014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306894/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306894/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with K. O. Dahlgren, May 28, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with K. O. Dahlgren, May 28, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306894/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with K.O. Dahlgren, civil engineer and Marine Corps veteran. The interview includes Dahlgren's personal experiences about being a PBJ co-pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, enlisting in the Navy, primary and secondary flight training through the Civilian Pilot Training Program, pre-flight training, basic and advanced flight training, and navigation school. Additionally, Dahlgren talks about his early interest in aviation, designation as an Aviation Cadet, the transition to multi-engine planes at Corpus Christi and his transfer to the Marine Corps, transferring to Cherry Point, North Carolina, crew formation and PBJ training at Cherry Point, advanced training, his personal views on combat and the Japanese, stationing to Green Island, "night heckling" missions to Rabaul, his assignment to and living conditions in Emirau, skip-bombing, strafing, and night bombing missions, rest and relaxation in Australia, his rotation back to the states, and his postwar career.</p>Oral History Interview with Alexander Bate, September 19, 19862014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306902/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306902/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Alexander Bate, September 19, 1986" title="Oral History Interview with Alexander Bate, September 19, 1986" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306902/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with retired schoolteacher Alexander Bate. The interview includes Bate's personal experiences about the African American business community in Sherman, Texas, and the lynching of George Hughes. Bate also talks about being an African-American educator, and local race relations in Sherman.</p>Oral History Interview with Ralph Elliott, November 14, 19862014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306918/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306918/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ralph Elliott, November 14, 1986" title="Oral History Interview with Ralph Elliott, November 14, 1986" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306918/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Judge Ralph Elliott. The interview includes Elliott's personal observations as a young eyewitness to the lynching of George Hughes in Sherman, Texas, in May 1930.</p>Oral History Interview with William Hill, October 13, 19862014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306692/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306692/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with William Hill, October 13, 1986" title="Oral History Interview with William Hill, October 13, 1986" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306692/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with retired schoolteacher William Hill. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences concerning race relations in Sherman, Texas, 1915-30. Hill talks about the lynching of George Hughes in 1930, the African-American business and professional community in Sherman, and Ku Klux Klan marches.</p>Oral History Interview with Andrew White, September 24, 19862014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306802/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306802/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Andrew White, September 24, 1986" title="Oral History Interview with Andrew White, September 24, 1986" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306802/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Andrew White, business executive and president of the local chapter of the NAACP in Sherman, Texas. The interview includes White's personal experiences about race relations and the development of African-American businesses in Sherman during the 1980s.</p>Oral History Interview with Elisabeth Brolin, March 7, 20212023-08-30T14:35:29-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155542/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155542/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Elisabeth Brolin, March 7, 2021" title="Oral History Interview with Elisabeth Brolin, March 7, 2021" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155542/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Elisabeth Brolin discussing her early life in Switzerland, immigration to the DFW area, journey to becoming a United States citizen, her discovery of her faith and of God, her life as an immigrant in the United States, her social connections, and the concept of the American Dream.</p>Oral History Interview with Audrey Daniels Kariel, August 6, 20192023-08-30T14:41:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155566/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155566/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Audrey Daniels Kariel, August 6, 2019" title="Oral History Interview with Audrey Daniels Kariel, August 6, 2019" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155566/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Audrey Kariel, former Mayor of Mashall, Texas, discussing her family, upbringing in Corsicana, being Jewish during World War II, segregation, her education and marriage, becoming Chairman of the City Commission as Mayor of Marshall, Texas, race relations over the years, and becoming Chair of the Marshall Chamber of Commerce.</p>Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, March 2, 20172021-11-22T07:42:20-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857823/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857823/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, March 2, 2017" title="Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, March 2, 2017" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857823/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, April 7, 20172021-11-22T07:42:20-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857824/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857824/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, April 7, 2017" title="Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, April 7, 2017" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857824/small/"/></a></p><p>Audio log for a recording of an interview with Billie Mohair, librarian and community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Mohair talks about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, her experiences of racism and segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, Quakertown, continued community involvement, and contemporary civil rights issues.</p>Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 20032012-08-31T21:48:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98983/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98983/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 2003" title="Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 2003" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98983/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Aletha Barsanti regarding her experiences as the wife of U. S. Army General Olinto Barsanti. They married in 1942. She remembers their courtship in San Antonio; their assignments in Europe, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; raising their children; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; and his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died in May 1973.</p>Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 20002014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306983/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306983/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 2000" title="Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 2000" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306983/small/"/></a></p><p>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, transferring of the division to Guadalcanal, the fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war, evacuation to the Fiji islands for rest and recuperation, landings on Bougainville, patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville, his rotation back to the States, stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, and his postwar career.</p>Oral History Interview with Robert Cook, October 19, 20122014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306835/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306835/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Robert Cook, October 19, 2012" title="Oral History Interview with Robert Cook, October 19, 2012" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306835/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Army veteran Robert Cook. The interview includes Cook's personal experiences in the European Theater as well as experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in Stalag 17 and post-war life. The interview also includes an appendix with a photograph.</p>Oral History Interview with Ted A. Crozier, August 8, 20022014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306733/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306733/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Ted A. Crozier, August 8, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Ted A. Crozier, August 8, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306733/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Army veteran Ted A. Crozier. The interview includes Crozier's personal experiences about his service as an aviation officer for General Olinto Barsanti, commander of the 101st Airborne Division. Crozier talks about his Pre-Vietnam reminiscences about Barsanti and his role in facilitating the transition of the 101st Airborne Division to the use of helicopters.</p>Oral History Interview with Archie Gantt, August 31, 19992014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306964/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306964/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Archie Gantt, August 31, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with Archie Gantt, August 31, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306964/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Army veteran Archie Gantt. The interview includes Gantt's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, boyhood in central Texas, basic training, shipping to England, combat on the Siegfried Line, and the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Gantt talks about leadership problems, combat living conditions, Officer Candidate School and commissioning, and his postwar war service in Europe.</p>Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 19992019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585090/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585090/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585090/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.</p>Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 20022014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306961/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306961/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 2002" title="Oral History Interview with Bennie G. Snider, June 10, 2002" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306961/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with banker and Navy veteran Bennie G. Snider. The interview includes Snider's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education in Denton, Texas, joining the Navy, and boot training and electrical engineering school. Snider talks about duties aboard the USS Hancock, his assignment to Task Group 58 and the invasion of the Philippines, as well as the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, kamikaze attacks and the Hancock being hit by a kamikaze, burials at sea, and his postwar duties aboard the Hancock as part of Operation MAGIC CARPET.</p>Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 19982019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584995/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584995/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584995/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with John Hargrove, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hargrove discusses growing up and his family background, being drafted into the Air Corps, training, assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field as a radio operator, life and work at Langley, transition to the B-26, the start of the war, submarine patrol, deployment to Townsville, Australia via Hawaii, flying his first mission, liberty and recreation, bombing and close air support missions, the crew being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, losses, returning to the US, work as a radio instructor, meeting his wife, postwar service, and reflections on the atomic bomb. In appendix is a manuscript for an autobiography written by Hargrove, an addendum to the interview, and a letter to Ron Marcello making corrections to the interview.</p>Oral History Interview with Daniel Thomas, February 26, 19992021-11-22T07:16:25-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857747/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857747/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Daniel Thomas, February 26, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with Daniel Thomas, February 26, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857747/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with Daniel Thomas, a Navy veteran (4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomas discusses his decision to join the Navy in 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of casualties and their treatment during the battle for Iwo Jima; and the postwar effects of his Iwo Jima experience.</p>Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 19992019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584991/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584991/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999" title="Oral History Interview with John A. Roberts, April 27, 1999" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584991/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with General John Roberts, a Air Force WWII veteran from Arkansas, who served for over twenty years with General Roger Ramey of Denton, Texas. Roberts discusses Ramey's background and his own, Army Air Corps pilot training, the start of the war and assignment under Ramey, changing commands and transition to the B-29, Curtis LeMay, the atomic bomb, postwar work, Ramey's health and death, his relationships with various figures, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, the racial integration of the Air Force, and the Roswell UFO incident. Some additional biographical information about Ramey is provided by Colonel Terry Garland.</p>Oral History Interview with Elmer Wulf, August 17, 19982022-06-20T19:39:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944669/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944669/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Elmer Wulf, August 17, 1998" title="Oral History Interview with Elmer Wulf, August 17, 1998" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944669/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Elmer Wulf, businessman and U.S. Army Air Forces WWII veteran (535th Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force), about his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Appendix includes two photocopies from an unknown book and two photocopies giving information on the B-17.</p>Oral History Interview with Andrew Joseph Brenner, Sr., November 3, 20092014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306878/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306878/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Andrew Joseph Brenner, Sr., November 3, 2009" title="Oral History Interview with Andrew Joseph Brenner, Sr., November 3, 2009" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306878/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Joseph Andrew Brenner Sr., Hungarian-American immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Brenner's personal experiences of childhood and education in Budapest, Hungary, having a career as a tool and die machinist, the involvement with his brothers in anti-Soviet and anti-Communist resistance movements, being captured by Hungarian political police and subsequent torture, his sentence in a Soviet work camp, escaping across the Austrian border, and coping with memories of torture. Additionally, Brenner discusses his father's service in the German Luftwaffe, memories of the Soviet Army entering Budapest in 1945, immigrating to the U.S., settling in Weatherford, his efforts to maintain connections with family in Hungary, and the process of earning his citizenship. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.</p>Oral History Interview with J. Brown, August 4, 20102019-10-31T23:32:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585066/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585066/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with J. Brown, August 4, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with J. Brown, August 4, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1585066/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with J. Brown, a teacher, rancher, stagecoach-builder, and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Brown discusses his family history, his education and family, working the Wild West Show at Six Flags, building stagecoaches, the history of the stagecoach, and a tour of his shop.</p>Oral History Interview with Coy Carter, July 28, 20102021-11-22T07:40:35-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857810/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857810/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Coy Carter, July 28, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Coy Carter, July 28, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857810/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with Coy Carter, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, discussing his childhood in Weatherford and Spring Creek, Texas; farming in Spring Creek; memories of the Great Depression; ranching; tenure as sheriff.</p>Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 20102014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306737/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306737/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306737/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Weatherford schools, the school-building program, and his career as CEO of the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce.</p>Oral History Interview with Donald Davis, March 30, 20102021-11-22T07:42:59-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857830/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857830/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Donald Davis, March 30, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Donald Davis, March 30, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857830/small/"/></a></p><p>Transcript of an interview with Donald Davis who shares his childhood memories growing up in a family of eight children on a farm in Weatherford, Texas during the Great Depression, career, and family life with wife and four children.</p>Oral History Interview with Bob Glenn, March 30, 20102014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306883/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306883/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Bob Glenn, March 30, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Bob Glenn, March 30, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306883/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Oral History Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, November 2, 20092014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306794/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306794/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, November 2, 2009" title="Oral History Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, November 2, 2009" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306794/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, Germany-born immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Greenfield's personal experiences of childhood and education in Germany, escaping to Berlin from the Soviet army, and again to Bavaria, and marriage to an America GI. Greenfield also discusses her family's experiences with occupying U.S. Army forces, the decision to settle in Weatherford, the struggle to pass on German language and culture to her children and grandchildren, and her family history. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.</p>Oral History Interview with Roy J. Grogan, March 16, 20102014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306722/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306722/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Roy J. Grogan, March 16, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Roy J. Grogan, March 16, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306722/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Council and Weatherford College Board of Regents, the integration of Weatherford schools, and his involvement in state party politics. The interview includes an appendix with Grogan's resume.</p>Oral History Interview with J. W. Stoker, August 4, 20102018-08-23T20:56:52-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1228512/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1228512/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with J. W. Stoker, August 4, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with J. W. Stoker, August 4, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1228512/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with J. W. Stoker, a cowboy from Weatherford, Texas. Stoker discusses his family and growing up, getting involved in the rodeo, traveling shows, being drafted into the Army and serving in Korea, celebrities he has worked with, the Six Flags Wild West Show, induction into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, contemporary rodeos, his favorite acts, and reflections on his career. In appendix are two promotional photos of Stoker and his horse, and three of him performing.</p>Oral History Interview with Joe Tison, May 11, 20102014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306843/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306843/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Joe Tison, May 11, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Joe Tison, May 11, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306843/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Weatherford resident Joe Tison, school administrator and mayor, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Tison's personal experiences of childhood, education in Weatherford public schools, Weatherford College, and North Texas State College, as well as his career as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in Aledo and Weatherford ISDs. Tison also discusses the racial integration of Weatherford schools, his career as interim superintendent at various North Texas ISDs, and his experience as mayor. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and articles about Tison.</p>Oral History Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, February 18, 20102014-07-15T05:33:31-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306683/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306683/"><img alt="Oral History Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, February 18, 2010" title="Oral History Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, February 18, 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306683/small/"/></a></p><p>Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Towles' personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, and living in Weatherford during World War II. Towles also discusses her father's work with the Works Progress Administration, marriage to Norman Towles, her family's switch from Democratic loyalty to Republican, her personal evolution on race issues, and religious devotion.</p>