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BLOCKER, Carol (b. 1938)
BLOCKER, Carol (b. 1938)
Interview ID: OH 2054
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Carol Blocker is an advocate for sufferers of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. She discusses the life and illness of her daughter Melanie Blocker-Stokes who died by suicide amid postpartum psychosis in 2001, including her interactions with psychiatric professionals. Then Blocker discusses her advocacy work, through her Melanie Blocker-Stokes foundation, her testimony before Congress, and her activism around infanticide cases.
Date of Interview: 14/10/2022
BLOCKLINGER, James A. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BLOCKLINGER, James A. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1027
His experiences while aboard the heavy minelayer USS Ogallala during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 22/04/1994
BLOMBERG, Sam (b. 1934)
U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.
BLOMBERG, Sam (b. 1934)
U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1194
Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1972-73. Assignment to the 3rd Field Hospital, Saigon; activities while providing immunization shots to Vietnamese orphans; social life and living conditions; Vietnamization of the war; effect of Vietnam experience on his later life.
Date of Interview: 01/09/1997
BLOUSE, Glenn C. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Platoon. D Company. 1st Battalion. 135th Regiment. 34th Infantry Division.
BLOUSE, Glenn C. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Platoon. D Company. 1st Battalion. 135th Regiment. 34th Infantry Division.Interview ID: OH 1262
His experiences in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Entry into the service and basic training, 1943; transit across the Atlantic to North Africa and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to D Company, 135th Regiment; Monte Cassino, 1944; foul weather, mountainous terrain, and supply problems; murder of German POWs; survival in combat; Anzio operations, 1944; close combat; liberation of Rome, 1944; Apennines Campaign, 1944-45; exploits leading to award of a Bronze Star; Po Valley Campaign, 1945; end of the war and postwar adjustment to civilian life.
Date of Interview: 03/08/1998
BLUNTZER, Robert (b. 1897)
BLUNTZER, Robert (b. 1897)
Interview ID: OH 0088
Farmer-rancher. His observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the coastal bend area of south Texas, 1900-25. Ranch life; home seekers; Marizak plow; rural social life; Mexican-Anglo relations; Irish-Catholic influence.
Date of Interview: 30/05/1969
BOARD, Woodrow (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
BOARD, Woodrow (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0401
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1977
BOCK, Leonard (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. PC-1135. PC-1128.
BOCK, Leonard (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. PC-1135. PC-1128.Interview ID: OH 1193
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment and recruit training at Bainbridge Naval Receiving Center, 1942-43; electrician’s school, Newport, Rhode Island, 1943; assignment to PC-1135; convoy duty to Aruba; Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944; sinking of a Japanese submarine off Wotje Island; Marianas Campaign, 1944; witnessing mass suicides by Japanese civilians jumping off cliffs at Saipan; transfer to PC-1128; Okinawa Campaign, 1945, and kamikaze attacks; sinking of PC-1128 and his survival during a typhoon, October, 1945; assignment to an APA and participation in the Bikini Atoll atom bomb tests, 1946; postwar adjustment to civilian life.
Date of Interview: 07/08/1997
BOGGS, Albert (b. 1918)
BOGGS, Albert (b. 1918)
Interview ID: OH 0986
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mixon, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2885 at SCS-19-T in Jacksonville, Texas; transfer to Company 878 at SCS-37-T in Waxahachie, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 11/10/1993
BOGLE, Edra C (b. 1934)
University of North Texas.
BOGLE, Edra C (b. 1934)
University of North Texas.Interview ID: OH 1889
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. English professor and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Iowa; educational and professional background; homosexuality in literature; Oscar Wilde; activism in women’s and gay rights movements; move to Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages; Dallas Gay Alliance; LGBT activism at UNT; conditions for gay and lesbian faculty and staff in the 1970s; LGBT support groups and anti-discrimination policies; the AIDS crisis and the Dallas LGBT community; Baker v. Wade.
Date of Interview: 28/03/2012
Interview ID: OH 1177
University professor, experiences concerning the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Early interest in women writers; experiences concerning job discrimination; activities with National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1970s; introduction of women authors into her literature courses; activities with the Dallas Gay Political Alliance in 1970s; role in establishment of Gay and Lesbian Association of Denton (Texas) in 1970s; public acknowledgment of being a lesbian, 1978; personal and professional conflict with James W Lee, chair of the UNT English Department; early stages of the Women's Studies Program, 1988; early courses about women in course offerings of the English Department; her appointment as coordinator of the Women's Studies Program, 1992; coordination of course offerings in women's studies; establishment of a specific course in women's studies, 1994; relationship of gay and multicultural issues to women's studies; views on integrating women's issues into regular survey courses; unsuccessful attempt to establish a women's center; her resignation as coordinator of the Women's Studies Program, 1994, and her replacement by Barbara Rodman; her overall relations with Nora Kizer Bell, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; her relationship with Barbara Rodman; problem of homophobia and how to deal with it; men's role in the feminist movement
Date of Interview: 16/04/1997
BOLAR, James M. (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BOLAR, James M. (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0772
His experiences while aboard the minelayer USS Ogallala during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 22/04/1988
BOLEN, Joseph (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BOLEN, Joseph (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0341
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 11/10/1976
BOLITHO, Hayes (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
BOLITHO, Hayes (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0151
Businessman. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Clark Field, 1941; surrender at Clark Field; prison camp at Malaybalay, 1942; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-44; torpedoing of hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas; evacuation by American submarine.
Date of Interview: 17/07/1973
BOLLING, Alexander R. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 3rd Platoon. 3rd Battalion. 302nd Regiment. 94th Infantry Division.
BOLLING, Alexander R. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 3rd Platoon. 3rd Battalion. 302nd Regiment. 94th Infantry Division.Interview ID: OH 1255
His experiences as an infantry platoon leader in the European Theater during World War II. Education at U. S. Military Academy, 1940-43; basic infantry training at Fort Benning; assignment to the 66th Infantry Division, Camp Joseph Robinson, Arkansas, 1943; transfer to the 94th Infantry Division, early 1944; comments about the quality of non-commissioned officers; assessment of draftees in his platoon; comments about personnel from ASTP [Army Special Training Program]; initiation to combat in France; operations with Free French forces; night patrols; the art of "digging in"; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944; his arm and knee wounds due to friendly artillery fire; capture by troops from the 11th Panzer Division, January, 1945; escape and recapture; permanent internment at Hammelburg, Germany; POW camp life; abortive attempt by General George S. Patton to free American POWs; his second escape on March 27, 1945, in the midst of Patton’s rescue attempt; recapture and his third escape; his twelve-day journey back to American lines; debriefing; reunion with his father, General Alexander R. Bolling, Sr., commander of the 84th Division, in Hanover, Germany; assignment to a rifle company in the 84th Infantry Division; race to the Elbe River and the end of the war in Europe.
Date of Interview: 15/07/1998
BONNER, Richard J. (b. 1945)
BONNER, Richard J. (b. 1945)
Interview ID: OH 0924
His experiences while growing up in Hamilton Park, Texas, and attending the Hamilton Park School, 1951-64; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 29/09/1991
BOOTS, Donald (b. 1924)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. D Company. 4th Pioneer Battalion. 4th Marine Division.
BOOTS, Donald (b. 1924)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. D Company. 4th Pioneer Battalion. 4th Marine Division.Interview ID: OH 1405
Building contractor. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in western Pennsylvania; his decision to join the Marine Corps, December 10, 1942; boot camp, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1942-43; camouflage school, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 1943; assignment to the newly-formed 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, August, 1943; training in beachhead organization with the 4th Pioneer Battalion; invasion of Roi-Namur, February 1, 1944; mopping-up operations on Kwajalein; rest and retraining on Maui; assignment as a BAR man; invasion of Saipan, June 15, 1944; assaults against enemy caves on Saipan; comments about the stress of battle; return to Maui for rest and retraining; invasion of Iwo Jima, February 19, 1944; Japanese resistance on the Iwo Jima beaches; the rescue of his friend, Norman Pate; his role in organizing the beach operation at Iwo Jima; establishing beach defenses on Iwo Jima; evacuation and return to Maui; retraining and refitting for the invasion of the Japanese home islands; comments about the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date of Interview: 17/05/2001
BORUM, Val F. (b. 1922)
U. S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BORUM, Val F. (b. 1922)
U. S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1153
Physician. His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Blower in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1944; assignment to the Blower, 1944; his responsibilities as plotting officer; various patrols in the Java Sea and off Indo-China.
Date of Interview: 23/04/1996
BOTT, Wesley (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
BOTT, Wesley (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0399
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with the guard detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/10/1977
BOUNDS, Ivan (b. 1926)
BOUNDS, Ivan (b. 1926)
Interview ID: OH 1503
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Aircraft worker. His experiences as a longtime resident of Denton County, Texas, 1926-2002.
Date of Interview: 27/03/2002
BOW, James (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BOW, James (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0291
His experiences at Bishops Point with the Hawaiian Naval Reserve during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 03/02/1976
BOWDEN, Opal (b. 1908)
BOWDEN, Opal (b. 1908)
Interview ID: OH 1779
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime Weatherford resident. Childhood in Parker County, Texas; memories of World War I; Weatherford in the 1920s; the Great Depression; World War II; medical history.
Date of Interview: 21/06/2010
BOWERY, Jim (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
BOWERY, Jim (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0190
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 29/04/1974
BOWLING, Marilyn (b. 1939)
Braniff International Airways.
BOWLING, Marilyn (b. 1939)
Braniff International Airways.Interview ID: OH 1952
Bowling, Marilyn: Reservationist. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew and executives. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact on the DFW area and the airline industry as a whole with the “End of the Plain Plane” campaign brought in by Harding Lawrence. Discussions on being a part of the Braniff family and Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines to its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982.
Date of Interview: 16/02/2014
BOWLING, Rudy (b. 1945)
Braniff International Airways.
BOWLING, Rudy (b. 1945)
Braniff International Airways.Interview ID: OH 1953
Bowling, Rudy: Customer Service Agent. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and family members. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact on the DFW area and the airline industry as a whole with the “End of the Plain Plane” campaign brought in by Harding Lawrence. Discussions on being a part of the Braniff family and Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines to its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982.
Date of Interview: 16/02/2014
BOWSER, Alpha L. (b. 1910)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 3rd Battalion. 12th Marine Regiment. 3rd Marine Division.
BOWSER, Alpha L. (b. 1910)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 3rd Battalion. 12th Marine Regiment. 3rd Marine Division.Interview ID: OH 1256
His experiences as an artillery officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Education at U. S. Naval Academy, 1928-32; Officers Basic School, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1932; assignment as a gunnery officer aboard the USS Texas, 1933-34; Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1935-36; assignment to Marine security detail at Warm Springs, Georgia, for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1937; assignment to USS Nevada, 1937-39; assignment to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines at San Diego, 1939-40; assignment to Quantico, Virginia, as an artillery instructor, 1940; assignment to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as G-3; selection as commander 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 1944; Guam Campaign, July, 1944; Iwo Jima landings, February, 1945; training and planning for Operation OLYMPIC; his role in the demobilization of the Marine Corps after World War II; assignment to Quantico as head of Amphibious Warfare School, 1947-49; assignment to Fleet Marine Force, Pacific as naval gunfire instructor, 1949; his role in planning the Inchon landing, 1950, during the Korean War; various government assignments with Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.; retirement as a three-star general, 1967.
Date of Interview: 12/03/1998
BOX, Alma (b. 1930)
BOX, Alma (b. 1930)
Interview ID: OH 0967
Her views concerning the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1960-90. Work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins; first senatorial campaign of John Tower; personal political philosophy; activities with Texas Federation of Republican Women; views on Religious Right, abortion, Eagle Forum.
Date of Interview: 19/08/1993
BOYD, Ealy (b. 1935)
U.S. Air Force Korean War Veteran.
BOYD, Ealy (b. 1935)
U.S. Air Force Korean War Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1659
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Jacksonville, Tex.; decision to enlist in U.S. Air Force; basic training in San Antonio and assignment to Laredo Air Base, Tex.; deployment to Korea as a vehicle operator with Fifth Motor Transport Squadron; encounters with “Bed-check Charlie”; encounters with North Korean POWs; assignments at bases in Louisiana, Alaska, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, New Hampshire, Thailand, and West Germany; shift into vehicle maintenance MOS, then into maintenance and storage of nuclear warheads, and finally into aircraft maintenance; challenges of raising a family, given frequent moves; civilian career with Lockheed Martin; political work for Reps. Martin Frost, Preston “Pete” Geren, and Jim Wright and State Sen. (later Mayor) Mike Moncrief; experiences of family members in the military.
Date of Interview: 17/10/2007
BOYD, W. E. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
BOYD, W. E. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0560
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 3rd Engineers during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/05/1982
BOYDSTUN, J. Burton (b. 1919)
BOYDSTUN, J. Burton (b. 1919)
Interview ID: OH 0892
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Lubbock, Texas and Palisade, Colorado; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 03/03/1993
BOYER, Roger (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
BOYER, Roger (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0239
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with Headquarters Service Company, 3rd Engineer Regiment, Hawaiian Division, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 17/08/1974
BRABHAM, Charles C., Jr. (b. 1923)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Troop A. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.
BRABHAM, Charles C., Jr. (b. 1923)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Troop A. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 1553
His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1939, at age sixteen; mobilization and assignment to Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers, summer, 1941; assignment to Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, and duty along the Texas-Mexico border; assignment to New Caledonia, August, 1942; assignment to New Guinea, June, 1943; landings on Woodlark Island, June, 1943; landings at Arawe, New Britain, December 1943; Battle of the Driniumor River, Aitape, New Guinea, July, 1944; assignment to Leyte, Philippines, 1944; his medical evacuation due to malaria, dysentery, and hookworm, December 1, 1945.
Date of Interview: 09/09/2003
BRADBURY, Pamela W. (b. 1915)
BRADBURY, Pamela W. (b. 1915)
Interview ID: OH 0791
Her experiences as a dietician at Schofield Barracks hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 28/04/1990
BRADEN, David (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran. 870th Bomb Squadron. 497th Bomb Group. 73rd Bomb Wing. 20th Air Force.
BRADEN, David (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran. 870th Bomb Squadron. 497th Bomb Group. 73rd Bomb Wing. 20th Air Force.Interview ID: OH 1043
His experiences as a navigator/radar bombardier aboard B-29s flying bombing missions from Saipan to Japan, 1945.
Date of Interview: 08/10/1994
Interview ID: OH 1567
Architect. His impressions of General Curtis LeMay in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His assignment to Saipan, Mariana Islands, for bombing operations against the Japanese homeland, December, 1944; failures of the 58th Bomb Wing in the CBI; failure of attempts to bomb Japan from bases in China; LeMay’s arrival in the Marianas and changes in bombing techniques; the thirty-five mission limitation and improvement in aircrew morale; his functions as a B-29 navigator; LeMay’s decision to conduct incendiary night raids at 5,000 feet; strategic importance of Iwo Jima for bomber crews; his assessment of how LeMay’s policies made a decided difference in ending the war.
Date of Interview: 04/02/2005
BRADLEY, J. D. (b. 1927)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 720th Military Police Battalion.
BRADLEY, J. D. (b. 1927)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 720th Military Police Battalion.Interview ID: OH 1502
Postmater. His experiences and observations as a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II. Enlistment in the Army, October 3, 1946; basic training, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1946; voyage across the Pacific to Japan, February, 1947; stopovers at Oahu and Guam; assignment to the 720th MP Battalion at the Imperial War Ministry Building in Tokyo, March, 1947; rules and regulations for MP guards; guard duty in the court docks during the tribunal; comments about the defendants; steps taken to prevent suicides among the prisoners; his physical description of the interior of the courtroom in the War Ministry Building; checks for hidden weapons in the courtroom; courtroom procedures; his experiences in guarding Hideki Tojo; his description of various security procedures; comments about the Allied judges; steps taken to impress the Japanese people; description of 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; his description of Sugamo Prison; comments about his commanding officer, Lt. Col. Aubrey S. Kenworthy.
Date of Interview: 27/06/2003
BRAIN, Donald C. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BRAIN, Donald C. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0546
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the USS Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 11/03/1981
BRAINARD, James H. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BRAINARD, James H. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0591
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 05/12/1982
BRAKE-REGITZ, Tammy (b. 1972)
BRAKE-REGITZ, Tammy (b. 1972)
Interview ID: OH 1937
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Growing up in Canada and the decision to visit the United States in her twenties leading to her love of America and living the American Dream. Differences in Canada life and life in the United States. Her pursuit in a medical career and decision to seek an American citizenship.
Date of Interview: 17/10/2015
BRAMLETT, Kelly B. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
BRAMLETT, Kelly B. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0345
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 02/11/1976
BRANCH, Harold L. (b. 1904)
BRANCH, Harold L. (b. 1904)
Interview ID: OH 0948
Diamond expert. His recollections concerning diamond mining and the Crater of Diamonds near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1920-50.
Date of Interview: 07/07/1993
BRANCH, Malcolm (b. 1908)
BRANCH, Malcolm (b. 1908)
Interview ID: OH 1215
His experiences as sheriff of Wise County, Texas, 1941-47. Law enforcement equipment and technology in 1940s; working on a fee basis; law enforcement practices in 1940s; search warrants; comments about criminals ”Pretty Boy” Floyd, “Machine Gun” Kelly, Raymond Hamilton, and Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow; justice of the peace courts; county bootleggers; vagrancy cases in 1930s and 1940s.
Date of Interview: 01/07/1986
BRAND, Harry (b. 1921)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 26th Bomb Squadron. 11th Bomb Group.
BRAND, Harry (b. 1921)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 26th Bomb Squadron. 11th Bomb Group.Interview ID: OH 1133
His experiences as an aircraft mechanic with the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 26/09/1996
BRANTLEY, Loren H. (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
BRANTLEY, Loren H. (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0096
Labor negotiator, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Yodogawa, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: 19/11/1971
BRAVO, Sally Bermejo (b. 1953)
BRAVO, Sally Bermejo (b. 1953)
Interview ID: OH 1775
For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. Second generation of Bermejo women. Recollections of schooling in Fort Worth, Texas; scholastic structure of home life; cultural expectations and limitations on education; meaning of high school graduation; educational goals for children; role in sending children to college; generational changes in educational goals.
Date of Interview: 24/03/2013
BRAY, Leslie W., Jr. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
BRAY, Leslie W., Jr. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.Interview ID: OH 1388
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His youth during the Great Depression; early aspirations to become an aviator; initial failures to pass the Air Forces physical examination; acceptance into the Aviation Cadet Program, January, 1942; primary flight training, Coleman, Texas, 1942; basic flight training, Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, 1942; assignment to Troop Carrier Command, October, 1942; flying C-47s with the 1st Troop Carrier Command, Sedalia, Missouri, 1942; training with the 10th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, North Carolina, 1942-43; appointment as assistant group operations officer for the 10th Troop Carrier Group; Air Force School of Applied Tactics, Dunnellon, Florida, 1943; training of replacement units at various Air Force installations, 1943-44; designation as the commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, 1944; assignment to the CBI Theater and stationing at Sylhet, India, 1944-45; supplying the British 14th Army in Burma; transfer to Agartala, India, 1945; transfer to Chittagong, India, 1945; flying difficulties due to weather conditions; transfer to Myitkyina, Burma, 1945, and flying “The Hump”; deactivation of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, November, 1945; postwar Air Force career and retirement as a general officer.
Date of Interview: 03/03/1999
BREDE, James F., D.D.S. (b. 1925)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
BREDE, James F., D.D.S. (b. 1925)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1738
His experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater. Childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943. Preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. Active service with the 379th Bomb Group (H) in Kimbolton, England from June to November 1944. Combat experience in 35 missions including bombing of St. Lo, July 25, 1944. Return to U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor for the PT-13 in Lakeland, Florida, and the L-4 in Wichita Falls, Texas, until October 1945. Return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, and reenlistment in Air Force as a dentist in 1951 and deployment to Korea. Discharge from Air Force and establishment of dental practice in Pennsylvania until 1986. Experiences since retirement.
Date of Interview: 30/03/2011 to 13/04/2011
BREEDLOVE, Isaac D. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
BREEDLOVE, Isaac D. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0674
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 26/04/1986
BRENNER Sr., Joseph Andrew (b. 1935)
BRENNER Sr., Joseph Andrew (b. 1935)
Interview ID: OH 1696
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Hungarian-American immigrant to Weatherford, Texas. Family history; childhood and education in Budapest, Hungary; career as a tool and die machinist; father’s service in German Luftwaffe; memories of Soviet Army entering Budapest in 1945; involvement with brothers in anti-Soviet and anti-Communist resistance movements; capture by Hungarian political police and subsequent torture; sentence in Soviet work camp; escape across Austrian border; immigration to U.S.; career as a tool and die machinist in auto industry, welder, and maintenance man in several locations throughout U.S.; decision to settle with wife and family in Weatherford; efforts to maintain connections with family in Hungary; process of earning citizenship; coping with memories of torture.
Date of Interview: 03/11/2009
BREWER, Ada Reed (b. 1914) and Bob (b. 1915)
A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants.
BREWER, Ada Reed (b. 1914) and Bob (b. 1915)
A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants.Interview ID: OHB 0090
Owners and operators of A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants, Bertram, Texas. Ada’s family background; description of Ada’s father’s general store, Bertram; Bob’s family background; marriage to Ada and employment at McGill’s general store, 1939; discussion of losses on charge accounts during Depression; addition of Philco line of appliances, 1939; rationing of goods during World War II; comments on change from clerk-service to self-service operation of store; comments on credit business; purchase of clothes at Dallas fashion market; description of customer interests; changes in product lines; discussion of commercial and residential growth in Bertram area; use of direct mail and radio advertising; involvement with Texas Retail Association; discussion of blue law in Texas; factors in developing successful business; civic activities.
Date of Interview: 14/03/1984
BREWER, Darryl (b. 1960)
BREWER, Darryl (b. 1960)
Interview ID: OH 2085
Childhood and educational experiences as a resident of the Stop Six and Carver Heights neighborhoods of Fort Worth, Texas, and student at public schools including Dunbar High School. Family history. Experiences in the U.S. Army and National Guard and as an entrepreneur in Fort Worth.
Date of Interview: 21/03/2023
BREWER, George (b. 1926)
BREWER, George (b. 1926)
Interview ID: OH 0894
His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life in Corsicana; experiences in segregated schools; early employment; high school sports career; attendance at Samuel Huston College; move to Dallas; African-American housing in Dallas; employment with William Volker and Company; decision to locate in Hamilton Park, 1956; loan application and procedures; employment with American Building and Maintenance; transportation problems; church activities; Hamilton Park School; Interorganizational Council; Civic League; zoning problems; community beautification; ministerial activities.
Date of Interview: 22/08/1990, 17/09/1990
BREWSTER, Charlotte (b. 1944)
BREWSTER, Charlotte (b. 1944)
Interview ID: OH 1007
Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1975-91. Segregated education in El Dorado, Arkansas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; Pacesetter; church activities; Willowdell Park; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 01/03/1991 to 11/04/1991
BREYER, Frank (b. 1924)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 922nd Field Artillery.
BREYER, Frank (b. 1924)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 922nd Field Artillery.Interview ID: OH 1522
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His volunteering for the draft, 1943; assignment to Burma, 1944; attachment to Merrill’s Marauders (5307th Composite Unit [Provisional]); combat around Myitkyina, Burma, 1944; medical evacuation to Ledo; assignment to the Mars Task Force (5332nd Brigade [Provisional]), October, 1944; combat around Bhamo, Burma; transfer to the 612th Artillery; opening of the Burma Road; transfer to Kunming, China, for artillery training, March, 1945; teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command; resumption of fighting between Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces, 1945.
Date of Interview: 20/09/2003
BRILEY, Albirda (b. 1923)
BRILEY, Albirda (b. 1923)
Interview ID: OH 1028
Her experiences as a plant nurse at Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Arkansas, during World War II and the postwar years. 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; effects of depot on Texarkana.
Date of Interview: 29/04/1994 to 16/05/1994
BRINDLEY, Arthur (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
BRINDLEY, Arthur (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0332
His experiences at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 11/06/1976
BRINKER, Norman (b. 1931)
BRINKER, Norman (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OHB 0002
Restaurateur. Impact of his family, the military, education, sports, and early business experience upon 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 toward control systems, expansion, public financing, franchising; views on employee recruitment, selection criteria, training, incentives; problems in restaurant business; reasons for personal success, growth of Steak and Ale; thoughts on entrepreneurial spirit.
Date of Interview: 05/12/1974 to 11/12/1974
BRISCOE, Alan Lee (b. 1945)
BRISCOE, Alan Lee (b. 1945)
Interview ID: OH 1607
For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA engineer. Education at Texas A&M University and South Texas School of Law; decision to join NASA; work in flight control operations and communications support on Apollo program; Skylab “wet workshop”; problem-solving on Skylab mission launches; monotony inherent in Skylab work-shift schedules and efforts to break it; Skylab’s contributions to space exploration.
Date of Interview: 22/11/2006
BROADDUS, Roland (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BROADDUS, Roland (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0409
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 09/12/1977
BROADNAX, Clarence (b. 1940)
BROADNAX, Clarence (b. 1940)
Interview ID: OH 1922
Civil rights activist and small business owner. Role played in the desegregation of Piccadilly Cafeteria in downtown Dallas in 1964 and in the Dallas civil rights movement more generally. Thoughts on other Dallas civil rights leaders and organizations. Childhood in Karnack, Texas; career in the women’s beauty business; thoughts on effects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and contemporary civil rights issues.
Date of Interview: 26/03/2014
BROCK, Euline (b. 1932)
BROCK, Euline (b. 1932)
Interview ID: OH 1898
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; interactions with African Americans; educational and professional background; segregation; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Denton desegregation; Civil Rights Movement; experiences in Turkey and oppression of Armenians; African American population and race relations in Denton; political career.
Date of Interview: 23/02/2017
Interview ID: OH 0707
College professor, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; early experiences with discrimination; Denton power structure; desegregation of public facilities; group’s first meeting; tutoring program; desegregation of public schools; political activities; urban renewal; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; evolving nature of the group; lasting impacts.
Date of Interview: 27/10/1987
Interview ID: OH 0759
A follow-up to her earlier recollections concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s.
Date of Interview: 01/12/1988
BRODSKY, Philip (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Survivor of the Bataan Death March.
BRODSKY, Philip (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Survivor of the Bataan Death March.Interview ID: OH 0815
Pharmacologist, civil servant. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Nichols Field; fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942-44; hell ship to Formosa, 1944; liberation.
Date of Interview: 13/12/1989
BROLIN, Elizabeth Gertrud (b. 1944)
BROLIN, Elizabeth Gertrud (b. 1944)
Interview ID: OH 2006
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Swiss-born Elisabeth Gertrud Brolin discusses the defining moment of her life including the decision to move to the United States (DFW, TX) as well as her Christian faith. More specifically, she includes the reasons for her immigration, the first impressions of the U.S., the positive aspects of her experience as an immigrant and the reasons for becoming a committed Christian and how her faith fundamentally changed her life.
Date of Interview: 07/03/2021
BROOKS, Elston (b. 1930)
BROOKS, Elston (b. 1930)
Interview ID: OH 0634
Journalist. His experiences as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram during the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date of Interview: 21/03/1984
BROOKS, Harry (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BROOKS, Harry (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0246
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 24/08/1974
BROOKS, Joe (b. 1917)
BROOKS, Joe (b. 1917)
Interview ID: OHB 0008
Realtor, farmer. Family background, including founding of Brooks Dairy by his father; his early experiences on the farm and in Brooks Dairy; personal managerial experiences in dairy business; obtaining milk accounts with Denton public schools, College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman’s University), North Texas State University, Denton State School; entry of Borden’s and other competitors into Denton market; origins of and conflicts concerning North Texas Milk Producers Association; growth of orderly milk marketing; disappearance of small dairies; pricing methods, date marking, preservatives; management, advertising, employee relations; advent of mellorine in ice cream market; selling the business.
Date of Interview: 11/02/1976
BROOKS, Jossie (b. 1929)
BROOKS, Jossie (b. 1929)
Interview ID: OH 1869
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; NAACP activity in Mansfield; membership in Bethlehem Baptist Church; changes seen in Mansfield since end of Jim Crow.
Date of Interview: 09/04/2015
BROOKS, W. J. (b. 1913)
BROOKS, W. J. (b. 1913)
Interview ID: OH 0810
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Kentucky; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 547 at Camp Robinson near Jackson, Kentucky and Company 2513 at Camp Panaca in Panaca, Nevada; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 30/09/1990
BROWDER, Jack (b. 1914)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 741st Tank Battalion.
BROWDER, Jack (b. 1914)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 741st Tank Battalion.Interview ID: OH 1216
Businessman. His experiences as an officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war stateside training; forming and training the 741st Tank Battalion; amphibious training in England prior to the Normandy invasion; assignment as operations officer for the 741st; the fate of the DD tanks on D-Day; assignment as executive officer for the 741st; attachment of the 741st to the 2nd Infantry Division; combat in the hedgerow country of Normandy; comparisons and contrasts between the U. S. Sherman tanks and German Tiger and Panther tanks; tank-infantry coordination; troop replacement system; Saint Lô, July, 1944; Falaise Gap; liberation of Paris; Rhineland Campaign; Siegfried Line, September, 1944; Ardennes Offensive and Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; liberation of German concentration camps; liberation of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia; relations between American and Soviet troops; postwar recruiting duty in Illinois, 1946-48.
Date of Interview: 15/01/1998
BROWN, Alf (b. 1918)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
BROWN, Alf (b. 1918)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0188
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom, Non Pladuk, and Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation
Date of Interview: 26/03/1974
BROWN, Ernest A. (b. 1916)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 72nd Bomb Squadron.
BROWN, Ernest A. (b. 1916)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 72nd Bomb Squadron.Interview ID: OH 1145
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences with the 72nd Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 02/10/1996
BROWN, Eugene L. (b. 1922)
BROWN, Eugene L. (b. 1922)
Interview ID: OH 1094
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lakeview, Texas and McKinney, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp SP-53-T near Cleburne, Texas and Camp MA-4-T in San Antonio, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 16/10/1995
BROWN, Evelyn (b. 1942)
U.S. Navy Veteran.
BROWN, Evelyn (b. 1942)
U.S. Navy Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1667
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy. Childhood and education in Pennsylvania; decision to attend nursing school; “coming out” experience; decision to enlist in Navy Nurse Corps in 1969; assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Va.; decision to leave service upon assignment to USS Sanctuary, a hospital ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam, in 1974; opinions regarding “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy; involvement in veterans organizations.
Date of Interview: 30/10/2007
BROWN, J. (b. 1927)
BROWN, J. (b. 1927)
Interview ID: OH 1934
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family background and stories of his four daughters working at Six Flags Over Texas in the Wild West Show, trick-riding and trick-roping. His interest in a stagecoach at the show launching his business, J. Brown Stagecoach Works, in designing and building stagecoaches for Wells Fargo and the movie industry. Touring his shop in Weatherford, TX and explaining the process for hand-crafting stagecoaches.
Date of Interview: 04/08/2010
BROWN, Jack (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
BROWN, Jack (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0749
His experiences at the Marine Barracks between Hickam Field and the Pearl Harbor naval base during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941
Date of Interview: 23/04/1988
BROWN, Lawrence (b. 1914)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
BROWN, Lawrence (b. 1914)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0178
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 13/03/1974
Interview ID: OH 0179
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 20/03/1974
BROWN, Leon (b. 1918)
School of Music. North Texas State University.
BROWN, Leon (b. 1918)
School of Music. North Texas State University.Interview ID: OH 0577
Professor of trombone. His reminiscences about Boh Makovsky, former band director and head of the Music Department at Oklahoma A&M College, 1915-43.
Date of Interview: 29/09/1982
BROWN, Noah (b. 1913)
BROWN, Noah (b. 1913)
Interview ID: OH 0991
His experiences as an employee of the Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Arkansas, and the Lone Star Ordnance Plant, Texarkana, Texas, 1941-43. Union activities; safety procedures; women employees; work schedules.
Date of Interview: 31/03/1994
BROWN, W. C. (b. 1935)
Journalist.
BROWN, W. C. (b. 1935)
Journalist.Interview ID: OH 0652
His experiences as a student during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
Date of Interview: 06/06/1984
BRUCE, Gary (b. 1951)
BRUCE, Gary (b. 1951)
Interview ID: OH 1794
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Denton resident. Childhood in Pilot Point, Texas; school integration; assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; life during segregation; family; work experience; community life in Denton; racism.
Date of Interview: 06/08/2013
BRUCE, John W. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
BRUCE, John W. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0589
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 36th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 04/12/1982
BRUNK, Robert E. (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BRUNK, Robert E. (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1035
His experiences aboard the aircraft tender USS Curtiss during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 18/01/1995
BRUSH, John B. (b. 1912)
BRUSH, John B. (b. 1912)
Interview ID: OH 1280
Mechanical engineer, business executive. His experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Employment with the Procter and Gamble Company in the Philippines, 1941; pre-World War II social life in Manila; supplying the U.S. military with soap, shortening, and margarine; Japanese bombing of Nielson Field; initial incarceration by the Japanese, January, 1942; permanent incarceration at Santo Tomás University in Manila; internal organization and governance of the prison compound; personal procurement of food from outside the prison compound; camp recreation and entertainment; internal rules among internees; outside sources of money; construction of personal shanties within the prison compound; transfer to Los Baños, Manila, December, 1943; diet-related diseases; soap making; destruction of Manila and liberation by American troops, February, 1945.
Date of Interview: 03/02/1998
BRUTON, Cicero H. (b. 1924)
BRUTON, Cicero H. (b. 1924)
Interview ID: OH 0893
His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life; segregated education; employment with Texas and Pacific Railroad, Universal Freight; children; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy 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; desegregation of Hamilton Park School.
Date of Interview: 15/09/1990 to 18/09/1990
BRYAN, Gerry (b. 1941)
BRYAN, Gerry (b. 1941)
Interview ID: OH 1873
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with farming; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings.
Date of Interview: 06/08/2015
BRYAN, Megan (b. 1987)
BRYAN, Megan (b. 1987)
Interview ID: OH 2084
Administrative Coordinator at UNT. Childhood in Germany, education at University of York, England, career with UNT administration. Experience as a “third-culture kid” being born in Germany, moving to the USA at 30 years old.
Date of Interview: 15/03/2023
BRYANT, John (b. 1947)
Texas House of Representatives. Democrat.
BRYANT, John (b. 1947)
Texas House of Representatives. Democrat.Interview ID: OH 0540
Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Biographical information; political philosophy; decision to enter politics; comments about Speaker Bill Clayton, Governor William Clements; House Study Group; House rules; public school financing; lobby influence; consumer legislation; appropriations.
Date of Interview: 30/11/1979
BUCCILLI, Alessandro (b. 1969)
BUCCILLI, Alessandro (b. 1969)
Interview ID: OH 1714
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Director of Marketing and Sales Administration, Peterbilt Motors Company, and Italian immigrant. Purpose of migration to the United States; family background in Rome, Italy; education; employment in the U.S.; comparison of opportunities in Italy and the U.S.; comparison of bureaucracy in Italy and the U.S.; immigration experience; comparison of Italian and U.S. cultures; shifts in perceptions about Italy and the U.S.; comparison of national immigration debates in Italy and the U.S.; social responsibility; learning English; English language insecurities; perspectives on importance of language and culture; raising American children; legacy.
Date of Interview: 06/04/2011
BUCHMEYER, Pamela (b. 1960)
BUCHMEYER, Pamela (b. 1960)
Interview ID: OH 1919
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Pamela is the daughter of Judge Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer who became a United States District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. Thoughts on her Fathers political career. Her retailing of Baker v. Wade a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas, which criminalized private behavior by consenting adults. Thoughts on the Dallas gay community and Dallas Pride events.
Date of Interview: 22/11/2014
BUCK, J. W. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
BUCK, J. W. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0279
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 24/02/1975
Interview ID: OH 0299
Highway construction worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 04/03/1976
BUGBEE, Karl A. (b. 1918)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
BUGBEE, Karl A. (b. 1918)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0098
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ashio, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 15/12/1971
BULL, Harcourt G. (b. 1909)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
BULL, Harcourt G. (b. 1909)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0130
Tax consultant, Army veteran, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, 1943-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 31/07/1972
BULLARD, Marla (b. 1952)
BULLARD, Marla (b. 1952)
Interview ID: OH 1531
Salesperson. Her experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. Her Mexican-American family values; her use of drugs and alcohol in high school; her attitudes toward the Vietnam War; hippie activities at Allen’s Landing in Houston, Texas; conflicts between rednecks and hippies; her attraction to the musical groups of the Sixties; the importance of lyrics in Sixties music; her decision to attend the Texas International pop Festival; drug use at the festival; comments about Janis Joplin’s performance; influence of the festival on her life.
Date of Interview: 14/12/2003
BUMGARNER, John R. (b. 1912)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
BUMGARNER, John R. (b. 1912)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1073
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1995
BUNCH, William P. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
BUNCH, William P. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0091
Businessman, Army veteran, survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Clark Field; fall of Bataan and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Yawata steel mill, Honshu; Miyazu, Honshu, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1971
BURCH, John O. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BURCH, John O. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0422
His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 30/05/1978
BURGE, Jack (b. 1918)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
BURGE, Jack (b. 1918)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0427
Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 16/05/1978
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