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CABELL, Earle (b. 1906)
CABELL, Earle (b. 1906)
Interview ID: OH 0273
Dairyman, former Mayor of Dallas, former member of the United States House of Representatives. Early family history; rise of Cabell Brothers in the dairy business; Mayor of Dallas, 1961-65; Kennedy assassination; U.S. House of Representatives, 1965-73.
Date of Interview: 21/03/1974 to 03/04/1974, 14/06/1974 to 02/10/1974, 09/10/1974 to 16/10/1974
CAHOON, Frank K. (b. 1934)
Texas House of Representatives. Republican.
CAHOON, Frank K. (b. 1934)
Texas House of Representatives. Republican.Interview ID: OH 0012
Geologist, independent oilman, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Midland, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Texas Legislature. Business career; decision to enter politics; experiences as the lone Republican in the House; personal political philosophy; comments about the relationship among Governor John Connally, Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, and Speaker of the House Ben Barnes; salaries for public schoolteachers; views on sales tax; liquor legislation; appropriations bills; revisions in criminal code; labor legislation; lobby influence; building the Republican party in Texas.
Date of Interview: 24/10/1967
CALHOUN, Drue (b. 1910)
CALHOUN, Drue (b. 1910)
Interview ID: OHB 0027
Pioneer distributor of automatic gasoline nozzles. Early work experiences in Gordon, Texas; employment with Self Motors in Denton, 1925; experiences as service station owner and operator during the Great Depression; Air Force career; problems of service station business; discovering, entering automatic nozzle business; methods of financing and selling; role of Mrs. Calhoun in the business; entry of Charles Kregel into the business; selling the business.
Date of Interview: 27/03/1979
CALHOUN, Marilyn (b. 1943)
CALHOUN, Marilyn (b. 1943)
Interview ID: OH 2074
For the Trailblazers Oral History Project. Retired Dallas educator who served as a principal, teacher, and leader with the Dallas Independent School District. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; education at Spelman College and North Texas State College, now the University of North Texas. Experienced racism and discrimination during her time at North Texas State College.
Date of Interview: 14/02/2023
CALLAHAN, Eugene (b. 1914)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CALLAHAN, Eugene (b. 1914)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0343
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Worden during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/10/1976
CALLAWAY, Jack (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CALLAWAY, Jack (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1168
His experiences aboard the auxiliary supply vessel USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Date of Interview: 28/03/1997
CALVERT, Hugh W. (b. 1918)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.
CALVERT, Hugh W. (b. 1918)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 1529
His experiences as an officer in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth during the Great Depression; ROTC at Texas A&M College and commissioning as a second lieutenant in the cavalry; ordered to active duty with the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, February, 1941; assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron; his transfer to Troop A, 112th Cavalry, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas; tank school at Fort Knox, Kentucky; transfer to Service Troop; assignment to New Caledonia; shift from being a horse cavalry unit to an infantry unit; assignment to Woodlark Island, 1943; operations on Arawe; Driniumor River Campaign; rotation back to the States.
Date of Interview: 10/09/2003
CAMP, Eugene (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
CAMP, Eugene (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0390
His experiences at Camp Malakole with Battery B, 251st Coast Artillery, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/10/1977
CAMPBELL, Barbara (b. 1932)
CAMPBELL, Barbara (b. 1932)
Interview ID: OH 0969
Her views concerning the impact of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1960-90. John Tower’s first senatorial campaign; activities of Northwood, Texas, Republican Women’s Club; Texas Federation of Republican Women; work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins; personal political philosophy.
Date of Interview: 06/05/1993
CAMPBELL, Betty (b. 1965)
CAMPBELL, Betty (b. 1965)
Interview ID: OH 2075
For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Betty Campbell’s educational experience, from elementary school and her upbringing in San Antonio to her college experience at Incarnate Word University. Betty Campbell concludes the interview by discussing how her educational background has continued through her career with the United States Department of Labor.
Date of Interview: 20/02/2023
CAMPBELL, William M “Zeke” (b. 1914)
CAMPBELL, William M “Zeke” (b. 1914)
Interview ID: OH 1138
Musician. His experiences as a member of the “Light Crust Doughboys” western swing band, 1935-42. Early radio career in Tyler, Texas; comments about “Light Crust Doughboys” band members; appearances in Gene Autry movies (“Oh, Susanna” and “The Big Show”) for Republic Pictures; employment with Burrus Mill and Elevator Company promotional band; radio appearances; influence of jazz artists, particularly Django Reinhardt, on his style of guitar playing.
Date of Interview: 14/09/1996
CANBY, Caleb H., III (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Scout-Bomber 243. 1st Marine Air Wing.
CANBY, Caleb H., III (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Scout-Bomber 243. 1st Marine Air Wing.Interview ID: OH 1184
Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Family background and education; decision to join the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina; advanced training at Quantico, Virginia, 1943-44; assignment to Scout-Bomber Squadron 243 at Emirau, Solomon Islands, 1944-45; his work in the flight department processing pilots’ flight logs; transfer to Mangaldan, Luzon, 1945; assignment to Mindanao in March, 1945; contraction of hepatitis and return to the U. S.
Date of Interview: 05/08/1997
CANBY, Louise Pearsall (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CANBY, Louise Pearsall (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1163
Her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Great Depression on Elgin and her family; community attitudes toward roles of women; high school education at Elgin Academy; brief college career at Bradley University and the University of Iowa; actuarial work in Chicago; bookkeeping work in Fresno, California, 1942; family debate concerning internationalism versus the America First Committee; shock of the Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join WAVES and process of enlisting, September, 1942; radio school at Madison, Wisconsin; assignment to Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C., 1943; breaking German submarine codes; working with Enigma; dealing with permutations and mathematical equations; lodging and eating arrangements; social life; transfer to Dayton, Ohio, and security arrangements; German Bund; continuation of work with Enigma in Dayton at National Cash Register plant; construction of code-breaking computers; moving the computers from Dayton to Washington; using the new computers in breaking codes; Officers Candidate School, Northampton, Massachusetts, January, 1944; transfer back to Naval Intelligence in Washington, 1944; job-related stress; her sense of accomplishment and contributions to the war effort; adjustments to civilian life; lasting effects of her experience in the WAVES.
Date of Interview: 17/03/1997
CANFIELD, Larry (b. 1941)
U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.
CANFIELD, Larry (b. 1941)
U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0863
His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam. Assignment to the 93rd Evacuation Hospital, 935th Medical Detachment, Long Binh; living conditions; morale problems; recreation; medical treatment of enemy POWs; racial problems.
Date of Interview: 22/02/1992
CANNON, Raymond S. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CANNON, Raymond S. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0504
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 06/06/1980
CANO, Isabel (b. 1956)
CANO, Isabel (b. 1956)
Interview ID: OH 1683
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Argentina-born daughter of Spanish diplomats and immigrant to Denton. Family history; immigration narrative; first impressions of the U.S. and of Texas; struggles to learn English and acculturate; opinions about Denton.
Date of Interview: 10/10/2009
CAPPS, Thurman (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
CAPPS, Thurman (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 1196
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; railroad maintenance in Burma, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 08/07/1997
CAPUTO, Joseph A. (b. 1914)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
CAPUTO, Joseph A. (b. 1914)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0533
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1980
CARL, Marion (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
CARL, Marion (b. 1917)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0996
His experiences in the Battle of Midway and his role as a fighter pilot; Guadalcanal operations, August-November, 1942; shot down over water, November, 1942; assignment to Vella Lavella and fighter sweeps over Rabaul; postwar activities as a test pilot; photographic missions over the People’s Republic of China; air operations in Vietnam.
Date of Interview: 03/05/1993
CARLSON, David (b.1962)
CARLSON, David (b.1962)
Interview ID: OH 2046
Events of the week of the “Texas Blackout” (February 14 - 20, 2021) as experienced by David Carlson, a resident of Sanger, Texas, where he owns a ranch (cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs). Carlson struggled to preserve the lives of his dogs and sheep during a mass-birthing event during the 2021 snow storm.
Date of Interview: 23/03/2021
CARLTON, C. “Corky” (b. ca 1920)
CARLTON, C. “Corky” (b. ca 1920)
Interview ID: OH 0979
His experiences as the public relations and advertising person for the Crater of Diamonds, Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1958-65.
Date of Interview: 19/01/1994
CARLTON, P.K. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. U.S. Air Force Veteran.
CARLTON, P.K. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. U.S. Air Force Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1565
His reminiscences about his association with General Curtis LeMay. Bomber operations against Japan, and Japanese occupied territory, 1944-45; LeMay’s role in formulating strategic bombing tactics in the Pacific Theater; his assignment with the Strategic Air Command Operations staff under LeMay; the role of SAC and the B-52 in relations with the Soviets; LeMay’s attitudes concerning the National War College; comments about the B-58 “Hustler;” LeMay’s influence on USAF equipment decisions; LeMay’s operational contributions and his emphasis on readiness; LeMay’s role in creating a safety program for SAC; LeMay’s relationship with the press; LeMay’s efforts to establish survival schools; LeMay’s role in building SAC’s communications system; LeMay and the Cuban Missile Crisis; LeMay’s role in the development of radar formation flying; LeMay’s role in the development of Arctic bombing routes; LeMay’s role in the USAF’s acceptance of the B-52; LeMay’s views on the use of airpower in Vietnam.
Date of Interview: 30/06/2004
CARRICO, William (b. 1937)
CARRICO, William (b. 1937)
Interview ID: OH 0632
High school administrator. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1984
CART, Lee E. (b. 1964)
CART, Lee E. (b. 1964)
Interview ID: OH 1858
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; discovering homesteading and self-sufficiency; decision to homestead in Maine.
Date of Interview: 17/07/2015
CARTER, Coy (b. 1929)
CARTER, Coy (b. 1929)
Interview ID: OH 1883
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood in Weatherford and Spring Creek, Texas; farming in Spring Creek; memories of the Great Depression; ranching; tenure as sheriff.
Date of Interview: 28/07/2010
CARTER, George (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CARTER, George (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0344
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Mugford during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 15/11/1976
CARTER, Jim (b. 1931)
CARTER, Jim (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OH 2079
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Childhood memories and family history in Denton County. First mayor of Trophy Club. Career and working history: General Motors, Frito-Lay, Mercantile Corporation. Involvement with Denon County Commission’s Court. Development of Emergency Services District (ESD) and building of fire station to increase response times of emergency services for: Northlake, Argyle, Bartonville, Copper Canyon, Corral City and unincorporated areas of Denton County.
Date of Interview: 26/09/2022
CARTER, Uell (b. 1922) and KILLIAN, George (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veterans. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
CARTER, Uell (b. 1922) and KILLIAN, George (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veterans. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0056
Members of the “Lost Battalion.” Their experiences as prisoners-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Surabaja, 1942; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 19/09/1970
CARTWRIGHT, Grace W. (b. 1908)
CARTWRIGHT, Grace W. (b. 1908)
Interview ID: OH 0789
Farmer-rancher, community activist. Early life in rural Texas; student days at North Texas State Teachers College, 1925-29; position with Parker county Extension Service, 1929-31; marriage to Bickham Cartwright, 1931; development of farm and ranch properties during Great Depression; thoughts and philosophy on land conservation; development of Tin Top, 1949; thoughts on erasing the “littleness of the rural spirit”; awards from Ford and Rockefeller Foundations; appointment to Texas Tourist Board by Governor John Connally; activities concerning Texas roads beautification; appointment to Board of Regents, North Texas State College, 1949, by Governor Beauford Jester; her work as chair of board’s grounds committee; comments about members of the Board of Regents and Presidents W. J. Mcconnell and J. C. Matthews; desegregation of the college; her role in the interior decoration of the president’s house; appointment by president Harry S. Truman as delegate to White House Conference on Youth and Children, 1950; her role in formation of Brazos valley Association, 1957; appointment by Governor Price Daniel to Texas Water Quality Board; Sears Foundation award for Environmental Improvement, 1973; her role in the creation of a parks system for Weatherford, Texas, 1970s; election as vice-president of beautify Texas Council, 1978; Lady Bird Johnson Award, 1984, for conservation work; her management of farm-ranch properties after her husband’s incapacitating illness, 1953; establishment of student scholarships at the University of North Texas.
Date of Interview: 15/11/1989
CARY, Reby (b. 1920)
CARY, Reby (b. 1920)
Interview ID: OH 1819
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. World War II veteran, Civil Rights activist, author, and educator. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; life during segregation; World War II service in the Pacific onboard the Coast Guard cutter USS Cambria; writing career; participation in the Republican Party and state politics; Civil Rights activism; education career.
Date of Interview: 14/04/2014
CASE, Johnny (b. 1947)
CASE, Johnny (b. 1947)
Interview ID: OH 1496
Jazz pianist. His comments about the evolution of jazz in Fort Worth, Texas, 1960-2003. The influence of his parents on his musical career; his family’s acquaintance with Ernest Tubb; the influence of local radio stations in Paris, Texas; the influence of Elvis Presley on his early career; his early interest in rhythm and blues; learning to play the piano and his interest in jazz; early gigs in Oklahoma and northeast Texas; his family’s move from Paris to Dallas and his playing gigs at several clubs there; moving to Fort Worth, 1965; collaboration with Tom Morrell in producing the How the West Was Swung albums; comments about the demise of western swing; gigs and clubs in Fort Worth; his transition from playing western swing to jazz; comments about various jazz artists; playing for African-American audiences; comments about avant-garde jazz and its promoters; difficulties in making a full-time living as a jazz artist in Fort Worth; his employment at Sardine’s Italian Restaurant in Fort Worth, 1983-2003; the Caravan of Dreams and the resurgence of jazz in Fort Worth, 1983; his relationship with the local musicians union; comments about Texas jazz.
Date of Interview: 05/03/2003
CASON, Otis (b. 1897)
CASON, Otis (b. 1897)
Interview ID: OH 1443
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. His experiences and observations concerning rural life in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. Breaking mules; rural school; sheep and goat raising; hog killing; charcoal making.
Date of Interview: 22/08/1987
CASSEL, Robert (b. 1923)
CASSEL, Robert (b. 1923)
Interview ID: OH 1548
Truck driver. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas and Louisiana; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Hackberry, Louisiana and Mineral, California; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 17/03/2004
CASTERLINE, L. E. (b. 1919)
CASTERLINE, L. E. (b. 1919)
Interview ID: OH 0103
Businessman. Observations on the development of the seafood industry in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1925-71. Fishing trawlers; hurricanes; shrimping; labor relations; seafood processing and marketing; conservation; Intracoastal Canal.
Date of Interview: 01/10/1971
Castillo, Ignacio (b. 1974)
Castillo, Ignacio (b. 1974)
Interview ID: OH 1766
For the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Immigration Project. Childhood, education, and family life in Mexicali, Mexico; career with Kenworth and Peterbilt; perceptions of the U.S. while living in Mexico; decision to migrate to the U.S.; experiences with the U.S. immigration system; opinions about immigration debates in the U.S.
Date of Interview: 09/04/2011
CATES, Charles A. (b. 1908)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
CATES, Charles A. (b. 1908)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0185
Businessman, 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: 14/03/1974
CAUDEL, James (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CAUDEL, James (b. 1915)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0238
His experiences while stationed at Ford Island with the Overhaul and Repair Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 17/08/1974
CERNY, Ralph L. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. I Company. 3rd Battalion. 132nd Infantry Regiment. Americal Division.
CERNY, Ralph L. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. I Company. 3rd Battalion. 132nd Infantry Regiment. Americal Division.Interview ID: OH 1384
His experiences as a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Joining the Illinois National Guard, 1938; federalization of the Illinois National Guard, March, 1941; training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, 1941-42; shipment to Camp Darwin, Australia, 1942; formation of the Americal Division and landings at New Caledonia, March, 1942; transfer of the division to Guadalcanal, December, 1942; combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal; fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war; evacuation to the Fiji Islands, March, 1943, for rest and recuperation; landings on Bougainville, 1943; patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville; rotation back to the States, May, 1944; stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, Alabama, 1944-45; postwar career.
Date of Interview: 18/09/2000
CHACIN, Xergio (b. 1952)
CHACIN, Xergio (b. 1952)
Interview ID: OH 1938
For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela; moved to DFW to pursue Ph.D. in theology. His work as Director of Immigration Services for Catholic Charities of Fort Worth, services provided for the community and his thoughts on immigration issues.
Date of Interview: 22/10/2015
CHADWICK, Douglas (b. 1950)
CHADWICK, Douglas (b. 1950)
Interview ID: OH 1814
For the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. Former Director of Planned Giving and former executive director. Childhood in Dallas; education; employment history; work with the UNT Foundation in the 1990s and early 2000s; Foundation history.
Date of Interview: 19/07/2012
CHAIN, John T. (b. 1934)
U.S. Air Force Veteran.
CHAIN, John T. (b. 1934)
U.S. Air Force Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1552
His perspectives as commander of the Strategic Air Command; comments about leadership; his personal relationships with General Curtis LeMay.
Date of Interview: 10/05/2004
CHAMBERS, Martin (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
CHAMBERS, Martin (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0575
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: 08/04/1982
CHAMPION, Elmo (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
CHAMPION, Elmo (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0571
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 9th Field Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 15/05/1982
CHANDLER, Hubert (b. 1917)
CHANDLER, Hubert (b. 1917)
Interview ID: OH 1484
Janitor. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Wichita Falls, post-CCC life; Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2856 at Camp SCS-10-A in Pima, Arizona and Fort Thomas, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 02/03/2003
CHANDRASEKAR, Kirthica (b. 1973)
CHANDRASEKAR, Kirthica (b. 1973)
Interview ID: OH 1693
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to suburban Carrollton, Texas. Childhood and education in Bangalore, Madurai, and other locations throughout India; 1994 arranged marriage to a family friend living in New Jersey; first impressions of the U.S.; enrollment in Rutgers University M.A. program in statistics; work in insurance industry; immigration bureaucracy; struggle to keep close ties with family in India; 2005 relocation to Dallas suburb; comparison and contrast of life in India, New Jersey, and Texas.
Date of Interview: 17/11/2009
CHAPMAN, Bob L. (b. 1936)
Bank of Mason. Mason Auto Supply. Mason. Texas.
CHAPMAN, Bob L. (b. 1936)
Bank of Mason. Mason Auto Supply. Mason. Texas.Interview ID: OHB 0093
President, Commercial Bank of Mason and owner, Mason Auto Supply, Mason, Texas. Family background; early employment at Humble State Bank and as state bank examiner; comments on defalcations; employment as bank manager in Nixon, Texas; history of commercial Bank of Mason; manager and president of Commercial Bank, 1967; comments on bank loans in Mason area; discussion of computerization of bank; views on small town banking operation versus city banking operation; discussion of banking competitors in Mason; personnel practices; comments on advertising; views on government regulations; description of a typical bank work day; membership in trade associations; civic activities; comments on Mason’s Auto Supply; advice for business majors interested in banking profession.
Date of Interview: 13/07/1984
CHARLAND, George E. (b. 1924)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
CHARLAND, George E. (b. 1924)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1291
His experiences with the 3rd Marine Defense Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his experiences with the 2nd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, at Guadalcanal, 1942; his experiences with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at Tarawa, 1943; his experiences with the 4th Marine Division at Saipan and Tinian, 1944, and Iwo Jima, 1945. Childhood on the Ottawa-Ojibwa Nation Reservation in northern Minnesota; life on the road as a teenage hobo; decision to join the Marine Corps, 1940; activities during and in the aftermath of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; combat at Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal; battle wound at Tarawa and evacuation to Hawaii; banzai attacks and civilian suicides on Saipan; battle wound at Iwo Jima and evacuation to U.S.; medical discharge in April, 1945.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1998
CHARLES, Howard E. (b. 1919)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
CHARLES, Howard E. (b. 1919)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1243
Businessman, survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston, 1942, capture and imprisonment in Serang, Java; 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.
Date of Interview: 25/03/1998
CHARPENTIER, Leonard A. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 86th Fighter Squadron. 79th Fighter Group. 12th Air Force.
CHARPENTIER, Leonard A. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 86th Fighter Squadron. 79th Fighter Group. 12th Air Force.Interview ID: OH 1323
Physician. A monologue of his experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, 1942; primary flight training, Avon Park, Florida, 1942; basic flight training, Shaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina, 1942; advanced flight training, Craig Field, Selma, Alabama, 1943; fighter pilot training, Pinellas Field, Tampa, Florida, 1943; assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, 1944; his description of the P-47 Thunderbolt; various missions; his being shot down on a mission over southern France on August 29, 1944, and capture; treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital; his postwar medical career.
Date of Interview: 18/06/1999
CHASE, Harry E. (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CHASE, Harry E. (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1393
Pastor. His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 29/01/2001
CHASTAIN, Bobby J. (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CHASTAIN, Bobby J. (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1056
His experiences as a survivor of the sinking of the destroyer USS Johnston during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944; Marshall Islands invasion; Carolines invasion; Marianas invasion; Truk; Battle of Samar.
Date of Interview: 02/08/1994
CHAVEZ, Antonio (b. 1939)
CHAVEZ, Antonio (b. 1939)
Interview ID: OH 1830
Mexican American graduate of North Texas State University (now UNT). Childhood in Sonora, Texas; education in segregated and integrated schools; family history; experience attending NTSU.
Date of Interview: 11/10/2013
CHEEK, Pat (b. ca. 1937)
CHEEK, Pat (b. ca. 1937)
Interview ID: OH 1899
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; educational and professional background; family background; interactions with African Americans; racism in Denton; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Denton desegregation; women’s groups and feminist movement; activism; lasting friendships among Fellowship members; continued community involvement; contemporary politics.
Date of Interview: 03/04/2017
Interview ID: OH 0731
Schoolteacher, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early experiences with segregation; segregation in Denton; decision to join the Fellowship; group’s social activities; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; involvement of husbands in group’s activities; decision to disband; voter registration drives; lasting friendships.
Date of Interview: 12/04/1988
CHENNAULT, James R. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.
CHENNAULT, James R. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0972
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Natchez, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 16/03/1994
Interview ID: OH 1508
His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in rural Mississippi; his move to Texas in 1939; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1940; mobilization of the Texas National Guard, November, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers as part of the 3rd Army, Summer, 1941; training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, with Machine Gun Troop, 1941-42; assignment to New Caledonia, 1942; duty on Woodlark Island, 1943; combat around Arawe, New Britain, 1943-44; combat at Aitape, New Guinea, 1944; the Battle of Driniumor River, 1944; rotation to the States, 1945; assignment to a pack mule outfit, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1945; discharge from the Army, July 2, 1945; the daily routine of life in the horse cavalry.
Date of Interview: 06/08/2003
CHERUVU, Sunitha (b. 1972)
CHERUVU, Sunitha (b. 1972)
Interview ID: OH 2077
For the DFW immigration Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to Frisco, Texas. Childhood and education experiences in Chennai, India; Queens, New York; and West Windsor, New Jersey. Adjusting to life in America as an immigrant; college education at Rutgers University; career with Southwest Airlines. Religious importance of Hindu temples: Genesh Temple in Flushing, Queens, New York; Ekta Mandir Temple in Irving, Texas; Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas. Growth of Indian population in Frisco, Texas. Volunteer work with the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration Advisory Board, Frisco Family Services (ILEA), Frisco Inclusion Advisory Committee, Frisco Education Foundation (FEF). Strengths of Indian and American cultures. Parenting multi-cultural children. Hindu holidays. Police Departments. Black Lives Matter.
Date of Interview: 14/02/2023
CHILDRESS, Clyde C. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
CHILDRESS, Clyde C. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0106
Businessman. His experiences as a guerrilla fighter on Mindanao, Philippine Islands, during World War II.
Date of Interview: 08/02/1972
CHILDRESS, Elmer (b. 1918)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CHILDRESS, Elmer (b. 1918)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0378
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Reid during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 11/07/1977
CHILES, Harrell E. (b. 1910)
Western Company.
CHILES, Harrell E. (b. 1910)
Western Company.Interview ID: OH 0526 BOH 0047
Oilman, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Western Company. Family background; experiences in merchant marine; roustabouting and roughnecking around Barbers Hill, Liberty, and Esperson Dome; education at University of Oklahoma; Depression experiences; employment with Reed Roller Bit Company; early contacts with Clint Murchison; formation of Western Company, Incorporated, 1939; development of acidizing process; oil business during World War II; West Texas oil boom, 1947-57; transition from entrepreneur to manager; association with Charles Simmons; Ship Subsidy Act of 1936 and semi-submersible drilling rigs; dealing with foreign governments; views on energy self-sufficiency and conservation; relocation to Fort Worth, 1959; decision to join Republican Party; political activities; comments about Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Connally, William Clements, Lyndon Johnson, and Jim Wright; views on free enterprise system; purchase of Texas Rangers baseball club. [Cross-listed as OHB 0047]
Date of Interview: 25/01/1980 to 07/02/1980, 01/07/1980 to 09/09/1980
CHIPMAN, Donald (b. 1928)
CHIPMAN, Donald (b. 1928)
Interview ID: OH 2019
UNT Emeritus Professor of History. Childhood in Kansas; graduate education at University of New Mexico and teaching career at North Texas, beginning in 1964; remembrances of Vietnam War-era protest on campus and feelings about the war more generally among NT students and faculty.
Date of Interview: 28/02/2018
CHIPMAN, Thomas A. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. D Company. 320th Medical Battalion. 95th Infantry Division.
CHIPMAN, Thomas A. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. D Company. 320th Medical Battalion. 95th Infantry Division.Interview ID: OH 1299
Restaurateur. His experiences as a medic/driver in the European Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, May, 1942; basic training and cadre duty at Fort Robinson, Arkansas; assignment to Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pennsylvania, for a degree in engineering; transfer to Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, to the 320th Battalion, 95th Infantry Division; troop transport to England, August, 1944; move through France and assault on the Metz forts, November, 1944; evacuation and transport of the dead and wounded; winter weather conditions; attitudes toward battlefield carnage; rest and recuperation in Paris and black market activities; German prisoners-of-war and civilian refugees; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; German surrender and concern about being transferred to the Pacific Theater; return to the U.S.; postwar business career.
Date of Interview: 21/05/1999
CHRISTENSEN, Charles C. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CHRISTENSEN, Charles C. (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0494
His experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 01/10/1979
CHRISTIAN, George (b. 1927)
CHRISTIAN, George (b. 1927)
Interview ID: OH 0111
Journalist, public relations executive, former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson. His experiences and impressions during his tenure as presidential press secretary. Role of White House task forces in policy-making; presidential decision-making; importance of staff work; Executive-Legislative relationships; functions of the press secretary; communications and logistics; government secrecy; presidential news conferences; White House newspaper reporters; the problem of credibility; party discipline and loyalty; Johnson’s staff; comments about Lyndon Johnson, Joseph Califano, Walt Rostow, and George Ball.
Date of Interview: 08/08/1968
CHRISTIAN, Myra L. (b. 1925)
CHRISTIAN, Myra L. (b. 1925)
Interview ID: OH 1033
Businesswoman. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton, Park, Texas, 1955-91. Parents; segregated education in Grand Prairie, Texas; employment as private housekeeper; housing in Dallas projects; African-American life in Hall-Thomas area of Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; transportation problems; establishment of beauty shop in Hamilton Park Shopping Center; flooding problems; Hamiltonians and other social activities; Hamilton Park School; school desegregation and Pacesetter; property restrictions.
Date of Interview: 03/04/1991 to 10/04/1991
CHUMLEY, Horace (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
CHUMLEY, Horace (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0199
Retired law enforcement officer, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences while being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 03/04/1974
CIRULI, David (b. 1911) and Virginia (b. 1909)
CIRULI, David (b. 1911) and Virginia (b. 1909)
Interview ID: OH 0696
Farmers-ranchers. Their recollections concerning the Italian immigrant experience and their life as second generation Italians around Pueblo, Colorado. Education; old world customs; nativism; development of the Ciruli Brothers produce business; farming and ranching activities.
Date of Interview: 18/04/1987
CLARK, Alma (b. 1928)
CLARK, Alma (b. 1928)
Interview ID: OH 1636
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. First-generation descendant through marriage of Quakertown residents. Childhood and early education in Lampasas and Austin, Texas; 1958 marriage to Rev. “Willie” Clark, who had grown up in Quakertown; move to Denton; family’s experience in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women’s Fellowship; husband’s feelings regarding Denton’s Civic Center Park, on the site of Quakertown.
Date of Interview: 29/09/2006
Interview ID: OH 1900
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood in a mixed neighborhood in Lampasas, Texas; good race relations in Lampasas; living in a segregated neighborhood in Austin; move to Denton; Quakertown history; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; efforts to pave streets; lasting friendships among Fellowship members; continued community involvement; mostly positive race relations experienced by family.
Date of Interview: 20/04/2017
CLARK, Arthur B. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
CLARK, Arthur B. (b. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 1371
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, 1942-43; Kaoren, Thailand, 1943-45; liberation by the OSS, 1945.
Date of Interview: 29/09/2000
CLARK, Oliver (b. 1917)
CLARK, Oliver (b. 1917)
Interview ID: OH 0806
Laborer. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 26/09/1990
CLARY, Alla (b. 1889)
CLARY, Alla (b. 1889)
Interview ID: OH 0048
Former secretary to Representative Sam Rayburn. Her personal recollections and experiences from her many years of service in the office of Congressman Rayburn in Washington, D. C.
Date of Interview: 12/08/1969
CLAYTON, Bill (b. 1928)
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1975-82.
CLAYTON, Bill (b. 1928)
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1975-82.Interview ID: OH 0284
His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Early political career; personal political philosophy; quest for the house speakership; personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus Mutscher, Rayford Price, Price Daniel, Jr.; appointment of committee chairs; disposition of budget surplus; public school financing; public utilities regulation; constitutional revision.
Date of Interview: 16/07/1975
Interview ID: OH 0387
Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; appropriations; highway bill; public school financing; Peveto bill and property taxation; government reorganization; House-Senate relations; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date of Interview: 29/06/1977
Interview ID: OH 0477
His personal views and experiences during the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Treasury surplus; sentiment for tax relief; influence of Proposition 13 in California; gubernatorial politics; homestead exemptions; taxation on agricultural land; Peveto bill; “Filthy Fifty.”
Date of Interview: 16/11/1978
Interview ID: OH 0485
Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as Speaker during the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Decision to seek third term as speaker; relationship with Governor William Clements; House organization; Budget Execution Act; reduction of state bureaucracy; zero-based budgeting; reduction of taxes; appropriations; school finance bill; personal and corporate income taxes; Peveto bill; interest rates; consumer protection legislation; comments about “Killer Bees”; initiative-referendum.
Date of Interview: 27/08/1979
Interview ID: OH 0567
His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Effects of elections of 1980; effects of Brilab; House rules; selection of committee chairs; initiative-referendum; interest rates; state water plan redistricting; law-and-order legislation; his political future.
Date of Interview: 02/04/1982
CLAYTON, Margaret (b. 1917)
Anderson-Clayton Funeral Homes. Inc. and Anderson-Clayton Burial Association. Terrell. Texas.
CLAYTON, Margaret (b. 1917)
Anderson-Clayton Funeral Homes. Inc. and Anderson-Clayton Burial Association. Terrell. Texas.Interview ID: OHB 0067
Secretary-treasurer, Anderson-Clayton Funeral Homes, Inc. and Anderson-Clayton Burial Association, Terrell, Texas. Family background; John Clayton’s involvement in Terrell funeral business, 1921; merger of Anderson Undertaking Company and Muckleroy-Clayton Company, 1926; officers of company; expansion into Mesquite, Texas, 1935; establishment of Anderson-Clayton mutual benefit Association, 1935; business experiences during World War II; description of ambulance service; expansion into Kemp, Kaufman, and Duncanville, Texas; experiences during Depression; comparison of 1930s funeral home practices with current practices; personnel employed at three companies; description of embalming process and legal requirements for burial; types of caskets; comments on criticisms of funeral businesses; financing of business; advantages of family business; advertising practices; comments on government regulations; views on components for a successful business; comments on trade associations; civic activities.
Date of Interview: 29/04/1982
CLEERE, Duane (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CLEERE, Duane (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1125
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Hoe in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date of Interview: 04/04/1996
CLEM, Onnie (b. 1919)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
CLEM, Onnie (b. 1919)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0100
Survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in north China; fall of Bataan and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Davao Penal Colony, 1943; escape from torpedoed hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas; evacuation by American submarine.
Date of Interview: 11/01/1972
CLEMENS, JOHN J. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
CLEMENS, JOHN J. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1572
Childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas; education at Rice Institute. World War II-era service in U.S. Navy aboard the USS Turner; convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean; January 4, 1944, sinking of the Turner while moored in New York Harbor and court of inquiry regarding the sinking; service aboard USS Wren in Pacific Theater, including actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare; piloting ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender; account of effects Allied bombing campaign had on Tokyo.
Date of Interview: 13/05/2003
CLEMENT, Aubrey L (b. 1920)
CLEMENT, Aubrey L (b. 1920)
Interview ID: OH 1236
Automobile mechanic. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Paris, Texas and Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1814 in Linden, Texas; company move to Duncan, Arizona; company move to Fredonia, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 15/04/1998
CLEMENT, Raymond (b. 1938)
CLEMENT, Raymond (b. 1938)
Interview ID: OH 0602
High school coach. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
Date of Interview: 06/07/1983
CLEVELAND, Anne Lieberman (b. 1886)
CLEVELAND, Anne Lieberman (b. 1886)
Interview ID: OH 1008
Her recollections concerning women’s clubs in Texarkana, Texas. Current Topic Club; Sue Sanderson Garden Club; church activities; entertainment; women’s household chores; Civic Music Club.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1994
CLOUD, John L. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
CLOUD, John L. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0423
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with quartermaster personnel during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 27/06/1978
CLOWER, Ron (b. 1940)
Texas Senate. Democrat.
CLOWER, Ron (b. 1940)
Texas Senate. Democrat.Interview ID: OH 0306
Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Garland, Democrat. His role in the passage of public utilities legislation during the Sixty-fourth Legislature.
Date of Interview: 29/07/1975
Interview ID: OH 0481
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Texas Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; opposition to Special Session; repeal of sales tax on utility bills; modification of inheritance tax exemptions; ad valorem tax; taxation on agricultural land; Peveto Bill.
Date of Interview: 06/11/1978
Interview ID: OH 0516
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature. Anti-consumer legislation; lobby influence; comments about Governor William Clements; compensation for victims of crime; Regional Transportation Act; “Killer Bees.”
Date of Interview: 03/10/1979
COALSON, Tony (b. 1943)
COALSON, Tony (b. 1943)
Interview ID: OH 1892
For the Air America Oral History Project. Pilot and Army veteran. Childhood in Alabama; early fascination with aviation; ROTC fixed-wing flight training; transition to rotary craft; military combat tour in Vietnam with 201st Aviation Company; flying with Air America in southeast Asia; interview with Air America; assignment to Saigon, Vietnam; Air America missions in Cambodia.
Date of Interview: 19/04/2013
COATS, Sam (b. 1941)
Braniff International Airways.
COATS, Sam (b. 1941)
Braniff International Airways.Interview ID: OH 1954
Coats, Sam: Lawyer, Vice President of Domestic and Internal Affairs. 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: 03/01/2015
COCHRAN, Earnest (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
COCHRAN, Earnest (b. 1917)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0262
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-2 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 20/12/1974
COFFELT, Ken (b. *)
COFFELT, Ken (b. *)
Interview ID: OH 1813
For Richard Rafes dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former TCOM employee. History of TCOM.
Date of Interview: 15/07/1990
COFFEY, William (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
COFFEY, William (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1150
His experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-42 and USS Sterlet in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, 1937-41; Japanese air raid at Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1941; his responsibilities as a cook; assignment to the S-41, 1942; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands, 1943; transfer to the Sterlet, 1943; a patrol to the Inland Sea of Japan.
Date of Interview: 20/05/1996
COFFEY, William W. (b. 1918)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
COFFEY, William W. (b. 1918)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0583
His experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 23/10/1982
COLE, Charlie (b. 1931)
COLE, Charlie (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OH 0653
County adult probation officer. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
Date of Interview: 05/03/1985
COLE, Charlie Joe Jr. (b. 1931)
COLE, Charlie Joe Jr. (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OH 2000
For the Geezle Oral History Project; this interview extends and develops OH 0653 conducted in 1985 about Integration of North Texas Football; it probes Charlie Joe Cole, Jr.'s life journey from a 17-year-old Pilot Point, TX, athlete to a freshman football player at North Texas State College in 1948 to his distinguished Air Force Service during the Korean War; the interview continues with Charlie's return to NTSC and his football career as a varsity player; it explores his membership in the Geezles and the values he gained from that organization; it traces his beginning career as a public school administrator and coach; it intensifies with Cole's distinctive 20-year career as Denton County's Probation Officer, whereby he grew the department by hiring the first black female, establishing the first community and education-research based advisory committees, and garnering government grants, with the sole purpose of making probationers sound, solid, and productive citizens. The Charlie J. Cole Building in Denton, TX, stands as a permanent commitment to that ideal.
Date of Interview: 03/10/2019
COLE, Joe (b. 1946)
COLE, Joe (b. 1946)
Interview ID: OH 1530
Photojournalist, artist. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His parents’ reaction to changes in the Sixties; his introduction to marijuana, 1967; his attraction to the music of the Beatles; his initial introduction to the Fort Worth hippie culture; his views toward the Vietnam War; obtaining an agricultural exemption from his local draft board, 1965; comments about Sixties music and its message; his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; comments about Chicago Transit Authority, Canned Heat, and Led Zeppelin; activities of the Hog Farm; drug usage at the festival; comments about the friendly mood of the crowd; festival security personnel; “bad trip” tents; skinny-dipping in Lake Dallas; lasting influence of the festival on his life.
Date of Interview: 20/01/2004
COLE, Richard E. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
COLE, Richard E. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1401
Member of Doolittle's Raiders. His experiences as Jimmie Doolittle’s co-pilot during the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942. Pre-war education and job experiences; enrollment in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1939; enlistment in the Aviation Cadets Program, 1940; brief descriptions of primary, basic, and advanced flight training, 1940-41; B-25 bomber transition training with the 17th Bomb Group, Pendleton, Oregon, 1941; transfer to Columbia, South Carolina, February 14, 1942; his decision to volunteer for a secret mission, March 1, 1942; his initial meeting with Colonel Doolittle; his assignment as Doolittle’s co-pilot; mission training at Eglin Field, Florida; training in short field takeoffs of 450 feet; flight from Eglin to Alameda, California, and transfer of the sixteen B-25s to the carrier USS Hornet; the sailing of Task Force 16 en route to Japanese territorial waters; the takeoff at 0820 hours on April 18, 1942; the flight to Tokyo and the bombing; the flight from Tokyo to the Chinese coast; bailing out at 9,000 feet due to the plane running out of fuel at 2020 hours; his contact with Chinese Nationalist troops and being reunited with the rest of his crew, April 19; their subsequent meeting with Lieutenant John Birch and the trek to Chungking; transfer to Kunming and assignment to the 11th Bomb Squadron; various B-25 missions against Japanese targets in China and Burma, 1942; flying supplies over “The Hump,” July, 1942-June, 1943; transfer to the States, June, 1943; his volunteering for service in Burma with the 1st Air Commandos to support Wingate’s Chindits and Merrill’s Marauders, October, 1943-July, 1944; reassignment to Tulsa, Oklahoma, as an acceptance test pilot for Douglas Aircraft until 1945; reunions of Doolittle’s Raiders following the war.
Date of Interview: 08/08/2000
COLE, Ruby (b. 1933)
COLE, Ruby (b. 1933)
Interview ID: OH 1643
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. Resident of southeast Denton. Experiences while attending segregated schools in Denton, including memories of educator Fred Moore; folklore of Quakertown neighborhood and reasons for its disintegration; experience living in a house moved from Quakertown; efforts to create an African American museum in Denton; Quakertown in community’s historical memory.
Date of Interview: 29/11/2006
COLE, Ruby (b. 1933) and Alma Clark (b. 1928)
COLE, Ruby (b. 1933) and Alma Clark (b. 1928)
Interview ID: OH 1901
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhoods and family backgrounds; experiences with segregation; civil rights activism; educational and professional backgrounds; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Civil Rights Movement; race relations in Denton.
Date of Interview: 28/03/2017
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