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SHIFLETTE, William (b. 1918)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
SHIFLETTE, William (b. 1918)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0297
His experiences with the Air Warning System at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1976
SHIPMAN, Lloyd B. (b. 1923)
SHIPMAN, Lloyd B. (b. 1923)
Interview ID: OH 1004
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Central and North Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3805 in Bartlett, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 23/10/1994
SHIVERS, Allan (b. 1907)
State Senator. Lieutenant Governor. Governor.
SHIVERS, Allan (b. 1907)
State Senator. Lieutenant Governor. Governor.Interview ID: OH 0006
Former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. Career in the Texas Senate, 1934-45; liquor control issue; pari-mutuel betting; lobbyists; oil politics; labor relations; comments about Governors James Allred and W. Lee O’Daniel; race for lieutenant governor, 1946; views on the operation of state government; education; Truman presidential race of 1948; tidelands oil; death of Governor Jester in 1949 and succession to governorship; gubernatorial election, 1950; Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign, 1952.
Date of Interview: 12/04/1965, 02/10/1965, 08/04/1966
Interview ID: OH 0026
Former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. Observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson; Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948; Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952; Johnson presidential race of 1960; Texas Democratic politics, 1952-56; Fifty-third State Legislature; governor’s role in state party organization; state Democratic Convention of 1951; gubernatorial election of 1954; veterans land board controversy, 1954-55; insurance scandals of the mid-1950s; lame-duck governor.
Date of Interview: 08/08/1966, 06/02/1967, 02/10/1967, 18/12/1967, 18/04/1968, 13/08/1968
SHIVERS, Ruth (Rob) (b. 1930)
SHIVERS, Ruth (Rob) (b. 1930)
Interview ID: OH 1911
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Experiences attending bible-nursing schools as a gay woman. First memories of sexuality and crushes on women. Becoming a part of the gay community in Dallas. Gay bar scene in Dallas. Membership in various religious groups for LGBT. Founding member of the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas and Austin. Participation and planning of the first pride parade in Dallas. Memories and thoughts on President Kennedy’s assassination.
Date of Interview: 29/04/2016
SHOCKEY, Clarence (b. 1922)
SHOCKEY, Clarence (b. 1922)
Interview ID: OH 0809
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in North Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Mesquite, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 07/10/1990
SHOCKLEY, Martin S. (b. 1908)
SHOCKLEY, Martin S. (b. 1908)
Interview ID: OH 1052
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.
Date of Interview: 10/04/1995
SHORT, Elvira (b. 1922)
SHORT, Elvira (b. 1922)
Interview ID: OH 1620
For the Eastland County African American Women’s Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Eastland, Texas. Experiences regarding rural life, racial segregation, and race relations in Eastland County, Texas; childhood in a land-owning farming family in Mansfield, Louisiana; marriage to Perry short and move to Ranger, Texas; religious and social life among African Americans in Eastland; family history.
Date of Interview: 21/10/2006
SHOWERS, Donald M. (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SHOWERS, Donald M. (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1257
His experiences as a naval officer assigned to the Combat Intelligence Unit, Pearl Harbor, during World War II. Assignment to Station HYPO, February, 1942; comments about Joseph Rochefort, Jasper Holmes, Edwin Layton, and Chester Nimitz; comments about the breaking of JN- 25; role of intelligence in the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway; role of intelligence in the shooting down of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plane; role of intelligence in U. S. submarine operations in the Pacific; his role in the organization of intelligence files and the distribution of intelligence information; formation of the Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas (ICPOA), September, 1942; his assignment to the Estimates Section of ICPOA; establishment of a photo-reconnaissance section within ICPOA; establishment of the Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas (JICPOA); setting up the "Weekly Intelligence Bulletin"; JICPOA's role in the Pacific island campaigns; his role in preparing casualty estimates for the initial invasion of the Japanese home islands (OLYMPIC); postwar naval career.
Date of Interview: 13/03/1998
SHUFORD, Cecil (b. 1907)
SHUFORD, Cecil (b. 1907)
Interview ID: OH 0259
Former college professor, writer, poet. Evolution of the Journalism Department at North Texas State University; his philosophy on the training of professional journalists; his theories on creative writing; impressions of various presidential administrations at the University.
Date of Interview: 08/11/1974
SIEGLE, Mannie E. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
SIEGLE, Mannie E. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0464
His experiences with the 18th Headquarters Base at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1978
SIERMAN, James A. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SIERMAN, James A. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0429
His experiences while aboard the destroyer-minesweeper USS Wasmuth during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/07/1978
SILAR, Edward L. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
SILAR, Edward L. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1358
Business executive. His experiences as a pilot trainee in the United States during World War II. Life in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, during the Great Depression; the decision of the twin Silar brothers to enter the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, 1943; Air Crew Student Training, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee,1943; pre-flight training, Maxwell Field, Alabama, 1943; primary flight training, Southern Aviation School, Camden, South Carolina, 1943; basic flight training, Sumter, South Carolina, 1943; advanced flight training, Seymour, Indiana, 1943-44; comments about going through all phases of flight training with his twin brother, Ted; B-17 transitional training, Sebring, Florida, 1944; B-24 transitional training, Smyrna, Tennessee, 1944; assignment as a co-pilot instructor, Laredo, Texas, 1944-45; his various accounts of flying with his twin brother; forming of his permanent B-17 crew, Plant Park, Florida, 1945; his brother Ted’s marriage at Smyrna; mustering out of the service on December 15, 1945, and enrollment at Centre College with his brother, 1946; law school at Vanderbilt University with his brother, 1949; enlistment in the Air National Guard; Ted’s death as a result of a P-47 crash on March 28, 1949.
Date of Interview: 11/08/2000
SILAR, Elmira Jane Bock (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. WAVES.
SILAR, Elmira Jane Bock (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. WAVES.Interview ID: OH 1359
Her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; enrollment at Prowell’s Business School, York, Pennsylvania, 1940; Wrightsville during the Great Depression; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her decision to join the Navy, November 18, 1943; boot camp, Hunter College, New York City, 1943-44; yeoman’s school, Oklahoma A&M College, Stillwater, 1944; assignment to the Advanced Fire Control School, Anacostia Receiving Station, Washington, DC, 1944-45; base living accommodations; promotions; her first experiences with gays and lesbians; comments about sexual harassment; social life; her summons and dismissal of charges before a captain’s mast; specific work assignments; her assignment to a top-secret project; news of the sinking of her brother’s ship during a typhoon off Okinawa on October 9, 1945; her promotion to chief petty officer; her college aspirations and the decision not to attend; postwar employment with the War Assets Administration.
Date of Interview: 12/08/2000
SIMERSON, Walter A. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
SIMERSON, Walter A. (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0329
His experiences with the 3rd Engineers at an artillery cantonment near Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 12/06/1976
SIMPSON, Ira L. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 566th Bomb Squadron. 389th Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.
SIMPSON, Ira L. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 566th Bomb Squadron. 389th Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.Interview ID: OH 1369
His experiences as a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, 1943; pre-flight training, Santa Ana, California, 1943; his selection for navigator training, Santa Ana; aerial gunnery training, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1943; advanced navigation training, Hondo, Texas, 1943-44; combat crew training, Charleston, South Carolina, 1944; his description of the flight characteristics of the B-24; the flight to England and assignment to the 339th Bomb Group at Hethel, 1944; his first mission, October 1, 1944, to Hanau, Germany; base living conditions; off-base social activities; German fighters and flak; Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; forced landing due to flak damage on a mission to Magdeburg, Germany, January 3, 1945; his plane being shot down and his capture, February 14, 1945; interrogation; train trip from Holland to Germany; solitary confinement and further interrogation at Dulag Luft, Frankfurt, Germany; processing at Wetzlar, Germany; incarceration at Stalag Luft XIII-D in Nürnberg, Germany; his description of the physical layout of the POW camp; POW camp life; his bouts with mental depression; internal camp organization among the POWs; Red Cross parcels; relationship between POWs and German guards; forced march from Nürnberg to Stalag VII-A at Moosburg, Germany, April, 1945; living conditions at Stalag VII-A; liberation on April 29, 1945; his postwar career in the U.S. Air Force.
Date of Interview: 12/10/2000
SIMPSON, James B. (b. 1916) and Dorothy (b. 1921)
SIMPSON, James B. (b. 1916) and Dorothy (b. 1921)
Interview ID: OH 0841
Their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1960-90 Early life in rural Texas; Jim Crowism in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; employment; home improvements; transportation problems; church activities; Civil League; property restrictions; commercial encroachment; traffic problems; political activities; school desegregation; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 17/07/1990, 24/07/1990
SINKS, Robert M. (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. U.S. Naval Group. China.
SINKS, Robert M. (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. U.S. Naval Group. China.Interview ID: OH 1382
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy and boot camp, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; advanced schooling in meteorology and aerology, 1942; volunteering for duty in China; accounts of insurgency operations and intelligence gathering in China, 1943-45; comments about the Sino-American Cooperative Organization.
Date of Interview: 18/02/1999
SKIER, Lisa June Lachance (b. 1957)
U.S. Air Force Veteran.
SKIER, Lisa June Lachance (b. 1957)
U.S. Air Force Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1778
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Air Force Airmen (Weather Maintenance Technician), Captain (Administrative Officer), Persian Gulf War-era Veteran. Childhood as an Air Force brat; family history of military service; JROTC in Phoenix, Arizona; father’s views on women in the military; enlistment in the Air Force in a recently opened non-traditional job; sexual harassment and assault in the military; stationing in England; ROTC at the University of Texas at Austin; Administrative Officer’s School; stationing in Germany; choice not to deploy in support of the Persian Gulf War; post-Gulf War drawdown of forces; difficulty finding a civilian job; stigma of military personnel; volunteer in the Texas State Guard; Grace After Fire mission and programs; issues facing women veterans; predominance of homelessness among women veterans; lack of awareness of resources among women veterans; views on women in combat; slowly decreasing stigma of women in the military; women veterans’ views of veterans status; advice for future women in the military.
Date of Interview: 14/03/2013
SLATE, Garth W. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
SLATE, Garth W. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0528
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 and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: 13/08/1980
SLAVENS, George (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SLAVENS, George (b. 1922)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0467
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Medusa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/12/1978
SLEDGE, Ely (b. 1934)
SLEDGE, Ely (b. 1934)
Interview ID: OH 1457
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Teacher. His reminiscences about life on an African-American farm in Denton County, Texas, 1934-1960. Memories of his ex-slave step-grandfather; his description of old farm equipment; crops and livestock; canning and food preservation; a description of the family sorghum mill; their first radio; home remedies; holidays and social events; the African-American migration to cities and out of state.
Date of Interview: 21/08/1987
SLEDGE, Ely (b. 1934) and SLEDGE, William (b. 1928)
SLEDGE, Ely (b. 1934) and SLEDGE, William (b. 1928)
Interview ID: OH 1210
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Reminiscences and experiences concerning their father's farm near Pilot Point, Texas, 1900-1980 Comments about their African-American ancestors; their descriptions of various pieces of old farm equipment strewn about the homestead; sorghum mill and syrup- making; hog butchering and meat preservation; water well; description of farm buildings; segregated education; home remedies; garden area; canning; rural social life and entertainment; trading among neighbors; cash crops (peanuts, cotton); harvesting; description of the interior of the family farmhouse and its contents; listening to boxing contests (Joe Louis and “Jersey Joe” Walcott) on the family radio; store-bought and mail order catalog items; ”Juneteenth” celebrations; description of personal documents and papers, 1878-1931.
Date of Interview: 21/08/1987
SLOAN, Troy (b. 1914)
SLOAN, Troy (b. 1914)
Interview ID: OH 1098
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Bonham, Texas; move to Mount Pleasant, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 12/10/1995
SMALLWOOD, P. J. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
SMALLWOOD, P. J. (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0166
Realtor, advertising executive, 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 and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation.
Date of Interview: 11/10/1973, 25/10/1973
SMELTZER, Corenna Young (b. 1915)
SMELTZER, Corenna Young (b. 1915)
Interview ID: OH 1308
Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Effects of the Great Depression on her family; her first job experience in a knitting mill; incentives to seek a job as a riveter with Armstrong, 1942; transportation problems; shift work; wage discrimination; length of the workday and workweek; riveting work on F4U Corsair fuselages; reaction of male employees to the hiring of women; sexual harassment; financial and patriotic motivation; purchase of war bonds; work clothing; rationing; her role as an air raid warden in her hometown; end of World War II and its effects on employment, 1945; effects of defense work on her self-esteem and self-confidence; her influence on her daughters' career choices.
Date of Interview: 11/08/1999
SMELTZER, William (b. 1923)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. K Company. 179th Infantry Regiment. 45th Infantry Division.
SMELTZER, William (b. 1923)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. K Company. 179th Infantry Regiment. 45th Infantry Division.Interview ID: OH 1131
His experiences as a machinist at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base, 1942-44; his experiences as a combat infantryman in Germany, 1945; Hermann Goering's headquarters in Munich; liberation of Dachau; his receiving the Bronze Star.
Date of Interview: 03/08/1996
SMITH, 'Lee' Charles Leroy (b. 1932)
US Air Force Veteran.
SMITH, 'Lee' Charles Leroy (b. 1932)
US Air Force Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1948
Experiences at University of Alabama and in US Air Force. Flight School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, and Basic Training in Mississippi. Assignments in Keflavik, Iceland, Red Bluff, CA, and NORAD Sector as Captain in electronics and communications. Certified for the F-102 at Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, TX. Experiences while assigned to combat squadron in Saigon during Vietnam War. Life after Vietnam era and work experiences flying world-wide for businesses and the private sector, particularly as pilot for Frank Sinatra.
Date of Interview: 20/12/2018
SMITH, C. Dan (b. 1938)
SMITH, C. Dan (b. 1938)
Interview ID: OH 2002
For the Geezle Oral History Project. His story of his nativity in Hawkins, TX, and his public education in Lewisville, TX. Insights about his athletic football career in high school, at Texas Technological College, and to North Texas State College. Recollections on graduating in business administration, beginning a career in securities, and establishing his own business, CDS Resources. Views on staying committed and involved as an alumnus, based on his sterling achievement record of UNT Athletic Hall of Fame Member, Distinguished Alumnus of UNT, and Board of Regents Member (Chair for two years). His perspectives on the role of the Geezle Fraternity and its contribution to his college education, his career progress, and his continuing loyalty to UNT.
Date of Interview: 26/09/2016
SMITH, Charles E. (b. 1927)
SMITH, Charles E. (b. 1927)
Interview ID: OH 0724
Retired communications technician, community leader. His experiences concerning the desegregation of the Hamilton Park, Texas, school and integration with the Richardson Independent School District (RISD) during the 1960s and 1970s. Hamilton Park Civic League; conditions at the Hamilton Park School; Civil Rights Act of 1964 and RISD’s compliance; creation of biracial zones; role of H.E.W. in the desegregation process; student adjustments to desegregation; role of the Interorganizational Council in the desegregation
process; role of the Hamilton Park Evaluation Committee; clustering plans; establishment of Pacesetter.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1988
Interview ID: OH 0793
Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-89. Childhood in East Texas; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park; social activities; Civic League; property maintenance and deed restrictions; widening of Forest Lane; widening of Schroeder Road; extension of Shepherd Road; relations with Texas Instruments; zoning problems; establishment of Crime watch program, 1986; industrial encroachment; environmental problems; Willowdell Park; Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center; real estate speculation and Homeowner’s League.
Date of Interview: 24/08/1989, 10/10/1989, 24/10/1989
SMITH, Curtis J. (b. 1925)
SMITH, Curtis J. (b. 1925)
Interview ID: OH 0703
Airline employee, community leader. His role in the desegregation of the Hamilton Park, Texas, school and integration with the Richardson Independent School District.
Date of Interview: 08/09/1987
Interview ID: OH 0826
Airline employee, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life in East Texas; employment in Dallas; service in U.S. Navy during World War II; job promotions with Braniff; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park, 1956; flooding problems; shopping in the community; traffic and access problems; social activities; church activities; Civil League; Hamiltonians; Interorganizational Council; political activities; zoning controversies, Willowdell Park; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 02/02/1990, 23/02/1990, 30/03/1990
SMITH, Donald M. (b. 1912)
SMITH, Donald M. (b. 1912)
Interview ID: OH 1147
Businessman His experiences as the head of Riverside Foundry, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, during World War II Foundry business during the Great Depression; thoughts about Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal; conversion from peacetime to wartime production during World War II; obtaining contracts to produce hand grenades and rifle grenades;
problems in procuring pig iron and other scarce materials; employment of women; technological innovations in manufacturing process; responsibilities toward the local community.
Date of Interview: 12/08/1996
SMITH, Edith (b. ca. 1905)
SMITH, Edith (b. ca. 1905)
Interview ID: OH 1062
Her recollections of the Progressive Era in Texarkana, Texas. Marriage to Wilbur Smith; courting practices; childhood; family servants; education; church activities; survey of downtown businesses; her job in the newspaper business; leisure time activities; Red Cross activities during World War I; family reading material; political activities.
Date of Interview: 01/10/1994
SMITH, Edward V., III (b. 1937)
SMITH, Edward V., III (b. 1937)
Interview ID: OH 1866
For the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. Attorney and UNT Foundation emeritus board member. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; education history; political activities; involvement in the UNT Foundation and Board of Regents; Foundation history; law career; future of UNT; diversity at UNT.
Date of Interview: 06/07/2012
SMITH, Ikard (b. 1919)
SMITH, Ikard (b. 1919)
Interview ID: OHB 0079
President and senior chairman of board, Mcclurkan’s, Wichita Falls, Texas. Family background; father’s employment with McClurkan’s store in Denton and Krum; father’s experiences opening and managing McClurkan’s store in Wichita Falls, 1907; comments on grandfather W. S. Ikard’s ranching activities in Clay County and relationship with Comanche chief, Quanah Parker; educational and social experiences at Wharton School; entry into business with father, 1946; expansion and modernization of facility; comments on popularity of hats and ball point pens, 1946; views on development of shopping malls and discount businesses; expansion into shopping center, Wichita Falls, 1956; comments on changes in retailing; training of salespeople; establishment of store in Golden Triangle Mall, 1981; personnel selection for Denton store; design of Denton store; comments on merger with Dunlap Company of Fort Worth, 1982; comments on growth of sales; views on profitability of downtown Wichita Falls store; comments on advertising; involvement in trade associations and civic activities.
Date of Interview: 07/01/1983
SMITH, Jesse (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
SMITH, Jesse (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0268
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 21/12/1974
SMITH, L. B. (b. ca. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
SMITH, L. B. (b. ca. 1922)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0761
His experiences with the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 20/02/1989
SMITH, Leslie A. (b. 1909)
Caltex Petroleum Corporation.
SMITH, Leslie A. (b. 1909)
Caltex Petroleum Corporation.Interview ID: OH 0659
Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational background; banking business in London; employment with Caltex and assignment with Bapco on Bahrain, 1937; Bahraini royal family; Bapco policies; World War II; post-World War II developments on Bahrain; assignment to Caltex (New York), 1957; Caltex reorganization, 1957; Caltex West Fiscal; OPEC and Third World; reentry of Socal and Texaco into European market, 1967.
Date of Interview: 01/08/1985
SMITH, Loyd (b. 1926).
SMITH, Loyd (b. 1926).
Interview ID: OHB 0044
Owner and operator, Loyd’s Rentall, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming in North Texas during Depression and post-World War II period; equipment service work in Dallas and Abilene; opening martinizing shop in Denton; investment in Denton rental business; purchase of United Rental franchise; expansion of contractor phase of business; financing new location for firm; activity in construction equipment rental; dealings with local banks; growth in equipment, investment, and sales; views on government regulations; bookkeeping system; membership in American Rental Association; comments on personnel.
Date of Interview: 26/08/1980
SMITH, Mansell (b. 1931)
SMITH, Mansell (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OH 1832
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Businessman. Childhood in Denton, Texas; contact with black community; memories of segregation; floor-covering business; National Guard service; philosophy on customer service.
Date of Interview: 05/03/2014
SMITH, Mary Margaret Dunn (b. 1940)
SMITH, Mary Margaret Dunn (b. 1940)
Interview ID: OH 1573
African-American alumna of North Texas State College. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Irving and Dallas, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including Booker T. Washington Technical High School; decision to enroll at North Texas State College in 1957; adjustments required for attending school in integrated setting; experience of boarding with African-American families in the “Shack Town” neighborhood of Denton; graduation from North Texas with B.A. in 1961 and M.Ed. in 1967; career with Dallas Independent School District.
Date of Interview: 07/04/2006
SMITH, Ona B. (b. 1930)
SMITH, Ona B. (b. 1930)
Interview ID: OH 1032
Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-91. Early life as daughter of an African-American sharecropper; segregated education; African-American housing in Dallas during the 1940s and 1950s; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements and pride in ownership; transportation problems; shopping; flooding and drainage problems; Hamilton Park PTA; Junior NAACP; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Civic League; property restrictions; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 30/04/1991, 07/05/1991
SMITH, Paul F. (b. 1910)
SMITH, Paul F. (b. 1910)
Interview ID: OH 0117
College professor. His experiences as a member of the faculty advisory committee that was responsible for the selection of John Kamerick as president of North Texas State University.
Date of Interview: 01/08/1968
SMITH, R. G. (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SMITH, R. G. (b. 1920)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0462
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1978
SMITH, Rufus W. (b. 1918)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 1st Separate Marine Battalion.
SMITH, Rufus W. (b. 1918)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 1st Separate Marine Battalion.Interview ID: OH 0788
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after his capture on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, 1942; his account of the Palawan Massacre, 1944.
Date of Interview: 13/06/1989
SMITH, Stephen Lloyd (b. ca. 1918)
SMITH, Stephen Lloyd (b. ca. 1918)
Interview ID: OH 1395
Missionary. A portion of his unpublished autobiography, “In God’s Hands,” depicting the experience of his family as civilian internees of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II.
Date of Interview: 01/05/2001
SMITH, Wilbur (b. 1902)
SMITH, Wilbur (b. 1902)
Interview ID: OH 1060
His recollections of the Progressive Era in Texarkana, Texas. Memories of grandparents and parents; ethnic groups; education and teachers; boarding houses and hotels; downtown businesses; his mother’s business activities; church activities.
Date of Interview: 30/09/1994
SMITH, William I. (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SMITH, William I. (b. 1923)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1540
Farmer. His experiences aboard the escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His rural background in West Texas; his decision to join the Navy, in 1943; boot camp and fireman’s school, San Diego, California, 1943; assignment to the USS Kadashan Bay, 1943; shipboard routine; the assault on Peleliu, September 14, 1944; the battle of Leyte Gulf, October, 1944; the Luzon landings and being hit by a kamikaze, January 3, 1945; ship’s overhaul and repairs in San Francisco, February, 1945; meeting his future wife in Boston, Massachusetts while decommissioning the Kadashan Bay.
Date of Interview: 20/11/2003
SMITH, Willie F. (b. 1931)
SMITH, Willie F. (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OH 0829
Businessman, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-90. Early work experience; service during the Korean War; positions with Lawyers Title Insurance Company; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, 1959; public transportation problems; flooding problems; shopping; deed restrictions; Interorganizational Council and political activities; Dad’s Club and PTA at the Hamilton Park School; desegregation and effects on Hamilton Park School; zoning problems; Civic League: church activities.
Date of Interview: 31/05/1990, 14/06/1990
SMITHWICK, R. B. (b. 1913)
SMITHWICK, R. B. (b. 1913)
Interview ID: OH 0814
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Garland and Wylie, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 869 in Farmersville, Texas; camp move to Kaufman, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 17/11/1990
SMYTH, T. L. (b. 1913)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
SMYTH, T. L. (b. 1913)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0754
His experiences with the 55th Coast Artillery at Fort Ruger during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 23/04/1988
SNELSON, Harry H. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SNELSON, Harry H. (b. 1921)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0333
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Cummings during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 11/06/1976
SNIDER, Bennie G. (b. 1926)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SNIDER, Bennie G. (b. 1926)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1441
Banker. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth and education in Denton, Texas; decision to join the Navy, February 3, 1944; boot training and electrical engineering school, San Diego, California, 1944; assignment to the aircraft carrier USS Hancock, July, 1944; a description of his duties aboard the Hancock; assignment to Task Group 58 and the invasion of the Philippines, October, 1944; invasion of Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945; invasion of Okinawa, April-May, 1945; kamikaze attacks and the Hancock being hit by a kamikaze, April 7, 1945; his description of burials at sea; postwar duties aboard the Hancock as part of Operation MAGIC CARPET.
Date of Interview: 10/06/2002
SNYDER, Jacob W. (b. 1923)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 8th Antiaircraft Battalion.
SNYDER, Jacob W. (b. 1923)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 8th Antiaircraft Battalion.Interview ID: OH 1310
Cabinetmaker. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Experiences in the Civilian Conservation Corps; employment as a machinist in south Florida, 1941-42; entry into the Marine Corps, February, 1943; boot camp experiences at Parris Island, South Carolina; training with 40-millimeter antiaircraft guns, New River, North Carolina; assignment to the 8th Antiaircraft Battalion; stationing at Abemama, 1943-44; Japanese air raids at Abemama; reassignment to Kauai and preparations for the invasion of Okinawa, 1944; invasion of Okinawa, April, 1945; Japanese kamikazes; combat around Sugar Loaf Hill on Okinawa; typhoons and torrential rains; postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date of Interview: 08/08/1999
SORENSON, James H. (b. 1918)
SORENSON, James H. (b. 1918)
Interview ID: OH 0132
Banker. Observations on the settlement and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1935-72. Subdivisions and residential developments; Canoe Lake Corporation; tourism; early hotels and motels; duck hunting; Aransas National Wildlife Refuge; shrimping; shipbuilding; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; hurricanes; views on community growth; local taxation; oil and gas industry; social activities.
Date of Interview: 03/07/1972
SORENSON, Kristen James (b.1920)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
SORENSON, Kristen James (b.1920)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1686
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. Childhood and education in Spring Green, Wisconsin; decision to enlist in U.S.Army following 1940 high school graduation; Army Air Forces basic training at Wheeler Field, Hawaii; advanced training in aircraft maintenance at Wheeler, Bellows, and Hickam Fields, Hawaii; social life on base; Pearl Harbor attack; assignment to Flying Staff Sergeants school; “wash-out” experience; return to maintenance squadron; service at Kearney Air Field, Nebraska; gunnery school at Wendover, Utah; assignment to B-24 crew; service in Eighth Air Force, based in England; descriptions of various bombing missions; experience training flight crews for the Chinese Air Force in Pueblo, Colorado; service at various post-war stateside bases, the bulk of it at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas; family history.
Date of Interview: 17/03/2008
SORIA, Jovita (b. 1969)
SORIA, Jovita (b. 1969)
Interview ID: OH 1757
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; first experience in Plano, Texas at age seventeen; second experience in Plano, Texas as a live-in nanny; move to Abilene, Texas; return to Mexico with husband; return to Plano as an illegal immigrant; difficulties with illegal status; assimilation into Texas culture; children’s experiences as Mexican-American; thoughts on immigration process.
Date of Interview: 10/11/2012
SORIA, Miguel (b. 1962)
SORIA, Miguel (b. 1962)
Interview ID: OH 1758
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; experiences during first visit to the U.S.; illegally crossing the border to live in Dallas, Texas; experiences with a coyote; experiences as an undocumented person; experiences with discrimination in the U.S.; thoughts on the DREAM Act and immigration process; advice for future immigrants.
Date of Interview: 02/10/2012
SORY, Henry W. (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Bombing Squadron VMB-433.
SORY, Henry W. (b. 1922)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Bombing Squadron VMB-433.Interview ID: OH 1418
Public school administrator. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. His decision to join the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Civilian Pilot Training Program, Sherman, Texas, 1941-42; pre-flight training, Grand Prairie Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942-43; basic and advanced flight training, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1943; decision to volunteer for multi-engine aircraft training and to transfer to the Marine Corps, 1943; operational training in the PBJ, Cherry Point Marine Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 1943; assignment to VMB-433; aircrew formation, Peter Field Point, North Carolina, 1943; bomber training, El Centro Marine Air Station, El Centro, California, 1944; flight across the Pacific Ocean to Espiritu Santo, 1944; assignment to Green Island, 1944; his first combat mission, August 14, 1944; “night-heckling” mission to Rabaul; other raids to Rabaul and Japanese antiaircraft defenses; transfer to Emirau, 1944; the death of his hut mate, Eric Terry; the death of his younger brother in the European Theater; various bomber sweeps over New Ireland, 1944; rest leave in Australia, November, 1944; his return to the States, March, 1945; his postwar career in education.
Date of Interview: 06/08/2001
SOUCY, Lee B. (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
SOUCY, Lee B. (b. 1919)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1017
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 25/04/1994
SOVIK, Paul Anthony (b. 1920)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.
SOVIK, Paul Anthony (b. 1920)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1736
Experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II; family life and childhood in Ohio; enlistment with Marine Corps following bombing of Pearl Harbor; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and New River (now Camp Lejeune), North Carolina; deployment to the Pacific Theater aboard the USS John Ericcson and pre-combat preparations in Wellington, New Zealand, prior to Guadalcanal landing on August 7, 1942; physical and geographical descriptions of island, living conditions, combat experience, and enemy engagement; relocation to Australia for maneuvers and training in preparation for invasion of Cape Gloucester (Tuluvu), in Papua, New Guinea, on December 26, 1943; details of island life and interaction with Lt. General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller. Experiences on Pavuva, New Guinea, and invasion of Peleliu on September 15, 1944, and experiences aboard a hospital ship after the battle; return to U.S.; experiences as a drill Instructor at Parris Island; recollections of civilian life and difficulty of post-war stresses.
Date of Interview: 08/11/2010
SPANGLER, R. S. (b. 1909)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Coast Artillery.
SPANGLER, R. S. (b. 1909)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Coast Artillery.Interview ID: OH 0221
His experiences when caught on the number one tee at the Schofield Barracks Golf Course during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 06/07/1974
SPARKMAN, O. R. (b. 1921)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Legation Guard Detachment. Tientsin.
SPARKMAN, O. R. (b. 1921)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. Legation Guard Detachment. Tientsin.Interview ID: OH 0075
Truck driver. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war legation duty at Peking and Tientsin, North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 06/05/1971
SPARKS, Joseph D. (b. 1920)
SPARKS, Joseph D. (b. 1920)
Interview ID: OH 0988
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Missouri; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1733 in Ava, Missouri; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 26/02/1993
SPARKS, Mr. and Mrs. Walter (b. 1905)
SPARKS, Mr. and Mrs. Walter (b. 1905)
Interview ID: OH 0047
Insurance executive, banker, farmer. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Cotton farming; banking; Mexican-Anglo relations; small town social life.
Date of Interview: 29/05/1969
SPARKS, Mrs. Walter (b. 1905)
SPARKS, Mrs. Walter (b. 1905)
Interview ID: OH 0050
Homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Sinton-Portland, Texas, 1910-30. Agrarian life.
Date of Interview: 28/05/1969
SPECHT, Floyd (b. 1916)
Duke and Ayres Company.
SPECHT, Floyd (b. 1916)
Duke and Ayres Company.Interview ID: OHB 0081
District manager, Duke and Ayres Company, Denton, Texas. Family background, description of Vashti, Texas, community and farming experiences; comments on work baling hay and harvesting wheat; employment with Cabell’s Ice Cream and the Baker Hotel while attending Burns Business College, Dallas, 1935; comments on Depression in Vashti and Dallas; history of Duke and Ayres Company; comments concerning ownership of company; employment as assistant manager of Duke and Ayres stores in Mineral Wells, Marlin, Brenham, Victoria, and Palestine, 1936-41; description of Saturday nights in downtown squares; items sold by company, 1930s; comments on sales volume and employee earnings; appointment as manager of Longview store, 1941; military service in India and China during World War II; description of Duke and Ayres stock option policy for managers; appointment and duties as district manager, 1962; comments on variety store competition in Texas; views on service decline in retail businesses; factors contribution to closure of Duke and Ayres; comments on personnel practices; views on Duke and Ayres management.
Date of Interview: 22/04/1983
SPECHT, Lyle (b. 1918)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 6th Marine Regiment. 2nd Marine Division.
SPECHT, Lyle (b. 1918)
U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran. 6th Marine Regiment. 2nd Marine Division.Interview ID: OH 0928
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; Tarawa, 1943; and Okinawa, 1945.
Date of Interview: 03/05/1993
SPECKHARD, Anne (b. )
SPECKHARD, Anne (b. )
Interview ID: OH 2031
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Anne Speckhard is a psychologist who has written on post-abortion stress syndrome, and she has also done research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and on violent extremism. This interview focuses on her work on post-abortion stress, especially in the 1980s. In the interview she discusses family systems theory, and how she began this area of research. She discusses other abortion stress researchers, including Wanda Franz, Terry Selby, and Vincent Rue. Speckhard discusses prolife and prochoice politics, the CDC Maternal Health Survey, and a disagreement with psychiatrist Nada Stotland.
Date of Interview: 06/02/2020
SPEER, Russell (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Quartermaster Corps.
SPEER, Russell (b. 1921)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Quartermaster Corps.Interview ID: OH 1510
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His education and youth in South Texas; enlistment in the Army, September, 1942; assignment to the Courts-Martial Section, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-44; Officer Candidate School, Fort Lee, Virginia, 1944; Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, 1944; assignment to Chabua, India, 1945, as a rations breakdown officer; his job as a warehouse officer in charge of moving supplies to airstrips for transportation to the front, 1945; problems with wild elephants raiding warehouses; relations with Indian laborers; end of the war and the disposal of supplies; his return to the States, January, 1946; his postwar career in the Army Reserve.
Date of Interview: 11/09/1996
SPENCER, Emory M. (b. 1905)
SPENCER, Emory M. (b. 1905)
Interview ID: OH 0102
Attorney. Observations on the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1920-71. Cotton farming; Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan; experiences as an attorney; gambling; development of the Aransas County Airport; oil exploration; housing subdivisions; Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission; hurricanes; agriculture; property values; prominent citizens of the county.
Date of Interview: 30/09/1971
SPENCER, Gaston R. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.
SPENCER, Gaston R. (b. 1915)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0439
His experiences with the 35th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/07/1978
SPENCER, Thomas (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
SPENCER, Thomas (b. 1917)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0484
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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 05/02/1979
SPILLMAN, Pat Y. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 316th Squadron. 92nd Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.
SPILLMAN, Pat Y. (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 316th Squadron. 92nd Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.Interview ID: OH 1319
Architect. His experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible gunnery school, Eagle Pass, Texas, 1943; bombardier school, Big Spring, Texas, 1943-44; aircrew assembly, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1944; B-17 operational training, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1944; transit from Kearney, Nebraska, to England, 1944; V-1 sightings; assignment to the 93rd Bomb Group; procedures for a typical bombing mission, particularly the bombardier's role; comments about flak; bombing under poor weather conditions; comments about various missions; his elevation to squadron lead bombardier; rest and relaxation after missions; the bombing of German submarine pens and the use of "Disney Bombs"; raid to Nürnberg, October 3, 1944; end of the war and his mustering out of the service, October 1, 1945.
Date of Interview: 13/09/1999
SPINELLI, Margaret (b. 1947)
SPINELLI, Margaret (b. 1947)
Interview ID: OH 2050
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Margaret Spinelli is a psychiatrist who specializes in postpartum depression and psychosis, neonaticide, and infanticide. She discusses her career in nursing and then switch to psychiatry, her work as an expert witness, her work in interpersonal psychotherapy. She explains the issues with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and her campaign to change the DSM-V. She discusses the case of Caroline Beale (1994) and Andrea Yates (2001). She discusses a number of other figures in perinatal psychiatry, including Kathy Wisner, Channi Kumar, and the Marcé Society.
Date of Interview: 24/01/2020
SPOETZL BREWERY. Interviews with L. J. Beal (b. 1923), Joe Green (b. 1903), Calvin Wallace (b. 1936), Alfred Schramm (b. 1893), Marie Roeder, John Hybner, Dan Mundinger (b. 1925), and Archie Ladshaw (b. 1926)
SPOETZL BREWERY. Interviews with L. J. Beal (b. 1923), Joe Green (b. 1903), Calvin Wallace (b. 1936), Alfred Schramm (b. 1893), Marie Roeder, John Hybner, Dan Mundinger (b. 1925), and Archie Ladshaw (b. 1926)
Interview ID: OHB 0042
BEAL, L. J. General sales manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Family and educational background; history of brewery and recollections of founder Kosmos Spoetzl; management of brewery by Celie Spoetzl; experiences as salesman for brewery; lobbying activities during Texas Legislative sessions; sale of brewery to Bill Bigler, 1966; packaging of beer; sale of brewery, 1968; personnel and plant expansion, 1970-75; experimentation with beer formula; passage of “Shiner Brewery Bill” by Texas legislature, 1973; views on marketing beer; production of private label beer; organizational structure; brewery publicity; views on government regulations; civic activities.
GREEN, Joe. Truck driver, Spoetzl Brewery. Driving trucks during Prohibition; delivery schedules in 1930s; comments on Kosmos and Celie Spoetzl; Texas business competitors; descriptions of delivery vehicles; family background; positions held with brewery.
WALLACE, Calvin. Truck driver, Spoetzl Brewery. Family background; comments on Kosmos Spoetzl; experiences delivering beer; vehicle maintenance; views on living in Shiner.
SCHRAMM, Alfred. Manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Family background; experiences as bookkeeper and clerk in Kingsville and Shiner; effects of Prohibition on brewery; comments on Kosmos Spoetzl; expansion of brewery; government regulations; ingredients of beer; retirement.
ROEDER, Marie. Office Manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Comments on Celie Spoetzl; family background; description of bookkeeping for brewery; government regulations; price fluctuations of beer ingredients; brewery personnel.
HYBNER, John. Brewmaster and plant manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Employment in cellars, brewhouse, and bottling department; responsibilities of brewmaster; description of production process; government regulations.
MUNDINGER, Dan. Vice-president, Spoetzl Brewery. Business background; stock buyout of brewery, 1968; expansion and upgrading of plant; marketing status; pressure to label ingredients; comments on Brewery Association of America.
LADSHAW, Archie. President, Spoetzl Brewery. Family and business background; purchase of brewery, 1968; comments on brewers organizations; business competition in Texas; state and federal legislation affecting breweries; factors contributing to successful business; employment of brewmasters; plans for expansion.
Date of Interview: 03/01/1980, 04/01/1980, 20/03/1980, 10/05/1980
SPRINGER, John J. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
SPRINGER, John J. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0334
His experiences with the 741st Ordnance Company at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 12/06/1976
SPRINGER, O. L. (b. 1921)
SPRINGER, O. L. (b. 1921)
Interview ID: OH 1222
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 09/04/1998
STAFFORD, Allen E. (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. L Troop. 124th Cavalry.
STAFFORD, Allen E. (b. 1916)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. L Troop. 124th Cavalry.Interview ID: OH 1327
His experiences as a demolitions expert in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Education in West Texas; his work as an oil well shooter in the West Texas oil fields, 1930s; enlistment in the Army, 1941; assignment to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1941-43; transfer to the 124th Cavalry and assignment to Burma, 1943; combat against Japanese forces around Mong Wi and Myitkyina, Burma, 1943-45; his battle wound and evacuation, July, 1945; sundry readings from his personal journal.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1999
STALEY, Joseph S. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
STALEY, Joseph S. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0195
His experiences with the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 27/05/1974
STANBROUGH, Jess (b. 1918)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
STANBROUGH, Jess (b. 1918)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0658
Physicist, 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; construction and operation of secret radio at Bicycle Camp; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; iron smelter at Kamaishi, Honshu, 1942-43; Ohasi, Honshu, 1943; continued operation of clandestine radio; American air and naval bombardment, 1944-45; Kamaishi, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 15/04/1985
STANLEY, Henry (b. 1920)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.
STANLEY, Henry (b. 1920)
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 0140
Postal worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 23/03/1973
Interview ID: OH 0144
Postal worker, Army Air Forces veteran (454th Ordnance Squadron in Savannah, GA; later to become a part of the 464th Ordnance, 27th Bomb Group, Far East Air Force), survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O'Donnell, 1942; Clark Field, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; copper mining at Hanawa, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 12/03/1973
STAPLETON, Beth White (b. 1929)
STAPLETON, Beth White (b. 1929)
Interview ID: OH 1623
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former textile mill worker. Childhood in McKinney, Texas, and education in the town’s public schools; memories of father’s cotton ginning, cotton farming, and dairy businesses; memories of Texas Textile Mill; memories of 1948 tornado; social life in McKinney.
Date of Interview: 02/12/2006
STARKEY, John P. (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.
STARKEY, John P. (b. 1925)
U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1518
Engineer. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942; transfer to the Boise, April, 1943; volunteering for assignment to the U.S. Navy Submarine Training School, New London, Connecticut, July, 1943; assignment to the Mackerel, September, 1943; war patrol in the North Atlantic, December, 1943; Naval Officers Training School, March, 1944; cancellation of his officer training, December, 1944; fire control refresher school, San Diego, California, 1945; assignment to Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, 1945, as part of a relief crew; temporary duty aboard the submarine USS Pargo, September, 1945; separation from the Navy, March, 1946; his postwar career.
Date of Interview: 05/03/2003
STARKS, Vivian T. (b. 1907)
STARKS, Vivian T. (b. 1907)
Interview ID: OH 0984
Schoolteacher. Her views concerning the significance and impact of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1946-93. Acceptance of African-American women by Texas Republicans; her political philosophy; women’s issues.
Date of Interview: 24/08/1993
Interview ID: OH 1005
Schoolteacher. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1954-91. Segregated education in Bryan, Texas; Wiley College; teaching career in segregated Dallas schools; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; transportation problems; home improvements; church activities; Civic League; the “Buy Out”; zoning problems; Interorganizational Council and political activities; employment at Hamilton Park School; desegregation of Hamilton Park school and transfer to Richardson Independent School District; Pacesetter.
Date of Interview: 23/04/1991, 08/05/1991
STARNES, W. L. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
STARNES, W. L. (b. 1919)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 0186
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; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Date of Interview: 02/04/1974
STEIN, Brent “Stony Burns” L. (b. 1942)
STEIN, Brent “Stony Burns” L. (b. 1942)
Interview ID: OH 1241
Journalist. His experiences concerning the Dallas, Texas, counterculture of the 1960s and his activities as editor of the underground newspaper, “Dallas Notes” His association with “Notes from the Underground” at Southern Methodist University, 1967; origins of the name “Stony Burns”; attitudes toward the Dallas Establishment; harassment by civil authorities; Vietnam War as an issue; relations with the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times-Herald; business and financial operation of “Notes.”
Date of Interview: 28/04/1998
STEIN, Paul D. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.
STEIN, Paul D. (b. 1920)
U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.Interview ID: OH 1242
Printer, member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaya, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards, 1943-45; Orio, Kyushu, 1945, and American air raids; liberation; description of damage at Nagasaki after the dropping of the atomic bomb.
Date of Interview: 11/03/1998
STEINERT, Harry G (b. 1912)
STEINERT, Harry G (b. 1912)
Interview ID: OH 1228
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 856 in Palisades Park at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, Texas; company move to Bowie, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Date of Interview: 06/03/1998
STEINSHNIDER, Alan (b. 1944)
U.S. Navy Veteran.
STEINSHNIDER, Alan (b. 1944)
U.S. Navy Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1653
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran. Childhood in Phoenix, Arizona; decision to enlist in U.S. Naval Reserves; active duty career, including service on USS Yorktown, USS Bonhomme Richard, and USS Oriskany, concluding with assignment to Naval Air Station Grand Prairie, Texas; “shellback” initiation; opinions regarding benefits of military service; daughter’s military service.
Date of Interview: 11/10/2007
STEPHENS, Olive (b. 1916)
STEPHENS, Olive (b. 1916)
Interview ID: OH 1785
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Former Mayor of Shady Shores, Texas. Childhood in Clayton, Texas; life in Dallas-Fort Worth area; Shady Shores town council; mayoral service; development of Shady Shores infrastructure and emergency service; growth of Shady Shores.
Date of Interview: 12/06/2014
STEVENS, Michie (b. 1939)
STEVENS, Michie (b. 1939)
Interview ID: OH 1755
For the Air America Oral History Project. Stewardess for Air America. Growing up in World War II China and Japan; family and personal views of America; brother joins Yakuza crime syndicate; first English speaking jobs; hiring and training with Air America; meeting and marrying her husband, Air America pilot Steve Stevens; working as a stewardess for Air America in Japan; living in Laos, Thailand, and South Vietnam.
Date of Interview: 21/03/2013
STEVENS, Steve (b. 1931)
STEVENS, Steve (b. 1931)
Interview ID: OH 1756
For the Air America Oral History Project. Air America fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot. Early interest in aviation and the military; serving with the Marine Corps in the Korean War; early connections to Air America via other Marines; flight training with the Marine Corps; getting hired with Air America; flying the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in Laos; describing the excellent maintenance at Air America; flying photo reconnaissance missions throughout Laos including the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Beechcraft Volpar; flying other helicopters and airplanes in Laos, South Vietnam, and Japan for Air America; flying work in other parts of the world after Air America; a Search and Rescue mission in Laos.
Date of Interview: 21/03/2013
STEVENSON, Coke R. (b. 1888)
Texas House of Representatives. Lieutenant Governor. Governor.
STEVENSON, Coke R. (b. 1888)
Texas House of Representatives. Lieutenant Governor. Governor.Interview ID: OH 0293
Former member of the Texas House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1941-46. Forty-first Legislature; prison reform; administration of Governor Ross Sterling; views on the role of the Speaker of the House in the legislative process; impressions of Governor Miriam Ferguson; Forty-second Legislature; election as Speaker of the House; Texas social legislation and the New Deal; comments about Governor James Allred; election as lieutenant governor in 1938; O’Daniel gubernatorial campaign of 1938; highway financing; views on the governor’s role in the legislative process; election as governor, 1942; press relationships; wartime governor; presidential election of 1944; the white primary and the Smith v. Allwright Case; comments about Franklin Roosevelt; Forty-ninth Legislature; Rainey controversy; views on the office of governor; personal life and family background; meeting with William Jennings Bryan.
Date of Interview: 11/03/1967, 12/03/1967, 13/05/1967, 14/05/1967, 02/08/1967, 10/05/1969, 11/05/1969
STEVENSON, Laurice (b. 1919)
STEVENSON, Laurice (b. 1919)
Interview ID: OH 0875
Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1955-90; education in segregated schools; early work experience; military service in World War II; employment at Consolidated Lloyds Insurance Company; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; description of original house floor plan; social life; pride of home ownership; transportation problems; Civic League; Interorganizational Council and political activities; flooding problems; zoning problems; church activities; Hamilton Park School; desegregation of schools; Christian Action Layman’s League; Pacesetter; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 04/09/1990, 11/09/1990
STEWART, Arthur (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.
STEWART, Arthur (b. 1924)
U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran.Interview ID: OH 1665
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood experiences on a succession of Michigan farms during the Great Depression, including the Sharon Hollow Farm associated with Ford Motor Company; developing interest in aviation; work at Willow Run bomber plant assembling B-24s; enlistment in Army Air Forces; assignment to college training detachment at University of Tennessee-Knoxville; training as aviation cadet and assignment to training as bomber pilot; reassignment to training as gunner at Tyndall Field, Florida; transfer to base at Lincoln, Nebraska; 1946 discharge; 1947 re-enlistment; experience at Williams AFB, Arizona, training Chinese pilot cadets; transfer into weather observation and atomic testing assignments; assignments in UK, Germany, and Hawaii.
Date of Interview: 25/10/2007
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