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OH 1745

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeNELSON, Martha Len (b. 1929)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1745
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Denton County Historical Commission. Native resident of Denton, Texas. Family history; relation to the first elected official in Dallas, Texas; Denton’s First State Bank; childhood and schooling in Denton; family during the Great Depression; playing piano; the Denton Square; Pearl Harbor and the Second World War; attending the University of North Texas; husband’s background; courtship; life in Austin, Texas; return to Denton; husband’s legal career; catering business; community involvement; children and grandchildren.
Interviewer(s)Michelle Mears
Physical Description130 pp. plus documents (5 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen