University of North Texas | Oral History

University of North Texas

OH 1151

College professor. Her experiences concerning the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas, 1992-96; educational background; participation in student protests against the Vietnam War; activities with the National Organization of Women (NOW); origins of her interest in women writers; her role in the Women's Studies Program at UNT; her teaching philosophy and thoughts about “engaged feminism.”

OH 1745

For 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.

OH 1700

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman’s University. Childhood and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents’ move to South Africa; own move to South Africa; discovery of the cello and decision to study it seriously; involvement in anti-apartheid movement; decision to move to the U.S. for graduate school; attraction of UNT Doctorate of Musical Arts program; first impressions of the U.S.

OH 0011

Former president of the University of Texas, professor of higher education at the University of Colorado. General coverage of his early career; his problems with the Board of Regents at the University of Texas, 1944-45; his unsuccessful race for governor of Texas in 1946.

OH 1202

College professor. His experiences concerning the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Early interest in women's issues; views concerning environmental ethics, eco-philosophy, and eco-feminism; ideas concerning the components for a quality women's studies program.

OH 1705

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Thai-borne immigrant to Denton, Texas, and restaurateur. Childhood and education in rural Suphan Buri and urban Ranong and Bangkok, Thailand; decision to immigrate to U.S.; enrollment at North Texas Junior College in Gainesville, Texas; first impressions of U.S. and Texas; transfer to UNT to study biology; decision to open the restaurant/grocery store that evolved into Mr. Chopsticks; efforts to keep in touch with family in Thailand.

OH 1203

Her experiences with the Women's Studies Program and women's issues at the University of North Texas, 1992-1996. Exposure to women's issues as an undergraduate at West Texas A & M University; intertwining of her feminism and vegetarian beliefs; decision to enter the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas; influence of Dr.

OH 1588

African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood and early education in Fort Worth, Texas; decision to enroll at North Texas in 1958; off-campus life in “Shack Town” and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty; decision to major in Industrial Technology and graduation in 1963; efforts to desegregate public facilities in Denton; summer jobs with Texas & Pacific Railroad Company; career with General Motors, as business owner, and with Fort Worth ISD.

OH 1634

For the Quakertown Oral History Project. Local news media personality and third-generation descendant of residents of Denton’s historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Childhood in Denton; education in Denton public schools and at UNT; career in broadcast journalism; memories of great-grandmother Othella Hill, great-grandfather “Dollar Bill” Hill, and grandmother Norvell Williams Reed; reporting on local efforts to capture Quakertown history.