Librarian. Her experiences as a student at the library school at the Texas State College for Women and as a librarian. Early exposure to books and libraries; enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; employment as a student at the college library; college social life; employment as librarian at Abilene Christian College; graduate school at University of Chicago, 1950-51; entry into photographic sales business; employment with Abilene Christian College, Dallas Center; activities in professional organizations.

His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1943-44; assignment to the Chub, 1944; his responsibilities as an electrician’s mate; various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Buffalo, New York; family experiences in military service; decision to join U.S.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Birth, childhood, and education in Puebla and Cholula, Mexico; family history, including grandparents’ migration from Spain and Italy; college experience at Universidad de las Americas; discovery of music history as a discipline of study; first impressions of U.S. on family visits; decision to study musicology in U.S.

Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in Memel, Lithuania, prior to Nazi occupation; early childhood life; move to Kaunas (Kovno), 1939; Russian occupation, 1939; German occupation, 1941; establishment of Kaunas Ghetto; Die Grosse Aktion (“The Great Roundup”); escape from the Kaunas Ghetto; life as a disguised farm laborer; liberation by Russian troops, 1945; reunion with her father in Italy, 1946; lasting effects of the Holocaust experience.

Attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). His experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s. James Allred’s gubernatorial campaigns; early insurance litigation; appointment as assistant state attorney general, 1953; state insurance frauds and scandals; U. S.

Wife of former Governor James V. Allred. Reminiscences of her husband’s political career and her life in the Governor’s Mansion.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Sam Houston Caucus; Impressions of Governor William Clements, Speaker Bill Clayton; consumer legislation; interest rates; tax relief; Peveto bill; comments about “Killer Bees.”

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; treasury surplus; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe, Speaker Bill Clayton, and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; personal reaction to the special session; repeal of sales tax on residential utility bills; increase in inheritance tax exemptions; taxation of agricultural and timber land; initiative-referendum; Peveto bill; formation of the “Filthy Fifty”; Sam Houston Caucus; House Study Group.

Journalist, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls, son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House speakership race; committee chairpersons; House rules; Equal Rights Amendment; establishment of Public Utilities Commission; public school financing; Constitutional Convention.