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ALLRED, David (b. 1936). son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat Journalist Texas House of Representatives Democrat
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Origins of “Dirty Thirty”; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; comments about Speaker Gus Mutscher, Representatives William Heatly, Frances Farenthold, and Tommy Shannon. Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: July 29, 1971
ALLRED, David (b. 1936). son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat Journalist Texas House of Representatives Democrat
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. Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: July 8, 1975
ALLRED, David (b. 1936). son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat Journalist Texas House of Representatives Democrat
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. Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: October 25, 1978
ALLRED, David (b. 1936). son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat Journalist Texas House of Representatives Democrat
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.” Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: October 31, 1979
ALLRED, Mrs. James V. (b. 1905). Wife of former Governor James V. Allred
Wife of former Governor James V. Allred. Reminiscences of her husband’s political career and her life in the Governor’s Mansion. Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: February 12, 1967, May 7, 1967, May 6, 1968
ALLRED, Renne (b. 1901). State Insurance Board Attorney
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. Trust and Guaranty case; relationship with Texas Insurance Board; accounting and bookkeeping irregularities; Texas Mutual and General American cases; role of Byron Saunders; legislative investigating committees; fraudulent activities of Ben Jack Cage; roles of Texas Attorneys General Will Wilson and John Ben Sheppard; suit against Republic Bank of Dallas; role of Ralph Yarborough. Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: June 15, 1968, August 14, 1968, August 21, 1968, September 4, 1968, September 5, 1968
ALONSO-MINUTTI, Ana. (b. 1976). University of North Texas Assistant Professor of Music History
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. or Great Britain; one-year course of study in theology in Dallas; choir direction at a church in England; enrollment in UC-Davis graduate program; graduate school experience; comparison and contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas; acceptance of job offer from UNT; citizenship process. Filed Under: Mexican Immigrant History.
Date of Interview: October 22, 2009
ALTMAN, Brigitte Friedmann (b. 1924). Holocaust survivor
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. Filed Under: World War II.
Date of Interview: December 19, 1989 to December 20, 1989
AMBROSE, Earl (b. 1934). U.S. Marine Corps Korean War Veteran, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Buffalo, New York; family experiences in military service; decision to join U.S. Marines at age of seventeen; basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina; assignments to Quantico and Yorktown, Virginia; decision to volunteer for service in Korea; assignment to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division; brief combat experience and assignment to Main Line of Resistance near Imjin River; discharge from Marines; decision to further education at Arlington State College (now UT-Arlington) using GI Bill benefits; career with Bell Helicopter. Filed Under: Military History.
Date of Interview: October 6, 2007
AMY, Warren (b. 1925). U.S. Navy WWII Veteran
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. Filed Under: World War II.
Date of Interview: April 17, 1996
ANDERSON, G. Marguerite (b. 1916). Texas State College for Women, Abilene Christian College Librarian
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. Filed Under: Library Sciences.
Date of Interview: February 16, 1992
ANDERSON, Gloria Villanueva (b. 1935). Community Activist
Community activist. Her experiences as an activist in the Mexican-American community of Denton, Texas; family background; comments about the lack of discrimination against Hispanics in Denton; her education in the Denton schools; her first experience with discrimination at the train station in Denison, Texas, at age seventeen; her acceptance to the work-scholarship program of the FBI, 1952; her family’s assimilation in the Anglo culture; early Hispanic families in Denton; opening of her telephone answering exchange business, 1972; her turn toward Republican politics; appointment to the North Texas Hispanic Advisory Board by Senator John Tower, 1970; her appointment to the Texas Small Business Task Force by Governor William Clements; her appointment to the White House Conference on Small Business by President Jimmy Carter; her activities with the Mexican-American Republicans of Texas; her appointment as Regional Advocate for the Small Business Administration by President Ronald Reagan; her activities with George H.W. Bush’s Texas Statewide Hispanic Campaign; other miscellaneous activities for the Republican Party in Texas. Filed Under: Texas Politics.
Date of Interview: April 19, 2004
ANDERSON, James F. (b. 1923). U.S. Navy WWII Veteran
His experiences while aboard the hospital ship USS Solace during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Filed Under: Military History.
Date of Interview: May 15, 1982
ANDERSON, Kenneth K. (b. 1921). U.S. Navy WWII Veteran
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Filed Under: Military History.
Date of Interview: September 16, 1988
ANDERSON, Miles E. (b. 1926). College Administrator
College administrator. 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. Filed Under: North Texas State University History.
Date of Interview: June 27, 1968
ANDERSON, Miles E. (b. 1926). College Administrator
His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56; comments about President J C Matthews and chair of the Board of Regents, Ben Wooten; observations about race relations in Denton, Texas. Filed Under: North Texas State College History.
Date of Interview: November 7, 1996
ANDREWS, George B. (b. 1917). U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 526th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force Businessman
Businessman. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Education; enlistment in the 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, 1941; federalization of the National Guard and the redesignation of his unit as the 207th Coast Artillery; enlistment in the Army Air Forces and acceptance as an Aviation Cadet, 1941; primary flight training, Corsicana, Texas, 1941-42; basic flight training, Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, 1942; assignment as a flight instructor, Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, 1942-43; training Free French pilots, Selma, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia, 1943-44; introduction to the P-47 Thunderbolt; assignment to Oscoda, Michigan, 1944; his marriage in October, 1944; assignment to the 526th Fighter Squadron in France, January, 1945; missions against railroad marshaling yards and airfields; encounters with German jet planes; ground-support missions; encounters against Panther and Tiger tanks; his assessment of the P-47; postwar occupation duty in Germany. Filed Under: Military Service.
Date of Interview: March 5, 1999
ANDREWS, Robert O. (b. 1919). U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran Businessman
Businessman. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and farming activities in Olney, Texas; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, c. 1941; assignment to Chanute Field, Illinois, c. 1941-42; Officer Candidate School, Miami Beach, Florida, c. 1942; assignment to Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, c. 1942-44; overseas transport to India; assignment to Warazup, Burma, 1944-45; his reaction to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; postwar career in business Filed Under: Military Service.
Date of Interview: September 20, 2003
ANDUJAR, Betty (b. 1912). Texas State Senate Politician Republican
Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature. Biographical information; personal political philosophy; decision to enter politics and seek political office; Equal Rights Amendment; abortion and right-to-life; election to Texas Senate, 1972; Women’s Caucus; comments about Governors Dolph Briscoe and William Clements; interest rates; consumer legislation; appropriations bill; public school financing; Peveto bill; “Killer Bees.” Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: September 6, 1979
ANDUJAR, Betty (b. 1912). Texas State Senate Politician Republican
Political activist, former legislator. Her views concerning the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1960-90. Evolution of GOP in Texas; personal political philosophy; views on abortion. Filed Under: Texas Political History.
Date of Interview: September 12, 1993
ANDUJAR, Betty (b. 1912). Texas State Senate Politician Republican
Member of the Texas Senate from Fort Worth, Republican. Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. GOP gains, 1980 elections; initiative-referendum; interest rate ceilings; state water plan; property tax legislation; law-and order bills; redistricting. Filed Under: .
Date of Interview: January 28, 1982
ANGLIN, Mike (b. 1946).
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Lawyer and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood as a Navy brat; education; time in the Navy; coming out; Dallas LGBT history; LGBT activism; Baker v. Wade; AIDS crisis in Dallas; The Dallas Way; importance of younger LGBT generation knowing and preserving LGBT community history. Filed Under: .
Date of Interview: October 24, 2015
ANTIQUESTONE. Interviews with Grady Leroy Smith, Jr. (b. 1937) and James M. Dyke, Jr. (b. 1949). Antiquestone President and co-owner of Antiquestone
SMITH, GRADY LEROY, JR., President, Antiquestone, Inc., Bertram, Texas. Family background; experiences working with father for Trafton Tile Company, Austin; self-employment in the tile installation business, 1966; description of tile installation procedures; entry into tile manufacturing business, 1967; partnership with James Dyke, Jr. And Sr. to form Antiquestone, Austin, 1973; company relocation to Bertram, 1979; description of tile-making process; responsibilities of president of company; personnel practices; comments on new design introduction; differences between Antiquestone’s cement tiles and other companies’ clay tiles; comments on government regulations; description of product distribution; civic activities; factors in developing successful business.
DYKE, JAMES, JR., Co-owner, Antiquestone, Inc., Bertram, Texas. Family background; father’s employment in tile business; work with father’s Monarch Tile Service; comments on Austin distributorship for Terra Firma tiles; involvement as co-owner of Antiquestone, Inc. And struggles to develop business; description of first large sale for Phoenix shopping mall; purchase of 18,000 square foot plant, 1980; comments on worldwide distribution of tile; views on personnel and mechanization of company; comments on advertising of product; civic activities. Filed Under: entrepreneurship.
Date of Interview: March 15, 1984 to March 16, 1984
APALATEA, Frank (b. 1918). U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 25th Division
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 25th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Filed Under: Military Service.
Date of Interview: August 5, 1981
ARCHER, William L. (b. 1913). Caltex Petroleum Corporation Former Executive
Former executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Education; employment with Texaco at the Port Arthur refinery; second-hand information on formation of Caltex; transfer to Caltex, 1938; assignment to Philippines, 1938, as a lube engineer; servicing Caltex’s commercial accounts in the Philippines; lubrication surveys in Philippines; competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum; “case-and-can” market in Philippines; Caltex expansion in Philippines; comments about Christian Roesholm; Caltex (Philippines) sales organization; living standards for Caltex employees; Japanese invasion of Philippines and his flight to the interior of Negros; rescue by submarine, 1944; reassignment to Philippines, 1945; reestablishment of Filipino market; comments about Robert Monical, Gene Menefee, and Ray Johnson; establishment of bulk terminals; construction of the Batangas refinery; head of Technical Services, Philippines; training of Filipinos; special assignment to Repesa in Spain; appointment as Caltex technical representative in the Far East; his decision to spend his career in the Philippines. Filed Under: Oil Industry.
Date of Interview: June 10, 1986