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AGNICH, Fred (b. 1913)Texas House of Representatives Republican

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OH 0289
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House speakership race; appropriations; committee appointments; strip mining bill; public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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OH 0391
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; highway appropriations; public school financing; Peveto bill; personal legislation.
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OH 0420
His views concerning the development of water resources in Texas.
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AKIN, Henry D. (b. 1927)Richardson Independent School District

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OH 0790
Attorney. His role as the attorney for the Richardson, Texas, independent school district during the integration of the Richardson and Hamilton Park schools during the 1960s and 1970s. His working relationship with Principals J. J. Pearce and Raymon Bynum; effect of Civil Rights Act of 1964; Response to H.E.W. guidelines; decisions of 5th Circuit…
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OH 1754
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Uzbekistani-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas. Childhood in Uzbekistan; move to the U.S. at age eleven; transition to American school system; first impressions of the U.S.; mother’s family in Russia; transition of Uzbekistan from a Soviet satellite to an independent Muslim nation;…
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ALBARADO, Nolan J. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 19th Coast Artillery

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OH 0738
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 19th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0035
Farmers. Their observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Taft, Texas, 1910-30. Agrarian life; Mexican-Anglo relations; Ku Klux Klan.
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ALEXANDER, Marvin (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0441
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2036
Nan Alexander speaks about her time as a model and buyer in the Dallas fashion industry. Starting in the 1950s, Alexander served on the Neiman-Marcus teen board. Later in her career, she also worked for Neiman-Marcus in their flagship downtown location as a sportswear model, was trained in the junior executive program, assisted with Fortnight…
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ALEXANDER, Shuford M. (b. 1924) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 346th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force

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OH 1349
Engineer. His experiences as a fighter pilot in Italy during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, 1942; pre-flight training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-43; primary flight training at Waco, Texas, 1943; advanced flight training at Foster Field, Victoria…
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ALEXANDER, William J. (b. 1927) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1471
Advertising executive. His experiences as a teenager during World War II; his experiences as a sailor during the last months of World War II. Early youth in Casper, Wyoming, 1933-42; his close relationship with his older brother; life in Casper during the Great Depression while living with his aunt and uncle; local reactions to the Japanese attack…
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ALI, Dr. Shazia (b. 1975)Eastfield College

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OH 1788
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Pakistani-born immigrant to Mesquite, Texas; Professor of English at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas. Childhood in Pakistan and Dubai; education in Catholic Convent in Karachi, Dubai and in England and Richland College in Dallas, Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas; speaks…
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ALLDAY, Martin L. (b. 1926) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 96th Infantry Division

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OH 1047
Attorney. His experiences with the 96th infantry Division at Okinawa, 1945; close action ground combat; his battle wound.
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ALLEE, A. Y. (b. 1905)Company D, Texas Rangers

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OH 0040
His version of the Crystal City Incident, 1963; Mexican-American relations.
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OH 0909
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Louisiana and Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5415 at Camp F-5 in New Augusta, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.
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ALLEN, Billy W. (b. 1920) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0298
Schoolteacher. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in China with 4th Marines; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-45, and American air raids; liberation.
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OH 1020
Their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-91. Segregated education in East Texas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; zoning problems; PTA and other school involvement; Flooding problems; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; property restrictions; the “Buy Out.”
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ALLEN, Robert M. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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Oh 1083
His experiences while temporarily assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (His permanent assignment was aboard the aircraft tender USS Avocet. He was attending signalman school at the Submarine Base).
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ALLEN, Roy (b. 1921) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0061
Contractor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Capture in the Mindanao jungle; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-43; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Tokyo, 1943; Yokkaichi, Honshu, 1944-45, and American air raids; liberation
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OH 1012
Attorney. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1958-91. Education at Hamilton Park School; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; experiences at Richardson Junior High; experiences in law school at the University of Texas; relationships between Hamilton Park and other African-American communities; school activities as a teenager…
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ALLISON, Joe (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1117
Company transportation executive. His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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ALLRED, David (b. 1936) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0022
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature. Influence of lobbyists; House Rules; power of committee chairs; defeat of pari-mutuel betting bill; value of Texas Legislative Council; stand on annual legislative sessions; comments about African-American legislators Curtis Graves and Joe Lockridge; personal political…
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OH 0080
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Revenue legislation; reform of liquor laws; increase in state sales tax; changes in House rules; beer and liquor lobby; comments about Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes; comments about other House members.
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OH 0440
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; revenue bills; comments about Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes And Speaker Gus Mutscher; extension of state sales tax; Cavness Plan; minimum wage law; workman’s compensation; welfare legislation;…
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OH 0502
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-Year versus two-year budget; increase in sales tax; Expansion of sales tax; “grocery tax”; conflicts with Speaker Gus Mutscher; beer lobby; views on corporate taxes; voter disillusionment; urban-rural conflicts; Wichita Falls politics; his…
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