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OHB 0033
DAVIS, Anne. Founder (with husband Jack T. Davis) of Davis purity Bakery, Denton, Texas. Family background; Depression; purchase of purity Bakery; early learning experiences; equipment; products; commercial and institutional accounts; business fluctuations; sugar crisis; pricing; typical workday; credit policies. DAVIS, Don. Son of founder of…
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OH 0966
His recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining in southwest Arkansas, 1924-40.
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OH 0885
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Plano, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 894 in Golden, Colorado; Company 2896 at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas; Company 3811 in Floydada, Texas; and Company 3802 in Morton, Texas; company move to Kings Canyon National Park in…
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OH 0873
His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Education and childhood; military service in World War II; marriage; employment with post office; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; church activities; Big Brothers involvement; presidency of Civic League; flood control measures; Civic League and community improvements; zoning…
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OH 1818
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Attorney and Civil Rights advocate. Childhood in Arkansas; life during segregation; high school in Little Rock’s Dunbar High School; involvement in University of Arkansas’s integration; politics in Arkansas surrounding the Central High School integration; law practice in Arkansas and Dallas-Fort…
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DAVIS, Leonard (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0375
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1641
Alumna of North Texas State University. Childhood in rural East Texas; decision to attend North Texas; campus life; 1967 graduation with degree in library science; career in Dallas public schools.
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OH 0927
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Timpson, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2868 at Camp F-37-N in Dark Canyon, New Mexico; company move to Glorietta, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.
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DAVIS, Truett L. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0414
His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2065

Davis, Wendy: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Wendy Davis is a psychotherapist and psychologist, and executive director of Postpartum Support International (PSI). The interview centers on her history with maternal mental health/postpartum depression, her work running a support group in the 1980s (…

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OH 0944
Her recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1951-62.
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OH 0839
Electrician, businessman. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Madeira Canyon, near Tucson, Arizona; camp move to Pitkin, Colorado; re-enlistment for a camp in Tucson, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
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DE COLIGNY, Henry (b. 1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0719
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the boathouse crew during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0860
College professor. Her experiences concerning the development of the Library School at Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 1940-70; her personal career in library science.
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DE YOUNG, Nicholas (b. 1915) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0741
His experiences while aboard the sea-going tug USS Bobolink during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0804
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Madeira Canyon, near Tucson, Arizona; camp move to Pitkin, Colorado; re-enlistment for a camp in Tucson, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
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DECKARD, George (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0201
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 11th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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DECKER, Paul (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0714
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0601
College instructor. His experiences while equipment manager for the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
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DEI SANTI, Ben (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0412
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1939
For the Mexican-American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. Childhood memories of attending school; having children; attending college.
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DELANO, Victor (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1232
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. First assignment to the battleship USS West Virginia and his experiences during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to the antiaircraft cruiser USS San Juan, 1942; naval battles around Guadalcanal; Battle of Savo Island; assignment to the destroyer USS…
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DELCO, Wilhelmina R. Fitzgerald (b. 1929) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 1597
Former member of the Texas House of Representatives (D-Austin). Memories of childhood and education in all-black schools of Chicago, Illinois; family involvement in Chicago politics; education at Fisk University; marriage to Exalton A. Delco, Jr., and his experience as first African American Ph.D. student in biology at UT-Austin; Exalton Delco’s…
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DELIA, John N. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0646
His experiences aboard YSD-19 (Yard Salvage Derrick) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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DELLINGER, Chester (b. 1915) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0410
His experiences while aboard the seaplane tender USS Thornton during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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