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OH 1345
Factory worker. Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Pre-war work experience in silk mills; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her employment at the Hamilton Watch Company assembling time fuses for bombs, 1942; her marriage to Clair Dellinger, 1942; her…
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OH 1764
For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. Third generation of Bermejo women. Recollections for schooling in Fort Worth, Texas; meaning of high school graduation; reasons for not attending college; discussion of cultural expectations of Mexican American women; daughter’s educational plans; benefit of an education…
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DEN DAAS, Donald (b. 1920) Royal Netherlands Overseas Army WWII Veteran

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OH 1076
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in the Netherlands East Indies during World War II. Fall of Java and imprisonment in Surabaja; torture by Kempei Tai; Bandung, 1945; liberation.
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OH 1579
African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood in Houston, Texas, and undergraduate education at Wiley College; employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton; graduate studies in Music, and then in Education, at NTSU; career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College;…
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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”…
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OH 0739
Community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Life in A segregated society; decision to join the Fellowship; early meetings; voter registration drives; street paving in African-American section of Denton; social activities of Fellowship;…
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OHB 0016
MASSEY, Ezrum. Founder, Denton Roofing and Metal Works. Schooling and early life; construction and other work background; service in Army and sheet metal experiences there; start of partnership in roofing and sheet metal work; equipment and supply problems during World War II; growth of sales, equipment, facilities, employees; methods of financing…
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DENTON, William A. (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 1122
His experiences with the 2nd Motor Transport Battalion at the Marine barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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DETRE, George E. (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0475
Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Singapore, 1944-45; hell ship…
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DEVINE, John D. (b. 1919) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0529
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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DICKINSON, Mary (b. 1980)Perkins & Will, Dallas TX

As the Regional Sustainable Design Leader for the Texas offices of Perkins and Will, a member of the firm’s Sustainable Design Council, and Co-Director with Max Richter of the Materials Performance Research Lab, Mary Dickinson integrates research thinking, advanced sustainable technologies, healthy material protocols, and evidence-based processes…
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DICKSON, Karen (b. 1963)Denton Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Partnership

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OH 1928
Her education and background in entering the field of economic development; work history; living in Denton and Denton’s economic development; Denton Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Partnership Vice President.
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DIES, Martin (b. 1900) U.S. Congressman

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OH 0005
Attorney, former U.S. Congressman from Lufkin. Experiences as a Texas politician and U. S. Congressman, 1931-46, 1950-56; chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities during New Deal; views on communism.
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OHB 0096
Owners and operators of Hermosa Farms, Dallas, Texas. Louise’s family background; Reverchon family settlement in Dallas; farming in Dallas; education at Texas Woman’s University; Arthur’s family background; father’s employment with Sanger Brothers and as dairy farmer; description of Dallas Flood, 1908; work on father’s farm; athletic…
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OH 1082
Physician. His recollections of the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance company joint venture in health care, 1981-95; the Texas Plan, its problems in getting established.
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DILLINGHAM, John L. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1116
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Hull during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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DILLON, Joe C. (b. 1917) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0508
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Saint Louis during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0995
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Pennsylvania; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1381 at Camp S-112 near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; description of camp; life in camp.
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DINN, Wallace L. (b. 1885)W. L. Dinn & Company Insurance, Inc

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OHB 0058
Founder, W. L. Dinn & Company Insurance, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas. Family background; work as ranchhand in Live Oak, Texas; employment as bookkeeper in Alice and Corpus Christi; entry into life insurance sales, 1920; land development in Corpus Christi, 1926; growth of insurance company personnel and coverage; description of administrative…
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DITTO, Lanson B. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Langley, USS O’Bannon, USS O’Toole

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OH 1360
Clothier. His experiences in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Education; enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, 1940; midshipman training, 1940-41; assignment to the USS Langley, 1941; pre-war duty in the Philippines; coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-42; sinking of…
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DITTUS, Frederick W. (b. 1897)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

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OH 0675
Executive. Education; early job experience with Standard Oil Company of California; Dittus-Boelter equation; pre-World War II experiences in Nazi Germany; construction of the Bahrain refinery for Bapco; formation of Caltex, 1936; transfer to Caltex; activities during World War II; postwar refinery expansion; evolution of Technical Services…
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OH 2047

Dix, Carol: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Carol Dix is a journalist who wrote ten books on topics like young womanhood, miscarriage, and writing. This interview focuses on her popular 1985 book The New Mother Syndrome, and her personal involvement with postpartum depression/maternal mental health…

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OH 0868
Beautician, schoolteacher, community leader. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1954-90. Youth in East Texas; education at Bishop College; president of Classroom Teachers of Dallas; activities with Texas State Teachers Association; decision to move to Hamilton Park; African-American housing problems in Dallas; home maintenance…
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OH 0888
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in North Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 869 in Farmersville, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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DODGE, Arthur (b. 1923) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Company M, 350th Regiment, 88th Division

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OH 0074
Business executive. His experiences as a combat infantryman in Italy during World War II. Operations around Minturno; liberation of Rome; audience with Pope Pius XII; operations around Arno River; receiving battlefield commission; Po valley Campaign and fall of Verona; German surrender.
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