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OH 1086
Attorney. His experiences concerning the development of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program, 1959-95. Joint venture between Kaiser Permanente and Prudential Insurance Company, 1979; difficulties in establishing HMOs in Texas.
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OH 1203
Her experiences with the Women's Studies Program and women's issues at the University of North Texas, 1992-1996. Exposure to women's issues as an undergraduate at West Texas A & M University; intertwining of her feminism and vegetarian beliefs; decision to enter the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas; influence of Dr.…
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OH 1104
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Vernon, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2874 in Perryton, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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OH 0912
Caterer, realtor. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1950-90. Childhood in segregated environment of East Texas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; establishing her catering business; shopping in Hamilton Park; traffic flow problems; bus service; church activities; Hamilton Park School; desegregation of…
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ESCHMANN, Roy (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 25th Division, 19th Infantry

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OH 0762
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 25th Division, 19th Infantry, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ESLICK, Garlen W. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0795
His experiences while trapped inside the overturned battleship USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; other wartime experiences aboard the carriers USS Saratoga and USS Hancock.
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OH 1640
For the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. Fort Worth city councilman. Childhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and Fort Worth; family’s immigration narrative; education in Fort Worth public schools, Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University School of Law; career as a computer consultant, accountant, and…
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OHB 0068
Operator of grocery store, repair shop, and rental cottages, Mountain Home, Texas. Family background; education in Arkansas and Texas; training as auto mechanic; employment as ranch hand near Palacios, Texas; experiences in motor pool of Air Service at Ellington Field, Texas, 1918; employment as truck mechanic with Shriner Hodges company in…
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OH 2095

For the Origins of Juneteenth Oral History Project. Member of National Juneteenth Observance Foundation for 18 years, mentored by founder, Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr. M.D. Currently Vice Chair. National Communications Director, Nevada State Director, President Juneteenth Nevada. Obtained two pieces of…

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OH 1918
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Their lives prior to meeting. Injustices experienced by being gay. How they met in Dallas in 1961. Recalling the gay bar scene in Dallas and the gay movement in Dallas. Evans and Harris were the first same-sex couple to be married in Dallas County, in a civil ceremony, following the U. S. Supreme Court’s…
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EVANS, John M. (b. 1941) U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Nurse Corps

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OH 0876
His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Assignment to convalescent Center, Cam Ranh Bay; attack by enemy sapper team, August, 1969; morale and drug problems; living conditions; recreation; readjustment to stateside life.
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EVANS, John W. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1220
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0853
Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the University Library and the Library Service Department at the North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1939-75.
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EVANS, Peter (b. 1923) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0624
Labor representative, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Tokyo docks; Nagasaki; Fukuoka Prison Camp No. 9, Kyushu, 1945; liberation.
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OH 0628
His experiences while employed by the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
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EVANS, Roy R. (b. 1925)Industrial Accident Board of Texas

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OHB 0040
President, Texas AFL-CIO; hearing examiner and office manager, Industrial Accident Board of Texas. Family background; involvement in labor movement at Chance-Vought Aircraft, 1948; accomplishments as president of Texas AFL-CIO; comments on unsuccessful campaign for re-election; committee work to improve Texas Workers’ Compensation Law, 1967;…
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OH 1605
For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas; local folklore concerning presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout 20th century; shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
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EVERITT, William C. (b. 1923)Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company

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OHB 0053
Owner and operator, Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company, Dallas, Texas. Family background; comments on Depression in Comanche, Texas; experiences playing trombone with North Texas State’s Aces of Collegeland band; duty as radar technician and infantryman during World War II; experiences in postwar Austria; teaching music in…
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OHB 0084
Interviews with Lotta Evers Callahan (b.1910), Jessie Evers King, Bob Evers Tripp, Felix Callahan (b. 1907), Wilford Pierce (b. 1909), Verna Solomon, and Walter Laney (b. 1918). CALLAHAN, Lotta Evers. Daughter of Will Evers. Family background; Robert and Adolph Evers’s purchase of hardware store, Denton, Texas, 1885; store ownership passed to…
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FAIR, Lloyd C. (b. 1921)Duke & Ayres Company

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OHB 0089
Supervisor and buyer for stores, Duke & Ayres Company. Family background; farming near Weatherford, Texas; experiences during Depression in Weatherford; employment with Duke & Ayres, 1941; comments on employee rules and regulations; description of ownership changes; comments on merchandise sold in stores; personnel practices; employment…
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FANSLER, Hershel (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0257
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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FARENTHOLD, Frances "Sissy" Tarlton (b. 1926)Texas State Representative Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 2018
Attorney, state representative, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas, college president, and feminist leader. Childhood in a liberal, politically active family in Corpus Christi, Texas; experiences with racial segregation and discrimination; experiences in Corpus Christi public schools, the Hockaday School for Girls,…
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OH 0542
Humorist, storyteller, radio and television personality, environmentalist. Student days at the University of Texas; comments about J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek; service during World War II; interest in folklore; employment with CBS; Mccarthyism; his suit against Aware, Incorporated; involvement in environmental issues;…
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FEATHERLING, Howard (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0443
His experiences at the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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