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OH 1865
For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. DREAM Team activist. Childhood in Mexico; immigration to the United States; becoming American; attending college while undocumented; activism and the North Texas DREAM Team; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); resistance to the DREAM Act; debate over immigration law/reform; American…
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HERRMANN, William (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Force WWII Veteran, 719th Bomb Squadron, 449th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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OH 1545
Physicist. His experiences as a B-24 navigator in the Mediterranean and European Theaters during World War II. His decision to join the Enlisted Reserve Corps while a student at the University of Massachusetts, September, 1942; call to active duty, March, 1943, and Army basic training at Kearns, Utah; decision to volunteer for Aviation Cadet…
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OH 1217
Copper craftswoman. Her reminiscences and childhood memories of her brothers, the architect O’Neil Ford, and the cabinetmaker Lynn Ford. Childhood games and construction projects; amateur theatrical presentations; design and construction of the Little Chapel in the Woods, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, by the National Youth…
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HESS, William P. (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force

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OH 1281
Crop duster, businessman. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Early interest in flying and aviation; employment at Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego, California, 1939-42; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, 1942; Aviation Cadet Program, 1942-43; primary flight school, Visalia, California, 1943; basic…
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OH 1458
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. His description of farm property during a driving tour of Denton County, Texas, 1987. Comments about buildings; identification of various landowners and their holdings; description of Vaughn Town.
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HEWETT, Leslie (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1128
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Pargo in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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OH 0851
Librarian. Her experiences in the development of the Music Library at North Texas State College, 1940-65.
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OH 1871

For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Family history; childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; memories of teachers in Mansfield’s black school; attendance at I.M. Terrell; memories of Mansfield Crisis; NAACP activity in Mansfield; career…

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HIGHTOWER, Isaac (b.1920) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 1649
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era Army Air Corps pilot. Childhood in Fort Worth; education in Fort Worth schools and at Texas Christian University; decision to enroll in Army Air Corps; training at bases in San Antonio, Greenville, and Waco, Tex.; assignment to B-26 unit, and later to B-17 unit; service…
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HILL, D. D. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0786
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1625
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. Son of residents of Denton’s historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Experiences of his parents, Othella and T.C. Hill, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton; career in U.S. Army and as an undertaker in Denton; Quakertown in family’s…
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OH 1664
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill. Childhood in McKinney, Texas; family’s experience in the Great Depression; decision to drop out of school to work in the mill at age of sixteen; lay-off due to new child labor laws, and decision to go to work at Wilson’s Grocery Store and later at Cole’s…
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HILL, John (b. 1912) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Boise

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OH 1381
Businessman. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy, December, 1941; assignment as a radio communications officer; duty on an LST around Kavieng; construction of a radio station on Emirau; transfer to the cruiser USS Boise, 1944; personal observations about General Douglas A. MacArthur; Battle of Leyte…
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OH 2105

For the UNT Multicultural Center Oral History Project. Tenth director of the office at University of North Texas assigned to address cultural services. Dr. Hill discusses the Cultural Center’s development and programming during her tenant, student protests, and student development. This interview is part of a series that chronicles the…

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OH 1893
For the Oral History Association Archive Oral History Project. Oral historian and educator. Childhood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; family history; educational and professional background; Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill); experiences in the South; storytelling with Blue; work at the Schlesinger Library; Black Women’s Oral History Project; various…
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OH 0685
Retired schoolteacher. His experiences concerning race relations in Sherman, Texas, 1915-30. Lynching of George Hughes in Sherman, 1930; recollections about the African-American business and professional community in Sherman; Ku Klux Klan marches.
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HILL, William D. (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0588
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HILL, Woodrow (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0727
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941.
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HILLIARD, Larry S. (b. 1947) U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Nurse Corps

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OH 0930
His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71. Assignment to 18th surgical Hospital, Quang Tri; typical workday; off-duty recreation; treatment of combat casualties; equipment and blood shortages; drug problems; morale; communications with his family; leave policies; work with Vietnamese civilians; treating enemy POWs; “short-time”; lasting…
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HILLIARD, Ruth (b. 1903)Farmers and Merchants State Bank; R&R Variety Store

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OHB 0050
Vice-president and cashier, Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Krum, Texas; owner and operator of R & R Variety Store, Mesquite, Texas. Family background; banking operations in Krum, early 1900s; social life in Krum, early 1900s; education at College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman’s University); comments on teaching in Orange and Port Arthur,…
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OHB 0029
HILZ, W. M., Sr. Founder, City Machine Shop, Pilot Point, Texas, 1928. Family background, education; blacksmithing; making steam engines, cotton boll crushers, gin saws; working in steam and gas engine repair shop during World War I; International Correspondence Schools auto course; founding of City Machine Shop with partner Mike Amon, 1928;…
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HOBBS, Leon (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0673
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with H Company, 35th Infantry, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2083
For the Women in Business Oral History Project. Entrepreneur and author. The interview spans her early life and education, as well as her changes in career from accounting, and sales, to running her own business and writing her books. She discusses her motivation to empower women in business using her tagline “Women want to be treated equally, not…
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HOCKER, Claude O. (b. 1924) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1103
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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HODGE, Luther Dale (b. 1941)Duke and Ayres Company

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OHB 0101
Supervisor of stores, Duke and Ayres Company, Cameron, Texas. Family background; farming near Cobb, Oklahoma; employment at Green Spray Supermarket, Durant, Oklahoma; employment as manager trainee, Duke and Ayres, Dallas, 1961; description of personnel at Dallas store; relocation as assistant manager at Waxahachie store; duties of assistant…
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