Library administrator. Her experiences as a student in the library school at the College of Industrial Arts, Denton, Texas, and her subsequent career in library administration. Early teaching career, De Leon (Jones County), Texas; library school at College of industrial Arts, 1935-38; librarian at Sabine (Texas) High School, 1935-40; librarian at…
Staff member, University of North Texas. His experiences as a student at North Texas State College during the desegregation of the school, 1957-60. Comments about President J C Matthews; observations about racial matters on the college campus and the community of Denton, Texas.
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; hell ship to Japan; Ohasi, Honshu, 1943; liberation.
Locomotive engineer, commodities trader. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His upper middle-class upbringing in Lubbock, Texas; his activities as a teenager; clothing fashions of the Sixties; general discussion of the music of the Sixties; comments about the…
His life as a youth in northeast Texas; family experiences during the Great Depression; his long-time love of mules and horses; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard, November, 1940; mobilization of the Texas National Guard, November 18, 1940; training with horses, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940-41; advanced training at…
Veteran of the Royal Dutch Navy in the Netherlands East Indies. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Chungkai and Bampong, Thailand, 1944-45;…
Businessman, 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 Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944;…
Their recollections about Texarkana, Texas, 1927-41; their careers; church activities; social organizations; their education; entertainment; local business enterprises; women in business; ethnic groups.
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Hakodate, Sapporo, and Muroran, Hokkaido, 1942-45; liberation.
Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the Library Services Department at North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1950-75.
School custodian, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Base; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; copper mines at Mitzushima, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids;…
Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Educational background; entry into the Navy, 1941; Northwestern Midshipman School, 1941; Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center, Melville, Rhode Island, 1942; operations around the Solomon Islands, 1943; New Georgia Campaign, 1943; accounts of individual exploits of his…
Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Guadalcanal, 1942-43; machine gun wound at Guadalcanal; Tarawa, 1943; Kwajalein, 1943; Saipan and Tinian, 1944; assignment to legal office at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas; Civil/structural engineer and businessman. Childhood in Shiraz, Iran; coming to America at fourteen by himself; living with extended family in Texas; adjusting to America and learning English; parents’ escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution;…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Iranian-born immigrant to suburban Allen, Texas. Family history; memories of Iran; decision to immigrate to the U.S. in 1978; first impressions of the U.S.; opinions about the Iranian Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini; education at the University of Oklahoma; career in information…
Her recollections while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, August 30-September 1, 1969, in Lewisville, Texas. Her early interest in popular music, particularly The Beatles; her rejection of middle-class cultural values; influence of the Vietnam War on young people; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; her…
Founders, owner, and operators of Kibler Office Supplies, Denton, Texas.
KIBLER, Morris. Family background; early work experience, education; work as youth in Texas Legislature; Air Force, college teaching careers; office machine salesman; purchase of own business; growth and expansion; comments on self-employment.
KIBLER, Lillian. Family…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Congolese-born immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood in Congo; differences in the school system; travelling around Africa; Congolese culture; moving to the DFW area; differences in food; attending historically black Wiley College; black community in Marshall, Texas; differences between…
His experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Iowa; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2726-V near Winterset, Iowa; reassignment to Company 783 in Leon, Iowa; reassignment to Company 1742 in Tarkio, Missouri; company move to Gallatin, Missouri; transfer to Company 3773-V in…
