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NITCHKE, Pattie South (b. 1946)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1964

Nitchke, Pattie South: Daughter of Charles S. South, former Vice President and Administrative Head of Braniff’s Latin-American Division. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents,…

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OH 0926
His experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, 1926-32.

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OH 0949
Schoolteacher. Her experiences at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, 1949-69. Relationship with students; church activities; comments about Principal Fred Moore.

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OH 1610
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Texas. Nature of clerical work at the mill; memories of various mill products; memories of various mill employees.

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OHB 0025
Banker. Family background; boyhood work experiences; education; first job in banking; rise to bank president; early banking practices, equipment, laws; evolution of banking business; Depression; retirement and move to Denton, Texas, 1951; membership on bank boards; comments on banking in Denton through 1978; other business interests.

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OH 1237
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Brazos, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to BR-83-W in Veteran, Wyoming; reenlistment to F-2-N in Apache Creek, New Mexico; transfer to Conchas Dam near Tucumcari, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

NORRIS, Robinson R. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0331
His experiences at Fort Shafter with the 64th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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OHB 0021
Owner and operator of Joe’s Cleaners, Denton, Texas. Family background; early work experiences; education; work as youth in cleaning shop; opening Joe’s Cleaners, 1944; decline of dry cleaning business; his unique credit system; importance of self-employment; other business ventures; dealings with City of Denton; history of his business.

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OH 2116

For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Research lab animal manager at UNT. Childhood in Indonesia, education at Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Career with Merck as poultry veterinarian, marriage, move to Denton and career with UNT. Experience as an immigrant living and working in the United States.

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OH 1870
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; attendance at I.M. Terrell; desegregating Mansfield High; memories of Mansfield Crisis; education at UT-Arlington; career in Mansfield ISD; organizing Juneteenth…

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OH 2142

Nuby, Marquis. Participant in Our Stories, Our Justice, a participatory storytelling project that centers individuals and their communities in a collective effort to (re)produce oral and visual histories that shine light on a continuum of radical leadership by BIPOC and marginalized women.

NUGENT, Leo B. (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 1155
His experiences with the 11th Bomb Group at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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OH 1732
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Zimbabwean-born immigrant to North Texas. Politics in Zimbabwe; Robert Mugabe; Rhodesia; farm seizures; HIV-AIDS; English as a Second Language; U.S. immigration policy; education at Richland College; modern Africa, Zimbabwe independence, 1980.

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OH 0822
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Ben Wheeler, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3808 at DG-40-N near Carrizozo, New Mexico; company move to Tokay, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

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OH (2170)

Sonny Ochs, sister to folk singer Phil Ochs, discusses Phil's 1966 and 1970 Carnegie Hall concerts. Other topics discussed include Phil Ochs's relationship to the media and press, his activism, the end of his career, and Phil Ochs's Song Nights.

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OH 0945
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in New Jersey; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1226 at Camp S-71 (72F-22-NJ) in Stokes State Forest near Branchville, New Jersey; description of camp; life in camp.

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OH 1202
College professor. His experiences concerning the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Early interest in women's issues; views concerning environmental ethics, eco-philosophy, and eco-feminism; ideas concerning the components for a quality women's studies program.

OFFERLE, Roy M. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0457
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; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; death of his older brother; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; railroad…

OGG, Harry (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0433
His experiences while aboard the tanker USS Neoshoduring the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OGLE, Ray (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1190
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Jack County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Baggs, Wyoming; description of camp; life in camp.
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OH 1192
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; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; railway maintenance work, 1944-45; liberation.

OHTSUKA, Bunichi (b. 1929) Imperial Japanese Air Force WWII Veteran

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OH 1088
His experiences while in training to become a kamikaze pilot, 1945.

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OH 1912
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Life in Dallas community, coming out experience. Architect and bar owner. Founding member of The Dallas Tavern Guild. Changes in the gay bar scene in Dallas. Police raids of gay bars. Backing politicians who supported the gay community. AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s affecting the bar scene.

OLP, Gary (b. 1954)GGO Architects, Dallas TX

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OH 1995 Olp, Gary
Gary Olp grew up outdoors in the Wisconsin suburbs and the rural Midwest. Whether tending the garden, working in a steel mill or building a fort, he was hand’s-on, immersed in nature. Since the third grade, he had wanted to be an architect, to design buildings. He was inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to understand the integration of the…

OLSON, John E. (b. 1917) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Division

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OH 1258
Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of- war of the Japanese during World War II. Education at the U. S. Military Academy, 1935-39; assignment to the Philippines with the 57th Infantry, 1939; preparations for war with Japan and evacuation of dependents; opening days of the war; defense of Bataan and surrender; Bataan…