Geologist. His experiences in geology and the petroleum industry. Youth and education; early recollections of Everette Lee DeGolyer; employment with Geophysical Service, Inc., 1933; early refraction technology; employment with Atlatl Royalty Corporation, 1939; service as a naval officer with the Office of Procurement of Materials, Army/Navy…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to SP-7-C in Rifle, Colorado; camp move to SP-10-C in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; reenlistment to a camp in Mesquite, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Historian. His experiences with the Intelligence Section of the 14th naval District, Pearl Harbor, during World War II. Education and appointment to faculty at U.S. Naval Academy; U.S. Navy Communications School, Westport Connecticut; assignment to Pearl Harbor; activities with RPIO, PEARL (Registered Publications Issuing Office, Pearl Harbor);…
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Texas. Childhood and education in McKinney public schools; work as cotton picker for local farmers; parents’ jobs in the mill; family life on “the mill block;” importance of the New Deal; memories of 1948 tornado; social…
Real estate developer. His experiences concerning the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. The influence of the Great Depression and World War II on his parents’ values; car-racing as a teenager in Lubbock, Texas; changing dress styles of the Sixties; influence of the Beatles; influence of Led Zeppelin…
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime white resident of Mansfield, Texas, member of the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. Family history; town history; memories of race relations in Mansfield; eyewitness at Mansfield Crisis; concern that federal government attempted to “cram” integration down Mansfield’s throat; brother’s role in…
The early life and experiences growing up in Denton, Texas, raised by his grandmother and his struggles overcoming a speech impediment. Attended Fred Moore High School. Actively involved in sports led to a career of coaching in football, girls’ basketball, track and golf in Denton, Texas and in Missouri. Received many awards and recognition in…
Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. On-the-job training with Texaco; assignment to China as terminal superintendent; the prewar China market; competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum; transfer to Ceylon; terminal expansion in Ceylon; development of the Ceylon market; transfer to Caltex (India); comments about William Pinckard; training of…
Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Gelsenkirchen, Germany; pre-Nazi anti-Semitism; work and school in Berlin; Kristallnacht; job, education, and housing discrimination; deportation to the Riga (Latvia) Ghetto, 1942; life in the Riga Ghetto; transfer to concentration camp at Kaiserwald, 1943; transfer to Stutthof,…
Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Palestine, Democrat. General views concerning problems in Texas state government. Taxation; lobby activities; annual legislative sessions; reforms in the office of House Speaker; insurance legislation; appropriations; legislative ethics; redistricting; House-Senate relations.
Minister. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-72. Youth in Southeast Texas; education in segregated schools; decision to move to Hamilton Park; church activities; home improvements; shopping; zoning problems; school activities; deed restrictions; desegregation of Hamilton Park School.
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Educator and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Austin, Texas; education; work history; coming out; Dallas LGBT history; AIDS crisis in Dallas; LGBT activism; The Dallas Way; diversity in the gay community.
Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-90. Youth in East Texas; segregated education; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; secretary for Civic League; zoning problems; deed restrictions and violations; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; church activities; the “Buy Out.”
Associate professor of history at Sam Houston State University. Family background and childhood in Detroit, with descriptions of both joyous and painful life events, as these have inspired her scholarship and service; academic career; philosophies of teaching and mentorship; developments in the study of African American history.
Civil servant, 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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944-45, and American air raids; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1945;…
College professor, 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; Tamuang, Thailand, 1944,…
College professor, survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences concerning the Japanese treatment of prisoners-of-war while he was a POW during World War II.
Fort Worth-based Chicano political activists. Discussion of the Raza Unida Party in Tarrant County and throughout Texas; efforts to improve the economic, social and political aspects of the Chicano community. Carlos Puente’s service on Fort Worth City Council. Roadblocks Mexican-Americans faced in campaigning and running for political office, city…
Political activist. His involvement in the Mexican-American community of Fort Worth, Texas, 1970-2003. His family’s migration from Mexico to Texas in the 1920s; his youth in Galveston; his decision to quit school in the ninth grade; his earning a GED; business school at Galveston Business College and subsequent employment in the Galveston County…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. West German-born Colombian immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood in West Germany; life in Colombia during the 1990s violence; family’s immigration to Texas; expectations of the U.S.; culture shock in the U.S.; transition to American life; attending college as an international student;…
Attorney. Her role in the writing and passage of the Texas Family Code. Family background; her education; Rockefeller Grant to National Institute of Public Affairs; career with National Youth Administration; participation in League of Women Voters during World War II; law school at Southern Methodist University; early law career; activities with…
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Civil Rights activist and local political figure. Participation with NAACP and SCLC; Juanita Croft; mother’s activism; impact of Civil Rights Act; participation in the South Dallas Information Center; the Black Panther Party; college experience; police brutality and shootings; city political…
