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BERRY, Cassandra F. (b. 1961)University of North Texas

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OH 1632
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. Denton resident and UNT employee with personal interest in the history of Denton’s historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Career at UNT as Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity; service to Denton African American Museum, which led to interest in history of Quakertown.
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BEVILL, Claudia (b. 1944)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1951
Bevill, Claudia: Flight Attendant. 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, ground crew, executives and family members. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact…
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BIARD, Forrest (b. 1912) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0877
His experiences as a cryptanalyst during World War II. U.S. Naval Academy, 1930-34. Qualities of a good cryptanalyst; Japanese language training in Tokyo, 1939-40; evacuation from Tokyo, August, 1941; assignment to HYPO, Pearl Harbor; impressions of Commander Joseph Rochefort; comments about Lieutenant Commander Thomas Dyer, Lieutenant Commander…
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OH 1744
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Palestinian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Family history and childhood in Kuwait City; discrimination of Palestinians in the Middle East; first impressions of U.S.; education at the University of Kuwait and Midwestern State University; family experiences during the First Gulf War and…
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BIERSCHWALE, William (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0247
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BIGELOW, Frank H. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1464
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Boyhood in North Dakota; various jobs during the Great Depression; enlistment in the Navy, 1939; volunteering for duty in the Philippines and assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, 1940; pre-war military life in the Philippines;…
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BIGGER, B. W. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran, 31st Bombardment Squadron

Interview ID#
OH 0539
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0386
Navy wife. Her experiences while living at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with her husband, Lieutenant Commander Oliver Billingsley, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BILLINGSLEY, Tyrel James (b. 1987) U.S. Air Force OIF-era Veteran

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OH 1833
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Operation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom era veteran. Childhood in Illinois and Dallas, Texas; decision to enlist in Air Force; basic training and tech school; life in the Air Force Reserves; acceptance into ROTC; future plans.
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OH 1248
Educator. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Pilot Grove, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 857 near Denison, Texas; company move to Karnack, Texas after completion of Loy Lake Dam; company move to Paris, Texas after completion of Caddo Lake State Park;…
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BISHOP, Rebecca H. (b. 1982) U.S. Marine Corps OIF Veteran

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OH 1816
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Marine Corps Captain, Logistics Officer (0402), Naval Academy History Instructor, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Reasons for joining the Marines and attending the Naval Academy; experiences at the Naval Academy as a female cadet; attending basic infantry officer course in Quantico, Virginia;…
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OH 0735
Schoolteacher, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early relationships with African-Americans in rural Georgia; decision to join the Fellowship; early meetings; Fellowship’s leaders; street paving in the African-American section of Denton…
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OH 1897
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Texas State Fair; childhood; experiences with segregation and discrimination; educational and professional background; Brown v Board decision; importance of education and educators; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; interracial relationships; state of contemporary civil…
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BLACKWELL, Herschel (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0975
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-14 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BLAIR, Janet (b. 1918)Red Cross WWII Volunteer

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OH 1417
Homemaker. Her experiences as a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war German language education in Europe; her activities with “Bundles for Britain” in New York City, 1940-41; employment at the San Antonio, Texas, Air Depot, 1942-43; her patriotic motivation; her decision to join the Red Cross, May, 1943;…
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BLAIR, Roy D. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0501
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BLALOCK, Tom (b. 1918) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0065
Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Onomichi, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.
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OHB 0015
Independent business and industry consultant, economic surveyor. Family background; education and early work experience leading to survey business; comments concerning many individual surveys; comments about personal associations with prominent local, state, and national individuals; observations about community attitudes toward industrialization…
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BLANTON, Jack (b. 1921)Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0049
Businessman, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Carrollton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Personal political philosophy; one-year versus two-year budget; Caveness Plan; social legislation; establishment of University of Texas at Dallas; creation of new four-year colleges;…
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OH 0082
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; personal legislation.
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OH 0141
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. House speakership race; House rules reform; appropriations bill; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Preston Smith.
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BLAZ, Ben (b. 1928) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 1042
His experiences as a teenager during the Japanese occupation of Guam during World War II.
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BLOCK, Albert B. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0792
His experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2054

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Carol Blocker is an advocate for sufferers of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. She discusses the life and illness of her daughter Melanie Blocker-Stokes who died by suicide amid postpartum psychosis in 2001, including her interactions with psychiatric…

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BLOCKLINGER, James A. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1027
His experiences while aboard the heavy minelayer USS Ogallala during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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