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OH 0825
Their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early years in East Texas; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; transportation problems; social life; school activities; Hamilton Park Civic League; church activities, desegregation of the Hamilton Park School; Christian Action Layman’s League…
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OH 0654
College instructor. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
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OH 1808
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Businessman and pioneering Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in West Texas; journalism career; coming out; Resource Center of Dallas; Dallas gay community; Dallas Gay Political Caucus; Crossroads Market and the “gayborhood;” gay rights activism; 1979 March on Washington; Dallas Gay Alliance and off-shoot…
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OH 0850
Librarian, former director of libraries at North Texas State University. His experiences concerning the development of the libraries and the Department of Library Services at North Texas State University, 1953-78.
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OH 1044
Librarian. His experiences as Director of Libraries, Director of Library Service, and Professor of Library Service at North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1953-82.
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WEBB, Leonard (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0773
His experiences at Staff Headquarters, 14th Naval District, Honolulu, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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WEBB, Wade (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1181
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, 1944-45; liberation.
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WEBER, Lee (b. 1919) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, F Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division

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OH 1315
Businessman. His experiences at Guadalcanal and Tarawa in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Prewar work experience with the United Fruit Company in Honduras; decision to join the Marine Corps Reserve, 1939, and assignment to a machine gun company in the 15th Battalion; call to active duty, October, 1940, and assignment to H Company at San…
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WEDDINGTON, Sarah (b. 1945) Texas Legislature Democrat

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OH 0303
Attorney, member of the Texas Legislature from Austin, Democrat. Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Decision to enter politics; personal political philosophy; House speakership race; committee appointments; constitutional revision; Equal Rights Amendment; public school financing; public utilities…
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OH 0403
Attorney, member of the Texas Legislature from Austin, Democrat. Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; highway appropriations; public school financing; Peveto Bill and property taxation; personal legislation.
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OH 1595
For the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Cisco, Texas. Memories of childhood in the Humble Town community of Cisco; experience in all-black public schools; marriage to Robby Jones and decision to move to California and experiences there; decision to move back to Cisco following an earthquake;…
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WEGER, Laura Nevada (b. 1979) U.S. Navy OIF Veteran

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OH 1763
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, Technical, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood moving around the United States; family history of military service; reasons for joining the Navy; reaction of family to enlistment; training as a cryptological technician; first duty station…
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WEHNER, Robert J. (b. 1941) U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Nurse Corps

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OH 0940
His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-70. Assignment to 22nd Surgical Medical Battalion, Chu Lai; treatment of battle casualties and illnesses; camp life; treatment of civilian casualties and illnesses; lasting effects of Vietnam experience.
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WEHRELL, William "Jake" (b. 1935) U.S. Marine Corps Veteran; Air America Pilot

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OH 2020
For the Air America Oral History Project. Marine Corps veteran and Air America pilot. Childhood and education in New Jersey and Central College; decision to enlist in the Marine Corps during the Korean War; experiences while stationed at El Toro, California, Japan, Cherry Point, NC, Parris Island, SC, and Beaufort, SC, and aboard an aircraft…
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WEINBERG, Robert (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 776th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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OH 1402
His experiences as a B-24 navigator; also his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Cadet Classification Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1943; basic training, Lackland Field, San Antonio, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas,…
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WELHAUSEN, Philip. (b. ca. 1900)Tex-Tan Western Leather Company

Interview ID#
OHB 0041
President, Tex-Tan Western Leather Company, Yoakum, Texas. Father’s development of leather tanning business in Yoakum; line of leather products; comments on effects of Depression and World War II on business; tanning processes; saddletree production; sale of business assets, 1956; merger with Tandy Corporation; saddle promotions; expansion into…
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OH 0903
Schoolteacher, secretary. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1963-79. Education; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; substitute teaching at Hamilton Park School; church activities; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park High School; Pacesetter; Interorganizational Council; president of Civic League; traffic access…
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OH 101
Schoolteacher, homemaker. Her observations concerning the cultural development of Aransas County, Texas, 1967-71. Rockport Art Association; impact of art on Aransas County; prominent local artists; art buyers.
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OH 0121
Attorney, county judge. His observations on the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1950-70. Operations of county government; the construction of a new courthouse for Aransas County; economy of Aransas County; boundary disputes between Aransas and Nueces Counties; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; Aransas county Navigation District;…
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OH 1271
Professor. His experiences at the University of North Texas while building a clinical psychology program. Recruitment by the University; development of the Behavioral Medicine Program; comments on the incorporation of behavioral medicine into clinical psychology; comments on the future of behavioral medicine.
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WENTRCEK, Dan (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0353
Painter. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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WENTWORTH, Gerald E. (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0760
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1542
Businessman. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His parents’ reactions to the cultural changes of the Sixties; his opposition to the Vietnam War, 1968-69; his high school experiences in the mid-Sixties; influences of the Beatles on his musical tastes; his college…
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OH 1658
Pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth. Childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at NTSC and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of “coming out” to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to…
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WESTERN, Weldon (b. 1914) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0692
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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