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OH 2025

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Postpartum depression, perinatal health, women and mental health, maternal health, nursing, nurse-midwifery, nurse practitioners, Postpartum Support International, maternal-newborn nursing, research methods, instrument development, qualitative research, postpartum…

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BECKMAN, Pierina E. Mercado (b. 1958)University of North Texas

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OH 1726
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and UNT professor. Childhood in Mexico City; parents’ desire to relocate family to U.S.; decision to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa; culture shock and homesickness; marriage to Curt Beckman; decision to earn Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from…
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BEDELL, David (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 443rd Signal Battalion

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OH 0677
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 443rd Signal Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0361
Attorney, municipal judge. His recollections and impressions concerning his work as legal counsel in civil rights cases for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Dallas, Texas, from 1955-61. Comments about Thurgood Marshall, C. B. Bunckley, W. J. Durham; school desegregation; allegations of barratry; white reaction;…
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OH 1146
Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in pre-war Poland; German occupation of Warsaw and the formation of Jewish labor battalions; escape to the Soviet Union; work as an electrician in Orsk, Russian S F S R.; his marriage to Pola and birth of his children, Eva (1941) and Mike (1944); return to post- war Poland and…
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OH 1157
Homemaker, Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Warsaw, Poland; pre-Nazi anti-Semitism; German invasion of Poland and family's decision to flee to the Soviet Union, 1941; life in Orsk; return to Poland after World War II; emigration to Israel and then to the United States [Note: Portions of Mrs Bekker's responses are…
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BELCHER, William F. (b. 1919)North Texas State College

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OH 1089
College professor. His experiences during the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.
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OH 0708
Public employee; community activist. Her experiences concerning the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; experiences in a segregated environment; street paving of African-American section in Denton; urban renewal; desegregation of public places in Denton; political…
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OH 1896
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; educational and professional background; experiences with segregation; Denton desegregation; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; activities and friendships; continued community involvement; contemporary status of civil rights.
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BELLEW, Clifton (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0292
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Detroit during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BELOTTI, Angelo (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0451
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0168
Social worker. Her experiences as a delegate to the first national convention of the National Women’s Political Caucus, Houston, Texas, February 8-10, 1973; views on various state and national feminist leaders; views on women’s liberation in general.
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BENEDICT, Norman (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1154
His experiences as an engineering officer with Submarine Division 46 and Submarine Division 106 in the Pacific Theater while stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War II. Assignment to the USS Cuttlefish, 1941; transfer to the Engineering and Repair Department, Pearl Harbor, 1942, as a division engineer; comments about submarine maintenance,…
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BENNETT, G. J. (b. 1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0314
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Monaghan during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BENNETT, Leon (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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Oh 0419
His experiences while aboard the tanker USS Neosho during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2026
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Shoshana Bennett is a survivor of postpartum depression and anxiety, as well as a clinical psychologist focused on maternal mental health and maternal-infant attachment. In the 1987 she founded the support group/self-help group/advocacy group Postpartum Assistance…
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OH 0086
Farmwoman, homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the coastal bend area of South Texas, 1910-20. Agrarian social life; Ku Klux Klan; flu epidemic of 1919; Mexican-Anglo relations.
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BENTON, Allen H. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard

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OH 1624
Childhood experiences in upstate New York, including Depression-era economy; education at Cornell University; drafting into the U.S. Army Infantry and service at several stateside bases; transfer to Cavalry and combat in Pacific Theater; memories of Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay; opinions on war in general; career as author of biological field…
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BENTON, Willie L. (b. 1917) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0285
Electrician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in Peking, north China, with 6th Marines; capture in Peking; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942-45; Fengtai and Kiangwang Prison Camps, 1945; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
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BERAN, Emil T. (b. 1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0473
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Allen during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 2061
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Nancy Berchtold experienced postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter in 1983. In 1985 she founded Depression After Delivery (DAD), the first specifically postpartum support/self-help/advocacy group in the United States. The…
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BERG, Alvin O., Jr. (b. 1922) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII and Korean War Veteran

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OH 1635
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and early education in rural Northwest Illinois; enlistment in Army Air Forces; training as aviation cadet and service at various stateside bases; combat experience in Pacific theater; postwar minor league baseball career; return to service during Korean conflict; career as pilot…
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BERGEL, Henry N. (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0472
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1810
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Educator and simple life advocate. Family and childhood in New York City; early influences on political and life philosophies; activism in college; teaching career; move to Maine; Scott and Helen Nearing; Back to the Land movement; the Good Life Center.
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OH 1767
For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. First generation of Bermejo women. Recollections of schooling in Minnesota and Iowa; learning English in schools; leaving school for family obligations; getting a GED in Fort Worth, Texas; children’s education; thoughts on future of Mexican American education.
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