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Interview ID#
OH 2091

For the UNT Multicultural Center Oral History Project. Former director of the UNT Multicultural Center. Career as a university administrator. Perspectives on student success and support initiatives at UNT. 

BROWN, Ernest A. (b. 1916) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 72nd Bomb Squadron

Interview ID#
OH 1145
Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences with the 72nd Bomb Squadron at Bellows Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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OH 1094
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lakeview, Texas and McKinney, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp SP-53-T near Cleburne, Texas and Camp MA-4-T in San Antonio, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

BROWN, Evelyn (b. 1942) U.S. Navy Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1667
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy. Childhood and education in Pennsylvania; decision to attend nursing school; “coming out” experience; decision to enlist in Navy Nurse Corps in 1969; assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Va.;…

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OH 1934
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family background and stories of his four daughters working at Six Flags Over Texas in the Wild West Show, trick-riding and trick-roping. His interest in a stagecoach at the show launching his business, J. Brown Stagecoach Works, in designing and building stagecoaches for Wells Fargo and the movie industry…

BROWN, Jack (b. 1917) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0749
His experiences at the Marine Barracks between Hickam Field and the Pearl Harbor naval base during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941

BROWN, Lawrence (b. 1914) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0178
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; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.
Interview ID#
OH 0179
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

BROWN, Leon (b. 1918)School of Music, North Texas State University

Interview ID#
OH 0577
Professor of trombone. His reminiscences about Boh Makovsky, former band director and head of the Music Department at Oklahoma A&M College, 1915-43.

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OH 0991
His experiences as an employee of the Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Arkansas, and the Lone Star Ordnance Plant, Texarkana, Texas, 1941-43. Union activities; safety procedures; women employees; work schedules.

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OH 0652
His experiences as a student during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.

Interview ID#
OH 1794
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Denton resident. Childhood in Pilot Point, Texas; school integration; assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; life during segregation; family; work experience; community life in Denton; racism.

BRUCE, John W. (b. 1917) U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0589
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 36th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BRUNK, Robert E. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1035
His experiences aboard the aircraft tender USS Curtiss during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview ID#
OH 1280
Mechanical engineer, business executive. His experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Employment with the Procter and Gamble Company in the Philippines, 1941; pre-World War II social life in Manila; supplying the U.S. military with soap, shortening, and margarine; Japanese bombing of Nielson Field…

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OH 0893
His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life; segregated education; employment with Texas and Pacific Railroad, Universal Freight; children; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; college at Prairie View; shopping; church activities; social activities; Civic…

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OH 1873
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with farming; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings.

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OH 2084
Administrative Coordinator at UNT. Childhood in Germany, education at University of York, England, career with UNT administration. Experience as a “third-culture kid” being born in Germany, moving to the USA at 30 years old.

BRYANT, John (b. 1947)Texas House of Representatives Democrat

Interview ID#
OH 0540
Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Biographical information; political philosophy; decision to enter politics; comments about Speaker Bill Clayton, Governor William Clements; House Study Group; House rules; public school…

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OH 1714
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Director of Marketing and Sales Administration, Peterbilt Motors Company, and Italian immigrant. Purpose of migration to the United States; family background in Rome, Italy; education; employment in the U.S.; comparison of opportunities in Italy and the U.S.; comparison of bureaucracy in…

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OH 1919
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Pamela is the daughter of Judge Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer who became a United States District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. Thoughts on her Fathers political career. Her retailing of Baker v. Wade a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas, which criminalized…

BUCK, J. W. (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0279
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; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.
Interview ID#
OH 0299
Highway construction worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

BUGBEE, Karl A. (b. 1918) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0098
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ashio, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.

BULL, Harcourt G. (b. 1909) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 0130
Tax consultant, Army veteran, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, 1943-45; liberation.