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EVANS, John W. (b. 1922) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Interview ID#
OH 1220
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview ID#
OH 0853
Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the University Library and the Library Service Department at the North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1939-75.

EVANS, Peter (b. 1923) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

Interview ID#
OH 0624
Labor representative, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Tokyo docks; Nagasaki; Fukuoka Prison Camp No. 9, Kyushu, 1945; liberation.
Interview ID#
OH 0628
His experiences while employed by the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.

EVANS, Roy R. (b. 1925)Industrial Accident Board of Texas

Interview ID#
OHB 0040
President, Texas AFL-CIO; hearing examiner and office manager, Industrial Accident Board of Texas. Family background; involvement in labor movement at Chance-Vought Aircraft, 1948; accomplishments as president of Texas AFL-CIO; comments on unsuccessful campaign for re-election; committee work to improve Texas Workers’ Compensation Law, 1967;…

Interview ID#
OH 1605
For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas; local folklore concerning presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout 20th century; shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.

EVERITT, William C. (b. 1923)Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company

Interview ID#
OHB 0053
Owner and operator, Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company, Dallas, Texas. Family background; comments on Depression in Comanche, Texas; experiences playing trombone with North Texas State’s Aces of Collegeland band; duty as radar technician and infantryman during World War II; experiences in postwar Austria; teaching music in…

Interview ID#
OHB 0084
Interviews with Lotta Evers Callahan (b.1910), Jessie Evers King, Bob Evers Tripp, Felix Callahan (b. 1907), Wilford Pierce (b. 1909), Verna Solomon, and Walter Laney (b. 1918). CALLAHAN, Lotta Evers. Daughter of Will Evers. Family background; Robert and Adolph Evers’s purchase of hardware store, Denton, Texas, 1885; store ownership passed to…