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FAIR, Lloyd C. (b. 1921)Duke & Ayres Company

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OHB 0089
Supervisor and buyer for stores, Duke & Ayres Company. Family background; farming near Weatherford, Texas; experiences during Depression in Weatherford; employment with Duke & Ayres, 1941; comments on employee rules and regulations; description of ownership changes; comments on merchandise sold in stores; personnel practices; employment…
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FANSLER, Hershel (b. 1920) U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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OH 0257
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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FARENTHOLD, Frances "Sissy" Tarlton (b. 1926)Texas State Representative Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 2018
Attorney, state representative, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas, college president, and feminist leader. Childhood in a liberal, politically active family in Corpus Christi, Texas; experiences with racial segregation and discrimination; experiences in Corpus Christi public schools, the Hockaday School for Girls,…
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OH 0542
Humorist, storyteller, radio and television personality, environmentalist. Student days at the University of Texas; comments about J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek; service during World War II; interest in folklore; employment with CBS; Mccarthyism; his suit against Aware, Incorporated; involvement in environmental issues;…
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FEATHERLING, Howard (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0443
His experiences at the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 0942
Her recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
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OH 2055

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Susan Feingold is a psychologist with a specialization in women's perinatal mental health/postpartum depression/postpartum psychosis. Feingold discusses her own postpartum anxiety disorder in 1992, and her subsequent discovery of the postpartum advocacy group…

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FELIZ, Jack M. (b. 1911) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1373
Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of the Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; prison camp at Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.
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OH 1374
His autobiography, entitled The Saga of Sailor Jack
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OH 1592
For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA communications engineer and assistant flight director. Memories of childhood in New Britain, Conn.; service in Korean War-era Air Force; 1963 decision to join NASA; communications work for Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station, and Space Shuttle program missions; trouble-shooting for Skylab missions…
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FENOGLIO, Charley (b. 1918) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0549
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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FENOGLIO, Melvin (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1347
Educator, farmer-rancher. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early family history in Montague County, Texas; his pre-war education; his enlistment in the Navy in December, 1942; his acceptance in the V-7 Program, 1943; Midshipman School, Columbia University, 1943; his failing out of Midshipman School and transfer to the U.…
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FENOGLIO, W. H. (b. 1909)Haverty’s Furniture Company

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OHB 0080
General and regional manager, Haverty’s Furniture Company, Houston, Texas. Family Family background; Fenoglio settlement in Montague County, Texas; farming in Montague; comments on grape production and effects of Prohibition on business; education in Montague; effects of Depression in Montague; employment with Haverty’s Furniture, 1928; history of…
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FERGUSON, George (b. 1906)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

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OH 0665
Executive. Educational background; employment with Texaco; transfer to Caltex; Australian experience; origins of Caltex; Caltex (Australia); activities during World War II; expatriates in Caltex; Ampol, Alba, H. C. Sleigh; Kurnell refinery; navy fuel oil contracts; president, Caltex East; Caltex in Japan; nationalization; president, Caltex West;…
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OH 0070
Farmwoman, homemaker. Her observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Small town social life; agrarian life; Mexican-Anglo relations; King Ranch.
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OH 1161
Musician, vocalist. His experiences as a musician/vocalist with Bob Wills’s”Texas Playboys” and the “Light Crust Doughboys” western swing bands, 1936-42; comments about Bob Wills and band members Marvin Montgomery, Kenneth Pitts, AL Stricklin, “Smoky” Dacus, “Knocky” Parker, Leon McAuliffe, Eldon Shamblin; forming his own groups and playing the…
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OH 0690
Roman Catholic priest. His recollections of customs, folklore, and superstitions in the Basque country of Spain; experiences as a Capuchin seminarian; reminiscences about the Spanish Civil War; recent social changes in the Basque country.
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Don Ferrier, CGB (Certified Green Builder), is the Owner and CEO of Ferrier Companies. As the third generation of Scottish immigrants who were stone masons and builders, he founded his business in 1984 in response to an increased need for high-performance construction methods addressing energy efficiency. Ferrier was one of the first builders in…
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OH 0605
College instructor, former assistant football coach at North Texas State College. His experiences concerning the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
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FICKEL, Albert (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0319
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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FICKLIN, Frank W. (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0691
Businessman, 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; Changi Jail, 1944; liberation.
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OH 1786
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Texas Civil Rights activist and NAACP youth council member. Childhood in Dallas; desegregation protests of the State Fair of Texas, Picadilly’s, H. L. Green, and the Majestic; memories of Juanita Craft and NAACP youth movement; Civil Rights movement; Dallas Independent School District desegregation…
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OH 0835
Community leader. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-90. Youth in segregated East Texas; lack of housing for African Americans; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; flooding problems; employment; entertainment and social activities; church activities; desegregation of the Hamilton Park School;…
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FIELDS, Marshall (b. 1919) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0105
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Capture on Wake Island; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942-44; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
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OH 1537
His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His early youth in rural Texas (Jack County); his mother’s interest in music and honkytonks; attendance at the “Big D Jamboree” at the Sportatorium, Dallas, Texas, during the Sixties; effects of his parents' divorce; influence of…
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