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JONES, George E. (b. 1920) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force

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OH 1340
Miscellaneous documents, including portions of his flight log from missions to France and Germany, 1944; printed accounts of his capture and experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Germany, 1944-45.
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JONES, Grant (b. 1922) Texas Senate Democrat

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OH 0283
Insurance executive, member of the Texas Senate from Abilene, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Personal political philosophy; public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision; personal legislation.
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OH 0490
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Appointment as chairman of the Finance Committee; Legislative budget board and the budget-making process; comments about Comptroller Bob Bullock; comments about of Governor William Clements; appropriations bill; tax relief legislation; public school financing; Peveto…
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JONES, Harold L. (b. 1921) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 351st Bomb Group, 508th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force

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OH 1336
His experiences as a B-17 co-pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-flight training, Maxwell Field, Alabama, 1943; primary flight training, Bennettville, South Carolina, 1943; basic flight training, Shaw Field, South Carolina, 1943; advanced flight training, Atlanta, Georgia, 1943; forming of his crew; bomber training, Sioux City,…
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OHB 0061
JONES, Jay. Family background; effects of Depression in McAlester, Oklahoma; employment with C. & S. Hardware, Dallas, 1950; experiences managing and co-owning C. & S. Hardware; opening of Denton Center Hardware, 1963; business competition in Denton; development of Jay’s Hardware in Dallas and sale of business, 1975; description of a full…
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OH 0971
Her recollections concerning the development of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1952-69.
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OH 1577
African-American alumna of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including Lincoln and Madison High Schools; decision to enroll at North Texas State College in 1957; adjustments required for attending school in integrated setting; experience of boarding…
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JONES, Robert E. (b. 1915) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0590
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1840
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Organic farmer, educator, and simple life advocate. Childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; interest in homesteading and organic farming; discovery of the Nearings; memories of Scott and Helen Nearing; the Good Life Center.
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OH 1438
For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. Miscellaneous reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. A walking tour of his farm with descriptions of buildings and agricultural equipment; rural social life and recreation; folk remedies and medicines; food preservation; the…
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OH 1439
Miscellaneous reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. Marketing of crops; a walking tour of the old Jones Farm with descriptions of buildings, windmills, pastures, and crops; a driving tour of rural schools, cemeteries, and neighbors’ properties; descriptive tours through the…
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JORDAN, Barbara (b. 1936) Texas Senate Democrat

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OH 0113
Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Houston, Democrat. Her experiences in the Sixty-first Legislature as its first African-American member since Reconstruction. Kennedy-Johnson Campaign, 1960; her unsuccessful campaigns for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964; her successful campaign for the Texas Senate as its first African-…
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JORDAN, David (b. 1933)Braniff International Airways

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OH 1958

Jordan, David: From Clerk to Head of Dispatch. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and family members. Content includes personal reflections of…

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JORDAN, Willie V. (b. 1922) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0701
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; Bangkok, 1944-45; liberation.
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OH 0694
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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JOSEPHSON, Leigh D. (b. 1907)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

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Oh 0688
Executive. Employment with Standard Oil of California, 1926-39; assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex; construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia; bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain; refinery operations in Bahrain during World War II; early relationship, Bapco and Caltex; Bapco and the royal family of Bahrain; British…
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OH 1770
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Yugoslavian-born immigrant to The Colony, Texas. Childhood in Yugoslavia; memories of the Croatian War of Independence; family’s immigration to West Germany; family’s immigration to the DFW area; transition to American life; thoughts on the “American dream.”
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JUSTIN, Enid (b. 1894)Nocona Boot Company

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OHB 0063
Owner, president, and chairman of the board, Nocona Boot Company, Nocona, Texas. Family background; education in Nocona, early 1900s; experiences stitching boots in father’s factory, Justin Boot Company; activities as first owner, operator, and salesperson for Nocona Boot Company, 1920s; Justin brothers move to Fort Worth; Nocona Boot Company…
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OH 1077
His recollections of the founding and operations of the Nocona Boot Company and its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Early history of company; style changes and marketing techniques; his appointment as plant manager, 1951; “Urban Cowboy” craze; decision to quit, 1957; reemployment, 1974; Ms. Enid’s illnesses and effect on company operations;…
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