His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Community activist. Her experiences as an activist in the Mexican-American community of Fort Worth, Texas. Her youth in the coal-mining town of Bridgeport, Texas; experiences concerning discrimination in Bridgeport; closing of the mines in 1931 and the family move to Fort Worth; her work with the Mexican Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth in its…

Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes…

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Long-time Denton resident. Family history; Denton history; political changes in Denton; Krum, Texas history; model-making.

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 3rd Engineer Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences as a corpsman at the Naval Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; also anecdotal information about Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

Businessman. His reminiscences about the history of Denton, Texas, 1920-1976. Community swimming pools; comments about Hollywood actress Ann Sheridan; Massey and Hoffer Service Station; Great Depression; Interurban streetcars; Quakertown [African-American section of Denton].

College professor, theologian. Religious fundamentalism in Texas during the 1920s; his philosophy of Christian ethics; Norris Movement; his teaching philosophy; Southern Baptists and social concern.

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; railroad maintenance work in Burma, 1944; Phet Buri, Thailand, 1945;…

Former president of North Texas State College and North Texas State University. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56. Initial period of integration on campus; attitudes of student body, faculty, townspeople, board of regents; Atkins suit; Campus Theatre incident; desegregation of local businesses;…

His experiences concerning the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.

Early childhood and adolescence; early teaching experiences; student at North Texas State Normal College during 1920s; appointment as a teacher in the college Laboratory School; principal, college Laboratory School; curriculum committee, State Department of Education; dean, College of Education; curriculum planning in College of Education; the…

His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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

His experiences while stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, legislative ethics; appropriations; redistricting; personal legislation.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. Freshmen senators; comments about Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; committee appointments; reform legislation; Comparative Negligence Bill; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Comments about Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; public school financing; comments about Comptroller Bob Bullock; public utilities legislation; College Coordinating Bill; constitutional revision; personal legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; ad valorem taxation; roles of Speaker Bill Clayton, Janey and Governor Dolph Briscoe in call for a special session; election year politics; Senate caucus; repeal of sales tax on residential utility…

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Comments about Governor William Clements; appropriations; teacher salaries; public school financing; consumer legislation; presidential primary bill; “Killer Bees.”

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Elections of 1980; initiative-referendum; abortion issue; law-and-order legislation; redistricting; state water plan; comments about Ross Perot, Governor William Clements, Lieutenant Governor William Hobby, and Attorney General Mark White.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature. Comments about Lieutenant Governor William hobby and Governor Mark White; midnight appointments; teacher pay raise; taxation and appropriations; Jurisprudence Committee.