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McKOOL, Mike (b. 1918) Texas Senate Democrat

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OH 0155
Attorney, former member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Democrat. General views concerning problems in Texas state government. Voter registration bill; appointment of committee members; campaign financial disclosure; ethics legislation; committee structure; appropriations and taxation; annual legislative sessions; lobby activities; insurance…
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OH 0020
Insurance executive, former chair of the Texas State Board of Insurance, 1963-68; chairman of the Johnson-Humphrey campaign in Texas. Comments on the evolution of the State board of Insurance; insurance scandals of the mid-1950s; fire and casualty rate-making; automobile insurance; Johnson-Humphrey campaign in Texas.
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OH 1225
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, Denton, Texas, 1955-56. Race relations while growing up in Central Texas, 1930s and 1940s; his African-American friend, Jesse Fisher; racial climate in Denton during 1950s; comments about the role of the President of North Texas State College, James Carl…
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McMILLAN, Darwin (b. 1913)Caltex Petroleum Corporation

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OH 0662
Executive. Educational background; early work experience; employment with Texaco in China; comments about the Young Marshall (Chiang Hsueh-Liang); Texaco (China) marketing policies; Texaco’s product lines in China; formation of Caltex, 1936; transfer to Caltex; assignment to Caltex (India), 1937; expansion of the Indian market; employment with…
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OH 1839
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Long-time civil rights activist. Childhood in Dallas; memories of the black community; life during segregation; growing awareness of “race” and racism; participation in the Dallas NAACP Youth Council; Juanita Craft; interest in black history and black power; Dallas SNCC; assassination of Martin…
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OH 1824
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Civil rights activist. Childhood in Tennessee; Dallas life during segregation; involvement in the Dallas Progressive Voters League; experiences with racism; SNCC and SCLC activities; Dallas NAACP; civil rights activism; son’s (Ernest McMillan) activism; influential figures in life; current state of…
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OH 1780
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with gardening and self-sufficiency; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
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McPARTLIN, James (b. 1918) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

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OH 1305
His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Entry into the Aviation Cadet Program, 1941; primary, basic, and advanced training, 1941-42; assignment to the 91st Bomb Group for B-17 training, 1942; characteristics of the B-17; stationing at Kimbolton, England, as assistant operations officer, September, 1942;…
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OH 1802
For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Long-time Denton resident. Childhood in Marshall, Texas; move to Denton; North Texas State University Trailblazers; segregation; local civil rights protests; Denton history; Quakertown; changes in Denton; job discrimination.
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OH 1521
His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His introduction to the hippie subculture while in high school; his experiences with racism among white property owners in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas during the 1960s; the influence of the “British Invasion” and the…
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OH 1396
Homemaker. Her reminiscences about her African-American family in Jackson, Mississippi, and Gary, Indiana. Early youth in Jackson; African-American social and cultural life in Jackson; early experiences with segregation; her family’s emphasis on education; her father’s migration to Gary in search of work, 1945; her permanent move to Gary; family…
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OH 0932
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas and New Mexico; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp SP-9-O in Ardmore, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp.
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McVEAN, John A. (b. 1919) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 1096
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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MEISTER, Maury (b. 1917) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0836
His experiences while on patrol with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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MENDENHALL, Corwin (b. 1916) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1123
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin and USS Pintado in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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MERCER, William A. (b. 1926) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1112
Radio/TV announcer. His experiences aboard LCI-439 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Battle of Leyte Gulf and kamikazes; Battle of Okinawa; preparations for invasion of Honshu.
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MERCER, William E. (b. 1926) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1039
His experiences as a survivor of the sinking of the destroyer USS Johnston during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944.
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OH 1517
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Callahan County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Brownwood, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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MERRILL, Harold E. (b. 1923) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0611
His experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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MESKILL, David T. (b. 1917) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1182
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II aboard the USS Spence. His duties in the S Division as paymaster and disbursing officer; battle station in the Combat Information Center; comments about the skipper, Lieutenant Commander Henry J. Armstrong; assignment to Solomon Islands as part of Destroyer Squadron 23 (DesRon 23); combat…
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MESSLER, Dale (b. 1920) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0371
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OHB 0092
Labor arbitrator, Denton, Texas. Family background; appointment to Naval Academy, 1923; description of academics and hazing at Naval Academy; assignments in Nicaragua, late 1920s; experiences during World War II as commander of submarine USS Saury in South Pacific; description of torpedo problems during war; teaching management, North Texas State…
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OH 2073
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Birdie Gunyon Meyer discusses her background as a nurse, health educator, support group leader, and lactation consultant. Meyer is a past-President of Postpartum Support International (PSI) and serves on the PSI advisory council. She discusses developments between the…
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OH 2004
Dallas-based business leader and philanthropist. Grandparents’ experiences in present-day Belarus and Prussia and as immigrants to the U.S. and eventually to Fort Worth; parents’ experiences growing up in Fort Worth. Education in Fort Worth public schools culminating at Paschal High School and at UT-Austin; experiences in U.S. Army. Career as a…
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OH 0128
Artist. His experiences as an artist and art teacher in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1948-72. Early art training; Fulton School of Fine Arts; his move from Fulton to Rockport, Texas; Simon Michael School of Fine Arts; art exhibitions; art and local architectural styles; art students; techniques for teaching art; philosophy of art;…
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