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OH 1199
His reminiscences about his youth while residing in Denton, Texas, 1902-71; Boy Scouts activities, 1917-1930; other playtime activities; early descriptions of Texas Woman's University; family's emigration from Scotland, 1890; physical description of Denton, 1915-30.
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OH 2032

Stotland, Nada: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Stotland is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Her research has focused on issues of reproduction and psychiatry especially around abortion. she was also the 135th President of the American Psychiatric…

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STOWERS, Henry B. (b. 1911) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Embassy Guard Detachment, Peking

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OH 0148
Journalist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in North China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45; Pusan, Korea, 1945; coal mining at Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.
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STRANGE, Luther G. (b. 1913) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

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OH 1140
His experiences with Headquarters Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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STRAUS, Herbert (b. 1895) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0231
Jewish chaplain. His experiences at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base during the Japanese attack there on December 7, 1941.
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STRAWN, Harry C. (b. 1918) U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air Force; 413th Fighter Group, 14th Air Force

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OH 1208
His experiences as a fighter pilot in the European, Mediterranean, and Pacific Theaters during World War II. Primary training, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1940; secondary training, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas, 1941; advanced training, Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1941; assignment to the 31st Fighter Group, 1942; training in the Bell P-39…
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OH 1783
For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former TCOM employee. History of TCOM.
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STRITTMATTER, Joseph (b. 1919) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0210
His experiences with VP-24 at Ford Island Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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STRNAD, John C. (b. 1921) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 0417
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Allen during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1737
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician. Granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. Born and raised in Ulan Bator, Mongolia; education in Mongolia, China and United States; life in Communist Mongolia; aftermath…
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STRONG, Raymond D. (b. 1924) U.S. Navy WWII Veteran

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OH 1124
His experiences with Base Communications on Ford Island during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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STROUD, James (b. 1914) Texas House of Representatives Democrat

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OH 0087
Civil service administrator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations;…
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OH 0090
Civil service administrator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences as an employee in the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Mortgage buying; loan amortization; insurance; home improvements; accounting procedures; politics and patronage; taxes and appraising…
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OH 0150
Civil service administrator, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. House speakership races; selection of committee chairmen; House rules changes; Governor Preston Smith’s one-year budget;…
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OH 1923
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Childhood memories growing up in a family as one of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.
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OH 1923A
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Sister and brother sharing childhood memories growing up in a family of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.
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OH 1499
Artist. Recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. His early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols’s marital life and alcoholism; Nichols’s teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols’s studio; his comparison of Nichols’s lifestyle to that of Ernest…
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SUDDUTH, Joseph (b. 1921) U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran

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OH 0797
His experiences with B Company, Barracks Detachment, at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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OH 1682
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Longtime Denton County resident. Family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle;…
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SUMMERLIN, Granville T. (b. 1919) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 0543
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, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944, and American air raids; Bangkok, 1944-45; liberation.
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SUMMERS, J. L. (b. 1921) U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard

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OH 1079
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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; railroad maintenance work in Burma, 1944; Phet Buri,…
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OH 1831
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Chinese-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in China; education; family dynamics in China compared to United States; children; decision to immigrate; Chinese culture; importance of language; American parenting; importance of religion and family; community building in Plano; Chinese…
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OH 1063
Her recollections concerning women’s lives in Texarkana, Texas, during the Progressive Era. Childhood descriptions of business community; “Swampoodle” and speakeasies and prostitution; folk medicines; funeral practices; education; stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home; memories of parents; church activities; mother’s membership in Maccabees; gender…
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OH 1854
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Lifetime Tolar, Texas resident. Childhood in Tolar; rural life; memories of segregation; race relations in Tolar; visits to Fort Worth; work experience; electrifying rural Texas; integration of little league sports; post-World War II changes to rural Texas; John F. Kennedy assassination;…
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