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EDMOND, William J. (b. 1924)

Interview ID: OH 0918

Educator. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Youth in East Texas; military service in World War II; employment with Dallas Independent School District; segregated housing in Dallas; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; zoning problems; activities with Civic League; shopping areas; Interorganizational Council; church activities; school desegregation; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 17/12/1990

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EDWARDS, Ford (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0750

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Patterson during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 23/04/1988

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EDWARDS, Marvin (b. 1923)

U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran. 95th Bombardment Group. 8th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 0067

Chemist. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Rescue by Belgian underground; capture and interrogation, 1944; solitary confinement; Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany; Nurnberg and Moosburg, 1945; liberation by American troops.
Date of Interview: 06/03/1971

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EDWARDS, Sterling (b. 1920)

U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0191

His experiences at Hickam Field with the 407th Signal Aviation Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 09/05/1974

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EHRHARDT, Harryette (b. 1934)

Interview ID: OH 1843

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Educator, politician, and LGBT rights advocate. Graduate school experience; gay community; memories of Donald Baker; discrimination against gay men in the public school system; struggle for LGBT civil rights; childhood and young adult years; family history; work within the gay community; Dallas Women’s Political Caucus; activism and advancement of the Dallas LGBT community.
Date of Interview: 09/07/2012

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ELFERING, Herb (b. 1922)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1431

Electrical engineer. His experiences with a searchlight/radar battery, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment, at Camp Malekole during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; brief descriptions of his later experiences at Bougainville, 1943-44, and Luzon, 1945.
Date of Interview: 06/12/2001

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ELLIOT, H. F. (b. 1925)

Interview ID: OH 0126

Physician. His observations and experiences concerning the medical history of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1952-72. Hospitals; medical costs; county health officer, 1944-55; Hurricane Carla; Aransas County Emergency Corps; school integration; education system; Boy Scouts.
Date of Interview: 04/01/1972

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ELLIOTT, Bruce (b. 1923)

Pacific Theater. WW II Navy Veteran. Pacific Theater.

Interview ID: OH 1931

Veteran of the World War II Pacific Theater. Decision to join U.S. the Navy in January 1941. Experiences in service prior to declaration of war; service at Cavite Naval Shipyard, Philippines; capture during a battle on the island of Corregidor; reflections on surviving as a prisoner of war (classified as MIA), planning and implementing an escape with fellow prisoners. Escape and return to American troops. Post-war Navy service.
Date of Interview: 17/05/2002

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ELLIOTT, Nathaniel S. (b. 1921)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0352

Printer. His experiences while assigned to an engineer unit between Pearl Harbor and Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1976

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ELLIOTT, Ralph (b. 1913)

Interview ID: OH 0687

Judge (59th District Court of Texas). His observations as a young eyewitness to the lynching of George Hughes in Sherman, Texas, in May 1930.
Date of Interview: 14/11/1986

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ELLIS, Ernest L. (b. 1897)

Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything.

Interview ID: OHB 0051

Owner and operator, Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything, New Hope, Texas. Family background; employment with father, Frank Ellis, in general store; description of New Hope, 1920s; effects of Depression on New Hope businesses; comments on operation of credit business; food market opening; business operations during World War II; sale of business, 1946; employment as feed salesman; general store advertising; father’s use of peddling wagon; comments on Dallas fair and Mesquite trade day; comments on retirement.
Date of Interview: 30/06/1981

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ELLIS, Harry E. (b. 1908)

Interview ID: OH 0520 BOH 0057

Executive, Dr Pepper Company. His and experiences concerning the development of the Dr Pepper Company. Discovery of the Dr Pepper formula and roles of Charles Cortes Alderton, Wade Morrison, and R. S. Lazenby; transfer of company headquarters from Waco to Dallas, 1922; financial difficulties during 1920s; his employment with Dr Pepper, 1931; effects of the Depression; influence of John O’Hara; Dr Pepper during World War II; marketing activities; role of William Clements in development of company; franchising. [Same interview as OHB 0057]
Date of Interview: 21/11/1980

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ELLIS, Merrill (b. 1916)

Interview ID: OH 0541

College professor, musician. His recollections concerning the development of the Electronic Music Center in the North Texas State University School of Music. Early interest in music; sister’s influence; 344th Infantry Band; “Monk” Peters Band; Harvey Anderson Band; University of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City Symphony; WPA Music Project; Lefors, Texas; Moberly Junior College; Hickman High School (Columbia, Missouri); training with Roy Harris; Joplin Junior College; North Texas State College, 1962; experiments with electronic music; establishment of the Electronic Music Center; his philosophy of composition; his personal works.
Date of Interview: 01/07/1981 to 02/07/1981

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ELLIS, Russell (b. 1927)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1179

Businessman. His experiences aboard the merchant ships USS Santa Leonara, USS Jose Bonaficio, USS Daniel H. Hill, and the repair ship USS Amphion in the European Theater during World War II. North Atlantic convoys; German submarine and aircraft threats; personal observations of civilian conditions in England, Belgium, and France.
Date of Interview: 15/05/1997

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ELLIS, William R. (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0765

His experiences while aboard the supply ship USS Antares during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 17/09/1988

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ELMORE, Odis (b. 1918)

U.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0229

His experiences at Hickam Field with the post medical detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 06/07/1974

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EMERSON, Sydney H. (b. 1922)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0437

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 31/07/1978

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EMERY, Thomas P. (b. 1922)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1066

His experiences as an Alamo Scout and pathfinder in the Pacific during World War II. Training rigors; 511th Parachute Infantry in New Guinea, 1944; temporary capture by Japanese troops; operations on Nemfer Island; landing at Nasugbu, Philippines, 1944; operations on Luzon.
Date of Interview: 21/02/1995

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ENCHELMEYER, Stanton H. (b. 1918)

U.S Army Air Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0311

His experiences at Hickam Field with the 50th Reconnaissance Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/04/1976

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ENDRES, Urban J. (b. 1920)

Interview ID: OH 0637

Businessman. Recollections about prohibition in Cooke County, Texas. Bootlegging; repeal of Prohibition; obtaining the Schlitz franchise; development of his beer distributorship.
Date of Interview: 04/04/1984

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ENGLAND, L. B. (b. 1918)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1436

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; also his comments about the death of his brother, Boyd England, who was killed on the West Virginia during the attack.
Date of Interview: 23/01/2002

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ENGLE, Charles “Chuck” (b. 1947)

U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1287

His experiences with the 17th Aviation Group, based at Nha Trang, Republic of (South) Vietnam, 1967-1968.
Date of Interview: 11/10/1998

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EPHRAM, Lavonia (b. ca. 1920)

Interview ID: OH 0844

Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Youth in East Texas; farm life; education in segregated schools; marriage and move to Dallas; employment as a domestic; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy in Hamilton Park; home improvements; church activities; Hamilton Park School; desegregation of Hamilton Park school and integration with Richardson Independent School District; Pacesetter; Hamiltonians; Civic League; zoning problems; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 30/04/1990 to 02/07/1990

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EPPS, Ray, (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0318

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/05/1976

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ERICKSON, Robert J. (b. 1926)

Interview ID: OH 1086

Attorney. His experiences concerning the development of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program, 1959-95. Joint venture between Kaiser Permanente and Prudential Insurance Company, 1979; difficulties in establishing HMOs in Texas.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1995

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ERICKSON, Stacy (b. 1968)

Interview ID: OH 1203

Her experiences with the Women's Studies Program and women's issues at the University of North Texas, 1992-1996. Exposure to women's issues as an undergraduate at West Texas A & M University; intertwining of her feminism and vegetarian beliefs; decision to enter the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas; influence of Dr. Martha Nichols; activities with animal rights organizations; activities with the Women's Studies Roundtable and editing its newsletter, “The Gaze;” influences of her maternal grandmother; her founding of the Aikido Club on campus; views on requiring a women's study course for all undergraduates; her use of gender issues in the teaching of English composition courses.
Date of Interview: 17/10/1997

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ERSKINE, Jake C. (b. 1919)

Interview ID: OH 1104

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Vernon, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2874 in Perryton, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 04/10/1995

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ERVINE, Freddie S. (b. 1928)

Interview ID: OH 0912

Caterer, realtor. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1950-90. Childhood in segregated environment of East Texas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; establishing her catering business; shopping in Hamilton Park; traffic flow problems; bus service; church activities; Hamilton Park School; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; participation in the Civic League; zoning problems; Willowdell Park; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 30/10/1990 to 06/11/1990

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ESCHMANN, Roy (b. 1919)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 25th Division. 19th Infantry.

Interview ID: OH 0762

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 25th Division, 19th Infantry, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 23/02/1989

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ESLICK, Garlen W. (b. 1922)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0795

His experiences while trapped inside the overturned battleship USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; other wartime experiences aboard the carriers USS Saratoga and USS Hancock.
Date of Interview: 27/04/1990

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ESPINO, Salvador (b. 1967)

Interview ID: OH 1640

For the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. Fort Worth city councilman. Childhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and Fort Worth; family’s immigration narrative; education in Fort Worth public schools, Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University School of Law; career as a computer consultant, accountant, and attorney; volunteer work for Catholic Diocese and leadership of Cassata High School; decision to run for seat representing District Two on Fort Worth City Council; district demographics and priorities; creation of Latinos Unidos; involvement in Fort Worth’s 2006 immigrant rights march.
Date of Interview: 26/09/2007

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ESTES, Ned (b. 1897)

Interview ID: OHB 0068

Operator of grocery store, repair shop, and rental cottages, Mountain Home, Texas. Family background; education in Arkansas and Texas; training as auto mechanic; employment as ranch hand near Palacios, Texas; experiences in motor pool of Air Service at Ellington Field, Texas, 1918; employment as truck mechanic with Shriner Hodges company in Junction, Texas, 1921; establishment of grocery store, auto repair shop, and filling station at Mountain Home, 1923; recovery from tuberculosis, 1926; expansion into cottage rental business; employment as Delco Light Products salesman; comments on Lyndon Johnson’s handling of REA in Central Texas, 1940; close of grocery store and filling station, 1946; close of repair shop, 1979; experiences during Depression in Mountain Home; history of Mountain Home; description of hunting businesses near Mountain Home; comments on religious tape service and “cowboy tabernacle” near Mountain Home; comments on religious values.
Date of Interview: 08/06/1982

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EVANS, Jack and HARRIS, George (b. 1930)

Interview ID: OH 1918

For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Their lives prior to meeting. Injustices experienced by being gay. How they met in Dallas in 1961. Recalling the gay bar scene in Dallas and the gay movement in Dallas. Evans and Harris were the first same-sex couple to be married in Dallas County, in a civil ceremony, following the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision.
Date of Interview: 20/01/2016

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EVANS, John M. (b. 1941)

U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. Nurse Corps.

Interview ID: OH 0876

His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Assignment to convalescent Center, Cam Ranh Bay; attack by enemy sapper team, August, 1969; morale and drug problems; living conditions; recreation; readjustment to stateside life.
Date of Interview: 07/03/1992

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EVANS, John W. (b. 1922)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1220

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 25/02/1998

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EVANS, Louise (b. 1919)

Interview ID: OH 0853

Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the University Library and the Library Service Department at the North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1939-75.
Date of Interview: 25/02/1992

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EVANS, Peter (b. 1923)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0624

Labor representative, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Tokyo docks; Nagasaki; Fukuoka Prison Camp No. 9, Kyushu, 1945; liberation.
Date of Interview: 15/02/1984 to 29/02/1984, 07/03/1984

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Interview ID: OH 0628

His experiences while employed by the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
Date of Interview: 07/03/1984

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EVANS, Roy R. (b. 1925)

Industrial Accident Board of Texas.

Interview ID: OHB 0040

President, Texas AFL-CIO; hearing examiner and office manager, Industrial Accident Board of Texas. Family background; involvement in labor movement at Chance-Vought Aircraft, 1948; accomplishments as president of Texas AFL-CIO; comments on unsuccessful campaign for re-election; committee work to improve Texas Workers’ Compensation Law, 1967; comments on prominent Texas politicians, trial lawyers, and labor leaders; views on future of Texas labor movement; minorities in labor movement; comments on “Operation Bootstrap” in Rio Grande valley and Mexican alien labor situation; public school teachers union movement; failure of schools to teach worker’s rights classes; views of welfare system; work for Industrial Accident Board of Texas.
Date of Interview: 16/05/1980

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EVARO, Rosendo (b.1932)

Interview ID: OH 1605

For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Experiences over a lifetime in Redford, Texas; local folklore concerning presence of U.S. armed forces and Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend region throughout 20th century; shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Date of Interview: 30/09/2006

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EVERITT, William C. (b. 1923)

Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company.

Interview ID: OHB 0053

Owner and operator, Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company, Dallas, Texas. Family background; comments on Depression in Comanche, Texas; experiences playing trombone with North Texas State’s Aces of Collegeland band; duty as radar technician and infantryman during World War II; experiences in postwar Austria; teaching music in Dallas public schools and managing band department of Brook-Mays Music Company; election as president of company, 1954; history of Brook-Mays Music Company; interest in C. & S. Music Company, Fort Worth, 1960; buyout of company, 1974; locations of Brook-Mays and C. & S. Stores; growth of market; employment of band clinician; increase in musical instrument prices; personnel requirements for music stores; comments on competition in Dallas-Fort Worth market; views on government regulations; advertising approach; views on service to customers and community; development of music listening test.
Date of Interview: 06/02/1981

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EVERS HARDWARE

Interview ID: OHB 0084

Interviews with Lotta Evers Callahan (b.1910), Jessie Evers King, Bob Evers Tripp, Felix Callahan (b. 1907), Wilford Pierce (b. 1909), Verna Solomon, and Walter Laney (b. 1918). CALLAHAN, Lotta Evers. Daughter of Will Evers. Family background; Robert and Adolph Evers’s purchase of hardware store, Denton, Texas, 1885; store ownership passed to sons Will and Dolph Evers, Jr.; description of Denton, early 1900s; sale of buggies and tractors; Will Evers’ civic activities; typical work day at hardware store; comments on personnel of store; experiences during Depression. KING, Jessie Evers. Daughter of Will Evers. Family background; comments on Robert and Adolph Evers; activities of father and uncle, Dolph; division of Evers estate; description of Evers house on Oak Street, Denton; description of store fire; comments on father’s pecan orchard and fruit trees. TRIPP, Bob Evers. Grandson of Robert Evers and operator, Evers Hardware. Family background; Robert and Adolph Evers’s purchase of hardware store; comments on sale of barbed wire as reason for early success; involvement of Evers family as founders of Denton Water, Light and Power Company, 1892; Adolph Evers’s purchase of farm land; comments on managing credit operations; Evers family’s contributions to Denton; activities of tin and plumbing shops; history of Evers Hardware building; comments on financing and future of business. CALLAHAN, Felix. Son-in-law of Will Evers, executor of Dolph Evers’s estate. Family background; description of early years of Evers Hardware business in Denton; comments on Will Evers’s development of farm land for pecan trees; description of work on farm; development of machines to harvest, weigh, size, and separate pecans; comments on Dolph Evers’s inventions; comments on Evers family’s civic activities; sale of farm implements at hardware store; division of Evers estate. PIERCE, Wilford. Employee, Evers Hardware. Family background; business practices of Robert and Will Evers; personnel practices of Evers Hardware; comments on Dolph Evers’s inventions and the Evers plumbing shop business; description of materials sold in hardware store; discussion of credit business; experiences with customers. SOLOMON, Verna. Employee, Evers Hardware. Experiences working in Evers store, 1940s; impressions of Will Evers; experiences working as exclusive dealership for Hoover appliances; descriptions of merchandise; duties of head salesperson; comments on employees of store; description of business fire, 1972. LANEY, Walter. Employee, Evers Hardware. Family background; employment in Evers plumbing shop; descriptions of Will, Marion, and Dolph Evers’s activities; comments on employees; description of merchandise; description of business fire, 1972.
Date of Interview: 17/10/1983 to 26/10/1983, 16/11/1983 to 18/11/1983, 30/11/1983 to 19/12/1983, 04/01/1984

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FAIR, Lloyd C. (b. 1921)

Duke & Ayres Company.

Interview ID: 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 with Duke & Ayres variety store in Athens, Texas, 1945; changes in business after World War II; difficulties obtaining popular products in quantity; comments on failure of growth in company after World War II; employment at new store in Lancaster, Texas, 1959; promotion to and experiences as supervisor of stores; transfer to Dallas as buyer for stores, 1966; problems as buyer for variety store chain; comments on management changes; description of First Southwest’s purchase of Duke & Ayres, 1972; management’s cutback in operations, 1982; views on company’s cessation of operations, 1983.
Date of Interview: 24/02/1984

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FANSLER, Hershel (b. 1920)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0257

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 05/12/1974

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FARENTHOLD, Frances "Sissy" Tarlton (b. 1926)

Texas State Representative. Texas House of Representatives. Democrat.

Interview ID: 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, Vassar College, and University of Texas Law School. Her father (Benjamin Tarlton Jr.)’s law practice and her decision to join it for a short period; work as director of Nueces County Legal Aid; decision to run for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives in 1968; experiences in the Texas Legislature, including the Sharpstown scandal and “the Dirty Thirty”; decision to run for governor in 1972 and 1974 and experiences on the campaign trail; career as a law professor, president of Wells College; experiences in various feminist, international women’s, and human rights organizations.
Date of Interview: 16/06/2012

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FAULK, John Henry (b. 1913)

Interview ID: 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; skirmishes with the Trinity River Authority; comments about Ned Fritz, Randy and J. R. Parten, and Joe Penelli.
Date of Interview: 09/06/1981

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FEATHERLING, Howard (b. 1918)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0443

His experiences at the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 08/07/1978

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FEILD, Carlene B. (b. 1921)

Interview ID: OH 0942

Her recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Date of Interview: 17/03/1993

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FEINGOLD, Susan (b. 1951)

Interview ID: 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 Depression After Delivery (DAD). Discusses her work as president of DAD from 1994-1996, as well as her work in private practice seeing postpartum patients, and her later involvement with Postpartum Support International. Then she discusses her work on postpartum psychosis and infanticide legal cases, and her efforts advocating for the passage of IL PA 101-411 (2019). Mentions of Barry Lewis, Nancy Berchtold, Jane Honikman, Lee Cohen, Zachary Stowe, Debra Gindorf, Marcé of North America (MONA).
Date of Interview: 14/04/2021

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FELIZ, Jack M. (b. 1911)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: 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.
Date of Interview: 28/02/2000

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Interview ID: OH 1374

His autobiography, entitled The Saga of Sailor Jack
Date of Interview: 28/02/2000

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FENDELL, Ed (b. 1932)

Interview ID: 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; lessons learned from Skylab program; personnel issues at Johnson Space Center (JSC); turf battles between JSC and other NASA centers.
Date of Interview: 27/10/2006

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FENOGLIO, Charley (b. 1918)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0549

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 07/12/1981

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FENOGLIO, Melvin (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: 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.S. Naval Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island, for yeoman training; assignment to the USS Little at Bremerton, Washington, August, 1944; gunnery practice off the Hawaiian Islands, December, 1944-January, 1945; Iwo Jima Campaign, February-March, 1945; his personal observations of the flag-raisings on Mount Suribachi; Okinawa Campaign, April, 1945, and the Little’s assignment to radar picket duty at Station Ten; his ship being hit by four kamikazes and sinking on May 3, 1945; rescue in the water by his shipmates; survival in the water for three hours before being picked up by LCS(L)-25; lasting effects of his World War II experiences.
Date of Interview: 19/07/2000

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FENOGLIO, W. H. (b. 1909)

Haverty’s Furniture Company.

Interview ID: 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 company; work as door-to-door salesman and origin of $1.00 down and $1.00 a week credit business; expansion of stores in Houston; promotion to store floor salesman, 1939; promotion to assistant manager and manager of Houston stores; appointment to and experiences on board of directors, 1960; purchasing and closing out of National Stores chain, 1961; building stores in Houston suburbs, 1960s; experiences as western regional manager of stores; comments on buying merchandise for stores; views on management training; sales volume and competition in Houston market; closing of Houston stores, 1980; financing of stores and organizational structure; comments on unionization of Haverty’s stores in Houston; experiences dealing with warehouser’s strike; use of advertising; views on success of Dallas store; comments on Depression in Houston; participation in trade associations; dealings with OSHA and EEOC; managerial practices; civic activities in Houston and Nocona, Texas.
Date of Interview: 06/01/1983

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FERGUSON, George (b. 1906)

Caltex Petroleum Corporation.

Interview ID: 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; Texaco’s and Socal’s reentry into Europe, 1967; Caltex’s move from New York to Dallas.
Date of Interview: 04/10/1985

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FERGUSON, Hattie Bell (b. 1911)

Interview ID: 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.
Date of Interview: 13/03/1970

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FERGUSON, Joe Frank (b. 1914)

Interview ID: 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 Fort Worth, Texas, nightclub circuit, 1950-70; comments about western swing, big band, and pop music.
Date of Interview: 09/11/1996

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FERNANDEZ, Francis X. (b. 1933)

Interview ID: 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.
Date of Interview: 28/04/1985

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FERRIER, Donald E. (Don) (b. 1951)

Ferrier Companies.

Interview ID: OH 1990 Ferrier, Don

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 Texas to use structural insulated panels (SIPs) which provide high energy efficiency, superior strength, fire-resistance and sound insulating properties beyond typical stud construction. Additionally, SIPs combine pre-cut components and expedited assembly, positively impacting business operations due to time and cost savings. Ferrier has also advanced sustainable building best practices through expertise in site development, earth-sheltered construction, water conservation and net-zero technologies. In response to customer needs, the initial company split in 2004 designating Ferrier Custom Homes to address the residential market and Ferrier Builders to focus on commercial and remodeling services. The Ferrier mission is characterized by a family-owned and operated entrepreneurial business model, evidence-based performance research for green building technologies, award-winning projects and prototypes for new materials and methods, public education through on-site tours and case studies, increased rigor for green building credentials, and alliances with local, regional and national industry partners. Don Ferrier continues to advocate for green building as a speaker, teacher, and advisor to local, regional, national and international audiences.
Date of Interview: 26/03/2019

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FERRILL, Herbert (b. 1925)

Interview ID: 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.
Date of Interview: 20/07/1983

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FICKEL, Albert (b. 1920)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0319

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 14/05/1976

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FICKLIN, Frank W. (b. 1922)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: 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.
Date of Interview: 16/01/1987

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FIELDS, Brenda (b. 1943)

Interview ID: 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 case; contemporary Dallas NAACP and continued activism.
Date of Interview: 03/03/2014

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FIELDS, Le Verne (b. ca. 1935)

Interview ID: 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; Pacesetter; zoning problems; Civic League; traffic problems; park development; the “Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: 09/07/1990

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FIELDS, Marshall (b. 1919)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: 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.
Date of Interview: 13/02/1972

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FIELDS, Randell (b. 1952)

Interview ID: 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 his young stepmother’s interest in current music; his transfer from Mesquite, Texas, High School to North Mesquite High School; student challenges to authority at North Mesquite High School; comments about the rock ‘n roll music of the Sixties; influence of the radio station KZEW; his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; his trip to the festival accompanied by his brother, sister, and father; observing the festival from outside the grounds; significance of the festival.
Date of Interview: 04/12/2003

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FILLMORE, Benjamin D. (b. 1920)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 2nd Battalion. 131st Field Artillery. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 0162

Horticulturalist, 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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; liberation.
Date of Interview: 09/10/1973

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FINCH, Louis L. (b. 1919)

U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1115

His experiences as a member of the 7th and 15th Defense Battalions during World War II.
Date of Interview: 18/12/1995

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FINLEY, Dean (b. 1938)

Braniff International Airways.

Interview ID: OH 1955

Finley, Dean: Ticket Agent. 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 Braniff’s impact on the DFW area and the airline industry as a whole with the “End of the Plain Plane” campaign brought in by Harding Lawrence. Discussions on being a part of the Braniff family and Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines to its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982.
Date of Interview: 15/02/2014

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FINLEY, Mary (b. 1950)

Interview ID: OH 1859

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Administrator and co-founder of the UNT Ally program. Building LGBT resources at the UNT library and Ally program; Safe Zone programs; faculty training to support LGBT students in the DFW Metroplex; education and work experiences; influence to become an Ally; support of the gay community.
Date of Interview: 08/08/2013

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FISH, Herbert M. (b. 1907)

Caltex Petroleum Corporation.

Interview ID: OH 0660

Executive. Educational background; U.S. Army in World War II; employment with Shell; Area Petroleum Office; employment with Caltex; China experience; Japan, 1949-1955; Nippon Oil Company and Koa Oil Company; supervisor, West Mediterranean Area, 1955; regional director, Inner Europe Division; refinery expansion; French experience; Socal’s and Texaco’s assumption of European operations from Caltex, 1967; comments about Phil Lefevre, Shun Nomura, Jose Alvarez, Henri Bellande.
Date of Interview: 31/07/1985

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FISHER, J. W. (b. 1903)

Fischer's Meat Market.

Interview ID: OHB 0038

Founder of Fischer’s Meat Market, Muenster, Texas. [Note: Name changed to Fisher. Original family name, Fischer, maintained only to identify business.] Family background; farming and public education in Muenster; establishment of meat market, 1927; business expansion to include groceries, 1933; effects of Depression in Muenster; production and marketing of Fischer’s Sausage; opening of retail store in Denton; description of deer processing; business volume; sale of business, 1975; views on government regulations; civic activities in Muenster; dominance in area food markets.
Date of Interview: 17/04/1980

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FISK, William J. (b. 1925)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. VPB-123.

Interview ID: OH 1160

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the crew of a PB4Y2; his unauthorized participation in a combat mission out of Okinawa over the Sea of Japan; battle damage to his plane; description of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from aerial observations after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date of Interview: 26/12/1996

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FISKEN, Geoffrey B. (b. 1915)

Royal New Zealand Air Force WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0998

His experiences in the Pacific Theater as a combat pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II. Fall of Singapore; Guadalcanal operations; air combat against Japanese Zeros; release from duty, December 1943.
Date of Interview: 01/05/1993

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FITCH, John “Jack” C. (b. 1921)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1070

His experiences as an officer aboard the destroyers USS Nicholas, Lavallette, and Benner in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Battle of Kula Gulf, June, 1943; Battle of Kolombangara, July, 1943; rescue of cruiser USS Helena survivors; various naval skirmishes off Guadalcanal; invasion of Tarawa and Makin Islands, November, 1943; invasions of Roi, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok; invasion of Hollandia; battle off Biak Island; radar picket duty off northern Japan, 1945.
Date of Interview: 19/03/1995

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FITZGERALD, Armaiti Shahidi (b. 1976)

Interview ID: OH 1727

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas; graphic designer, business owner, and beauty pageant winner. Childhood, home life and school in Tehran, Iran; Al Zahra University in Tehran; coming to America as a young bride; attending the University of North Texas and finding a career as a fine artist in Dallas; serving as Mrs. International 2009; establishing the Fight Oral Cancer Foundation.
Date of Interview: 17/03/2011

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FITZGERALD, Diane (b. 1940)

Interview ID: OH 1882

For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with farming and outdoors; move to Maine; discovery of the Nearings; decision to homestead; memories of the Nearings.
Date of Interview: 24/07/2014

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FITZPATRICK, Dorothy Mabry (b. 1896)

Interview ID: OH 1031

Her recollections of women’s lives and activities in Texarkana, Texas, during the period around World War I. Courtship and marriage to “Fitz” Fitzpatrick; social activities; Liberty Bond drives; church activities; education; Texarkana during World War I; divorce, attitudes toward.
Date of Interview: 31/03/1994

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FLANAGAN, John, Jr. (b. 1923)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1631

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Memories of childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana; drafting into U.S. Army and assignment to an air base security battalion; overseas service in Pacific theater; enrollment at Tuskegee Institute and flight instruction under Charles A. (“Chief”) Anderson; career with Federal Housing Administration and Housing and Urban Development agencies.
Date of Interview: 27/07/2006

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FLATLEY, Robert H. (b. 1923)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 12th Fighter Squadron. 18th Fighter Group. 13th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 1348

Business executive. His experiences as a P-38 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, November, 1942; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1942-43; pre-flight training, Santa Ana, California, 1943; primary flight training at Rankin Air Base, Tulare, California, 1943; basic flight training, Marana, Arizona, 1943; advanced flight training, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, 1943-44; gunnery training, Ajo, Arizona, and Victorville, California, 1944; P-38 training at Santa Maria Air Force Base, Santa Maria, California, 1944; his description of the intricacies of flying a P-38; assignment to Nadzab, New Guinea, and mission to Rabaul, 1945; assignment to the 13th Air Force at Morotai, 1945; transfer to various airstrips in the Philippines, 1945; mission to Sumatra and the destruction of forty-seven locomotives, 1945; various missions to targets in the Philippines, 1945; activities between combat missions; postwar military activities in the Philippines; postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date of Interview: 27/10/1999

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FLATO, Edwin F. (b. ca. 1885)

Interview ID: OH 0115

Retired businessman. His observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1904-30. His ventures in the hardware business; origins of the Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle; Kleberg interests.
Date of Interview: 13/03/1970

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FLEMING, Donald (b. 1920)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 781st Bomb Squadron. 465th Bomb Group. 15th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 1498

Grain elevator operator. A personal diary of his experiences as a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II. Preparations at McCook, Nebraska, for overseas duty, February, 1944; description of flight overseas to Pantanella, Italy, April, 1944; missions to Wiener Neustadt, Toulon, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Friedrichshafen, Ploesti, Krakow (all in 1944-45); enemy flak and fighter opposition; American fighter escorts.
Date of Interview: 30/05/2003

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Interview ID: OH 1505

His experiences as a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II. His education through college and graduation from Kansas State University, 1942; decision to enlist as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Forces, 1943; navigator training, San Marcos, Texas, 1943; bomber transition training, McCook, Nebraska, 1943; assignment to Pantanella Air Base, Italy, 1944; his description of various missions to Austria and Rumania, 1944; fighter escorts by the Tuskegee Airmen (332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force); raids against oil refineries and marshalling yards; enemy flak and fighter opposition; his return to the States after fifty-one missions, 1944; his crew’s pet dog; correspondence with his wife; postwar business career.
Date of Interview: 30/05/2003

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FLEMMONS, John W. (b. 1923)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0766

His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 18/03/1989

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FLIGHT, Michael (b. 1972)

Interview ID: OH 1708

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Argentinian-born immigrant to Roanoke, Texas. Childhood and education in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, Brazil; parents’ backgrounds; life under military dictatorship; perspectives on Cold War; stories of the “disappeared”; Argentinian government’s inability to manage the economy; Falkland Islands War; Argentinian politics; effects of hyperinflation; courtship of and marriage to Maria Andrea Busico; experience as a university student; work in import-export and manufacturing fields; wife’s work in information technology field; 2001 economic collapse and ensuing constitutional crisis, including five presidents in span of a week; “cacerolazo” and “choripan and a coka” protests; memories of September 11, 2001, attacks and difficulty of travel to U.S. in aftermath; real estate investments; daughter’s birth; wife’s job offer from Westlake Academy in Westlake, Texas; decision to emigrate; acculturation struggles; difficulty finding work in midst of recession; perspectives on various aspects of American culture and politics, including debates surrounding immigration policy; participation in North Texas Caledonian Pipes and Drums Band.
Date of Interview: 02/11/2009 to 25/01/2010, 02/05/2010 to 09/07/2010

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FLINN, Leland L. (b. 1911)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1121

His experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date of Interview: 06/03/1996

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FLOYD, John B. (b. 1916)

Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Homes. Inc..

Interview ID: OHB 0072

Owner and president, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Homes, Inc., Denton, Texas. Family background; description of Denton, 1920s; employment as taxi cab driver for Dixie Motor Company, 1935; effects of Depression in Denton; employment in grandfather’s furniture store, 1937; employment with Schmitz’s funeral Home, 1938; description of embalming process and ambulance service; departure of Jack Schmitz from company, 1947; geographical areas served by funeral home; discussion of area cemeteries; description of personnel and financing of business; views on advertising; discussion of legal requirements for burial operation; views on advantages of operating family business; comments on funeral expenses; civic activities.
Date of Interview: 22/10/1982

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FOMBY, William W. (b. 1919)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0564

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 15/05/1982

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FOOTE, Charles P. (b. 1922)

Interview ID: OH 0923

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Hunt County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at Wolfe City, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Date of Interview: 21/02/1993

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FORBES, Jonathan (b. *)

Interview ID: OH 1694

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Canadian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, and UNT undergraduate student. Childhood and education in Halifax, Nova Scotia; parent’s decision to immigrate to the U.S.; comparison and contrast of life in Canada and U.S.; first impressions of U.S.; experiences with U.S. immigration and customs bureaucracy; perception of changes due to 9/11 attacks; intention to remain in U.S. and gain citizenship; views on contemporary political issues.
Date of Interview: 01/12/2009

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FORD, Sid (b. 1897)

Interview ID: OHB 0097

Rancher-farmer, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming near Blue Mound, Texas; experiences during Depression in Denton County; work as cattle and sheep raiser; experiences buying, selling, and transporting cattle; discussion of Bang’s Disease in cattle; comments on Denton area ranchers; contracting out of grain farming business; experiences in hog raising business, 1960s; real estate activities in Denton; activities with Denton Livestock Association and North Texas Wool Association; experiences as inspector and collector of loans for Denton County Bank; employment with Production Credit Association.
Date of Interview: 18/09/1985

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FORD, Wilbur “Bill” H. (b. 1917)

U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran. 613th Bomb Squadron. 401st Bomb Group. 8th Air Force.

Interview ID: OH 1386

His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, March, 1942, and basic training at Abilene, Texas; transfer to the Army Air Force, 1943; College Training Detachment, Cedar City, Utah, 1943; primary flight training, King City, California, 1943; basic flight training, Lemoore, California, 1943-44; advanced flight training, Marfa Army Air Field, Marfa, Texas, 1944; B-17 transition training, Hobbs, New Mexico, 1944; crew assignment, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1944; crew training, Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, 1944; assignment to the 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe, England, 1944; enemy flak; comments about the highlights of his nine missions over Germany, April 4-20, 1945; battle damage to his plane; Dresden raid, April 17, 1945; return to the States and transition training in B-29s for transfer to the Pacific Theater.
Date of Interview: 18/11/1999

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FORRY, Alfred (b. 1925)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. 362nd Battalion. 91st Infantry Division.

Interview ID: OH 1261

Foundry worker. His experiences as a member of the 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Induction into the Army, 1943; basic training at Fort Hood; advanced training in the California mountains; troopship to Oran and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 362nd Battalion, 91st Infantry Division; small unit infantry combat tactics; designation as the squad's BAR man; Rome-Arno Offensive, 1944; importance of artillery support for infantrymen; baptism to combat; Apennines Campaign, 1944-45; life on the front lines for forty-five consecutive days; winter quarters in the Apennines; Po Valley Campaign, 1945; end of the war and mustering out of the military.
Date of Interview: 12/08/1998

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FORSMAN, Melfred L. (b. 1921)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 0521

Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; solitary confinement and torture by the Kempei Tai; liberation.
Date of Interview: 28/07/1980

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FORT, Robert L. (b. 1922)

U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.

Interview ID: OH 1093

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Raleigh during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date of Interview: 28/10/1995

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FORTENBERRY, George E. (b. 1920)

U.S. Army WWII Veteran. Medical Detachment. 112th Cavalry. Texas National Guard.

Interview ID: OH 1551

College professor. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His attendance at various schools in Texas and Oklahoma during the Great Depression; decision to join the Texas National Guard, 1940; basic cavalry training, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940; assignment as a clerk to the veterinary section; assignment to Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, February, 1941; return to Fort Bliss, 1941, for additional training; return to Fort Clark; shipment overseas to Noumea, New Caledonia, July 8, 1942; his transfer to the Medical Detachment as a clerk; various stories about his experiences in New Britain, New Guinea, and the Philippines; first-hand and second-hand accounts of combat at Aitape, New Guinea; tropical diseases, combat-related psychological problems; everyday camp life in the Southwest Pacific.
Date of Interview: 24/09/2003

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FOSQUE, John D. (b. 1911)

Caltex Petroleum Corporation.

Interview ID: OH 0661

Executive. Educational background; employment in Haiti with Texaco; transfer to Caltex; marketing activities of Caltex (India), 1936-41; service in the China-Burma India Theater during World War II; postwar Caltex (India) marketing strategies; partition of India; refinery at Vishakhapatnam; relationship between home office (New York) and field operations; transfer to New York office as general manager of the Central East Division, 1954; relationship between Caltex and shareholders; president, Caltex West; refinery expansion in 1950s; reorganization, 1957; nationalization and expropriation; OPEC.
Date of Interview: 02/08/1985

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FOSTER, J. Fagg (b. ca. 1922)

Interview ID: OH 0015

His involvement in the Rainey controversy while a graduate assistant at the University of Texas, 1944-45.
Date of Interview: 28/08/1967

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FOSTER, Trudy (b. 1924)

Interview ID: OH 0706

Realtor, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; desegregation of public places in Denton; desegregation of housing in Denton; desegregation of public schools; tutoring program and Denton Christian Preschool; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; urban renewal; evolving nature of the group.
Date of Interview: 17/11/1987

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