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SWAIN, C. N. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 0676
His experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SWETLICK, Stephan (b. 1900)

Interview ID#
OHB 0106
Farmer-rancher, Robstown, Texas. Family background; farming and social activities near Hillje, Texas; comments on preserving meat; description of family farm auction, 1924; employment as cottonseed culler operator, Robstown, 1925; establishment of meat delivery route, 1925; operation of cafe; comments on leasing farm, 1926; purchase of farm, 1928…
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ROBERTS, John (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 1293
His experiences concerning his association with General Roger Ramey, 1937-57. Operations against Rabaul in the Pacific Theater during World War II; atomic bomb tests at Kwajalein and Eniwetok, 1946 (Project CROSSROADS); relationship between Ramey and Fort Worth, Texas, promoter Amon Carter; his personal and professional relations with Ramey; Ramey…
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QUIJANO, Giancarlo (b. 1983)

Interview ID#
OH 1768
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. West German-born Colombian immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood in West Germany; life in Colombia during the 1990s violence; family’s immigration to Texas; expectations of the U.S.; culture shock in the U.S.; transition to American life; attending college as an international student;…
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RUSSELL, Ben (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0744
His experiences aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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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…
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MAISON, Don (b. 1947)

Interview ID#
OH 1796
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. President and CEO at AIDS Service of Dallas, lawyer, and longtime activist in the Dallas LGBT community. Childhood in Michigan; move to Chicago, Illinois, and then to the Dallas, Texas area for college; work for Dallas County Juvenile Department; law school in San Antonio, Texas; coming out; involvement…
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McADAMS, Linnie (b. ca. 1937)

Interview ID#
OH 1904
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Contemporary state of civil rights progress; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; discrimination; poverty; Quakertown; continued community involvement; women’s rights; educational and professional background; activism; contemporary civil rights issues; contemporary politics;…
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DREYSPRING, Dulcie (b. 1934)

Interview ID#
OH 1747
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Australian-born immigrant to Fort Worth, Texas. Childhood in Australia; interaction with American soldiers during World War II; Japanese invasion of Australia; first visit to the U.S.; first impressions of America; first marriage to an American; return to Australia for immigration process;…
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PATAKI, John (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OH 0870
Physician, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Childhood in Budapest; family’s practice of Judaism; anti-Semitism before Nazi invasion; anti-Jewish laws in 1930s; Hungarian declaration of war against Soviet Union and formation of Jewish labor battalions, 1941; German occupation of Hungary, 1944; deportations from countryside…
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WHITSON, Warren (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 1926
His life story of living in Denton, TX with his childhood family; going to school; local businesses and community; WWII Veteran experiences; successful businessman—canning company, plastic molding company; marriage and children; Denton Mayor and city government experience.
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MARBY, Dorinda (b. 1947)

Interview ID#
OH 1961
Marby, Dorinda: Various roles: line maintenance, scheduling flight attendants and pilots, to Flight Attendant. 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…
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VEGA, Paola (b. 1991)

Interview ID#
OH 2011
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. High school teacher. Her experiences immigrating from Mexico to Carrollton, Texas in the 1990s at the age of three; her parents’ immigration experience; being a Mexican immigrant student in American public schools; learning English; ESL and Bilingual programs; stigma associated with being an…
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FRANCISCO, Donald E. (b. 1942)

Interview ID#
OH 2042
Experiences as a North Texas student (BA, Aquatic Biology, 1964; MA Aquatic Biology/Microbiology, 1966), including involvement in Denton’s civil rights movement, experiences as a PhD student at UNC (Applied Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1971) and professor at UNC, experiences with water treatment and wastewater treatment.
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CHERUVU, Sunitha (b. 1972)

Interview ID#
OH 2077
For the DFW immigration Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to Frisco, Texas. Childhood and education experiences in Chennai, India; Queens, New York; and West Windsor, New Jersey. Adjusting to life in America as an immigrant; college education at Rutgers University; career with Southwest Airlines. Religious importance of Hindu temples:…
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GHATE, Prabhakar (b. 1933)

Interview ID#
OH 2109

For the South Asians in North Texas Oral History Project. Experiences as an immigrant from India settling in the United States. Childhood in India, decision to pursue higher education in the U.S., his traveling experience as well as the opportunities that he earned that allowed him to immigrate, such as the Fulbright Scholarship and…

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ELLISON, David (b. 1955)

Interview ID#
OH 2136

Our Stories, Our Justice is a participatory storytelling project that centers individuals and their communities in a collective effort to (re)produce oral and visual histories that shine light on a continuum of radical leadership by BIPOC and marginalized women.

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ADAIR, William G. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0076
Businessman, Army veteran, survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Zentsuji, Shikoku, 1943; Rokuroshi, Honshu, 1945; liberation.
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ALLRED, David (b. 1936)

Interview ID#
OH 0502
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-Year versus two-year budget; increase in sales tax; Expansion of sales tax; “grocery tax”; conflicts with Speaker Gus Mutscher; beer lobby; views on corporate taxes; voter disillusionment; urban-rural conflicts; Wichita Falls politics; his…
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ARTEAGA, Ivan (b. 1974)

Interview ID#
OH 1692
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican national and immigrant to suburban Princeton, Texas. Childhood and education in Mexico City; family’s decision to immigrate to Provo, Utah, in 1995; first impressions of the U.S.; marriage; decision to relocate to Texas; opinions regarding anti-immigrant feelings prevalent in American…
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BARNES, Ben (b. 1937)

Interview ID#
OH 0038
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; creation of new four-year colleges; influence of beer and liquor lobby; sales tax exemptions; comments about Speaker Gus Mutscher; revenue legislation; annual legislative sessions; future political ambitions.
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BENNETT, G. J. (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 0314
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Monaghan during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BOARD, Woodrow (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0401
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BRANTLEY, Loren H. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0096
Labor negotiator, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Yodogawa, Honshu, 1944, and American air raids; liberation.
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BRUCE, John W. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0589
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 36th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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