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JONES, Bobby (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1826
For the Southlake Historical Society’s Bob Jones Family Oral History Project. Grandson of Bob Jones and Director Emeritus of Bob Jones Nature Center. Bob Jones family history; segregation in Southlake and surrounding area; Jones annual picnic; Jones family traditions; impact of Civil Rights Act; impact of Jones family on local area.

WHITSON, William D. (Bill) (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1932
World War II Veteran. Recollections of military service under General Curtis LeMay; military pilot training; 305th Bomb Group.

FUJITA, Frank (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0059
Artist, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), 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; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards; Tokyo, 1943-45;…

GARRETT, Howard (b. 1947)

Howard Garrett graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. An early career focus on golf course design and management evolved to include landscape architecture and design. He decided to become an organic person when his daughter Logan was born in 1985. A photograph he took of her when she was nine…

GONZALEZ, Laura (b. 1953)

Interview ID#
OH 2022
Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S.; immigrant rights activist, and anthropology professor with expertise in immigrant communities from Guanajuato, Mexico, in the U.S. Childhood and education in Mexico City; decision to pursue a career in the field of political anthropology; decision to open the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies; work with…

GRIFFEN, Adrienne (b. 1965)

Interview ID#
OH 2058
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Adrienne Griffen is a postpartum depression policy advocate. She was a warmline volunteer for Postpartum Support International (PSI) mi the mid-2000s. Then she founded Postpartum Support Virginia (PSVa) in 2009, and served as executive director of the organization. In…

LEE, Opal (OH 2089)

Interview ID#
OH 2089

For the Origins of Juneteenth Oral History Project. Fort Worth native and activist on behalf of Juneteenth commemorations.

AGNICH, Fred (b. 1913)

Interview ID#
OH 0619
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature. Speaker Gib Lewis and financial disclosure; appointment as chair of the Environmental Affairs Committee; appropriations and taxes; comments about Governor Mark White; teachers pay; personal legislation.

ANDERSON, James F. (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0574
His experiences while aboard the hospital ship USS Solace during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BAER, W. W. (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0686
Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Early training with Texaco; employment with Caltex, 1945; establishment of postwar marketing operations for Caltex (Philippines); assignment to Cebu district; product sales in Philippines; transfer to Davao; competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum in Philippines; marketing strategies; social life of…

BATES, John L., Jr. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1526
Attorney. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, April, 1943; Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1943-44; selection for the Counter Intelligence Corps, 1944; British Intelligence School, Karachi, India, 1944; assignment to Kweiyang, China, 1944; end of the war and his transfer…

BIGELOW, Frank H. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1464
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Boyhood in North Dakota; various jobs during the Great Depression; enlistment in the Navy, 1939; volunteering for duty in the Philippines and assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, 1940; pre-war military life in the Philippines;…

BOW, James (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0291
His experiences at Bishops Point with the Hawaiian Naval Reserve during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BROADDUS, Roland (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OH 0409
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BURCH, John O. (b. 1921)

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OH 0422
His experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

CANNON, Raymond S. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0504
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

CHILDRESS, Clyde C. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0106
Businessman. His experiences as a guerrilla fighter on Mindanao, Philippine Islands, during World War II.

COLE, Charlie (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OH 0653
County adult probation officer. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.

CRAVEN, Jake (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OHB 0030
Founder, owner, and operator of Craven’s, Inc., Denton, Texas. Childhood memories; Depression experiences; comments about Craven’s Dairy and early dairy industry in general; employment with Burr Stores; recollections about growth and development of Denton; schooling at Akron University and North Texas State; starting his uniform business in Denton…

CUTCHALL, Ildea (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1024
Her experiences while employed by the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana, Texas, during World War II and the postwar years. Hiring procedures and job assignments; safety precautions; social activities; swing shifts; race relations; relationships between male and female workers; social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana.

DEI SANTI, Ben (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0412
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

DOUGLAS, Griff (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0425
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 and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944;…

EDWARDS, Ford (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0750
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Patterson during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

EVANS, Peter (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0628
His experiences while employed by the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.

FITCH, John “Jack” C. (b. 1921)

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…