His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Effects of elections of 1980; effects of Brilab; House rules; selection of committee chairs; initiative-referendum; interest rates; state water plan redistricting; law-and-order legislation; his political future.
His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Early political career; personal political philosophy; quest for the house speakership; personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus Mutscher, Rayford Price, Price Daniel, Jr.; appointment of committee chairs; disposition of budget surplus…
Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; appropriations; highway bill; public school financing; Peveto bill and property taxation; government reorganization; House-Senate relations; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
His personal views and experiences during the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Treasury surplus; sentiment for tax relief; influence of Proposition 13 in California; gubernatorial politics; homestead exemptions; taxation on agricultural land; Peveto bill; “Filthy Fifty.”
Secretary-treasurer, Anderson-Clayton Funeral Homes, Inc. and Anderson-Clayton Burial Association, Terrell, Texas. Family background; John Clayton’s involvement in Terrell funeral business, 1921; merger of Anderson Undertaking Company and Muckleroy-Clayton Company, 1926; officers of company; expansion into Mesquite, Texas, 1935; establishment of…
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Hoe in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Survivor of the Bataan campaign. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in north China; fall of Bataan and capture; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; Davao Penal Colony, 1943; escape from torpedoed hell ship and rescue by Filipino guerrillas; evacuation by American submarine.
Childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas; education at Rice Institute. World War II-era service in U.S. Navy aboard the USS Turner; convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean; January 4, 1944, sinking of the Turner while moored in New York Harbor and court of inquiry regarding the sinking; service aboard USS Wren in Pacific Theater,…
Automobile mechanic. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Paris, Texas and Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1814 in Linden, Texas; company move to Duncan, Arizona; company move to Fredonia, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
High school coach. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
Her recollections concerning women’s clubs in Texarkana, Texas. Current Topic Club; Sue Sanderson Garden Club; church activities; entertainment; women’s household chores; Civic Music Club.
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with quartermaster personnel during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature. Anti-consumer legislation; lobby influence; comments about Governor William Clements; compensation for victims of crime; Regional Transportation Act; “Killer Bees.”
Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Garland, Democrat. His role in the passage of public utilities legislation during the Sixty-fourth Legislature.
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Texas Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; opposition to Special Session; repeal of sales tax on utility bills; modification of inheritance tax exemptions; ad valorem tax; taxation on agricultural land; Peveto Bill.
For the Air America Oral History Project. Pilot and Army veteran. Childhood in Alabama; early fascination with aviation; ROTC fixed-wing flight training; transition to rotary craft; military combat tour in Vietnam with 201st Aviation Company; flying with Air America in southeast Asia; interview with Air America; assignment to Saigon, Vietnam; Air…
Coats, Sam: Lawyer, Vice President of Domestic and Internal Affairs. 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…
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-2 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
For Richard Rafes dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former TCOM employee. History of TCOM.
His experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-42 and USS Sterlet in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, 1937-41; Japanese air raid at Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1941; his responsibilities as a cook; assignment to the S-41, 1942; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands, 1943; transfer…
His experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
County adult probation officer. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.
For the Geezle Oral History Project; this interview extends and develops OH 0653 conducted in 1985 about Integration of North Texas Football; it probes Charlie Joe Cole, Jr.'s life journey from a 17-year-old Pilot Point, TX, athlete to a freshman football player at North Texas State College in 1948 to his distinguished Air Force Service during the…
Photojournalist, artist. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His parents’ reaction to changes in the Sixties; his introduction to marijuana, 1967; his attraction to the music of the Beatles; his initial introduction to the Fort Worth hippie culture; his views toward…
Member of Doolittle's Raiders. His experiences as Jimmie Doolittle’s co-pilot during the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942. Pre-war education and job experiences; enrollment in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1939; enlistment in the Aviation Cadets Program, 1940; brief descriptions of primary, basic, and advanced flight training, 1940-41; B-25…
