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

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.

Printer. His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. Generational conflicts with his parents; guitar lessons as a teenager in Lubbock, Texas; appeal of the Beatles and their music; high school friends and activities; changing clothing styles in the Sixties; enrollment at…

His experiences at the West Loch ammunition dump during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences aboard the repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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…

His experiences as a member of the 7th and 15th Defense Battalions during World War II.

Journalist. His early career as a reporter; impressions of Martin Dies; Shivers gubernatorial campaign of 1950; his experiences as appointments secretary to Governor Allan Shivers; observations of Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71; assignment to the 24th Evacuation Hospital; base entertainment; recreation off-base; his being awarded the Bronze Star; relationship between doctors and nurses; morale; getting leave to come home to attend family wedding; contacts with Vietnamese civilians; attitudes toward the war…

His experiences at Hickam Field with the 16th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Revenue legislation; reform of liquor laws; changes in House rules.

Engineer. His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Trinity County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Center, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era Army Air Corps pilot. Childhood in Fort Worth; education in Fort Worth schools and at Texas Christian University; decision to enroll in Army Air Corps; training at bases in San Antonio, Greenville, and Waco, Tex.; assignment to B-26 unit, and later to B-17 unit; service…

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Saint Louis during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

College professor, former member of the Texas Legislature, from Denton, Democrat. Reminiscences from his tenure in the Texas House of Representatives, 1932-38. Assistant reading clerk; first legislative race, 1932; comments on former Governors Ross Sterling, James and Miriam Ferguson, James Allred, W. Lee O’Daniel, Coke Stevenson, Beauford Jester…

For the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. Pastor of Fort Worth’s All Saints Catholic Church. Childhood in Waco, Texas; education in Waco schools, at Saint Francis University and institutions in Spain and Italy; career in Mexico; decision to return to Texas to lead All Saints’ parish; demographics of parish and needs of…

Miscellaneous reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. Marketing of crops; a walking tour of the old Jones Farm with descriptions of buildings, windmills, pastures, and crops; a driving tour of rural schools, cemeteries, and neighbors’ properties; descriptive tours through the…

Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the Library Services Department at North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1950-75.

His experiences while aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences as a German prisoner-of-war in the United States during World War II. Surrender of the Afrika Corps, 1943; internment at Mexia, Texas, 1943-44; Dermott, Arkansas, 1945; Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1945; repatriation.