His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; treasury surplus; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe, Speaker Bill Clayton, and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; personal reaction to the special session; repeal of sales tax on residential…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; revenue bills; comments about Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes And Speaker Gus Mutscher; extension of state sales tax; Cavness Plan; minimum wage law; workman’s compensation; welfare legislation;…
Journalist, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls, son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House speakership race; committee chairpersons; House rules; Equal Rights Amendment; establishment of Public Utilities Commission; public…
Attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). His experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s. James Allred’s gubernatorial campaigns; early insurance litigation; appointment as assistant state attorney general, 1953; state insurance frauds and scandals; U. S. Trust and Guaranty case; relationship with Texas Insurance…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Birth, childhood, and education in Puebla and Cholula, Mexico; family history, including grandparents’ migration from Spain and Italy; college experience at Universidad de las Americas; discovery of music history as a discipline of study; first impressions of U.S. on family visits; decision to…
Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in Memel, Lithuania, prior to Nazi occupation; early childhood life; move to Kaunas (Kovno), 1939; Russian occupation, 1939; German occupation, 1941; establishment of Kaunas Ghetto; Die Grosse Aktion (“The Great Roundup”); escape from the Kaunas Ghetto; life as a disguised…
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Buffalo, New York; family experiences in military service; decision to join U.S. Marines at age of seventeen; basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina; assignments to Quantico and Yorktown, Virginia; decision to volunteer for service in Korea; assignment to 1st Battalion…
His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1943-44; assignment to the Chub, 1944; his responsibilities as an electrician’s mate; various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.
Librarian. Her experiences as a student at the library school at the Texas State College for Women and as a librarian. Early exposure to books and libraries; enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; employment as a student at the college library; college social life;…
Community activist. Her experiences as an activist in the Mexican-American community of Denton, Texas; family background; comments about the lack of discrimination against Hispanics in Denton; her education in the Denton schools; her first experience with discrimination at the train station in Denison, Texas, at age seventeen; her acceptance to…
His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56; comments about President J C Matthews and chair of the Board of Regents, Ben Wooten; observations about race relations in Denton, Texas.
College administrator. His experiences as a member of the faculty advisory committee that was responsible for the selection of John Kamerick as president of North Texas State University.
Businessman. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Education; enlistment in the 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, 1941; federalization of the National Guard and the redesignation of his unit as the 207th Coast Artillery; enlistment in the Army Air Forces and acceptance as an Aviation Cadet, 1941;…
Businessman. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and farming activities in Olney, Texas; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, c. 1941; assignment to Chanute Field, Illinois, c. 1941-42; Officer Candidate School, Miami Beach, Florida, c. 1942; assignment to Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, c. 1942-44;…
Member of the Texas Senate from Fort Worth, Republican. Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. GOP gains, 1980 elections; initiative-referendum; interest rate ceilings; state water plan; property tax legislation; law-and order bills; redistricting.
Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature. Biographical information; personal political philosophy; decision to enter politics and seek political office; Equal Rights Amendment; abortion and right-to-life; election to Texas Senate, 1972; Women’s Caucus; comments about Governors Dolph Briscoe and William…
Political activist, former legislator. Her views concerning the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1960-90. Evolution of GOP in Texas; personal political philosophy; views on abortion.
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Lawyer and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood as a Navy brat; education; time in the Navy; coming out; Dallas LGBT history; LGBT activism; Baker v. Wade; AIDS crisis in Dallas; The Dallas Way; importance of younger LGBT generation knowing and preserving LGBT community history.
SMITH, GRADY LEROY, JR., President, Antiquestone, Inc., Bertram, Texas. Family background; experiences working with father for Trafton Tile Company, Austin; self-employment in the tile installation business, 1966; description of tile installation procedures; entry into tile manufacturing business, 1967; partnership with James Dyke, Jr. And Sr. to…
Former executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Education; employment with Texaco at the Port Arthur refinery; second-hand information on formation of Caltex; transfer to Caltex, 1938; assignment to Philippines, 1938, as a lube engineer; servicing Caltex’s commercial accounts in the Philippines; lubrication surveys in Philippines; competition with…
Marina Ardovino recounts briefly the history of her restaurant, Ardovino's Desert Crossing. Following, she tells how she and some restaurant staff organized a mass gay wedding following New Mexico's decision to recognize same-sex marriage in 2013. Finally, she discusses her involvement in El Paso's LGBTQ+ community.
