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…

Cosmetics entrepreneur. Early sales experience and its impact upon future business philosophy, methods, and success of Mary Kay Cosmetics; planning prior to launching company; problems and solutions in beginning; early legal problems with competitors; concern for women’s opportunities; female orientation of company; development and growth of sales…

His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Nursing school at Lubbock Methodist Hospital, 1955; enlistment in Army, 1969, and anesthesia training at Fitzsimons general Hospital, Denver, Colorado; assignment to Vietnam, 1969; 95th Evacuation Hospital, Da Nang; medical cases and responsibilities; functions as special services officer; treating…

Farmwoman, homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the coastal bend area of South Texas, 1910-20. Agrarian social life; Ku Klux Klan; flu epidemic of 1919; Mexican-Anglo relations.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mixon, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2885 at SCS-19-T in Jacksonville, Texas; transfer to Company 878 at SCS-37-T in Waxahachie, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

His experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater. Childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943. Preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. Active service with the 379th Bomb Group (H) in Kimbolton, England from June to…

Mechanical engineer, business executive. His experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Employment with the Procter and Gamble Company in the Philippines, 1941; pre-World War II social life in Manila; supplying the U.S. military with soap, shortening, and margarine; Japanese bombing of Nielson Field…

Geologist, independent oil­man, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Midland, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Texas Legislature. Business career; decision to enter politics; experiences as the lone Republican in the House; personal political philosophy; comments about the relationship…

Janitor. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Wichita Falls, post-CCC life; Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2856 at Camp SCS-10-A in Pima, Arizona and Fort Thomas, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.

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,…

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…

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.

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

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;…

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

His experiences while employed by the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.

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…

Farmers-ranchers. Comments about Denton and Denton County, Texas, 1924-86. Farm and ranch life; North Texas State Normal School; North Texas Fair; comments about various residents of Denton.

Chairman of board, president, and CEO of Gearhart Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. Family background; description of farming, oil drilling, and educational experiences in Southeastern Kansas; employment as trainee field engineer for Wireline Service Company Welex, 1949; work for Dresser Company, 1952; establishment of Wireline logging unit…

Her reminiscences about Texarkana, Texas, 1925-50. Her mother’s political and social activities; relationships with African-Americans; early education; business enterprises; social organizations; family life.

Educator. His experiences concerning the integration of the Hamilton Park, Texas, school and the establishment of the Pacesetter program. His employment at the Hamilton Park School; federal desegregation suits; activities of Hamilton Park Civic League; decision to establish Pacesetter; fate of black teachers; PTA activities.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House speakership race; appropriations; committee appointments; public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision; personal legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.

President of Harpool’s Seed, Inc. and Harpool Fertilizer Company, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming in Hebron, Texas; move to Denton, 1928; father’s activities as cotton, grain, and wool buyer; employment at North Texas State Teachers College book bindery; purchase of cotton, wool, and seed business, 1942; education in Hebron and Denton;…

Musician, university professor, trumpet instructor. His experiences concerning the development of the College of Music at the University of North Texas; his career as a trumpet player and instructor.

Retired schoolteacher. His experiences concerning race relations in Sherman, Texas, 1915-30. Lynching of George Hughes in Sherman, 1930; recollections about the African-American business and professional community in Sherman; Ku Klux Klan marches.