His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Education and childhood; military service in World War II; marriage; employment with post office; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; church activities; Big Brothers involvement; presidency of Civic League; flood control measures; Civic League and community improvements; zoning…

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Hull 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 with the 17th Aviation Group, based at Nha Trang, Republic of (South) Vietnam, 1967-1968.

Musician, vocalist. His experiences as a musician/vocalist with Bob Wills’s”Texas Playboys” and the “Light Crust Doughboys” western swing bands, 1936-42; comments about Bob Wills and band members Marvin Montgomery, Kenneth Pitts, AL Stricklin, “Smoky” Dacus, “Knocky” Parker, Leon McAuliffe, Eldon Shamblin; forming his own groups and playing the…

Foundry worker. His experiences as a member of the 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Induction into the Army, 1943; basic training at Fort Hood; advanced training in the California mountains; troopship to Oran and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 362nd Battalion, 91st Infantry Division; small…

His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Boyhood in central Texas; his induction into the Army and basic training at Camp Howze, Gainesville, Texas, 1942-43; Camp Clayborne and Louisiana maneuvers, 1943; shipment to England, October, 1944; combat on the Siegfried Line, November, 1944; leadership problems; Battle of the Bulge,…

Civil servant. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. Childhood in West Texas and East Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Littlefield, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

A founder of Texas Instruments. Family, education, and work background; education and experiences in electrical engineering; work and training with General Electric; development of Spencer Thermostat; work with Raytheon and Charles V. Litton; joining Geophysical Research in Oklahoma; meeting J. Erik Jonsson and rising through Geophysical Research…

Her experiences and thoughts concerning the development of the Republican Party in Texas. Activities in state and local Republican election campaigns; Religious Right; abortion; Eagle Forum; National Organization of Women.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Coquilla, Oregon, Ketchikan, Alaska, and Hayward and San Francisco, California; family’s difficulties in the Great Depression; work as a shoeshine boy and newspaper delivery boy; father’s work with the WPA; expulsion from school; move to Los Angeles and graduation from high…

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserves (or SPARs). World War II-era veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserves (or SPARs). Childhood and education in Edwardsville, Virden, and Girard, Ill.; father’s experience in World War I; waitressing and clerical work…

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in the Midwest and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 901 at Pine Valley, California; description of camp; camp life.

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

Former state legislator, state district judge, federal district judge. Her experiences and views as a member of the Texas House of Representatives; appointment as state district judge by Governor James Allred; unsuccessful congressional campaign, 1956; nomination for the Vice-Presidency, 1952; Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign, 1956; women’s…

His letters from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Jaeger, during 1969 when he was stationed in Vietnam. [Transcripts of audiotapes.]

Miscellaneous documents, including portions of his flight log from missions to France and Germany, 1944; printed accounts of his capture and experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Germany, 1944-45.

Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; hell ship to Japan; Ohasi, Honshu, 1943; liberation.

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey 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.

For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Childhood and education in San Angelo and Del Rio, Texas; enlistment in U.S. Navy; service on USS Enterprise during Vietnam era; return to San Angelo to attend Angelo State University; career in auto parts business; decision to move to Presidio, Tex.; career as a truck driver; career in law…

His experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-eighth Legislature. Comments about Lieutenant Governor William hobby and Governor Mark White; midnight appointments; teacher pay raise; taxation and appropriations; Jurisprudence Committee.

Radio/TV announcer. His experiences aboard LCI-439 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Battle of Leyte Gulf and kamikazes; Battle of Okinawa; preparations for invasion of Honshu.

Holocaust survivor. Her experiences in Hungary and in various extermination camps during the Holocaust. Pre-World War II anti-Semitism; childhood and education; family religious life; forced labor battalions; confiscation of Jewish property; creation of Szeged Ghetto, 1944; everyday ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz, September, 1944;…