His involvement in the Rainey controversy while a graduate assistant at the University of Texas, 1944-45.
Realtor, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; desegregation of public places in Denton; desegregation of housing in Denton; desegregation of public schools; tutoring program and Denton Christian…
His experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Owner and operator, C. R. Fowler Hardware, and mayor, Krum, Texas. Family background; origins of Denton County Library; school experiences in Krum; experiences in Dallas during Depression; employment at father’s hardware store in Krum, 1933; effects of Depression on Krum; effects of World War II on hardware business; phase-out of farm implement…
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 as an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth on a ranch in West Texas; his decision to enlist in the Navy, June, 1943; boot camp at San Diego, California, 1943; aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, 1943; assignment to the OS2U crew…
Experiences as a North Texas student (BA, Aquatic Biology, 1964; MA Aquatic Biology/Microbiology, 1966), including involvement in Denton’s civil rights movement, experiences as a PhD student at UNC (Applied Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1971) and professor at UNC, experiences with water treatment and wastewater treatment.
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Columbian-born oral surgeon living in Irving, Texas. Family Background; childhood experiences in Cali, Colombia; father kidnapped by guerilla group; college and dental school in Bogota; playing on the college soccer team; residency in guerilla-dominated portion of Colombia; educational…
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Long-time LGBT activist. Childhood in New York City; coming out; awareness of sexuality; self-identification; lesbian community in 1960s and 1970s; discrimination; activism; move to Dallas; Dallas LGBT community and history; AIDS crisis in Dallas; continued AIDS activism.
Franz, Wanda: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Wanda Franz is a developmental psychologist and an anti-abortion activist, who has been involved in that work since the 1970s. She was president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) for twenty years, between 1991-2001. In this interview she…
Farmer-rancher. His observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1920-70. Summer vacations; ranch experiences; hurricane of 1942; tourism; local hotels and saloons; sports.
Labor official. His experiences as a member of the Dallas council of AFL-CIO. Early experiences in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Dallas Power and Light; union steward in Meter Service Division, 1958; union president, 1960; union business manager, 1962-65; secretary-treasurer, Dallas AFL-CIO, 1965-79; problems of labor…
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.
Accountant. His experiences as a combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1943; his selection for the ASTP program and schooling at Northeastern University, 1944; cancellation of the ASTP program and his transfer to the 26th Infantry Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1944; advanced…
Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.
Attorney, environmentalist. Texas Water Plan; Trinity River Project; general comments concerning water resource planning in Texas; Trinity Improvement Association; Trinity River Authority; his philosophy on conservation and environmentalism.
Artist, Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard), member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; imprisonment in Surabaja, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Nagasaki shipyards; Tokyo, 1943-45;…
Artist, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His secret diary that he kept as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Microbiologist. His experiences during the relocation of Japanese-Americans in World War II. Family history; Pearl Harbor; Tanforan Assembly Center; camp life; Topaz; leave clearance.
Geneticist. Her experiences during the relocation of Japanese-Americans in World War II. Childhood; pre-Pearl Harbor discrimination; Pearl Harbor; Tanforan Assembly Center; camp life; Topaz; registration of Japanese-Americans for military service; leave clearance; Issei-Nisei conflicts.
His experiences while aboard the repair ship USS Argonne during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Owner and operator, Fultz’s News Agency, Denton, Texas. Family background; comments on development of Sweetwater and Abilene; selling newspapers in West Texas; comments on Depression period in Abilene; magazine delivery business in Abilene; operation of wholesale magazine business in Denton, 1939; retail operation, 1941; business and social…
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; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand; Nakom Paton, Thailand, 1945; liberation.
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Normandy invasion, 1944; shooting down of bomber and capture in France, October 12, 1944; interrogation at Dulag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany; Oberursel; Stalag Luft III-A, Sagan; Stalag Luft I·-A, Moosburg; forced marches…
