Homemaker, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early experiences in segregated society; segregation and racism in Denton, Texas; early meetings of the Fellowship; social activities of the Fellowship; street paving in the African-American…
Owner and operator, Jim Hardin’s Paint and Wallcovering, Denton, Texas. Family background; employment with Esler paint and Paper Company, Denison; promotion to assistant manager and outside salesman; effects of Depression in Denison; comments on union activities in Denison; military service in World War II; experiences in hanging wallcovering;…
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Engineer. His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Executive. Education and early work experience; employment with standard oil of California; early marketing experience; OPA Advisory Committee, 1942-46; postwar domestic marketing strategies; transfer to Caltex, 1957; establishing Caltex (Germany) markets; construction of Frankfurt refinery; decision to leave Caltex, 1963.
His experiences as a radioman aboard a B-26 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in 1940 and stateside training; assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron; antisubmarine patrols off the West Coast of the U. S. in early 1942; trans- Pacific island hopping from Hawaii to Australia, 1942; bombing and reconnaissance missions out…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Hutto, Texas and Pflugerville, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3809 at Camp SCS-6-T in Pflugerville, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Factory worker. His experiences as a civilian defense worker at Philadelphia Gear Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. Growing up in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; effect of the Great Depression on family life; attendance at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, Pennsylvania for training as a patternmaker; employment…
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;…
Librarian. Her experiences as a student in the library school at Texas State College For Women, Denton, Texas, during the late 1930s and early 1940s; her professional career as a librarian.
Her recollections about Texarkana, Texas, 1915-50. Education; local industries; church activities; social clubs and fraternal organizations; women’s issues.
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, 1942-44; Changi Jail, Singapore, 1944; various railroad camps in Sumatra, 1944-45; liberation.
Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1970-1971. Assignment to Chu Lai; temporary assignment to the 91st Evacuation Hospital at An Khe; TDY in Korea; combat experiences at An Khe and Da Nang; permanent assignment to Chu Lai; treatment of wounded troops; relationship between doctors and nurses; morale problems; recreation;…
His recollections of the military service of his four brothers during World War II. His youth on the family farm near Van Alstyne, Texas, in the 1930s; comments about his parents; his brother “Bud’s” military experiences with the 6th Infantry Division in the Southwest Pacific Theater (New Guinea and the Philippines); his brother Bailey’s…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision; personal legislation.
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Texas Legislature. Financing primary elections; appropriations bill; “lame ducks”; nomination of Larry Teaver to the State Insurance Commission; insurance legislation; Senate rules revision; nomination of Bob Bullock to the State Insurance…
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; agricultural land; initiative referendum; Peveto Bill;…
Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Biographical information; decision to enter politics; personal political philosophy; one-year budget versus two-year budget; revenue legislation; comments about Governor Preston Smith and Lieutenant Governor…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fifth Texas Legislature. Budget surplus; appropriations; highway bill; public school financing; personal legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Relationship with Governor William Clements; appropriations; Budget Execution Act; consumer legislation; Peveto Bill; public school financing; comments about “Killer Bees”; separate presidential primaries.
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown Stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; personal legislation.
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. Freshman senators; comments about Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; committee appointments; reform legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
His experiences and personal views while serving as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Need for constitutional revision; Price Daniel, Jr., as chairman of the Constitutional Convention; Finance Committee; right-to-work provision; failure of Constitutional Convention.
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Auto mechanic His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma and Alvarado, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3804 at Camp SP-53-T near Cleburne, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
