A founder of Spectra Biologicals of New Brunswick, N.J., and Nuclear Medical Labs of Dallas, Texas. Family background; employment at Wadley Blood Center, Dallas, and Herman Hospital, Houston: founding of Spectra Biologicals, 1961; innovations in blood typing serum products; involvement as salesperson for Texas and Louisiana territory; sale of…
Public relations executive, executive director of the Texas Good Roads Association. His experiences as press secretary and appointments secretary to former Governors Beauford Jester, 1947-50, and Allan Shivers, 1950-57; head of the Texas Employment Commission; organization of a Texas political machine; lobbying for the highway construction…
Retired Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of North Texas. Childhood in east Texas; education and work history; move to librarianship; changes at UNT over the years; work at UNT Libraries; move to digital libraries; creation of UNT’s digital repository and the Portal to Texas History; logistics of creating a digital library;…
His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the Assembly and Repair Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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…
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in rural Tenn.; family’s experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic…
Younger sister of Gen. Curtis LeMay. Family history; Ohio farm life during the Great Depression; brother’s visits, including a fly-over in a B-36 aircraft; Lemay’s World War II service and work in the Pentagon thereafter; feelings about his vice-presidential bid as George Wallace’s running mate in 1968; perceptions of LeMay’s legacy.
Homemaker. Her experiences as the wife of a serviceman (William Haugh) who was in Europe during World War II. Her education and youth on the family farm; effects of the Great Depression on her family; effects of the Rural Electrification Administration on farm life; her marriage to William Haugh on October 4, 1941; birth of their first son on…
His experiences as a tank commander in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Europe during World War II. Prewar induction and training, Fort Benning, Georgia; North Africa landings, November, 1942; his role as a tank commander; evolution of tank tactics; invasion of Sicily, July, 1943; transfer of 2nd Armored Division to England, December, 1943;…
Foundry superintendent. His experiences as a combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II. Educational background; youth on the family farm; employment as a patternmaker at Riverside Foundry, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, 1938; hand grenade production at Riverside Foundry; induction into the Army and basic training, Camp Blanding,…
His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71. Assignment to 12th Evacuation Hospital, Cu Chi; camp routine; treatment of battle wounds; morale; Viet Cong prisoners; communication with family; transfer to Quang Tri; stateside adjustments.
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Longtime Denton resident. History of family farm at present-day intersection of I-35W and Bonnie Brae Ave.; farm’s connection to Belo family; details of dairy and grain farming operations; domestic life on the farm; local history; education at NTSC “lab school” and NTSC.
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Author and LGBT activist. Family history; childhood in Corsicana, Texas; gay high school culture in the 1960s; horsemanship; Dallas Gay Rodeo; lesbian culture in the 1950s and 1960s; Dallas LGBT community; Circle of Friends; AIDS epidemic; LGBT night life; writing career.
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Trinity County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Center, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
Oral History interview with Tracy Achor Hayes, whose career as a fashion journalist covered the Dallas fashion industry and brought international fashion coverage to the metroplex. She was a long-time writer for Fashion!Dallas, part of the Dallas Morning News, helped found “FD Luxe” magazine, and also worked with Neiman-Marcus on The Book.
Businessman. His role in the development of Hamilton Park, Texas, as a residential area for African Americans during the 1950s. His relationship with Carr P. Collins and Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company; formation of Associated Construction Company and construction of housing in Hamilton Park; role of Hoblitzelle Foundation in purchasing land…
His recollections about the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969, and the hippie movement in North Texas. His youth as the son of a itinerant Methodist preacher in West Texas; difficulties with his father; his description of the hippie movement; influence of The Beatles; thoughts on the demise of the…
Businessman, former professional football player. His personal experiences as the first African-American athlete to integrate the previously all-white athletic program at North Texas State College, 1956.
His experiences at Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Educational background; his decision to enlist in the Marine Corps, 1941; Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, 1942; weapons and tactics instructor at Quantico, 1942-44; formation of the 5th Marine Division and his assignment to the 28th Marines, Camp Pendleton, San…
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.
His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in West Texas during the Great Depression; his education in Cisco and Mexia, Texas; his early interest in the cornet and the influence of Robert L. Maddox; enrollment at Texas Tech, 1942; induction into the Army, May 20, 1943; assignment to the 76th Infantry Division Band, Fort…
For the Air America Oral History Project. Marine veteran and Air America fixed-wing pilot. Navy flight training; experiences in peace-time Marine Corps; flying for Air America; interaction with the “Customer;” interaction with the Hmong; various missions; transfer to Southern Air Transport; rumors about Air America; thoughts on U.S. involvement in…
Home economist. Her experiences as a vocational homemaking teacher with the National Youth Administration in Crockett, Texas, 1941, during the Great Depression.
