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.

Independent oilman, 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, 1944; liberation in Bangkok.

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

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 4747 at Calico Rock, Arkansas; move to Camp Crowley’s Ridge (SP-4) in Walcott, Arkansas; move to Company 1708 in Ozone, Arkansas; description of camps; life in camps.

Attorney. His experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, during the 1930s. Comments about his teachers; athletics; influence of Coach Tennyson Miller; segregation in Denton.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Burleson, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Cleburne, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

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

His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II; also his experiences with the French Resistance and as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. His educational background; his reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, April, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary…

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA Mission Control flight director. Early childhood and education in Toledo, Ohio; Air Force career; career with NASA, including flight control missions in Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station and Space Shuttle programs, with particular attention to Skylab’s challenges; NASA’s institutional…

His experiences aboard the submarine USS Balao in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in San Antonio, Texas; his decision to join the Navy, June, 1942; boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the submarine tender USS Sperry, 1942, and stationing at Brisbane, Australia; his volunteering for submarine duty and assignment…

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

His experiences while stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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

Retired U.S. Air Force general and former commander of Thirteenth Air Force. Thoughts on command and leadership; opinions of various commanders; opinions regarding USAF traditions as compared to those of other services, including discussions of uniforms and force cohesiveness; concerns regarding U.S. Air Force Academy, force organization, and…

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

For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. His description of buildings and families during a driving tour of Denton County, Texas.

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

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 859 in the Wichita Mountains National Forest (F-5-O) near Cache, Oklahoma; company move to Camp F-8-C in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado; transfer to Rush Springs, Oklahoma; reenlistment…

Attorney. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His educational background; law school at Drake University and marriage; his pre-war law practice; enlistment in the Army, January, 1942; basic training, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1942; Officer Candidate School, Camp Robinson and Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942-43; various…

Professor. His experiences at the University of North Texas while building a clinical psychology program. Recruitment by the University; development of the Behavioral Medicine Program; comments on the incorporation of behavioral medicine into clinical psychology; comments on the future of behavioral medicine.

Pastor. His experiences as a Navy chaplain in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His early education; Davidson College, 1937-1941; Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1941-44; his decision to enlist in the Navy, 1944; chaplaincy school, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1944; assignment to Quonset Point, Rhode…

State district judge. Her views concerning the impact and significance of women on the rise of the Republican Party in Texas, 1968-93. Educational background; move to Dallas; decision to enter Republican politics; election as state district judge; her relationship with African-American community; personal political philosophy.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Jack County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Baggs, Wyoming; description of camp; life in camp.

For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. His reminiscences about rural life in Denton County, Texas, 1920-1987. Changing crop patterns; development of larger farms and agricultural operations; Simpson’s sawmill; threshing season; rural migration to towns and cities.

Attorney. His experiences as private secretary to Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925-27, 1933-35; his relationship with James E. Ferguson; comments about Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, James Allred, W. Lee O’Daniel, and Coke Stevenson; Johnson-Stevenson senatorial race of 1948; impeachment of James Ferguson.