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WENTRCEK, Dan (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0353
Painter. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

WILLIAMS, Theril Wilton (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1702
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in rural Bethlehem, Arkansas; farm life in the Great Depression; 1939 high school graduation; enrollment in Civilian Conservation Corps and work at camps in Utah; work as a truck driver for local lumber and oil companies; marriage to Dorothy Mae Thompson;…

WRIGHT, Cora Green (b. 1943)

Interview ID#
OH 1629
African American alumna of North Texas State University. Childhood and early education in High, Texas; cotton farming; education at all-black, one-room Prairie Point School and Roxton High School; race relations in Northeast Texas; decision to enter Paris Junior College under National Defense Student Loan program; decision to enter NTSU in Fall…

OGLE, Ray (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1192
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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; railway maintenance work, 1944-45; liberation.

SAHLIYEH, Emile (b. 1945)

Interview ID#
OH 1734
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For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Palestinian-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, UNT professor. Childhood in Jerusalem under the British mandate; experience as a Christian in Palestine; decision to study international relations and Middle Eastern politics; education at American University of Beirut and Georgetown University;…

SANDERS, Bob Ray (b. 1947)

Interview ID#
OH 1575
African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Fort Worth, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including I.M. Terrell High School; “benevolent racism” of Fort Worth whites; personal experience in desegregating Hollywood Theater in Fort Worth; early interest in journalism;…

SELBY, George (b. 1908) and Velma (b. 1910)

Interview ID#
OH 1244
Florists. Their life in Denton, Texas, 1910-1998 Family backgrounds; comments about the history and physical features of the Bayless-Selby house; decision to enter the flower business; evolving nature of their business; family entertainment.

SILAR, Elmira Jane Bock (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 1359
Her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; enrollment at Prowell’s Business School, York, Pennsylvania, 1940; Wrightsville during the Great Depression; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her decision to join the Navy, November 18, 1943; boot camp, Hunter College, New…

PLEASANTS, William (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1376
His experiences in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. Assignment as executive officer for PT-309, PT Squadron 22, at Bastia, Corsica, 1944; interception of and engagements with German barge traffic along the western coast of Italy and the southern coast of France, 1944-45; encounters with German “F-lighter” armed barges; invasion of…

STALEY, Joseph S. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0195
His experiences with the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

STROBEL, Naran “Nora” Dorj (b. 1971)

Interview ID#
OH 1737
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician. Granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. Born and raised in Ulan Bator, Mongolia; education in Mongolia, China and United States; life in Communist Mongolia; aftermath…

REED, James V. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 0812
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Minnesota; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Big Fork, Minnesota; description of camp; life in camp; joining the Marine Corps; 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater.

RICHARDSON, Milroy B. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1470
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

PRENTICE, Thomas S. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0479
His experiences at Fort Kamehameha with the 97th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

ROTH, Theodore (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 0242
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Hull during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

SMITH, Mansell (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OH 1832
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Businessman. Childhood in Denton, Texas; contact with black community; memories of segregation; floor-covering business; National Guard service; philosophy on customer service.

YAÑEZ, SARA (b. 1985)

Interview ID#
OH 1864
For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Wichita Falls, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; life in the bordertown of Juarez, Mexico; family’s decision to immigrate to the United States; becoming American; racism; quality of life differences between being documented and undocumented; process to become documented.

COALSON, Tony (b. 1943)

Interview ID#
OH 1892
For the Air America Oral History Project. Pilot and Army veteran. Childhood in Alabama; early fascination with aviation; ROTC fixed-wing flight training; transition to rotary craft; military combat tour in Vietnam with 201st Aviation Company; flying with Air America in southeast Asia; interview with Air America; assignment to Saigon, Vietnam; Air…

BURGOON, Charles Weldon (b. 1930)

Interview ID#
OH 1771
Life-time Denton resident and business owner. Childhood in Denton, Texas; genealogy; Denton city and country history; area rodeos; schooling in Denton; summer job mowing lawns; country living; various jobs; leather-working and tooling; lack of shotgun shells and metal bathtubs during the Second World War; courtship of wife and marriage; Cowboy…

MARCUM, Candy (b. 1950)

Interview ID#
OH 1797
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Licensed counselor and longtime activist in the Dallas LGBT community. Childhood in Big Spring, Texas; college in the Dallas area; work with Oak Lawn Counseling Center; AIDS crisis; involvement in the Human Rights Campaign; work as a columnist with the Dallas Voice; the Dallas Gay Alliance (DGA); coming…

BUCHMEYER, Pamela (b. 1960)

Interview ID#
OH 1919
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Pamela is the daughter of Judge Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer who became a United States District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. Thoughts on her Fathers political career. Her retailing of Baker v. Wade a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas, which criminalized…

REAVIS, Dick J. (b. 1945)

Interview ID#
OH 1950
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Political activist, journalist and author. Former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. Childhood memories and early experiences of his father’s newspaper…

COLE, Charlie Joe Jr. (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OH 2000
For the Geezle Oral History Project; this interview extends and develops OH 0653 conducted in 1985 about Integration of North Texas Football; it probes Charlie Joe Cole, Jr.'s life journey from a 17-year-old Pilot Point, TX, athlete to a freshman football player at North Texas State College in 1948 to his distinguished Air Force Service during the…

SPECKHARD, Anne (b. )

Interview ID#
OH 2031

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Anne Speckhard is a psychologist who has written on post-abortion stress syndrome, and she has also done research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and on violent extremism. This interview focuses on her work on post-abortion stress, especially in the…

DRISCOLL, Jeanne Watson (b.)

Interview ID#
OH 2066
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Jeanne Watson Driscoll is a retired clinical nurse scientist with a focus on postpartum mental health. She discusses her own history of postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in the 1970s, her work in breastfeeding counseling and the Boston Association of…