For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era U.S. Army veteran. Childhood in Dorchester and Cambridge, Massachusetts; enlistment in U.S. Army and assignment to Tenth Armored Division; basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and reassignment to radio operations and anti-aircraft gunnery; retraining at Ft. Knox,…
Former mayor of Wylie, Texas, located in Collin County. He talks about growing up in Arkansas and his passion for magic and sign language. Mayor Hogue was mayor of Wylie for 12-and-a-half years from 2008 to 2020. He discusses how local government works and his experience of being mayor in a rapidly developing town.
Banker, attorney. His experiences as an employee of the Dallas regional office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation during the New Deal. Mortgage buying; loan amortization; insurance; home improvements; accounting procedures; politics and patronage; taxes and appraising; foreclosures; loan servicing.
Former employee of the Nocona Boot Company, 1952-76. Her experiences concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company, Nocona, Texas, and her recollections about its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Employer-employee relations; boot-making; fashion changes; union activities; expansion and factory outlets; Ms. Enid’s civic activities.
Methodist pastor, educator, and civil rights activists. Childhoods; exposure to racism, discrimination, and segregation; interactions with African Americans; civil rights work in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Chicago, Illinois; Ecumenical Institute; restrictions on women and the women’s movement; run-ins with the Ku Klux Klan; developing a model for…
His experiences as a combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II; his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. Early youth moving around various states in the Midwest and the East Coast; enrollment at Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia, 1941-42; induction into the Army, 1943; basic training, Camp Croft,…
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Early employment with REA Express; basic training, Fort Miles Standish, Massachusetts, 1942; his transfer to the Air Force and assignment to Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1942; Officer Candidate School, Miami, Florida, 1943; assignment to India; assignment to Dum Dum Airport,…
Clergyman, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, during the 1950s and 1960s. Youth and adolescent years in Waco; segregated education; college at Huston-Tillotson, 1952-56; entry to Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, 1956; organizing the Hamilton Park Methodist Church and his pastorship…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Alabama; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Powers, Oregon; description of camp; life in camp.
Miscellaneous personal papers, including flight logs and diaries, detailing his experiences as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
His experiences as a navigator on a B-24 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Miami Beach, Florida, 1942-43; College Training Detachment, Southwestern University, Memphis, Tennessee, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center…
Honikman, Jane: For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Jane I. Honikman was a co-founder of Postpartum Education for Parents (1977) and founder of Postpartum Support International (1987). Keywords: postpartum depression, women and mental health, maternal health, Postpartum Support International, Marcé…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas and Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Peaceful Valley, Colorado; camp move to Bonham, Texas; Durango, Colorado; Camp Mesa Verde, Colorado; Alamosa, Colorado; Jasper, Texas; Bowie, Arizona; description of camps; life…
Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Civilian and military education; 18th Surgical Hospital at Camp Evans; Quang tri City; battle casualties; social life; relations with Vietnamese civilians; civilian casualties; North Vietnamese POWs; family relationships; personal thoughts about U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Operating room nurse. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1961-70. Assignment to Yokohama, Japan, and treatment of Vietnam battle casualties, 1966-69; assignment to Dong Tam with 3rd Surgical Hospital, 1969; treatment of battle casualties in operating room; living accommodations; hospital facilities; transfer of 3rd Surgical Hospital to…
Insurance executive, real estate investor. His experiences in the European Theater during World War II; his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans. Pre-war education and college at the University of Texas; his reaction to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; his decision to enlist in the Enlisted Reserve Corps;…
