For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; attendance at I.M. Terrell; desegregating Mansfield High; memories of Mansfield Crisis; education at UT-Arlington; career in Mansfield ISD; organizing Juneteenth…

For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; educational and professional background; family background; interactions with African Americans; racism in Denton; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Denton desegregation; women’s groups and feminist movement; activism; lasting friendships among Fellowship members;…

Army veteran (scout with the 99th Infantry Division). His experiences in the European Theater; experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in Stalag 17; post-war life.

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Longtime publisher of the Dallas Voice and activist. Childhood in Hurst, Texas; college at Texas Tech; gay community in Lubbock, Texas, in the 1970s; various jobs around Dallas; Dallas Gay News; history of the Dallas Voice; Dallas gay community during the 1980s and lack of resources and acceptance;…

For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. His reflections on growing up in El Salvador during that country’s civil war (1980 – 1992), including curfews, restrictions to electricity and water, access to medical care. Education and starting a career as a journalist/photographer. 2001 earthquake and decision to obtain temporary protective status…

Gregory, Mike: In-flight Service Coordinator (attended first class for male flight attendants). The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and family members…

For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Swiss-born Elisabeth Gertrud Brolin discusses the defining moment of her life including the decision to move to the United States (DFW, TX) as well as her Christian faith. More specifically, she includes the reasons for her immigration, the first impressions of the U.S., the positive aspects…

Ignaz Gorischek shares his experience being “paid to play” for over forty years as a visual merchandiser in the world of fashion retail. Trained in fashion illustration, Gorischek transitioned into “three-dimensional storytelling” in smaller retail environments before transitioning to Burdines in Florida and then spent decades at the downtown…

His experiences as a dive-bomber pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his participation in the Aleutians Campaign, June 1942, and the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot,” May 1944; surrender of Rota Island, September 2, 1945.

Attorney. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1958-91. Education at Hamilton Park School; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; experiences at Richardson Junior High; experiences in law school at the University of Texas; relationships between Hamilton Park and other African-American communities; school activities as a teenager…

His experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam and Saipan to Japan, 1945; Japanese flak and fighter opposition.

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

Public employee; community activist. Her experiences concerning the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; experiences in a segregated environment; street paving of African-American section in Denton; urban renewal; desegregation of public places in Denton; political…

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

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

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; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.

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; Tamuan and Tamuang, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45;…

Businessman. Observations on the development of the seafood industry in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1925-71. Fishing trawlers; hurricanes; shrimping; labor relations; seafood processing and marketing; conservation; Intracoastal Canal.

Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Budget surplus; appropriations; highway bill; public school financing; Peveto bill and property taxation; government reorganization; House-Senate relations; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.

Her recollections while employed by the Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Employment procedures; job assignments; swing shift; wartime rationing; safety procedures; housing; social activities; race relations; relationships among male and female employees; economic effects on Texarkana.

Aircraft worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Covington, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a soil conservation camp near Waxahachie, Texas; description of camp; life in camp; post-CCC life.

Vocational nurse. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-91. Segregated education in Dallas; public housing in Dallas; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park; Hamilton Park School; school desegregation; Pacesetter; Civic League; zoning problems; the “Buy Out”; traffic flow problems; Changes in Hamilton Park.

Electrician, businessman. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Madeira Canyon, near Tucson, Arizona; camp move to Pitkin, Colorado; re-enlistment for a camp in Tucson, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in North Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 869 in Farmersville, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.