His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Gordon, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 878 in Waxahachie, Texas; transfer to Company 2896 at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

His experiences with the 47th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Homemaker. Her reminiscences about various aspects of the history of Denton, Texas, 1910-1976. Church activities; revivals; brush arbors; baptisms; Great Depression; courting; miscellaneous items.

His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty with 4th Marines, Peking, north China; surrender and imprisonment at Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1941-42; Kiangwang Prison Camp, 1942-45, and American air raids; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.

Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Galveston, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.

His experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Assignment to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh; treatment of endemic diseases; assignment to emergency room; triaging of patients; living conditions; drug addicts; battle casualties; medical treatment of civilians; social life; friendships; lasting effects of Vietnam experience.

Her recollections of the Progressive Era in Texarkana, Texas. Marriage to Wilbur Smith; courting practices; childhood; family servants; education; church activities; survey of downtown businesses; her job in the newspaper business; leisure time activities; Red Cross activities during World War I; family reading material; political activities.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Missouri; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1733 in Ava, Missouri; description of camp; life in camp.

Airline pilot. His experiences as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; influence of Charles Lindbergh’s non-stop Atlantic flight on his goal to become a pilot; basic training, Santa Ana, California, 1942; primary flight training, Dos Palos, California, 1942; basic flight…

Landscape architect. His experience as a member of PRISIC in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Educational background including graduation from Kansas State University with a degree in landscape architecture; commissioning as a U.S. Navy ensign, 1941; induction school, Tucson, Arizona, 1941-42; photographic interpretation school, Anacostia…

For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Navy Avionics Technician, Persian Gulf War-era Veteran. Childhood in Arlington, Texas; effects of parents’ divorce; experience in drug rehab; reasons for joining the Navy; training in a job recently opened to women; experience in an all-female company at boot camp; life at duty station in San Diego…

His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-23 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15, USS Randolph, USS Noble. His experiences as a PT boat skipper in the North African and European Theaters and various other duties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early naval career, 1941-42; assignment to the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Center, Melville, Rhode Island, October, 1942; association with…

For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Denton resident. Childhood in Pilot Point, Texas; school integration; assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; life during segregation; family; work experience; community life in Denton; racism.

For the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. Administrator and UNT Foundation emeritus board member. Experience as an undergraduate student at UNT; work experience; return to UNT as Director of the Professional Development Institute; UNT Foundation work; Foundation history.

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. English professor and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Iowa; educational and professional background; homosexuality in literature; Oscar Wilde; activism in women’s and gay rights movements; move to Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages; Dallas Gay Alliance; LGBT…

For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Marine Corps Captain, Logistics Officer (0402), Naval Academy History Instructor, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Reasons for joining the Marines and attending the Naval Academy; experiences at the Naval Academy as a female cadet; attending basic infantry officer course in Quantico, Virginia;…

For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Small business development specialist and Denton resident. Childhood as an Army brat; move to Denton; Denton in the 1980s and 1990s; Denton culture; community and economic development; work as a certified business development specialist; Denton’s minority communities; Quakertown.

For the Air America Oral History Project. Memories of growing up in Pittsburgh and Miami. First thoughts on becoming an aircraft pilot and joining the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. Transitioning form the Navy to the Marine Corp and joining active duty squadrons. Years spent flying for Pan-America before joining Air America. Flight and rescue…

Experiences at University of Alabama and in US Air Force. Flight School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, and Basic Training in Mississippi. Assignments in Keflavik, Iceland, Red Bluff, CA, and NORAD Sector as Captain in electronics and communications. Certified for the F-102 at Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, TX. Experiences while…

Professor emeritus of the UNT Political Science department, native of Czechoslovakia and survivor of the Nazi and Soviet invasions of that country, and political activist. Childhood experiences in Prague, Sobotka, and other Czech towns; parents’ political involvements; family’s experiences in World War II and Soviet invasion; perceptions of…

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Paula Doress-Worters was a founding member of the Boston Women’s Health Collective (1969). She wrote the chapter on the postpartum in their booklet, Women and their Bodies (1969), and then in the book Our Bodies, Ourselves (1970), She discusses her own postpartum…

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Joy Burkhard is a maternal mental health advocate, working on behalf of women with postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and related diagnoses. Burkhard is founder and executive director of the nonprofit 2020 Mom (the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health).…

Engineer. His experiences as a fighter pilot in Italy during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, 1942; pre-flight training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-43; primary flight training at Waco, Texas, 1943; advanced flight training at Foster Field, Victoria…