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ROTH, Thomas (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 0400
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BILLINGSLEY, Tyrel James (b. 1987)

Interview ID#
OH 1833
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Operation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom era veteran. Childhood in Illinois and Dallas, Texas; decision to enlist in Air Force; basic training and tech school; life in the Air Force Reserves; acceptance into ROTC; future plans.

HERNANDEZ, Yessica L. (b. 1990)

Interview ID#
OH 1865
For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. DREAM Team activist. Childhood in Mexico; immigration to the United States; becoming American; attending college while undocumented; activism and the North Texas DREAM Team; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); resistance to the DREAM Act; debate over immigration law/reform; American…

ADKINS, Dorothy (b. ca. 1925)

Interview ID#
OH 1894
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Texas State Fair; childhood; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; activism; teaching career; contemporary times; white privilege and power.

CARY, Reby (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1819
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. World War II veteran, Civil Rights activist, author, and educator. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; life during segregation; World War II service in the Pacific onboard the Coast Guard cutter USS Cambria; writing career; participation in the Republican Party and state politics; Civil Rights activism;…

MALAGON, Marco A. (b. 1982)

Interview ID#
OH 1750
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas; North Texas DREAM Team Lobbyist. Childhood in Mexico; development of leadership skills as a child; effects of NAFTA on the Mexican economy and standards of living; thoughts on NAFTA’s role in driving illegal immigration; immigration to McKinney, Texas…

MONROE, Bruce (b. 1956)

Interview ID#
OH 1920
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Remembering going to school at Texas A&M and experiencing his “sexual awaking”. Introduction to the Gay bar scene and gay community in Dallas. Recounting the AIDS epidemic in Dallas and the Dallas buyers’ club.

BEVILL, Claudia (b. 1944)

Interview ID#
OH 1951
Bevill, Claudia: Flight Attendant. 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. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact…

GREER, Alfred Edgar (b. 1929)

Interview ID#
OH 2003
For the Geezle Oral History Project. This interview traces the background of Alfred Edgar Greer from Snyder, TX, to his public school education in Decatur, TX. It continues with his two-years of study at Decatur Baptist College, where he starred for and captained the basketball team. It examines his continued academic pursuits at North Texas…

STOTLAND, Nada (b. 1943)

Interview ID#
OH 2032
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Stotland is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Her research has focused on issues of reproduction and psychiatry especially around abortion. she was also the 135th President of the American Psychiatric Association,…

INDMAN, Pec (b. 1954)

Interview ID#
OH 2067
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Pec Indman is a retired psychotherapist with a focus on maternal mental health and postpartum depression. She discusses her training in psychology and therapy, and her entry to the field of perinatal mental health. Indman discusses her work with Postpartum Support…

ALLEN, Adolph C. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0909
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Louisiana and Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5415 at Camp F-5 in New Augusta, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.

APALATEA, Frank (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0548
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 25th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BALCH, Jean (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 1353
His experiences in the Pacific Theater; and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Boot camp at San Diego, California, 1942; radio school, San Diego, California, 1942; radar school, Memphis, Tennessee, 1943; gunnery school, Yellow Water, Florida, 1944; assignment as a radioman-gunner on a SBD with Bombing…

BEDELL, David (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0677
His experiences at Hickam Field with the 443rd Signal Battalion during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BLANTON, Burt (b. 1897)

Interview ID#
OHB 0015
Independent business and industry consultant, economic surveyor. Family background; education and early work experience leading to survey business; comments concerning many individual surveys; comments about personal associations with prominent local, state, and national individuals; observations about community attitudes toward industrialization…

BRADBURY, Pamela W. (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OH 0791
Her experiences as a dietician at Schofield Barracks hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

BROWN, Alf (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0188
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; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom, Non Pladuk, and Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation

BUSBY, Anna Urda (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 0470
Her experiences at Tripler General Hospital, Fort Shafter, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

CARTER, Uell (b. 1922) and KILLIAN, George (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0056
Members of the “Lost Battalion.” Their experiences as prisoners-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Surabaja, 1942; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942-45; liberation.

CLARK, Alma (b. 1928)

Interview ID#
OH 1636
For the Quakertown Oral History Project. First-generation descendant through marriage of Quakertown residents. Childhood and early education in Lampasas and Austin, Texas; 1958 marriage to Rev. “Willie” Clark, who had grown up in Quakertown; move to Denton; family’s experience in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women’s Fellowship;…

CONNALLY, Jack (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 0271
His experiences while aboard the seaplane tender-destroyer USS Thornton during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

CREWS, T. G. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0104
Law enforcement officer. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war embassy duty in Peking, north China; capture in Peking; Wusong Prison Camp, Shanghai, 1942; Pusan, Korea, 1945; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1945; liberation.

DANIEL, Murray (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 1331
His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Helena and during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his experiences aboard the Helena and the antiaircraft cruiser Reno in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to join the Navy, January, 1941; boot camp at San Diego, California; assignment to the Helena at Pearl…

DENMON, Gloria (b. 1941)

Interview ID#
OH 0739
Community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Life in A segregated society; decision to join the Fellowship; early meetings; voter registration drives; street paving in African-American section of Denton; social activities of Fellowship;…