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HEATH, Jim (b. 1927)

Interview ID#
OH 1497
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Postal carrier. His experiences as a longtime resident of Denton County, Texas, 1927-2002.

HILLIARD, Ruth (b. 1903)

Interview ID#
OHB 0050
Vice-president and cashier, Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Krum, Texas; owner and operator of R & R Variety Store, Mesquite, Texas. Family background; banking operations in Krum, early 1900s; social life in Krum, early 1900s; education at College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman’s University); comments on teaching in Orange and Port Arthur,…

HUBBARD, Ernest (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1234
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Alabama; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 4447 in Auburn, Alabama; transfer to Camp Alabama (SCS-14) in Dothan, Alabama; temporary assignment in Andalusia, Alabama; transfer to Tennille, Georgia; reassignment to Keystone Heights,…

ITES, Frank (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0610
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

JOHNSON, Everett (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0202
His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

KAMP, H. W. (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1097
College professor. His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56.

KILBORN, Allen S. (b. 1914)

Interview ID#
OH 0834
His experiences as an Army officer in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Iowa; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2726-V near Winterset, Iowa; reassignment to Company 783 in Leon, Iowa; reassignment to Company 1742 in Tarkio, Missouri; company move to Gallatin, Missouri; transfer to Company 3773-V in…

KOTRLA, Hubert E. (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 0321
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Bagley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

LEBKOWSKY, Charles W. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0576
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Tucker during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

LU, Xinquian (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1715
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Chinese-born immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood and education in China; family life; parents’ role in decision-making; decision to enter U.S. to study accounting; practice of Christianity in China; immigration process; religious freedom in U.S. vs. China; struggles to acculturate.

MATTHEWS, J. C. (b. 1901)

Interview ID#
OH 0656
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Early childhood and adolescence; early teaching experiences; student at North Texas State Normal College during 1920s; appointment as a teacher in the college Laboratory School; principal, college Laboratory School; curriculum committee, State Department of Education; dean, College of Education; curriculum planning in College of Education; the…

McINTIRE, J. E. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 1113
His experiences aboard the destroyer USS Dale during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

MILLER, John M. (b. 1905)

Interview ID#
OH 1462
Pioneer aviator. His reminiscences from his career in aviation, 1920-63. Influence of the early aircraft designer Glenn Curtiss; his meeting with the aviatrix Ruth Law; influence of the book Aerobatics by Horatio Barber; his meeting with barnstorming pilot “Swanee” Taylor; Taylor’s gift of his aircraft to Miller; teaching himself to fly without…

MORRIS, JoEarl (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1337
His experiences as a B-24 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. His education and employment in the oil industry; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Victory Field, Vernon, Texas, 1942; his washing out of pilot training; ground school,…

NEVILL, Gale E. (b. 1906)

Interview ID#
OH 1391
Mechanical engineer. His experiences with the Corps of Engineers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war job experiences; enlistment in the Corps of Engineers Reserve, 1933; service with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona and Colorado, 1933-34; active duty, December, 1941; assignment to Headquarters, 3rd Army, Fort Sam Houston…

TEASLEY, Elizabeth K. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0899
Librarian. Her experiences as a student at the Library School at North Texas State College and as a public school librarian.

TOWERY, R. Kenneth (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 1075
Journalist, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Cabanatuan, 1942; Mukden, Manchuria, 1942-45; liberation by Russian troops.

VIVIAN, Joseph (b. 1911)

Interview ID#
OH 1006
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Central Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1803 at F-4-T near Ratcliff, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.

WELLS, Thelma (b. 1941)

Interview ID#
OH 0903
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Schoolteacher, secretary. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1963-79. Education; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; substitute teaching at Hamilton Park School; church activities; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park High School; Pacesetter; Interorganizational Council; president of Civic League; traffic access…

WILLIAMS, Joseph R. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0871
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Physician. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, in 1950s and 1960s. Childhood and education in Dallas; medical school at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1942-45; Army career; segregated housing in Dallas; discrimination against African-American physicians; dealing with the white power structure in Dallas; civil…

WOOTEN, Ben (b. 1894)

Interview ID#
OH 0029
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Banker, public servant, philanthropist. His observations on the growth and development of banking and finance in the Southwest. Service in World War I; assistant cashier of the Alba National Bank, Alba, Texas; cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Farmersville, Texas; state bank examiner; Federal Home Loan Banking System; vice-president and…

OELSCHALAEGER, Max (b. 1943)

Interview ID#
OH 1202
College professor. His experiences concerning the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Early interest in women's issues; views concerning environmental ethics, eco-philosophy, and eco-feminism; ideas concerning the components for a quality women's studies program.

PEACE, Erma B. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0907
Her experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, 1925-36. Family background; school facilities; school extra-curricular activities; physical layout of Frederick Douglass Colored School; comments about teachers and Principal Fred Moore; church activities; segregated public facilities in Denton.

SAMPLEY, Arthur (b. 1903)

Interview ID#
OH 0252
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College professor, former college administrator, former poet laureate of Texas. The making of the poet; analysis of his poetry; tenure as director of libraries and vice-president for academic affairs at North Texas State College; his philosophy of teaching; desegregation of the college, 1955-56.

SEFCIK, John (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1407
His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Youth in central Texas; decision to enter the military, 1940; assignment to the 12th Artillery Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, 1940; transfer to Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division, November, 1940; transfer as part of the cadre for the newly-formed 102nd Infantry…