His experiences at Hickam Field with the 324th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

African-American former student of North Texas State College. Remembrances about childhood and early education in South Dallas, Texas; decision to enter North Texas State in 1957; off-campus life in “Shack Town” among other black students; difficulties adjusting to college and decision to drop out of North Texas in 1960; perceptions of President J…

Journalist, former sports information director at North Texas State University. His recollections of the desegregation of intercollegiate athletics at North Texas State College while an assistant in the News and Information Office, 1956.

Her experiences at Tripler General Hospital during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Texas Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; opposition to special session; repeal of sales tax on utility bills; modification of inheritance tax exemptions; ad valorem tax; agricultural land; initiative­ referendum; Peveto Bill;…

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

Engineer, nuclear physicist. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Pre-war education at the University of Rochester; enlistment in the Navy, July, 1943; midshipman’s school, Columbia University, 1943-44; volunteering for training with Navy Scouts, Raiders, and Underwater Demolition Teams, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1944…

For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Cotton gin foreman. His comments and observations about changing patterns of cotton production and cotton gin operations in Denton County, Texas, 1960-1987. Processes for separating trash, lint, and seeds; changing technology for ginning operations; the Massey gin’s role in marketing cotton;…

His experiences as a student at Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas, 1928-40. Family background; comments about teachers; athletic activities and influence of Coach Tennyson Miller; school curriculum.

His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. Influence of the Beatles on his music tastes; enrollment at the University of Texas , 1965-1969; his stint in the military, 1969-71; his interest in photography; his return to the University of Texas in 1971 and his comments about…

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Freshmen legislators; reform legislation; appropriations; personal legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.

Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi and Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944-45…

His experiences while aboard the auxiliary repair ship USS Medusa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Tax consultant. His experiences as a crew member on a B-24 in the European Theater; and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans during World War II. Conscription into the Army, December, 1942; basic training, Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas; transfer to the Air Force, February, 1943, and further basic training, Miami Beach, Florida…

For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Redford, Texas. Childhood and early education in Redford; attendance at University of Texas-Austin; family’s farming and mercantile history in the Big Bend area; involvement with Texas Historical Commission; experiences of mother, Lucia Rede Madrid, as a rural librarian;…

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature.

Executive. Educational background; early work experience; employment with Texaco in China; comments about the Young Marshall (Chiang Hsueh-Liang); Texaco (China) marketing policies; Texaco’s product lines in China; formation of Caltex, 1936; transfer to Caltex; assignment to Caltex (India), 1937; expansion of the Indian market; employment with…

Realtor. His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Retired carpenter, farmer, municipal employee. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the Coastal Bend area of south Texas, 1910-50. Life on the Taft Ranch; President William Howard Taft’s visit; agrarian social life; Mexican-Anglo relations; comments about African Americans.

His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Geophysicist. His recollections and experiences as a geophysicist in the oil industry. Employment with Geophysical Service, Inc., 1936-55; seismic crews and oil field contract operations; comments about Everett DeGolyer, Clarence Karcher, Eugene McDermott, Erik Jonsson; formation of Texas Instruments, 1952; technological developments in oil…

Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational background; employment with Standard Oil of California; transfer to Caltex; World War II and the Bahrain aviation gasoline project; Caltex Engineering Department; Bec d’Ambes refinery reconstruction; postwar refinery expansion; history of formation of Caltex; Medreco refinery; joint ventures;…

His experiences as a naval aviator in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to VF-3 as wingman for "Butch" O'Hare; assignment to the carrier Essex; Wake Island raids, 1943; becoming an Ace at Kwajalein, 1944; Truk raid, 1944; assignment to Fighter Squadron 16 on the carrier Lexington; second Truk raid, 1944; "Great Marianas Turkey…

Pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth. Childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at NTSC and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of “coming out” to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to…