For the Trailblazers Oral History Project. Retired Dallas educator who served as a principal, teacher, and leader with the Dallas Independent School District. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; education at Spelman College and North Texas State College, now the University of North Texas. Experienced racism and discrimination during her time at North…

His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Preliminary training in New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, and Kansas; troop convoy to England, 1944; preparations for the Normandy Invasion, 1944; entry into Normandy on D + 6; transfer to 9th Air Force; initiation to combat; bombing of Saint Lô, July 25, 1944; supplying U.S. fighters and…

Company transportation executive. His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Homemaker. Her reminiscences of life on the Scott Jacobs Farm, Denton County, Texas, 1920-87. The purchase of the land by her grandfather, Clint Jacobs; her identification of implements and outbuildings found on the farm; oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s; rural entertainment…

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

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

His experiences while aboard the heavy minelayer USS Ogallala 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; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in California and Gatesville and White Settlement, Texas; decision in enlist in U.S. Army; basic training and advanced training as motor transport operator at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; inability to withstand Airborne training at Ft. Benning, Georgia; postings in…

Businessman, 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; Bangkok, 1945; liberation.

His personal views and experiences during the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Treasury surplus; sentiment for tax relief; influence of Proposition 13 in California; gubernatorial politics; homestead exemptions; taxation on agricultural land; Peveto bill; “Filthy Fifty.”

Executive director of Resource Center Dallas. Childhood in Ohio and Bartlesville, Oklahoma; education at Northwestern University; decision to move to Dallas; career as a photojournalist and studio photographer; “coming-out” narrative; involvement with groups such as Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Dallas Gay Alliance/Dallas Gay and…

Founder and Chairman of the Board, El Chico Corporation. Family background; education problems; work as barber; employment in kitchen of Adolphus Hotel; “Mama” Delilah Cuellar’s Mexican food stand at Kaufman County Fair, 1926; opening of first “Cuellar’s” restaurant, 1928; expansion to other towns; Depression; work on ranch in Mexico; first El…

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.

Business executive. His experiences as a combat infantryman in Italy during World War II. Operations around Minturno; liberation of Rome; audience with Pope Pius XII; operations around Arno River; receiving battlefield commission; Po valley Campaign and fall of Verona; German surrender.

Experiences of A Basque immigrant. Life in Motrico, Guipuzcoa; coming to the United States; assimilation; Basque customs and folkways.

For the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. Fort Worth city councilman. Childhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and Fort Worth; family’s immigration narrative; education in Fort Worth public schools, Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University School of Law; career as a computer consultant, accountant, and…

Horticulturalist, 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; liberation.

Owner and operator, C. R. Fowler Hardware, and mayor, Krum, Texas. Family background; origins of Denton County Library; school experiences in Krum; experiences in Dallas during Depression; employment at father’s hardware store in Krum, 1933; effects of Depression on Krum; effects of World War II on hardware business; phase-out of farm implement…

His experiences near Schofield Barracks with the 98th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 24th Division during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Brandenburg an der Havel and Graudenz, Germany; escape to Berlin from advancing Soviet army in 1944, and again from Berlin to Bavaria in 1945; family’s experiences with occupying U.S. Army forces; marriage to an America GI; memories of first trip to U.S.; travel due…

Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Corpus Christi, Democrat. His experiences from his career as a member of the Texas Legislature (1939-40; 1953-62; 1964-67). Biographical information and decision to enter politics; influence of lobbyists; revenue legislation; changes in House rules; evolution of House membership; comments…

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