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WEGER, Laura Nevada (b. 1979)

Interview ID#
OH 1763
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, Technical, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood moving around the United States; family history of military service; reasons for joining the Navy; reaction of family to enlistment; training as a cryptological technician; first duty station…
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PATTON, Henry (b. ca. 1905)

Interview ID#
OH 0034
Banker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Port Aransas and Aransas Pass, Texas, 1920-70.
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PETERSON, Earl (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0364
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 3rd Engineers during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SCROGGS, Jack B. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0083
College professor. His experiences while chair of the faculty search committee that was responsible for the selection of C. C. (“Jitter”) Nolen as president of North Texas State University.
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SHIVERS, Allan (b. 1907)

Interview ID#
OH 0026
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Former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. Observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson; Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948; Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952; Johnson presidential race of 1960; Texas Democratic politics, 1952-56; Fifty-third State Legislature; governor’s role in state…
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SMITH, Loyd (b. 1926).

Interview ID#
OHB 0044
Owner and operator, Loyd’s Rentall, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming in North Texas during Depression and post-World War II period; equipment service work in Dallas and Abilene; opening martinizing shop in Denton; investment in Denton rental business; purchase of United Rental franchise; expansion of contractor phase of business;…
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SPEER, Russell (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1510
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His education and youth in South Texas; enlistment in the Army, September, 1942; assignment to the Courts-Martial Section, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-44; Officer Candidate School, Fort Lee, Virginia, 1944; Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, 1944; assignment to…
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STOCKETT, Thomas (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0678
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Dale during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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RASCHEN, Gudrun (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1700
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman’s University. Childhood and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents’ move to South Africa; own move to South Africa; discovery of the cello and decision to study it seriously;…
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POMERANCE, Joseph B. (b. 1910)

Interview ID#
OH 0534
Physician. His experiences at the Station Hospital, Hickam Field, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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RODGERS, Charline Scripture (b. 1929) and John (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1725
For the Denton County Historical Commission. Members of longtime Denton, Texas, family. History of Scripture family’s migration to Texas after the Civil War and eventual settlement in Denton, including great uncle’s grocery store on Denton Square and grandfather’s lumber yard. Construction of family’s landmark home on Scripture Hill. Reminiscences…
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ROHLOFF, Vincent L. (b. 1914)

Interview ID#
OH 0808
Businessman, contractor. His role in the development of Hamilton Park, Texas, during the 1950s. Efforts of Dallas Home Builders Association to establish residential neighborhoods for African Americans; role of Karl Hoblitzelle and Hoblitzelle Foundation; Dallas Citizens Interracial Association; selection of Hamilton Park site; role of Jerome…
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ALI, Dr. Shazia (b. 1975)

Interview ID#
OH 1788
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Pakistani-born immigrant to Mesquite, Texas; Professor of English at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas. Childhood in Pakistan and Dubai; education in Catholic Convent in Karachi, Dubai and in England and Richland College in Dallas, Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas; speaks…
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SWAIM, Kenneth (b. 1939)

Interview ID#
OH 1854
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Lifetime Tolar, Texas resident. Childhood in Tolar; rural life; memories of segregation; race relations in Tolar; visits to Fort Worth; work experience; electrifying rural Texas; integration of little league sports; post-World War II changes to rural Texas; John F. Kennedy assassination;…
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CARTER, Coy (b. 1929)

Interview ID#
OH 1883
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood in Weatherford and Spring Creek, Texas; farming in Spring Creek; memories of the Great Depression; ranching; tenure as sheriff.
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SAIN, Burnette (b. 1910)

Interview ID#
OH 0886
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Tennessee; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1473 in F-11 at Bristol, Tennessee; description of camp; life in camp.
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JO GALLENT, Julio Cesar (b. 1986)

Interview ID#
OH 1769
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Cuban-born immigrant to Garland, Texas. Childhood in Cuba as a second generation Spanish-Korean; escape from Communism via boat; refugee experience in Guantánamo Bay; first memories of the U.S.; transition to American life; move to Texas; comparison of life in Cuba to life in America; effects…
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WISECUP, John (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1316
Survivor of the sinking of the cruiser USS Houston. His postwar sketches of life as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese at Hintok, Thailand, 1942-44. Bridge-building details; "Pack of Cards" bridge; Japanese cruelties and atrocities; tropical diseases; burial details.
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STROUD, Wendolyn (b. 1927) and DAVIS, Donald (b. 1935)

Interview ID#
OH 1923A
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Sister and brother sharing childhood memories growing up in a family of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.
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FERRIER, Donald E. (Don) (b. 1951)

Don Ferrier, CGB (Certified Green Builder), is the Owner and CEO of Ferrier Companies. As the third generation of Scottish immigrants who were stone masons and builders, he founded his business in 1984 in response to an increased need for high-performance construction methods addressing energy efficiency. Ferrier was one of the first builders in…
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KUPERSZTOCH, Jacobo (b. 1944)

Interview ID#
OH 2021
Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S. of German heritage and immigrant rights activist. Childhood and education in Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico; involvement in activist student politics; career as a biologist working on issues of bacterial resistance; involvement in immigrant rights movements and local Mexican American political groups; opinions…
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PARRY, Barbara L. (b. 1952)

Interview ID#
OH 2057

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Barbara L. Parry is a professor of psychiatry focused on women's mood disorders, especially postpartum depression and premenstrual disorders. She discusses her training and early research in the field, her work with light therapy and with sleep and circadian rhythms…

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HAMMICK, Lazayvion (OH 2088)

Interview ID#
OH 2088

UNT alumnus (class of 2021). The interview was created to accommodate a comparison of the collegiate experience of UNT’s African American students during 2018-2021 with the experiences of African American students of the 1950s and 1960s.

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AARON, John (b. 1942)

Interview ID#
OH 1603
For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA engineer and manager. Childhood in Dodson, Texas, and Vinson, Oklahoma; education at Bethany Nazarene College and Southwestern Oklahoma State University; career with NASA in mission control, space shuttle development, and software development, and International Space Station programs; duties on various…
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ALLEN, Billy W. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0298
Schoolteacher. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Pre-war duty in China with 4th Marines; fall of Corregidor and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila; Cabanatuan, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Osaka, 1942-45, and American air raids; liberation.
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