For the Arms Along the Border Oral History Project. Instructor for Outward Bound wilderness program in Redford, Texas. Experiences growing up in Midwest; love of outdoors; career in Peace Corps; interactions with people of Redford; opinions regarding shooting of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr., and activities of U.S. Border Patrol.

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, 1944-45; liberation.

North Texas business owner. Remembrances about childhood in Lindsay, St. Joe, and Gainesville, Texas; being drafted into U.S. Air Force; training at various stateside bases and overseas service in China-Burma-India and Pacific theaters as top-gunner in a B-29 crew; decision to enter jewelry business and purchase Kinne’s Jewelers in Gainesville,…

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

His experiences while ashore at home in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (He was actually attached to the repair ship USS Medusa).

Oilman. His career in the oil industry; Board of Regents, University of Texas. Rainey controversy; government service during World War II; political philosophy and activities.

Accountant. His experiences as a B-26 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Army Air Forces, 1942; pre-flight training, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942; primary flight training, Uvalde, Texas, 1942; basic flight training, Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-43; advanced flight training, Ellington Field,…

Attorney, member of the Texas State Senate from Galveston, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; redistricting.

His experiences with the Air Warning System at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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

Insurance executive, banker, farmer. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Cotton farming; banking; Mexican-Anglo relations; small town social life.

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; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Ohasi, Honshu, 1942-45; liberation.

Watchmaker. His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Blue during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Lebanese-born immigrant to Lewisville, Texas. Life in Lebanon; family history; life during the Lebanese Civil War; knowledge of the U.S. before immigrating; obtaining a U.S. visa; arrival in New York, New York; obtaining citizenship; increased difficulty for Middle Eastern males entering the U…

Scientist, engineer, physicist. His role in the development of the proximity fuze in World War II. Education and technical training; employment with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1942; technical aspects of developing the proximity fuze; practical applications of the proximity fuze in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean…

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

For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Chinese-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in China; education; family dynamics in China compared to United States; children; decision to immigrate; Chinese culture; importance of language; American parenting; importance of religion and family; community building in Plano; Chinese…

Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.

Medical doctor and professor. Childhood in New York; educational and professional background; WWII military service; assignment to 98th General Hospital in Munich, Germany; post-war Germany; testimony at Nazi war crimes trial in Dachau, Germany; Nazi medical practices and racial theory; post-service career in academic medicine; UT Southwestern…

For the Mexican American Women’s Educational Experience Oral History Project. Second generation of Bermejo women. Recollections of schooling in Fort Worth, Texas; scholastic structure of home life; cultural expectations and limitations on education; meaning of high school graduation; educational goals for children; role in sending children to…

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Businessman and long-time Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Cambridge, England; first realization of being gay; being gay in the post-World War II Royal Air Force; immigration to the U.S. in 1956; Texas gay rights movement; Human Rights Foundation; activism in the Dallas LGBT community; rejection of…

For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Their lives prior to meeting. Injustices experienced by being gay. How they met in Dallas in 1961. Recalling the gay bar scene in Dallas and the gay movement in Dallas. Evans and Harris were the first same-sex couple to be married in Dallas County, in a civil ceremony, following the U. S. Supreme Court’s…

Fort Worth-based Chicano political activists. Discussion of the Raza Unida Party in Tarrant County and throughout Texas; efforts to improve the economic, social and political aspects of the Chicano community. Carlos Puente’s service on Fort Worth City Council. Roadblocks Mexican-Americans faced in campaigning and running for political office, city…

Mildred Kitchens recounts her childhood growing up in the small timber mill town of Diboll, Texas during the early twentieth century. She discusses working her way through the Texas State College for Women (now Texas Women’s University) in the late 1930s. After graduating from TSCW, Kitchens took a job working for the National Youth Administration…

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Jane I. Honikman was a co-founder of Postpartum Education for Parents (1977) and founder of Postpartum Support International (1987). Keywords: postpartum depression, women and mental health, maternal health, Postpartum Support International, Marcé Society, adoption,…