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OPPENHEIM, Victor (b. 1906)

Interview ID#
OH 1100
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Geologist, explorer. His experiences concerning his work in mineral exploration and drawing geological maps for various governments in South America, 1929-75. Geological consultant to governments of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru; research geologist for governments of Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela; coal and oil discoveries;…
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PEACE, Hazel Harvey (b. ca. 1903)

Interview ID#
OH 1504
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Schoolteacher, community and civil rights activist. Her reminiscences of many years as a teacher at I.M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth, Texas, and her activities in community affairs and the civil rights movement. Her family background; her childhood and early education in a segregated society; college at Howard University, Washington, D.C.;…
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SAUER, Oscar H. (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 0324
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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SEWALT, Mary Anna (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0919
Her participation in the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1944-93. Youth in West Texas; employment with WPA (Works Progress Administration) during the New Deal years; decision to join Republican Party, 1947; her conservative philosophy; organizing the Republican Party in Denton County; 1952 presidential campaign; activities with Texas…
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SINKS, Robert M. (b. 1923)

Interview ID#
OH 1382
His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy and boot camp, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; advanced schooling in meteorology and aerology, 1942; volunteering for duty in China; accounts of insurgency operations and intelligence gathering in China, 1943-45; comments about the Sino-American Cooperative…
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SMITH, Willie F. (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OH 0829
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Businessman, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-90. Early work experience; service during the Korean War; positions with Lawyers Title Insurance Company; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, 1959; public transportation problems; flooding problems; shopping; deed restrictions; Interorganizational…
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STAPLETON, Beth White (b. 1929)

Interview ID#
OH 1623
For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former textile mill worker. Childhood in McKinney, Texas, and education in the town’s public schools; memories of father’s cotton ginning, cotton farming, and dairy businesses; memories of Texas Textile Mill; memories of 1948 tornado; social life in McKinney.
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RAINEY, Homer P. (b. 1896)

Interview ID#
OH 0011
Former president of the University of Texas, professor of higher education at the University of Colorado. General coverage of his early career; his problems with the Board of Regents at the University of Texas, 1944-45; his unsuccessful race for governor of Texas in 1946.
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SORIA, Miguel (b. 1962)

Interview ID#
OH 1758
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; experiences during first visit to the U.S.; illegally crossing the border to live in Dallas, Texas; experiences with a coyote; experiences as an undocumented person; experiences with discrimination in the U.S.; thoughts on the DREAM…
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ROBINSON, Anna (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1676
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school to play professional softball; decision to enlist in Women’s Army Corps in 1944; basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia; clerical training at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and Ft. Meade,…
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PARKER, Walt (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0158
Builder, farmer-rancher, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Freshmen legislators; reform legislation; appropriations; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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RUTHERFORD, Millard Fillmore (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1516
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Limestone County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Fort Parker in Springfield, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.
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DURAND, Claudio (b. 1938)

Interview ID#
OH 1846
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Argentinian-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas; Entrepreneur and businessman. Childhood in Buenos Aires; educational and work history; living in Puerto Rico; visits to New York; immigration process; differences between Argentina and the United States; becoming American; thoughts on current…
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WINN, Janine (b. 1948)

Interview ID#
OH 1875
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences gardening and outdoors; decision to homestead in Maine.
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HILL, Ruth Edmonds (b. 1925)

Interview ID#
OH 1893
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For the Oral History Association Archive Oral History Project. Oral historian and educator. Childhood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; family history; educational and professional background; Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill); experiences in the South; storytelling with Blue; work at the Schlesinger Library; Black Women’s Oral History Project; various…
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GOLDEN, Lorra (b. 1973)

Interview ID#
OH 1777
For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Army Sergeant, Petroleum Supply Specialist (92F), Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood in Gainesville, Texas; adoption of nephew; enlistment at thirty-two; challenges of being a non-traditional soldier; being openly gay in the military; experiences in combat; diagnoses and treatment of PTSD;…
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RIZK, Claude (b. 1957)

Interview ID#
OH 1749
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Lebanese-born immigrant to Lewisville, Texas. Life in pre-Civil War Lebanon; life during the Lebanese Civil War; preconceptions of America; move to Oxford, England, en route to College Station, Texas; attending Texas A&M University; citizenship process; difficulty with American expressions…
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MORENO, Lissette (b. 1983)

Interview ID#
OH 1930
For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. DREAM Team activist. Immigrating with her family from Monterey, Mexico at the age of five; being a role model to younger siblings; struggles in school with limited access of support for non-English speaking students; church involvement; early work life; invited to be the first Dreamer to speak to the…
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RIPP, William (b. 1934)

Interview ID#
OH 1965
Dispatch Clerk to Assistant Manager to Shift Manager for Dispatch. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and family members. Content includes personal…
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LOGAN, Burlyce (b. 1937)

Interview ID#
OH 2012
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UNT alumna whose college education began in 1956 and concluded in 2011. Childhood and education in Dallas and New York City; love of piano and musical education; decision to become one of the first African American students at North Texas; experiences as a college student, including racist incidents on campus, and as a boarder in Southeast Denton…
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LEWIS, Barry (b. 1950)

Interview ID#
OH 2049

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Barry M. Lewis is a criminal defense attorney who became involved with postpartum depression and psychosis related work in the 2010s. He discusses his entry to the field through his partner, Susan Feingold. Focus of the interview is on his and Feingold's work getting…

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LISBOA, Noel (b. 1979)

Interview ID#
OH 2071
Immigration, Philippines, and food memories. His experiences immigrating to America from the Philippines. Childhood and food memories in Philippines; immigration to America; school years in San Francisco, California; American foods; interest in fitness and personal training; American pop culture influences; Texas; consequence and value of foods…
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SATYU, Revathi (b. 1949)

Interview ID#
OH 2118

DFW Metroplex Oral History Immigration Project, South Asian immigrants in North Texas Collection. Immigration experience from India. Pioneer of Indian classical dance in DFW. Founding of the Arathi School of Dance as the first Bharatanatyam school in Dallas, Texas.  Co-founder of the Indian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

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MCLENDON, Michael (b. 1970)

Interview ID#
OH 2140

Our Stories, Our Justice is a participatory storytelling project that centers individuals and their communities in a collective effort to (re)produce oral and visual histories that shine light on a continuum of radical leadership by BIPOC and marginalized women.

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ADKINS, Dorothy (b. ca. 1925)

Interview ID#
OH 0705
Schoolteacher, community activist, homemaker. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Group social activities and parties; desegregation of public places in Denton; school desegregation; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; public housing; job…
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