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BURKHARD, Joy (b. 1973)

Interview ID#
OH 2063
For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Joy Burkhard is a maternal mental health advocate, working on behalf of women with postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and related diagnoses. Burkhard is founder and executive director of the nonprofit 2020 Mom (the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health).…
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MAJSTOROVIC, Vojin (b. 1980)

Interview ID#
OH 2093

For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Assistant Professor of History, World War II scholar at UNT. Childhood in Belgrade, Serbia and Toronto, Canada. Education at York and Toronto Universities. Childhood immigration to Canada, life and work in Canada and Moscow. Immigration to the United States. Multicultural childhood and…

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BARRAGAN, Juan R. "Johnny" (b. 1985)

Interview ID#
OH 2145

Johnny describes his childhood through the foods he grew up on. His grandparents, who provided him and his sister with care and supervision, influenced Johnny's palate. As he grew up, his relationship to food changed as he became aware of his body and body size. His relationship, then, became one of control in order to obtain a desirable body.…

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ALEXANDER, Shuford M. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1349
Engineer. His experiences as a fighter pilot in Italy during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, 1942; pre-flight training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 1942-43; primary flight training at Waco, Texas, 1943; advanced flight training at Foster Field, Victoria…
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ANDREWS, Robert O. (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1524
Businessman. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and farming activities in Olney, Texas; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, c. 1941; assignment to Chanute Field, Illinois, c. 1941-42; Officer Candidate School, Miami Beach, Florida, c. 1942; assignment to Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, c. 1942-44;…
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BAIRD, James (b. 1941)

Interview ID#
OH 0635
College professor. His experiences as faculty advisor to the Students for a Democratic society (SDS) at North Texas State University during the late 1960s.
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BEASLEY, James (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0551
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BLACKWELL, Herschel (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0975
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-14 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BOYD, W. E. (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0560
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 3rd Engineers during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BROOKS, Harry (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0246
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BURNS, Estel G. (b.1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1703
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. World War II veteran and B-17 pilot. Childhood and education in Bates County, Missouri; family history; farm life in the Great Depression; 1942 enlistment in Army Air Corps; basic training; training for aviation mechanics at Sheppard Field, Texas; radio school in Sioux Falls, S.D.; acceptance into pilot…
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CARLTON, C. “Corky” (b. ca 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0979
His experiences as the public relations and advertising person for the Crater of Diamonds, Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1958-65.
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CHRISTIAN, George (b. 1927)

Interview ID#
OH 0111
Journalist, public relations executive, former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson. His experiences and impressions during his tenure as presidential press secretary. Role of White House task forces in policy-making; presidential decision-making; importance of staff work; Executive-Legislative relationships; functions of the press…
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COLLINS, Eiland (b. 1927)

Interview ID#
OH 0970
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Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1962-91. Childhood in East Texas; segregated education; Civic League and its activities; property violations; home improvements; his presidency of the Civic League; zoning problems; the “Buy Out”; current neighborhood problems.
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CREACY, William W. (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 1018
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Hagansport, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 855 at Camp BR-54-M in Elephant Butte near Tucson, Arizona; Grand Lake, Colorado; and Yuma, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.
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DALE, Richard (b. 1955)

Interview ID#
OH 1672
For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Marine Corps pilot. Childhood in Tennessee, Florida, and Dallas area; education at Baylor University and Texas A&M; decision to enter Marines aviation program; training at Camp Pendleton, California, Quantico, Virginia; officer candidate school; assignments to naval air stations at…
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DELLINGER, Mary Jane Essig (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 1345
Factory worker. Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Pre-war work experience in silk mills; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her employment at the Hamilton Watch Company assembling time fuses for bombs, 1942; her marriage to Clair Dellinger, 1942; her…
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DUBROFF, John (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0212
His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 11th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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ELLIOTT, Nathaniel S. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0352
Printer. His experiences while assigned to an engineer unit between Pearl Harbor and Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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FAIR, Lloyd C. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OHB 0089
Supervisor and buyer for stores, Duke & Ayres Company. Family background; farming near Weatherford, Texas; experiences during Depression in Weatherford; employment with Duke & Ayres, 1941; comments on employee rules and regulations; description of ownership changes; comments on merchandise sold in stores; personnel practices; employment…
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FLATO, Edwin F. (b. ca. 1885)

Interview ID#
OH 0115
Retired businessman. His observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1904-30. His ventures in the hardware business; origins of the Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle; Kleberg interests.
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FUKUI, George (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0538
Microbiologist. His experiences during the relocation of Japanese-Americans in World War II. Family history; Pearl Harbor; Tanforan Assembly Center; camp life; Topaz; leave clearance.
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GENSLER, Harold (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OH 1416
Policeman. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth in Ossining, New York; employment with the New York Central Railroad during the late 1930s and early 1940s; enlistment in the Navy SeaBees, 1943; basic training, Camp Perry, Virginia, 1943; temporary assignment as a clerk at the Oakland Naval Supply Center, 1943-44;…
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GOSSETT, Ed (b. 1902)

Interview ID#
OH 0120
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Attorney, former U.S. Congressman from Wichita Falls, Texas, 1938-51, federal judge. Early law career; his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1936; his successful campaign for Congress in 1938 against ardent pro-New Dealer W. D. McFarlane; comments about the New Deal; his personal political philosophy; congressional committees; inner-workings…
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GROGAN, Roy J. (b. 1926)

Interview ID#
OH 1701
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family history; Parker County farming history; childhood and education in Weatherford; Depression-era struggles; enlistment in U.S. Navy; World War II service; studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law; legal career with FBI, in private practice in Weatherford, and as Parker County…
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