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SIMPSON, James B. (b. 1916) and Dorothy (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 0841
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Their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1960-90 Early life in rural Texas; Jim Crowism in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; employment; home improvements; transportation problems; church activities; Civil League; property restrictions; commercial encroachment; traffic problems; political activities; school…
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SMITH, Wilbur (b. 1902)

Interview ID#
OH 1060
His recollections of the Progressive Era in Texarkana, Texas. Memories of grandparents and parents; ethnic groups; education and teachers; boarding houses and hotels; downtown businesses; his mother’s business activities; church activities.
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STEVENSON, Laurice (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0875
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Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1955-90; education in segregated schools; early work experience; military service in World War II; employment at Consolidated Lloyds Insurance Company; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; description of original house floor plan; social…
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RAGGIO, Louise (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0527
Attorney. Her role in the writing and passage of the Texas Family Code. Family background; her education; Rockefeller Grant to National Institute of Public Affairs; career with National Youth Administration; participation in League of Women Voters during World War II; law school at Southern Methodist University; early law career; activities with…
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STEVENS, Michie (b. 1939)

Interview ID#
OH 1755
For the Air America Oral History Project. Stewardess for Air America. Growing up in World War II China and Japan; family and personal views of America; brother joins Yakuza crime syndicate; first English speaking jobs; hiring and training with Air America; meeting and marrying her husband, Air America pilot Steve Stevens; working as a stewardess…
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ROBERTSON, Naipo (b. 1922)

Interview ID#
OH 0220
His experiences while home on pass in Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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PARKER, Walt (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 0051
Builder, farmer-rancher, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Biographical information; revenue legislation; influence of lobbyists; state minimum wage law; creation of new four-year colleges; committee appointments; changes in state sales…
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RUSSELL-NEWMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Rowe B. Newman (b. 1902), Frank Martino (b. 1929), Don Robinson (b. 1917), and Lura Kendrick (b. 1910)

Interview ID#
OHB 0032
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NEWMAN, Rowe B. Founder and chairman of board, Russell-Newman Mfg. Company, Denton, Texas. Boyhood; early work experiences; education; store manager, Montgomery Ward; store manager, Butler Bros.; founding Russell-Newman, 1939; decision to specialize in lingerie; World War II; growth and expansion; financing methods; chain store accounts; decisions…
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McMILLEN, Abbie (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1780
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with gardening and self-sufficiency; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
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KIMBER, Robert “Bob” (b. 1934) and Rita (b. 1934)

Interview ID#
OH 1874
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteaders and simple life advocates. Childhoods; early experiences with gardening and the outdoors; decision to homestead in Maine; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life.
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SHEPHARD, Mae Dell (b. ca. 1930)

Interview ID#
OH 1907
For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; family background; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; continued community involvement; educational background; Denton desegregation; contemporary race relations.
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GAUDETTE, Jeanne (b. 1947)

Interview ID#
OH 1811
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Healer and simple life advocate. Family and childhood in Massachusetts; early influences on life philosophy; move to Maine; Scott and Helen Nearing; Back to the Land movement; the Good Life Center.
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READ, Campbell (b. *)

Interview ID#
OH 1807
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Retired statistics professor, former Dallas Gay Alliance board member, and longtime activist in the Dallas LGBT community. Police harassment of the Dallas gay community; Village Station arrests; coming out in the late 1970s; Dallas Gay Alliance; childhood in the United Kingdom; travels in the Middle East…
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ECHEVARRIA, Diego (b. 1992)

Interview ID#
OH 1929
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Childhood growing up in Mexico City, Mexico; moving to a border town and eventually moving to Texas in 2004; school life attending ESL classes; working as an undocumented immigrant; process of applying for DREAM Act, DACA.
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NITCHKE, Pattie South (b. 1946)

Interview ID#
OH 1964
Daughter of Charles S. South, former Vice President and Administrative Head of Braniff’s Latin-American Division. 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…
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RICHARDSON, James Robert "Bob" (b. 1938)

Interview ID#
OH 2017
For the Geezle Oral History Project. NTSC alumnus, football player, and member of the Geezles Fraternity. Childhood and public-school education in Dallas and Garland, TX; experiences as a high school football player and recruitment to North Texas in 1956; experiences with the North Texas freshman and varsity football teams; decision to join…
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DUNNEWOLD, Ann (b. 1955)

Interview ID#
OH 2048

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Ann Dunnewold her training in psychology, her own postpartum depression, and her entry into clinical work in maternal mental health. She discusses her introduction to Postpartum Support International in 1990, and her later presidency of the organization. She…

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VO, David (b. 1970)

Interview ID#
OH 2072
For DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Vietnamese immigrant. Childhood in wartime and immediate post-war Vietnam; Communist persecution and flight from the country; Vietnamese boat people; experiences in refugee camps in Japan and the Philippines; immigration to the United States and subsequent challenges; careers with Ryobi and Bosch; move…
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BARRERA, Jimmy (b. 1978)

Interview ID#
OH 2120

Archeologist, United States Department of Transportation Cultural Resources Division, Office of Environmental Program Management. Background and interest on becoming an archeologist. Working for the USDOT and experiences on excavations nationally and internationally. Helping with the Denton, Texas Archeology Fair.

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MCBRIDE, Beatrice (b. 1956)

Interview ID#
OH 2139

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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ADAMS, Virgil C. (b. 1928)

Interview ID#
OHB 0070
Owner and operator of Adams Exterminating Company, Denton, Texas. Family background; father’s employment with Morrison Milling Company and International Exterminating Company, Denton; experiences in Navy at end of World War II; employment with father’s company, Adams Exterminating, 1950; comments on public view of pest control business, 1940s;…
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ALLRED, David (b. 1936)

Interview ID#
OH 0505
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; treasury surplus; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe, Speaker Bill Clayton, and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; personal reaction to the special session; repeal of sales tax on residential…
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ASHMORE, J. L. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 0764
His experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BARRON, Gelane Matthews (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 0235
Her experiences at Tripler General Hospital, Fort Shafter, during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BENTON, Allen H. (b. 1921)

Interview ID#
OH 1624
Childhood experiences in upstate New York, including Depression-era economy; education at Cornell University; drafting into the U.S. Army Infantry and service at several stateside bases; transfer to Cavalry and combat in Pacific Theater; memories of Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay; opinions on war in general; career as author of biological field…
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