For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Reminiscences and experiences concerning their father's farm near Pilot Point, Texas, 1900-1980 Comments about their African-American ancestors; their descriptions of various pieces of old farm equipment strewn about the homestead; sorghum mill and syrup- making; hog butchering and meat preservation;…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma and Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Bonham, Texas; move to Mount Pleasant, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.
Realtor, advertising executive, 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; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China…
Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Effects of the Great Depression on her family; her first job experience in a knitting mill; incentives to seek a job as a riveter with Armstrong, 1942; transportation problems; shift work; wage discrimination; length of the workday and…
His experiences as a machinist at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base, 1942-44; his experiences as a combat infantryman in Germany, 1945; Hermann Goering's headquarters in Munich; liberation of Dachau; his receiving the Bronze Star.
For the Geezle Oral History Project. His story of his nativity in Hawkins, TX, and his public education in Lewisville, TX. Insights about his athletic football career in high school, at Texas Technological College, and to North Texas State College. Recollections on graduating in business administration, beginning a career in securities, and…
Retired communications technician, community leader. His experiences concerning the desegregation of the Hamilton Park, Texas, school and integration with the Richardson Independent School District (RISD) during the 1960s and 1970s. Hamilton Park Civic League; conditions at the Hamilton Park School; Civil Rights Act of 1964 and RISD’s compliance;…
Community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-89. Childhood in East Texas; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park; social activities; Civic League; property maintenance and deed restrictions; widening of Forest Lane; widening of Schroeder Road; extension of Shepherd Road; relations with Texas Instruments; zoning…
Airline employee, community leader. His experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life in East Texas; employment in Dallas; service in U.S. Navy during World War II; job promotions with Braniff; African-American housing in Dallas; decision to purchase home in Hamilton Park, 1956; flooding problems; shopping in the community…
Airline employee, community leader. His role in the desegregation of the Hamilton Park, Texas, school and integration with the Richardson Independent School District.
Businessman His experiences as the head of Riverside Foundry, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, during World War II Foundry business during the Great Depression; thoughts about Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal; conversion from peacetime to wartime production during World War II; obtaining contracts to produce hand grenades and rifle grenades;…
Her recollections of the Progressive Era in Texarkana, Texas. Marriage to Wilbur Smith; courting practices; childhood; family servants; education; church activities; survey of downtown businesses; her job in the newspaper business; leisure time activities; Red Cross activities during World War I; family reading material; political activities.
For the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. Attorney and UNT Foundation emeritus board member. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; education history; political activities; involvement in the UNT Foundation and Board of Regents; Foundation history; law career; future of UNT; diversity at UNT.
President and senior chairman of board, Mcclurkan’s, Wichita Falls, Texas. Family background; father’s employment with McClurkan’s store in Denton and Krum; father’s experiences opening and managing McClurkan’s store in Wichita Falls, 1907; comments on grandfather W. S. Ikard’s ranching activities in Clay County and relationship with Comanche…
His experiences with the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Experiences at University of Alabama and in US Air Force. Flight School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, and Basic Training in Mississippi. Assignments in Keflavik, Iceland, Red Bluff, CA, and NORAD Sector as Captain in electronics and communications. Certified for the F-102 at Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, TX. Experiences while…
Executive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational background; banking business in London; employment with Caltex and assignment with Bapco on Bahrain, 1937; Bahraini royal family; Bapco policies; World War II; post-World War II developments on Bahrain; assignment to Caltex (New York), 1957; Caltex reorganization, 1957; Caltex West Fiscal; OPEC…
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;…
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Businessman. Childhood in Denton, Texas; contact with black community; memories of segregation; floor-covering business; National Guard service; philosophy on customer service.
African-American alumna of North Texas State College. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Irving and Dallas, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including Booker T. Washington Technical High School; decision to enroll at North Texas State College in 1957; adjustments required for attending school in integrated setting;…
Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-91. Early life as daughter of an African-American sharecropper; segregated education; African-American housing in Dallas during the 1940s and 1950s; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements and pride in ownership; transportation problems; shopping; flooding and drainage…
College professor. His experiences as a member of the faculty advisory committee that was responsible for the selection of John Kamerick as president of North Texas State University.
Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after his capture on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, 1942; his account of the Palawan Massacre, 1944.
