African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Fort Worth, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including I.M. Terrell High School; “benevolent racism” of Fort Worth whites; personal experience in desegregating Hollywood Theater in Fort Worth; early interest in journalism;…

Florists. Their life in Denton, Texas, 1910-1998 Family backgrounds; comments about the history and physical features of the Bayless-Selby house; decision to enter the flower business; evolving nature of their business; family entertainment.

Her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; enrollment at Prowell’s Business School, York, Pennsylvania, 1940; Wrightsville during the Great Depression; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her decision to join the Navy, November 18, 1943; boot camp, Hunter College, New…

His experiences in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. Assignment as executive officer for PT-309, PT Squadron 22, at Bastia, Corsica, 1944; interception of and engagements with German barge traffic along the western coast of Italy and the southern coast of France, 1944-45; encounters with German “F-lighter” armed barges; invasion of…

His experiences with the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician. Granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. Born and raised in Ulan Bator, Mongolia; education in Mongolia, China and United States; life in Communist Mongolia; aftermath…

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Minnesota; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Big Fork, Minnesota; description of camp; life in camp; joining the Marine Corps; 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

His experiences at Fort Kamehameha with the 97th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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

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.

For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Wichita Falls, Texas. Childhood in Mexico; life in the bordertown of Juarez, Mexico; family’s decision to immigrate to the United States; becoming American; racism; quality of life differences between being documented and undocumented; process to become documented.

For the Air America Oral History Project. Pilot and Army veteran. Childhood in Alabama; early fascination with aviation; ROTC fixed-wing flight training; transition to rotary craft; military combat tour in Vietnam with 201st Aviation Company; flying with Air America in southeast Asia; interview with Air America; assignment to Saigon, Vietnam; Air…

For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Contemporary state of civil rights progress; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; discrimination; poverty; Quakertown; continued community involvement; women’s rights; educational and professional background; activism; contemporary civil rights issues; contemporary politics;…

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Australian-born immigrant to Fort Worth, Texas. Childhood in Australia; interaction with American soldiers during World War II; Japanese invasion of Australia; first visit to the U.S.; first impressions of America; first marriage to an American; return to Australia for immigration process;…

Physician, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Childhood in Budapest; family’s practice of Judaism; anti-Semitism before Nazi invasion; anti-Jewish laws in 1930s; Hungarian declaration of war against Soviet Union and formation of Jewish labor battalions, 1941; German occupation of Hungary, 1944; deportations from countryside…

His life story of living in Denton, TX with his childhood family; going to school; local businesses and community; WWII Veteran experiences; successful businessman—canning company, plastic molding company; marriage and children; Denton Mayor and city government experience.

Marby, Dorinda: Various roles: line maintenance, scheduling flight attendants and pilots, to Flight Attendant. 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…

For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. High school teacher. Her experiences immigrating from Mexico to Carrollton, Texas in the 1990s at the age of three; her parents’ immigration experience; being a Mexican immigrant student in American public schools; learning English; ESL and Bilingual programs; stigma associated with being an…

Experiences as a North Texas student (BA, Aquatic Biology, 1964; MA Aquatic Biology/Microbiology, 1966), including involvement in Denton’s civil rights movement, experiences as a PhD student at UNC (Applied Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1971) and professor at UNC, experiences with water treatment and wastewater treatment.

For the DFW immigration Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to Frisco, Texas. Childhood and education experiences in Chennai, India; Queens, New York; and West Windsor, New Jersey. Adjusting to life in America as an immigrant; college education at Rutgers University; career with Southwest Airlines. Religious importance of Hindu temples:…

Businessman, Army veteran, survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-43; hell ship to Japan, 1943; Zentsuji, Shikoku, 1943; Rokuroshi, Honshu, 1945; liberation.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-Year versus two-year budget; increase in sales tax; Expansion of sales tax; “grocery tax”; conflicts with Speaker Gus Mutscher; beer lobby; views on corporate taxes; voter disillusionment; urban-rural conflicts; Wichita Falls politics; his…

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican national and immigrant to suburban Princeton, Texas. Childhood and education in Mexico City; family’s decision to immigrate to Provo, Utah, in 1995; first impressions of the U.S.; marriage; decision to relocate to Texas; opinions regarding anti-immigrant feelings prevalent in American…

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; creation of new four-year colleges; influence of beer and liquor lobby; sales tax exemptions; comments about Speaker Gus Mutscher; revenue legislation; annual legislative sessions; future political ambitions.