For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Texas. Childhood and education in McKinney public schools; work as cotton picker for local farmers; parents’ jobs in the mill; family life on “the mill block;” importance of the New Deal; memories of 1948 tornado; social…

His experiences with the 29th Division during the invasion of Normandy in World War II.

For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Simple life advocate. Childhood in New Jersey; family losses; discovery of the Nearings and the simple life; memories of Scott and Helen Nearing; the Good Life Center.

For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. DREAM Team activist. Childhood in Mexico and Dallas, Texas; family’s immigration to the United States; difficulty travelling while undocumented or on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); connection to Mexican heritage; American identity; becoming American; activism and North Texas DREAM Team…

Methodist pastor, educator, and civil rights activists. Childhoods; exposure to racism, discrimination, and segregation; interactions with African Americans; civil rights work in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Chicago, Illinois; Ecumenical Institute; restrictions on women and the women’s movement; run-ins with the Ku Klux Klan; developing a model for…

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime Weatherford resident. Childhood in Parker County, Texas; memories of World War I; Weatherford in the 1920s; the Great Depression; World War II; medical history.

For the For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Long-time Denton resident and Denton Convention and Visitors Bureau employee. Family and early childhood in Kansas City, Missouri; family’s move to Dallas; college in Denton; career in Dallas-Fort Worth area; Denton attractions; Denton history; African American life in Denton.

Memories of growing up in Denton. His lifelong involvement with the Rotary club from watching his dad as president to his own experiences as the president of the Rotary club in Bonham. Recollections of Denton historical events such as the desegregation of public schools.

World War II U.S. Army veteran. Childhood and family memories. Experiences during the war including training at Fort Wolters and service in the 63rd Infantry Division in the European Theater. Post-war experiences working in and around Dallas.

UNT alumnus and former faculty member, Denton pastor, and retirement center administrator. Childhood, education, and perceptions of race relations in Florida and Texas; education at UNT, Southern Baptist College, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; career as associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Denton; experiences with…

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Wanda Franz is a developmental psychologist and an anti-abortion activist, who has been involved in that work since the 1970s. She was president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) for twenty years, between 1991-2001. In this interview she speaks especially…

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Jabina Coleman is a reproductive psychotherapist and a board-certified lactation consultant. She discusses her work as a social worker, and her work on Black maternal mental health and perinatal mood disorders like postpartum depression. She discusses her businesses,…

Labor arbitrator, Lubbock, Texas; director of regional War Labor Board, Dallas, Texas. Family background; farming near Beach, North Dakota; activities as principal in Dodge, North Dakota; employment in political science department at University of North Dakota, 1937; experiences during the Great Depression; research on crop insurance and liberty…

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Revenue legislation; reform of liquor laws; increase in state sales tax; changes in House rules; beer and liquor lobby; comments about Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes; comments about other House members.

Longtime activists in the Dallas lesbian community. Armstrong’s childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, New Jersey, and California; decision to study nursing and settle in Denver, Colorado; “coming-out” narrative. Young’s childhood in Ada, Oklahoma; education at East Central State University and the University of Colorado; “coming-out” narrative. Their…

His experiences in Vietnam during 1967·-68, as related in tape-recorded letters sent to various family members. Tour at Dong Ha Air Base, 1967; comments about fighting along the DMZ; shortage of equipment; ongoing base construction; inter-service cooperation; his divorce appeal; health and sanitation conditions; contacts with friends from previous…

Social worker. Her experiences as a delegate to the first national convention of the National Women’s Political Caucus, Houston, Texas, February 8-10, 1973; views on various state and national feminist leaders; views on women’s liberation in general.

His experiences in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Entry into the service and basic training, 1943; transit across the Atlantic to North Africa and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to D Company, 135th Regiment; Monte Cassino, 1944; foul weather, mountainous terrain, and supply problems; murder of German POWs; survival in…

His experiences as sheriff of Wise County, Texas, 1941-47. Law enforcement equipment and technology in 1940s; working on a fee basis; law enforcement practices in 1940s; search warrants; comments about criminals ”Pretty Boy” Floyd, “Machine Gun” Kelly, Raymond Hamilton, and Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow; justice of the peace courts; county…

His experiences as an employee of the Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Arkansas, and the Lone Star Ordnance Plant, Texarkana, Texas, 1941-43. Union activities; safety procedures; women employees; work schedules.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Freshmen legislators; reform legislation; appropriations; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.

His experiences as a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Joining the Illinois National Guard, 1938; federalization of the Illinois National Guard, March, 1941; training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, 1941-42; shipment to Camp Darwin, Australia, 1942; formation of the Americal Division and landings at New Caledonia…

His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-seventh Legislature. Effects of elections of 1980; effects of Brilab; House rules; selection of committee chairs; initiative-referendum; interest rates; state water plan redistricting; law-and-order legislation; his political future.

Her views and experiences concerning the impact of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas, 1960-93. Roots of her political conservatism; grassroots voluntarism; her role as precinct chair; Texas Federation of Republican Women; her pro-life stand; GOP and minorities; impact of Congressman Jim Collins in getting women involved in…