Michelle Mears | Oral History

Michelle Mears

OH 1622

Longtime North Texas music professor and wife. Bob Rogers’ childhood in Bartlesville and Tulsa, Oklahoma; education at Julliard School of Music and Columbia Teachers College; service in World War II-era Army; and career as faculty member in North Texas School of Music (piano) from 1948 to 1984, including experience with State Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and memories of “’Fess” Graham. Daisy Rogers’ childhood in Red Eagle and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and education at Oklahoma A&M.

OH 1745

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Native resident of Denton, Texas. Family history; relation to the first elected official in Dallas, Texas; Denton’s First State Bank; childhood and schooling in Denton; family during the Great Depression; playing piano; the Denton Square; Pearl Harbor and the Second World War; attending the University of North Texas; husband’s background; courtship; life in Austin, Texas; return to Denton; husband’s legal career; catering business; community involvement; children and grandchildren.

OH 1651

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Longtime Denton resident. History of family farm at present-day intersection of I-35W and Bonnie Brae Ave.; farm’s connection to Belo family; details of dairy and grain farming operations; domestic life on the farm; local history; education at NTSC “lab school” and NTSC.

OH 1645

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Denton businessman. Family’s history farming in Denton County; creation of Lake Dallas; father’s career as a lawman and mother’s as nurse; experience in Denton schools and at NTSC; career in grocery business, most recently with HEB Co.