For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. World War II veteran, Civil Rights activist, author, and educator. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; life during segregation; World War II service in the Pacific onboard the Coast Guard cutter USS…
For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Civil rights activist. Childhood in Tennessee; Dallas life during segregation; involvement in the Dallas Progressive Voters League; experiences with racism; SNCC and SCLC activities; Dallas NAACP;…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Vietnamese-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas. Childhood in Vietnam; memories of Vietnam War; experiences as a helicopter pilot for the South Vietnamese Army; evacuation to Guam; transfer to…
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Journalist and long-time Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in New York City; awareness of sexuality; coming out; college at SUNY-Albany; move to Dallas; AIDS crisis in Dallas; Dallas LGBT history; Dallas gay…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Argentinian-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas; Entrepreneur and businessman. Childhood in Buenos Aires; educational and work history; living in Puerto Rico; visits to New York; immigration…
Retired Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of North Texas. Childhood in east Texas; education and work history; move to librarianship; changes at UNT over the years; work at UNT Libraries; move to digital libraries; creation of UNT’s…
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Lawyer and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood as a Navy brat; education; time in the Navy; coming out; Dallas LGBT history; LGBT activism; Baker v. Wade; AIDS crisis in Dallas; The Dallas Way;…
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences with the outdoors; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the…
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; discovering homesteading and self-sufficiency; decision to homestead in Maine.
Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; military experiences in Vietnam; love of the sea; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine;…
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.
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood; early experiences gardening and outdoors; decision to homestead in Maine.
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Homesteader and simple life advocate. Childhood in Maine; memories of the Nearings; homesteading.
For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Trick rider and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood and family history; trick riding; performing with various stage shows; move to Weatherford; modern rodeos.
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;…
Indian dancer from Gudalur, in the Nilgiris district of India. Recount of her life centered on dancing from a young age, which lead her to study dance at Kalakshetra, dance scene in different districts. How the access to study dance has changed over…
For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Life in Dallas community, coming out experience. Architect and bar owner. Founding member of The Dallas Tavern Guild. Changes in the gay bar scene in Dallas. Police raids of gay bars. Backing politicians who…
For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Their lives prior to meeting. Injustices experienced by being gay. How they met in Dallas in 1961. Recalling the gay bar scene in Dallas and the gay movement in Dallas. Evans and Harris were the first same-…
Interview by the Denton County Historical Commission. Childhood memories growing up during the Depression; Veteran, military service, occupations and marriage; reflections on Bonnie & Clyde; donating his family’s log cabin to Denton County, TX.
Veteran of the World War II Pacific Theater. Decision to join U.S. the Navy in January 1941. Experiences in service prior to declaration of war; service at Cavite Naval Shipyard, Philippines; capture during a battle on the island of Corregidor;…
For the American History: Voluntary Simplicity Oral History Project. Childhood memories growing up in China and Japan. Masanobu’s music career. Tomoko’s early work as a midwife. Spiritual life and practices. Their married life together in simple…
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Growing up in Canada and the decision to visit the United States in her twenties leading to her love of America and living the American Dream. Differences in Canada life and life in the United States.…
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Memories growing up in the Republic of San Marino and going to school in Italy. Coming to America in 1958 and the differences in cultures and lifestyles. Living and working in Detroit, Michigan,…
Former member of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. Memories of childhood and education in Markham, Illinois; marriage to Jim Bagsby; participation in the Arkansas civil rights movement; move to Fort Worth, Texas; career as an educator in the…