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  • OH 2083
    For the Women in Business Oral History Project. Entrepreneur and author. The interview spans her early life and education, as well as her changes in career from accounting, and sales, to running her own business and writing her books. She discusses…
  • OH 2084
    Administrative Coordinator at UNT. Childhood in Germany, education at University of York, England, career with UNT administration. Experience as a “third-culture kid” being born in Germany, moving to the USA at 30 years old.
  • OH 2093

    For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Assistant Professor of History, World War II scholar at UNT. Childhood in Belgrade, Serbia and Toronto, Canada. Education at York and Toronto Universities. Childhood immigration to Canada, life…

  • OH 2105

    For the UNT Multicultural Center Oral History Project. Tenth director of the office at University of North Texas assigned to address cultural services. Dr. Hill discusses the Cultural Center’s development and programming during her tenant,…

  • OH 2109

    For the South Asians in North Texas Oral History Project. Experiences as an immigrant from India settling in the United States. Childhood in India, decision to pursue higher education in the U.S., his traveling experience as well as the…

  • OH 2112

    Chicano Walk-Out participant in Abilene, Texas. Childhood in Abilene; education at College Heights Elementary, Franklin Junior High, and Abilene High School; school discrimination; Juan Crow discrimination in Abilene; perceptions of education;…

  • OH 2115

    Former mayor of Wylie, Texas, located in Collin County. He talks about growing up in Arkansas and his passion for magic and sign language. Mayor Hogue was mayor of Wylie for 12-and-a-half years from 2008 to 2020. He discusses how local government…

  • OH 2116

    For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Research lab animal manager at UNT. Childhood in Indonesia, education at Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Career with Merck as poultry veterinarian, marriage, move to Denton and career with…

  • OH 2117

    Campus missionary intern of the Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) at UNT and UNT alumna. Childhood and education in Tolar, Texas, and decision to attend UNT. Involvement in BSM, experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • OH 2130
  • OHB 0008
    Realtor, farmer. Family background, including founding of Brooks Dairy by his father; his early experiences on the farm and in Brooks Dairy; personal managerial experiences in dairy business; obtaining milk accounts with Denton public schools,…
  • OHB 0010
    Founder, Liquid Paper Corporation. Her secretarial background; development of Liquid Paper formula; developing the organization and marketing approach; growth of organization, markets, product lines, technology; uniqueness of her philosophy and…
  • OHB 0020
    Manager, McClurkan Properties; manager, Industrial Credit Corporation; owner and operator of insurance company, Denton, Texas. Family background; education; credit manager for wholesale grocery; organizing personal (merchant endorsed) loan company,…
  • OHB 0021
    Owner and operator of Joe’s Cleaners, Denton, Texas. Family background; early work experiences; education; work as youth in cleaning shop; opening Joe’s Cleaners, 1944; decline of dry cleaning business; his unique credit system; importance of self-…
  • OHB 0026
    Owner and operator of Logan’s Shoe Repair, Denton, Texas. Family background; early work experiences; work as youth in shoe repair shops; thoughts about an African-American man in white business world; employment at North Texas State University…
  • OHB 0033
    DAVIS, Anne. Founder (with husband Jack T. Davis) of Davis purity Bakery, Denton, Texas. Family background; Depression; purchase of purity Bakery; early learning experiences; equipment; products; commercial and institutional accounts; business…
  • OHB 0038
    Founder of Fischer’s Meat Market, Muenster, Texas. [Note: Name changed to Fisher. Original family name, Fischer, maintained only to identify business.] Family background; farming and public education in Muenster; establishment of meat market, 1927;…
  • OHB 0040
    President, Texas AFL-CIO; hearing examiner and office manager, Industrial Accident Board of Texas. Family background; involvement in labor movement at Chance-Vought Aircraft, 1948; accomplishments as president of Texas AFL-CIO; comments on…
  • OHB 0041
    President, Tex-Tan Western Leather Company, Yoakum, Texas. Father’s development of leather tanning business in Yoakum; line of leather products; comments on effects of Depression and World War II on business; tanning processes; saddletree production…
  • OHB 0049
    Founder, owner, operator, and president, Ladshaw Explosives, Inc., New Braunfels, Texas. Family background; employment with Brown Geophysical Company, Geophysical Associates, and Atlas Powder Company; development of Ladshaw Explosives in Hobbs, New…
  • OHB 0052
    A founder of Spectra Biologicals of New Brunswick, N.J., and Nuclear Medical Labs of Dallas, Texas. Family background; employment at Wadley Blood Center, Dallas, and Herman Hospital, Houston: founding of Spectra Biologicals, 1961; innovations in…
  • OHB 0054
    One of the founders of Bomber Bait Company, Gainesville, Texas. Family background; employment by father selling appliances, butane gas systems, and sporting goods in Gainesville, 1934; sale of butane business, 1944; experimentation with fish baits;…
  • OHB 0065
    One of the founders of Bomber Bait Company, Gainesville, Texas. Family background; farming during Depression in Olton, Texas; employment as a gasoline retailer in Olton and tire repair operator in Gainesville; interest in designing fish baits;…
  • OHB 0071
    Chairman of board, president, and CEO of Gearhart Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. Family background; description of farming, oil drilling, and educational experiences in Southeastern Kansas; employment as trainee field engineer for Wireline…
  • OHB 0072
    Owner and president, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Homes, Inc., Denton, Texas. Family background; description of Denton, 1920s; employment as taxi cab driver for Dixie Motor Company, 1935; effects of Depression in Denton; employment in grandfather’s…