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  • OH 2186

    Grammy-winning engineer and producer Eric Delegard discusses his career, including how he came to Denton, Texas, in the 1980s; how he opened his first studio; and his working relationship with bands such as Deep Blue Something, Brave Combo,…

  • OH 2187

    Preusser, a German-American immigrant, describes his youth in post-World War II Germany. He recounts stories and memories from his birth in 1944, including public and boarding schools, residences, and key adults during this time. Additional…

  • OH 2191

    Personal experiences, reflections, and journey of Elsie Frederick, a trans femme non-binary individual living in Mansfield, Texas. Frederick’s early life in Oklahoma and Texas, her gradual realization and acceptance of her gender identity, and…

  • OH 2193

    Registered Behavior Technician at APARA Autism Centers and graduate student at the University of North Texas. Thompson discusses her work with children on the autism spectrum in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area; experiences with Applied Behavior…

  • 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…
  • OHB 0077
    Owner and operator, Griffith’s Independent Ginner, Weinert, Texas. Family background; education in Texola, Oklahoma; part-time employment as cotton picker; involvement in building cotton gins and operating drug stores, West Texas, 1920s; operation…
  • OHB 0086
    Owner and operator, B. F. Warden Grocery Store, Bertram, Texas. Family background; work on family farm in Bertram; educational experiences in Bertram schools; employment as a teller in A. B. McGill’s bank and D. C. Reed’s bank, Bertram;comments…
  • OHB 0097
    Rancher-farmer, Denton, Texas. Family background; farming near Blue Mound, Texas; experiences during Depression in Denton County; work as cattle and sheep raiser; experiences buying, selling, and transporting cattle; discussion of Bang’s Disease in…
  • OHB 0099
    Dallas county agricultural agent, Dallas, Texas. Description of father’s farming and livestock operation, Tarrant County, Texas; employment as teacher in Tarrant, Collin, and Hood Counties; experiences attending North Texas State Normal College,…
  • OHB 0100
    Owners and operators of grocery and furniture refinishing businesses, Fort Worth, Texas. Clarence’s family background; employment at grocery store, Kansas City, 1917; work for Sandegaard’s grocery store, Fort Worth, 1919; employment with A&P tea…
  • OHB 0103
    Owners and operators of Pierce’s, Denton, Texas. Wilford’s family background; experiences working at Evers Hardware; effects of Depression in Denton; description of business on Denton Square, 1920s; Mattie’s family background; her comments on…