Owner and operator, Denton Floor Covering Company, Inc., Denton, Texas.

Business executive. His experiences as a mechanic in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II.

Co-founder (with husband Ross, deceased 1948) of Wolfe’s Nurseries, Stephenville, Texas. Family backgrounds; education; their move to California; visits with Luther Burbank and his influence in starting pecan nursery business in Texas; Ross’s sales career with other nurseries; founding his own business, early struggles; origins of Burkett Pecan; growth and expansion; Ross’s death and sons running business; sale of business.

North Texas business owner. Remembrances about childhood in Lindsay, St. Joe, and Gainesville, Texas; being drafted into U.S. Air Force; training at various stateside bases and overseas service in China-Burma-India and Pacific theaters as top-gunner in a B-29 crew; decision to enter jewelry business and purchase Kinne’s Jewelers in Gainesville, Texas.

Founder, White’s Auto Stores.

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 concerning D. C.

One of the founders of Bomber Bait Company, Gainesville, Texas.

Businessman. His experiences as a member of the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College, 1956.

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-employment; other business ventures; dealings with City of Denton; history of his business.

Businessman. His experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 98th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.