City of Denton | Oral History

City of Denton

OH 1573

African-American alumna of North Texas State College. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Irving and Dallas, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including Booker T. Washington Technical High School; decision to enroll at North Texas State College in 1957; adjustments required for attending school in integrated setting; experience of boarding with African-American families in the “Shack Town” neighborhood of Denton; graduation from North Texas with B.A. in 1961 and M.Ed. in 1967; career with Dallas Independent School District.

OH 1682

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Longtime Denton County resident. Family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle; recollections of Influenza epidemic, Great Depression, World War II, and Kennedy assassination; admiration for Barack Obama.

OH 1457

For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Teacher. His reminiscences about life on an African-American farm in Denton County, Texas, 1934-1960. Memories of his ex-slave step-grandfather; his description of old farm equipment; crops and livestock; canning and food preservation; a description of the family sorghum mill; their first radio; home remedies; holidays and social events; the African-American migration to cities and out of state.

OH 1244

Florists. Their life in Denton, Texas, 1910-1998 Family backgrounds; comments about the history and physical features of the Bayless-Selby house; decision to enter the flower business; evolving nature of their business; family entertainment.

OHB 0025

Banker. Family background; boyhood work experiences; education; first job in banking; rise to bank president; early banking practices, equipment, laws; evolution of banking business; Depression; retirement and move to Denton, Texas, 1951; membership on bank boards; comments on banking in Denton through 1978; other business interests.

OH 1588

African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood and early education in Fort Worth, Texas; decision to enroll at North Texas in 1958; off-campus life in “Shack Town” and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty; decision to major in Industrial Technology and graduation in 1963; efforts to desegregate public facilities in Denton; summer jobs with Texas & Pacific Railroad Company; career with General Motors, as business owner, and with Fort Worth ISD.

OH 1579

African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood in Houston, Texas, and undergraduate education at Wiley College; employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton; graduate studies in Music, and then in Education, at NTSU; career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College; perceptions of changes in Denton and at North Texas over forty years; experiences of wife, Gloria, and daughter, Debbie Denmon, at North Texas.

OH 0932

Her experiences as a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School, Denton, Texas, 1910-21. School facilities; comments about her teachers; discipline; school equipment and facilities; segregation and Klan activities in Denton.