Artist. Recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. His early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols’s marital life and alcoholism; Nichols’s teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols’s studio; his comparison of Nichols’s lifestyle to that of Ernest Hemingway; his critique of Nichols’s works and work habits; his criticisms of abstract expressionism; Nichols’s marriages; comments about the “Dallas Nine” and Nichols’s contribution to the Texas art scene.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician. Granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. Born and raised in Ulan Bator, Mongolia; education in Mongolia, China and United States; life in Communist Mongolia; aftermath of Perestroika; emigration from Mongolia; citizenship; marriage and family in the United States.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Canadian-American immigrant to suburban Flower Mound, Texas. Childhood and education in Montreal and at Queen’s University in Ontario; experience as member of Anglophone minority and as a Jew in Quebec; first impressions of the U.S.; family history, including grandparents’ immigration from Europe; job offer from computer programmer in California; experiences with U.S.

Attorney. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Russian-born immigrant to suburban Plano, Texas.

Aviation executive. His experiences as an antiaircraft radar operator in the European Theater during World War II.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Chinese-born immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood in Sichuan Province; family life; marriage; decision to give up high-powered, well-paying job to immigrate to U.S.; difficulties of immigration process; life in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; relocation to Denton; perceptions of American culture; learning English; return to school to study accounting; family’s acculturation.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. Childhood in Bonham, Texas; family life in the Great Depression; reaction to Pearl Harbor; decision to enlist in U.S. Navy; basic and advanced training; assignment as a range finder operator/electrician on the USS Drayton; Battles of Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal, San Pedro Bay, and others; strategies of naval, anti-submarine, and anti-aircraft warfare; preparation for invasion of Japan; discharge; marriage to Inez Langley; civilian career as an aviation mechanic with American Airlines.

Stage director. His recollections of his father, the artist Perry Nichols.