For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Vice President of the Denton Convention and Visitors Bureau and Denton resident. Childhood in Longview, Texas; education and employment history; move to Denton; work at the Denton Convention and Visitors Bureau; openness of Denton culture; the growing music scene; cultural and economic development; Denton history; Quakertown.

Physician, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust.

For Richard Rafes’s dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” Former Texas state legislator. Professional background; creation of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Builder, farmer-rancher, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; University of Texas at Dallas; personal legislation.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Lebanese-born immigrants to Fort Worth, Texas. Life in Lebanon; Lebanese Civil War; move to Paraguay en route to the U.S.; reasons for moving to Texas; children and grandchildren; connections to Lebanon; making the decision to leave Lebanon during the Civil War; comparison of growing up in Lebanon and the U.S.; family pride in Lebanese heritage; expectations about the U.S.; first impressions of America; cultural traditions brought to the U.S.; cuisine.

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Longtime publisher of the Dallas Voice and activist. Childhood in Hurst, Texas; college at Texas Tech; gay community in Lubbock, Texas, in the 1970s; various jobs around Dallas; Dallas Gay News; history of the Dallas Voice; Dallas gay community during the 1980s and lack of resources and acceptance; unfinished changes; AIDS epidemic; LGBT activism; Gay Political Caucus.

His experiences while on patrol with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

For the UNT African American Remembrance Oral History Project. Long-time Denton resident. Childhood in Marshall, Texas; move to Denton; North Texas State University Trailblazers; segregation; local civil rights protests; Denton history; Quakertown; changes in Denton; job discrimination.

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

For the Denton County Historical Commission. Long-time Denton resident. Family history; Denton history; political changes in Denton; Krum, Texas history; model-making.