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OH 1158

His experiences concerning the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1954-56; comments about President J C Matthews and chair of the Board of Regents, Ben Wooten; observations about race relations in Denton, Texas.

OH 0755

His experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0574

His experiences while aboard the hospital ship USS Solace during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0900

Librarian. Her experiences as a student at the library school at the Texas State College for Women and as a librarian. Early exposure to books and libraries; enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; employment as a student at the college library; college social life; employment as librarian at Abilene Christian College; graduate school at University of Chicago, 1950-51; entry into photographic sales business; employment with Abilene Christian College, Dallas Center; activities in professional organizations.

OH 1134

His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Chub in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1943-44; assignment to the Chub, 1944; his responsibilities as an electrician’s mate; various patrols in the North China Sea, the Java Sea, and off the Philippines.

OH 1666

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Buffalo, New York; family experiences in military service; decision to join U.S.

OH 1698

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Birth, childhood, and education in Puebla and Cholula, Mexico; family history, including grandparents’ migration from Spain and Italy; college experience at Universidad de las Americas; discovery of music history as a discipline of study; first impressions of U.S. on family visits; decision to study musicology in U.S.

OH 0849

Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in Memel, Lithuania, prior to Nazi occupation; early childhood life; move to Kaunas (Kovno), 1939; Russian occupation, 1939; German occupation, 1941; establishment of Kaunas Ghetto; Die Grosse Aktion (“The Great Roundup”); escape from the Kaunas Ghetto; life as a disguised farm laborer; liberation by Russian troops, 1945; reunion with her father in Italy, 1946; lasting effects of the Holocaust experience.