Attorney. His experiences as private secretary to Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925-27, 1933-35; his relationship with James E. Ferguson; comments about Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, James Allred, W. Lee O’Daniel, and Coke Stevenson; Johnson-…

Former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. Observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson; Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948; Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952; Johnson presidential race…

Stage director. His recollections of his father, the artist Perry Nichols. Growing up at the family house/studio on Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas, in the 1940s; his father’s first wife, Mary Nell Brooks; his description and identification of the…

Postmater. His experiences and observations as a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II. Enlistment in the Army, October 3, 1946; basic training, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1946; voyage across the…

For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former textile mill worker. Childhood in McKinney, Texas, and education in the town’s public schools; memories of father’s cotton ginning, cotton farming, and dairy businesses; memories of Texas…

For the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Texas. Childhood and education in McKinney public schools; work as cotton picker for local farmers; parents’ jobs in the…