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Oral History Interview with Seth Massey, April 8, 1986

Transcript of an interview with Seth Massey concerning his reminiscences about the history of Denton, Texas, 1920-1976. Massey discusses community swimming pools, the Hollywood actress Ann Sheridan, Massey and Hoffer Service Station, the Great Depression, Interurban streetcars, and Quakertown [African-American section of Denton].

Date: April 8, 1986

Creator: Martin, Adelene L. & Massey, Seth

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, December 1, 1988

Interview with college professor and community activist Euline Brock, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, which is a follow-up to her earlier recollections, Brock continues to discuss the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960's and 1970's.

Date: December 1, 1988

Creator: Byrd, Richard & Brock, Euline

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Gloria Denmon, May 12, 1988

Interview with Gloria Denmon, a community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Denmon discusses life in a segregated society, her decision to join the Fellowship, early meetings, voter registration drives, street paving in the African American section of Denton, social activities of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, the tutoring program, and the activities of African Americ… more

Date: May 12, 1988

Creator: Lohr, Mary & Denmon, Gloria, 1941-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987

Interview with Catherine Bell, a public employee and community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Bell discusses the early organization and social activities, her experiences in a segregated environment, the street paving of the African American section of Denton, urban renewal, desegregation of public places in Denton, her political activities, desegregation of schools, and the jobs progra… more

Date: December 12, 1987

Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, October 27, 1987

Interview with Professor Euline Brock, community activist from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Brock discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the early days of the organization, her personal experiences with discrimination, Denton's white power structure, the desegregation of public schools and facilities, the group's first meeting, political activities, urban renewal, and street… more

Date: October 27, 1987

Creator: Byrd, Richard; Harris, Jane; Lohr, Mary & Brock, Euline

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, December 10, 1987

Interview with community activist Linnie McAdams from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McAdams discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship in the 1960s and 1970s. She also discusses what it was like growing up in a racist community, and includes memories concerning her personal educational experiences in segregated schools, the living conditions in the African-American section of Denton, and her personal employment experiences. McA… more

Date: December 10, 1987

Creator: Lohr, Mary & McAdams, Linnie

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ely and William Sledge, August 21, 1987

Transcript of an interview with with William and Ely Sledge and their reminiscences and experiences concerning their father's farm near Pilot Point, Texas, 1900-1980. They discuss comments about their African-American ancestors; their descriptions of various pieces of old farm equipment strewn about the homestead; sorghum mill and syrup- making; hog butchering and meat preservation; water well; description of farm buildings; segregated education; home remedies; garden area; canning; rural socia… more

Date: August 21, 1987

Creator: Lohse, Stephen A.; Lebo, Susan A.; Sledge, William, 1928- & Sledge, Ely, 1934-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hazel Young, Alicia Alexander, Daisy Punch and Margaret Davis Calhoun, May 12, 1986

Transcript of an interview with the daughters of Frederick Douglass Moore: Alexander, Alice (b. 1908), Punch, Daisy (b. ca. 1910), and Young, Hazel (b. 1905). Also included in the interview is Calhoun, Margaret Davis (b. ca. 1910). They discuss their reminiscences about the history of the African-American sections of Denton, Texas, 1910-85, and remembrances about their father, Frederick Douglass Moore, a renowned African-American educator in Denton, 1915-50. The original African- American secti… more

Date: May 12, 1986

Creator: Martin, Adelene L.; Young, Hazel, 1905-; Alexander, Alica, 1908-; Punch, Daisy, 1910- & Calhoun, Margaret Davis, 1910-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987

Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemete… more

Date: August 20, 1987

Creator: Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Odus Mitchell, 1982

Interview with former North Texas football coach Odus Mitchell from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Mitchell discusses his experiences as head football coach during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.

Date: October 19, 1982

Creator: Cummings, Randy; Marcello, Ronald E. & Mitchell, Odus

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Leon King, 1982

Interview with public school administrator Leon A. King from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, King describes his experiences as one of the two first African Americans who first integrated athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.

Date: October 19, 1982

Creator: Cummings, Randy; Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Leon

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, April 18, 1987

Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, farmers and ranchers from Pueblo, Colorado, to gather their recollections and experiences as second generation Italians. They discuss their education, the immigration experience of their parents, the establishment of their own farming and ranching business, and their children.

Date: April 18, 1987

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Ciruli, David & Ciruli, Virginia

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Merrill Ellis, July 1-2, 1981

Interview with Merrill Ellis, a composer and music professor at the University of North Texas, regarding his education, career in music, compositions, and the developments he spearheaded in the field of electronic compostion.

Date: July 2, 1981

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Mailman, Martin S. & Ellis, Merrill, 1916-1981

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with J. C. Matthews, 1984

Interview with former president of North Texas State College and North Texas State University J. C. Matthews from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Matthews recollects some of his experiences and thoughts as a child and while he was a student at school. He also comments on several personal experiences as a teacher, including when he was appointed as a laboratory school teacher, a curriculum committee member, and the dean of the college of education. He also talks about the desegregation of North… more

Date: July 26, 1984

Creator: Adams, Wayne; Blair, Witt; Jenkins, Floyd; Kingery, Dwane; Marquis, R. L.; Mohat, Imogen et al.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Otis Cason, August 22, 1987

Interview with farmer Otis Cason. The interview includes Cason's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Cason talks about breaking mules, rural school, sheep and goat raising, hog killing, and charcoal making.

Date: August 22, 1987

Creator: Renner, Steve & Cason, Otis

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eunice Gray, October 16, 1987

Interview with Eunice Gray, schoolteacher and local historian. The interview includes Gray's personal experiences about Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Gray talks about the early history of her descendants, cattle raising and marketing, and the oil industry.

Date: October 16, 1987

Creator: Renner, Jim & Gray, Eunice

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Billy Barker, September 3, 1977

Interview with homemaker Billie Simpson Barker. The interview includes Barker's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1925-1985. Barker talks about her father's sawmill operation, creek flooding, threshing operations, changes in land ownership, her husband's death, effects of the Great Depression, social life, the county's longtime residents, recreational activities, epidemics, wildlife problems, the tornado of June 8, 1937, her childhood, and homemade clothing.

Date: September 3, 1987

Creator: Renner, Steve & Barker, Billy

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jonathan Burns, July 21, 1981

Interview with Jonathan Burns, a veteran of the New Mexico National Guard from Hereford, Texas. Burns discusses his recollections as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II and the conditions he experienced during the Bataan Death March.

Date: July 21, 1981

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burns, Jonathan

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Eldridge Rayburn, January 16, 1980

Audio interview with Eldridge Rayburn, a veteran of the Texas National Guard from Lubbock, Texas, about his experiences as a member of the "Lost Battalion" captured at Java in 1942 by the Japanese army during World War II. Rayburn discusses his memories of being in a Field Artillery unit, a prisoner of war, and surviving.

Date: January 16, 1980

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rayburd, Eldridge

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Marvin Robinson, May 25, 1982

Interview with Marvin Robinson, a veteran of the United States Marines from Handley, Texas. Robinson discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in the Sunda Strait in 1942.

Date: May 25, 1982

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Robinson, Marvin

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Herbert R. Morris, May 8, 1989

Transcript of an interview with Herbert Morris, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Morris discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.

Date: May 8, 1989

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Morris, Herbert R., 1919-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jack Gray, May 30, 1984

Interview with Judge Jack Gray of the 211th district court in Denton County, Texas. In the interview, Judge Gray expresses his thoughts and memories of the desegregation of athletics at the North Texas State College in 1956.

Date: May 30, 1984

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & Gray, Jack

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986

Interview with farmer-rancher Hazen Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life in Denton, Texas, from 1910 to 1930. Armstrong talks about business activities around the city square and county courthouse, city streetcar service, Oak Street residences, the Cascade Plunge swimming pool, forced removal of African Americans from the "Quakertown" section of Denton to the east side of the railroad tracks in the 1920s, early automobiles in Denton, Denton during World … more

Date: March 29, 1986

Creator: Martin, Adelene & Armstrong, Hazen

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Clyde J. Shelton, July 27, 1987

Interview with Clyde J. Shelton, a United States Army veteran from Mexia, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after being captured when his artillery unit, the "Lost Battalion," was captured off the coast of java in 1942.

Date: July 27, 1987

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Shelton, Clyde J.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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