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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 Vincent L. Rohloff, October 31, 1989

Transcript of an interview with Vincent L. Rohloff, a businessman and contractor, concerning his role in the development of Hamilton Park, Texas, as a residential area for African Americans during the 1950s. In this interview Rohloff discusses the subjects of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association, Mr. Jerome Crossman, Hamilton Park, and similar subjects.

Date: October 31, 1989

Creator: Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935- & Rohloff, Vincent L., 1914-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George Ferguson, October 4, 1985

Interview with George Ferguson, executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview includes Ferguson's personal experiences about education, employment by Texaco, and transferring to Caltex. Ferguson also talks about the origins of Caltex, his Australian experience, activities during World War II, expatriates in Caltex, the Kurnell refinery, navy fuel oil contracts, nationalization, Texaco's and Socal's reentry into Europe, and Caltex's move from New York to Dallas.

Date: October 4, 1986

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ferguson, George

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 Luther G. Prunty, 1986

Interview with Luther Prunty, civil servant, Army veteran, and member of the "Lost Battalion." The interview includes Prunty's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Prunty talks about the Fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp, Changi Prison Camp, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.

Date: October 20, 1986

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Prunty, Luther

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 Cecil Hollingshead, October 22, 1983

Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, a United States Navy veteran from Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 as a member of the VP-11 patrol squadron at Kaneohe Bay.

Date: October 22, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hollingshead, Cecil

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harold Merrill, October 21, 1983

Interview with Harold Merrill, a United States Navy veteran from Orangefield, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941, while aboard the battleship USS Utah.

Date: October 21, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Merrill, Harold

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Alton Warner, October 22, 1983

Interview with Alton Warner, a United States Navy veteran from Bronson, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Worden.

Date: October 22, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Warner, Alton

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Claude Wilkinson, October 22, 1983

Interview with Claude Wilkinson, a United States Navy veteran from Winona, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the seaplane tender USS Tangier.

Date: October 22, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilkinson, Claude

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Herbert Young, October 1, 1989

Interview with Herbert Young, a United States Navy veteran from Forest Hill, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Worden.

Date: October 1, 1989

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Young, Herbert W.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with D. D. Hill, October 1, 1989

Interview with D. D. Hill, a United States Navy veteran from Pharr, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dewey.

Date: October 1, 1989

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hill, D. D.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with W. Vonceille Taylor, October 22, 1983

Interview with W. Vonceille Taylor, a United States Navy veteran from Cline, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania.

Date: October 22, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, W. Vonceille

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William E. Hughes, October 28, 1983

Interview with William Hughes, a United States Navy veteran from Vernon Parish, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the target battleship USS Utah.

Date: October 28, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hughes, William E.

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Velma Mynier, October 19, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Velma Mynier, owner and administrator of South Park Manor Nursing Homes. Mynier discusses her family background and shares her experiences on nursing home chain operations and the rewards of working in the nursing home profession as owner and administrator of South Park Manor Nursing Homes in Corpus Christi and Refugio, Texas.

Date: October 19, 1984

Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Mynier, Velma

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980

Interview with Brooks Holt, a civil servant and United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, discussing his experiences and recollections of working as district director of the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.

Date: October 13, 1980

Creator: Acrey, Autry & Holt, Brooks

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980

Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.

Date: October 19, 1980

Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Louise Raggio, October 31, 1980

Interview with Louise Raggio about her career and the passage of the Texas Family Code. She discusses her education, internships, work with the National Youth Administration and the League of Women Voters in Austin, work as a prosecutor and as chairman of several law associations, and other legal activities.

Date: October 31, 1980

Creator: Saxon, Gerald & Raggio, Louise Ballerstedt, 1919-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Elmer Duren, October 22, 1983

Interview with Elmer Duren, a United States Navy veteran from Louisiana, regarding his experiences during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dale. Duren discusses his education, training, the construction of the USS Dale, and his memories of the attack.

Date: October 22, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Duren, Elmer

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George Fukui, October 19, 1980

Interview with George Fukui, a biologist from San Francisco, California. Fukui discusses his experiences as a Japanse-American during World War Two, including his family's background and their business, its closure, their forced relocation to Tanforan internment camp, the quality of life there, relocation to Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah, ranchwork there, securing a job outside the camp, continuing his higher education, and his career after the war.

Date: October 19, 1980

Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, George

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980

Interview with Gene Freeland, an assistant to the regional representative at the Labor Department from Dallas, Texas. He discusses the labor climate in Texas, his involvement with the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and representation of unions in politics.

Date: October 12, 1980

Creator: King, Amelia Kay & Freeland, Gene

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jack Mahan, October 17, 1980

Audio interview with Jack Mahan, a teacher, musician, and former student of Colonel Earl D. Irons, regarding his memories of studying under the bandmaster at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mahan discusses his own recollections as well as Colonel's involvement with the American Bandmasters Association and other musical organizations.

Date: October 17, 1980

Creator: Barrow, Gary & Mahan, Jack

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, October 22, 1983

Interview with Cecil Hollingshead, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, about his experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with VP-11 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Date: October 22, 1983

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hollingshead, Cecil, 1920-

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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