UNT Oral History Program

One of the oldest academic oral history programs in the United States, the UNT Oral History Program is a longstanding research initiative of the University of North Texas. Housed at Willis Library on UNT’s main campus in Denton, Texas, the Oral History Program is affiliated with the UNT Department of History.

The program records, transcribes, and archives oral history interviews covering a variety of subject matters in order to preserve the history of the North Texas region, including the Dallas-Fort Worth-Denton Metroplex. The program trains UNT students in the theory and methods of oral history, and also conducts workshops with members of the larger community who are interested in preserving their own histories. The program has several ongoing partnerships with local history societies and historical museums, fellow colleges and universities, and community organizations.

All interview recordings are transcribed. The transcripts are edited, bound, and archived in Willis Library, where they are available to scholarly researchers and members of the general public through the University Archives. The strengths of the collection include (but are not limited to) World War II history, with a collection of over 1,000 interviews with WWII veterans; Texas political history; Texas business history; history of the New Deal in Texas; and North Texas civil rights history. For more information, see the Oral History Program's web page.

A portion of the collection has been digitized and made available to members of the UNT community via the UNT Digital Library.

Contact

Dr. Todd Moye

940-565-4523

Todd.Moye@unt.edu

Address

Oral History Program
1155 Union Circle #305430
Denton, TX 76203-5017

URL

https://oralhistory.unt.edu/unt-oral-history-program

At a Glance

Basic statistics about this partner.
1,455 Items	7 Types	56 Titles
5 collections	13 Decades	2 Languages
396 Counties	46 States	68 Countries
139,614 Usage	13 years, 2 months ago Partner Added	2 months, 3 weeks ago Last Updated

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Oral History Interview with Robert M. Sinks, February 18, 1999

Oral History Interview with John Hill, March 11, 1999

Oral History Interview with William F. Pleasants, February 21, 1997

Oral History Interview with Kenneth G. Johnsen, February 19, 1999

Oral History Interview with Robert Donihi, October 13, 1996

Oral History Interview with Mervin E. Haugh, May 31, 1999

Oral History Interview with Earl Sharp, September 28, 1999

Oral History Interview with Robert Thurmond, April 1, 1999

Oral History Interview with Jordan R. Uttal, September 27, 1999

Oral History Interview with Russell Speer, September 11, 1996

Oral History Interview with Roy Jones: Part II, July 9 - October 9, 1987

Oral History Interview with Roy Jones: Part I, July 9 - October 9, 1987

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UNT Oral History Program, partner contributing to The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTOHP/ accessed January 14, 2025.