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Oral History Interview with Joseph D. Keenan, Jr., May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview of Joseph D. Keenan, Jr. Raised in Chicago, he spent two years at Notre Dame University and when the war started, volunteered for Naval Aviation duty. Following Pre-flight School at Iowa University, he attended flight training at Naval Air Station, Chicago, where he was later diagnosed with chronic air sickness. He was disenrolled and entered the V-12 program at the University of Wisconsin. Upon graduation in September 1944, he was commissioned and ordered to For… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Keenan, Joseph D., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph D. Keenan, Jr., May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview of Joseph D. Keenan, Jr. Raised in Chicago, he spent two years at Notre Dame University and when the war started, volunteered for Naval Aviation duty. Following Pre-flight School at Iowa University, he attended flight training at Naval Air Station, Chicago, where he was later diagnosed with chronic air sickness. He was disenrolled and entered the V-12 program at the University of Wisconsin. Upon graduation in September 1944, he was commissioned and ordered to For… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Creator: Keenan, Joseph D., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Denton Roofing and Metal Works, 1978

Description: Interview with Ezrum Massey, founder of Denton Roofing and Metal Works, from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Massey discussing his history in roofing and metalwork, his experience working at the Bell Roofing Company, his service in World War II, equipment and supply problems during World War II, his opening of Denton Roofing and Metal Works, and the unions and financials of metalworking equipment.
Date: May 24, 1978
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Massey, Ezrum
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview Part 2 with Denton Roofing and Metal Works, 1978

Description: Interview with Pat and Linda Bomar, owners and operators of Denton Roofing and Metal Works. The interview includes Pat Bomar discussing his experience in metal working before buying Denton Roofing and Metal Works, the seasonality of his business, advertisement, insurance costs, and Bomar's hiring process.
Date: May 29, 1978
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Bomar, Pat & Bomar, Linda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with LaVette Lipscomb Dudley, September 27, 2011

Description: Interview with LaVette Lipscomb Dudley, an activist and daughter of Al Lipscomb from Dallas, Texas. The interview discusses Dudley's upbringing, what it was like to have her father be involved in politics, and he work with the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
Date: September 27, 2011
Duration: 29 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Dudley, LaVette Lipscomb
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Kathlyn J. Gilliam, October 18, 2011

Description: Interview with Kathlyn J. Gilliam, an activist and former Dallas School Board president. The interview discusses Gilliam's upbringing, her education, segregation in Dallas schools, her work during desegregation, how she became president of the Dallas School Board, and education programs.
Date: October 18, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Price, Robert; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Gilliam, Kathlyn Joy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Mark Herbener, September 29, 2011

Description: Interview with Mark Herbener, a preacher and activist from Chicago, Illinois. The interview discusses Herbener's upbringing in Chicago, his education, his time as a pastor, other pastors during that time, how he became a bishop, and his activism.
Date: September 29, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Herbener, Mark
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Peter Johnson, September 21, 2011

Description: Interview with Peter Johnson, a reverend and activist from Plaquemine, Louisiana. The interview discusses Johnson's upbringing, his family, his civil rights activism, how he became a minister, his involvement in CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), the successes and failures of the Civil Rights Movement in different places, Johnson's experiences participating in the movement, his involvement with SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), and his activism in Dallas.
Date: September 21, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 31 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Johnson, Peter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Roy Williams, October 6, 2011

Description: Interview with Roy Williams, an activist and author from Longview, Texas. The interview discusses when Williams first came to Dallas, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Williams' upbringing, how he got into activism, his time in the military, his activism against police brutality, and a lawsuit against the city of Dallas.
Date: October 6, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Williams, Roy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., September 30, 2011

Description: Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., a Chancellor of the Dallas County Community College. The interview discusses Lassiter's upbringing, his experience in college, his experience teaching, the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, his wife and children, community involvement, Bishop College, his experience with a hotel in Rome, Georgia, the books he's written, his experience as a Baptist minister, and racism.
Date: September 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Roberts, Alfred L.; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Lassiter, Wright L., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Adlene Harrison, August 25, 2014

Description: Interview with Adlene Harrison, former mayor of Dallas, TX. Harrison discusses her childhood and education, how she got into politics, her time on the Planning Commission, her experience with the integration of Dallas schools, and how she joined the EPA. She shares several stories of things that happened to herself and her colleagues while trying to get corporations to comply with EPA guidelines. She also discusses the founding of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system and briefly goes ove… more
Date: August 25, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Davis, Levi H. & Harrison, Adlene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Ann Williams, January 28, 2015

Description: Interview with Ann Williams, founder of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Williams discusses her childhood and education and how she became interested in the performing arts. She describes the experience of teaching middle school dance and getting her master's from Texas Woman's University in the early 1960s, when Dallas schools were still integrating; Williams was the first Black woman to earn an MFA from TWU. She discusses her time teaching dance at Bishop College, how she started up the Dallas… more
Date: January 28, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Davis, Levi H. & Williams, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Betty Culbreath, February 9, 2015

Description: Interview with Betty Culbreath, Dallas Plan Commissioner. Culbreath discusses her childhood and education and how her race negatively impacted her ability to find employment. She describes her experiences as a picketer and activist during desegregation in the 1960s, as well as how desegregation affected the Black community where she grew up, and she talks about how the Black community interacted with the Jewish and Hispanic communities. Culbreath discusses her time as an activist during the War… more
Date: February 9, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Davis, Levi H. & Culbreath, Betty
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Charles Anderson, October 27, 2014

Description: Interview with Charles "Chuck" Anderson, former Dallas city manager and former director of the DART system. Anderson discusses his education and his time in the military, his early career in city management in Missouri and Colorado, and his time working as Dallas city manager and director of DART. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Anderson went to Eastern Europe to help countries such as Poland, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic rebuild. He also served as executive director of the Michigan… more
Date: October 27, 2014
Duration: 57 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Davis, Levi H. & Anderson, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Roland Fronheiser

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Roland Fronheiser. Fronheiser served in the military, in heavy artillery. He was in Saipan for two years during World War II, and describes his experiences living on the island after the Battle of Saipan.
Date: 1996~
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Fronheiser, Roland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Zeno King, June 1, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Zeno P. King. King was born in Mexia, Texas in 1919. After graduating from a military school in 1936 he accepted a music scholarship at Southern Methodist University. He entered the Army on 5 February 1942 at Victoria, Texas and played in the post band until he was accepted into the Army Music School at Fort Myer, Virginia. He was made a warrant officer and assigned as the leader of the 83rd Infantry Division band. He formed… more
Date: June 1, 2012
Creator: King, Zeno
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Roland Fronheiser

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Roland Fronheiser. Fronheiser served in the military, in heavy artillery. He was in Saipan for two years during World War II, and describes his experiences living on the island after the Battle of Saipan.
Date: 1996~
Creator: Fronheiser, Roland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Archie Mayes, December 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Archie Mayes. Mayes joined the Missouri National Guard in 1938 and, when the Guard was federalized, travelled with his unit, the 35th Infantry Division, to Arkansas for training. In 1942, Mayes went to Officer Candidate School and earned a commission. Afterwards, he was assigned to the 160th Combat Engineer Battalion as the battalion S-3 (operations officer). He travelled overseas to England in July and landed in France in August… more
Date: December 17, 2004
Creator: Mayes, Archie S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Archie Mayes, December 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Archie Mayes. Mayes joined the Missouri National Guard in 1938 and, when the Guard was federalized, travelled with his unit, the 35th Infantry Division, to Arkansas for training. In 1942, Mayes went to Officer Candidate School and earned a commission. Afterwards, he was assigned to the 160th Combat Engineer Battalion as the battalion S-3 (operations officer). He travelled overseas to England in July and landed in France in August… more
Date: December 17, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Mayes, Archie S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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