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[Dallas Genealogical Society conference - audio presentations by guest panelists]

Description: Sound recording from the Dallas Genealogical Society conference that was held in Richardson, TX., on March 28, 1992. Side A: Martha Rising discusses solving genealogical problems; tape stops mid-sentence. Side B: lecture continued from Side A; tape starts mid-sentence; applause and tape cuts to a different part of the program at approximately 19:30 of the recording; audio cuts out mid-sentence.
Date: March 28, 1992
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 49 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Maurice Stamps, March 18, 2009

Description: Interview with Maurice Stamps, a serviceman in the U. S. Army during World War II. Stamps discusses growing up on a farm in Iowa, joining the army, going to Hawaii and staying at Schofield Barracks. He was assigned to the Classification/Assignment section at Fort Shafter without ever having basic training. He was later assigned to the Message Center at Ft. Shafter. He remembers his correspondence with his girlfriend Enid, whom he married upon his discharge in 1946.
Date: March 18, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Stamps, Maurice
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carl Peltier, March 4, 2001

Description: Interview with Carl Peltier, a U. S Marine during World War II. He begins by discussing his reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then joined the Marines when he was old enough. He trained in San Diego before shipping out to Hawaii where he joined the 2nd Marine Division. Further training included heavy weapons and mortars. Later, he landed on Saipan and describes his small arms and rations. He witnessed General Simon Buckner getting killed on Okinawa. He was later wounded on Okinawa. Afte… more
Date: March 4, 2001
Duration: 59 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Peltier, Carl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arwin Bowden, March 9, 2000

Description: Interview with Arwin Bowden, a marine during World War II. He begins by discussing his training in San Diego and New Zealand before the Battle of Tarawa. He describes being wounded in the battle, the casualties he saw, and being shipped back to Pearl Harbor for treatment before joining the battle of Saipan. He describes ancedotes about Japanese killing themselves rather than surrendering, eating food from a garden watered from rainwater running down from outhouses, the wages he made, and the ti… more
Date: March 9, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Bowden, Arwin J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William F. Graham, March 24, 2001

Description: Interview with Bill Graham, a Marine during World War II. He begins by discussing joining the Navy and becoming a corpsman, then being transferred to the 2nd Marine Division after the Pearl Harbor attack. He also talks being in the first wave on Guadalcanal and various things that happened during the six months there, as well as contracting a severe strain of malaria, getting shipped back to the States and stationed near his home in Fort Worth, then returning to training in Virginia to prepare… more
Date: March 24, 2001
Duration: 41 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Smith, Ned A. & Graham, William F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph B. Brown, March 24, 2001

Description: Interview with Joseph Brown, who was in the Marine Corps during World War II. He discusses going to Guadalcanal, various guns and artillery he used, the battle of Tarawa and getting malaria just before it, then going to Hawaii for more training before returning to the South Pacific and fighting on Saipan and Tinian. He also discusses being wounded on Saipan, having a bayonet run through his forearm and keeping the bayonet as a souvenir after the war, and he talks about some of his experiences … more
Date: March 24, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Cox, William G. & Brown, Joseph B.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, March 29, 2003

Description: Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the … more
Date: March 29, 2003
Duration: 49 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Olivares, Hazael R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Dallas Genealogical Society conference - audio presentations by guest panelists]

Description: Sound recording from the Dallas Genealogical Society conference that was held in Richardson, TX., on March 28, 1992. Side A: Martha Rising discusses solving genealogical problems; tape stops mid-sentence. Side B: lecture continued from Side A; tape starts mid-sentence; cuts off mid-sentence.
Date: March 28, 1992
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 50 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dallas Genealogical Society conference - audio presentations by guest panelists]

Description: Sound recording from the Dallas Genealogical Society conference that was held in Richardson, TX., on March 28, 1992. Side A: Martha Rising discusses solving genealogical problems; tape stops mid-sentence. Side B: lecture continued from Side A; tape starts mid-sentence; cuts off mid-sentence.
Date: March 28, 1992
Duration: 20 minutes 52 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Abner Aust, March 19, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Abner Aust. Aust joined the Army Air Forces in September 1941 and completed flight school in April 1943. He was assigned to Venice, Florida, as an instructor, often receiving extra runway duty on account of his mischievous acrobatics. In October 1944, he joined the 506th Fighter Group, 457th Fighter Squadron, as flight commander. Upon familiarizing himself with the P-51, he flew his first missions out of Tinian, moving next … more
Date: March 19, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Aust, Abner
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service… more
Date: March 2, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Brown, Albert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James M. Bowen, March 27, 2000

Description: Interview with Dr. Bowen, beginning with the origins of his interest in science. He discusses influential educational experiences and then chronicles the evolution of M. D. Anderson during the presidencies of Dr. R. Lee Clark and Dr. Charles LeMaistre. Dr. Bowen fondly compares the leadership styles of Dr. Clark and Dr. LeMaistre and how both men facilitated his own professional growth.
Date: March 27, 2000
Duration: 2 hours 31 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Bowen, James M. & Marchiafava, Louis J.
Partner: University of Texas MD Anderson Center
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[The Economic Imperative: A Look Into the Future]

Description: Sound recording of Dr. M. Ray Perryman's seminar, "The Economic Imperative: A Look Into the Future," part of the Texas Association of Museums' annual meeting held in Waco from March 31-April 3, 1993.
Date: [1993-03-31,1993-04-03]
Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history interview with Mike Grossman]

Description: Oral history interview with Mike Grossman. Topics covered include: Grossman's early life in Minneapolis, his failed marriage to a woman, his long term relationship with his late partner George and his coming out as gay, his involvement with fundraisers for services to support the gay and lesbian community in Dallas, his friendship with Lory Masters, and his work with The Dallas Way and EDUCARE.
Date: March 31, 2019
Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Testa, Nino
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001

Description: Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman regarding her experiences during World War II. She begins by discussing her family background: her parents were Jews born in Poland and emigrated to the United States. Ethel's European aunts, uncles and grandparents all likely died in the Holocaust. As a first grade student, she taught her mother, a Polish immigrant, how to read and write English. She recalls, wartime rationing, Victory Gardens, scrap drives, and antisemitism among her school-aged classma… more
Date: March 24, 2001
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Schectman, Ethel Reisberg
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999

Description: Interview with Warren Klein, a rancher from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes stories of his family's tradition of ranching.
Date: March 18, 1999
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Klein, Warren
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., March 31, 2001

Description: Interview with Andrew Brosh, Sr., a veteran of the U.S. Army from Karnes County, Texas who served in World War II. Brosh describes his time in basic training and experiences serving in Europe, as well as seeing American prisoners of war.
Date: March 31, 2001
Duration: 47 minutes 01 second
Creator: Eakin, Elizabeth & Brosh, Andrew, Sr.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lendard, March 13, 2012

Description: Interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 13, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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