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Oral History Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, February 8, 1979

Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, a competitive pilot and flight instructor from Garden City, Minnesota. Whyte discusses her family history, her childhood and education, moving to Oregon, her initial interests in flying, her training in nursing, taking up flying, winning her first race, teaching others to fly, becoming a flight instructor full-time, Prohibition bootlegging, races, a crash, Amelia Earhart, the growth of women in aviation, service as a Army Air Corps nurse during World War Two, … more

Date: February 8, 1979

Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & White, Edna Gardner

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

North Texas State University Budget: 1979-1980

Budget for North Texas State University regarding funds in the 1979-1980 fiscal year. This volume contains a breakdown of expected profits and expenses at the university level and for each college.

Date: August 8, 1979

Creator: North Texas State University

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Eddie L. Hornsby, November 8, 1979

Interview with Eddie Hornsby, a Navy WWII veteran from Coleman County, Texas. Hornsby discusses his experiences aboard the USS San Francisco during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including jobs worked in the 1930s, joining the Navy, boot camp, assignment to the San Francisco, operations aboard the ship and exercises, the morning of the attack, and events of the following night.

Date: November 8, 1979

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hornsby, Eddie L.