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Oral History Interviews with Olgie Ivey, Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, and Ben Ivey Jr., 1979

Description: Interviews with Ben Ivey Jr., Olgie (Mrs. Ben) Ivey Sr., and Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, from Denton, Texas. The interviewees discuss Ben Ivey Sr's business ventures in Denton, including their family history, each's upbringing and education, the history and operations of businesses owned by the family, life in Denton, neighbors, and local government.
Date: {1979-10-17,1979-11-14}
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Ivey, Olgie; Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey & Ivey, Ben, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Walter H. Hodgson, November 17, 1978

Description: Interview with Walter Hodgson, a retired university professor-administrator and former dean of the North Texas State University School of Music, concerning his experiences as dean of NTSU School of Music. Hodgson discusses his early years at NTSU, the development of the jazz program, and his appointment as dean. He also comments on the following people: Silvio Scionti, Mary McCormic, George Morey, Frank McKinley, Wilfred Bain, Lloyd Hibberd, Helen Hewitt, Harry Parshall, Frank Mainous, Maurice … more
Date: November 17, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Myers, Marceau & Hodgson, W. H. (Walter H.)
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Coke R. Stevenson, March 1967 - May 1969

Description: Interviews with Coke R. Stevenson concerning his experiences as a member (1929-1939) and Speaker (1933-1937) of the Texas House of Representatives, as Lieutenant Governor (1939-1941), and as Governor (1941-1947). The interview also includes his observations concerning William Jennings Bryan, Miriam Ferguson, James Allred, and Franklin Roosevelt. Appendix includes transcript of September 11, 1970 speech by Coke Stevenson at the Texas Woman's University campus before the Daughters of the American… more
Date: 1967/1969
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969

Description: Interview with Judge Ed Gossett, judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the first interview, Gossett discusses his childhood in Louisana and Texas, his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, his time as a lawyer and as district attorney for the 46th judicial district, and his election to Congress in 1938. The second interview includes Gossett's discussion of his tenure as a Congressman.
Date: 1969-06/1969-08
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Gossett, Ed Lee, 1902-1990
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with T. L. Smyth, April 23, 1988

Description: Interview with T. L. Smyth, an Army WWII veteran from Mount Vernon, Texas, who was at Fort Ruger on Oahu during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Smyth discusses joining the Army and assignment to coast artillery, training, promotion, life in the peacetime Army, combat on the morning of December 7th, the aftermath of the attack and events of the following evening, and later service.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smyth, T. L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972

Description: Interview conducted in 1972 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project with Louis B. Read, a businessman, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date: November 3, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Read, Louis B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978

Description: Interview with John Lowe Jr., a Navy WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Lowe discusses his experiences aboard the USS Neosho during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including training through the V-6 Naval Reserve Program, assignment to the Neosho, life and work aboard the ship, encountering possible Japanese submarines before the attack, being wounded during the attack and evacuated, recovery, and service afterwards.
Date: August 7, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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