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Official Reports to the Twenty-Seventh Western Area Conference of The Links, Incorporated 1983-1985, July 1985

Description: Presented at the 27th Western Area Conference, this book contains official reports of the activities of Western Area chapters of The Links, Inc. Chapter activities are primarily related to the arts, community service for youths, and national and international issues of concern. The conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the western United States.
Date: July 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. Western Area.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Minutes and Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Western Area Conference of The Links, Inc., July 1985

Description: Conference proceedings include a program of events, reports, financial statements, committee membership lists, and other information relevant to the meeting of the Western Area division of The Links, Inc. The conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the western United States.
Date: July 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. Western Area.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

In the Shadow of History

Description: Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 1980
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1991]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Location: 38.537003 -123.006325
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

James E. Birch: His Empire on Wheels, Volume 2. San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line

Description: Narrative history of the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line with biographical information about James E. Birch including transcriptions of newspaper clippings and documents, with supplementary photos and images. Index starts on page 166.
Date: 1989
Creator: Gallucci, Alfred D. & Gallucci, Mary McClennon
Partner: Castroville Public Library

[Scrapbook for The Experience, 1984-1987]

Description: Scrapbook containing color photographs, name tags, stickers, invitations, menus, articles, and tickets in relation to "The Experience", John Briggs life, and his trip to California between 1984 and 1987. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. The scrapbook also documents social gatherings Briggs held at his household.
Date: [1984..1987]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Location: 32.836251 -96.769160
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Thomas Stockett, April 25, 1986

Description: Interview with Thomas Stockett, a United States Navy veteran from California, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer USS Dale.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stockett, Thomas
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John W. Wisecup, July 28, 1987

Description: Interview with John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wisecup talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: July 28, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wisecup, John W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980

Description: Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.
Date: October 19, 1980
Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Apalatea, Jr., August 5, 1981

Description: Interview with Frank Apalatea, Jr., a United States Army veteran from Bakersfield, California, regarding his experiences as a member of the 25th Infantry Division stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941.
Date: August 5, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Apalatea, Frank, Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mary Louise Mujica, February 15, 1984

Description: Interview with Mary Louise Mujica regarding her experiences growing up in Basque Country, speaking the Basque language and learning English, working at Bastanchury Ranch and the conditions there, Basque traditions such as dances, and her life and family in America.
Date: February 15, 1984
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Mujica, Mary Louise
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Lorenzo Echanis, February 16, 1984

Description: Interview with Lorenzo Echanis discussing his experiences growing up in Basque Country with Basque parents, attending church and learning catechism, immigration to the United States, working as a shepherd, marriage, and returning to visit his hometown years later.
Date: February 16, 1984
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Echanis, Lorenzo
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Johnny Yturri, February 16, 1984

Description: Interview with Johnny Yturri discussing his experiences growing up with Basque parents, Basque customs, learning English, early jobs, and sheep ranching in Orange County, California.
Date: February 16, 1984
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Yturri, Johnny
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985

Description: Interview with Harold Lewis, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his early experiences in refinery construction, his transfer to Caltex, his assignment to Bahrain, refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol), refinery construction in Japan, and the relationship between Caltex and Nippon Oil. He also talks about military fuel oil contracts, postwar refinery expansion, Caltex East, Caltex in K… more
Date: November 8, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Murdo MacIver, November 9, 1985

Description: Interview with Murdo MacIver, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his experiences with the company. He comments on his educational background and early employment, his employment with Standard Oil Company of California, his transfer to Caltex in 1938, the expansion before World War II, Caltex during World War II, Bapco's refinery expansion, financing postwar refinery expansion, foreign exchange problems, banking syndicates, accounting methods, tanker construction, training … more
Date: November 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & MacIver, Murdo, 1901-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert J. Kirchhofer, January 17, 1986

Description: Interview with Robert Kirchhofer, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, concerning his experiences and reminiscences of his long-time career with the Caltex Corporation.
Date: January 17, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kirchhofer, Robert J., 1911-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985

Description: Interview with George Hargens, a former Caltex executive from San Francisco, California, to discuss his experiences working for Standard Oil during the Great Depression, his transfer to Caltex and establishment of the German market, work as a director of several oil companies, and leaving Caltex.
Date: September 14, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hargens, George
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with George Fukui, October 19, 1980

Description: Interview with George Fukui, a biologist from San Francisco, California. Fukui discusses his experiences as a Japanse-American during World War Two, including his family's background and their business, its closure, their forced relocation to Tanforan internment camp, the quality of life there, relocation to Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah, ranchwork there, securing a job outside the camp, continuing his higher education, and his career after the war.
Date: October 19, 1980
Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, George
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frederick W. Dittus, September 13, 1985

Description: Interview with Frederick Dittus, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his early job experience with Standard Oil Company of California, the Dittus-Boelter equation, his pre-World War II experiences in Nazi Germany, construction of the Bahrain refinery for Bapco, the formation of Caltex in 1936, his transfer to Caltex, his activities during World War II, the postwar refinery expansion, and the evolution of the Technical Services Division.
Date: September 13, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dittus, Frederick W., 1897-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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