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Oral History Interview with W. W. Baer, Jr., July 8, 1986

Description: Interview with W.W. Baer, Jr., an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Illinois, discussing his World War II experiences, training at Texaco, work with Caltex in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand, the establishment of Caltex East, and his appointment as managing director in Tanzania.
Date: July 8, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Baer, W. W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Barbara Jordan, July 7, 1970

Description: Interview with Democratic Texas Senator and attorney Barbara Jordan from Houston, Texas. In the interview, Barbara discusses her thoughts and experiences in the Sixty-first Legislature as its first African-American member since Reconstruction. She also shares her thoughts on issues such as the Kennedy-Johnson Campaign in 1960, her unsuccessful campaigns for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964, her successful campaign for the Texas Senate as its first African-American member sinc… more
Date: July 7, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jordan, Barbara
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Description: Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Thomas recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lupe Mendez on July 6, 2016

Description: Guadalupe "Lupe" Mendez was born in 1976 in Jalisco, Mexico and came of age in Galveston. On the island, he spent his early years in the Mexican American Magnolia Homes and the African American Palm Terrace, two public housing projects that were destroyed during Hurricane Ike. Mendez attended Catholic schools and had to overcome the lack of bilingual education programs. He eventually relocated to Houston to attend the University of St. Thomas, where he as participated in several ethnic and cros… more
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Mendez, Lupe
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

[Letter from Who's Who in America, 1959]

Description: Letter from Who's Who in America to a biographee enclosing the principal biographical data from Volume 30 of the Who's Who in America section of the Marquis National Biographee Reference file and requesting any revisions for the upcoming publication to be returned on the card in an enclosed envelope (Volume 31). A form offering a discounted subscription for the Volume 31 publication is also enclosed.
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Marquis Who's Who, Inc.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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