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- Oral History Interview with Dora Geneva Clement
- Interview with Dora Geneva (Clement) Talkington (1886-1976) discussing how her family came to Texas and about growing up on her parents' farm, as well as other events including Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Waco when he was campaigning to be president.
- Oral History Interview with Jack Moss, July 19, 1970
- Interview with Jack Moss, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Amarillo, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Moss discusses joining the the Guard and deployment to the Pacific, the fall and capture of Java, his experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, partaking in forced labor on the Burma-Thailand "Death" Railway, and liberation.
- Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974
- Interview with C. R. Gross, civil servant and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Gross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Earl L. Moudy, May 18, 1974
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Earl L. Moudy. The interview includes Moudy's personal experiences at Hickam Field with base security during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Herbert Straus, July 7, 1974
- Interview with Herbert Straus, Jewish chaplain for the U. S. Navy. The interview includes Strauss' personal experiences at the Pearl Harbor Base during the Japanese attack there on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Emory M. Spencer, September 30, 1971
- Interview with attorney Emory M. Spencer. The interview includes Spencer's personal experiences about being an attorney. Spencer talks about the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas 1920-71, cotton farming, Irish settlers and the Ku Klux Klan, gambling, the development of the Aransas County Airport, oil exploration, housing subdivisions, the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission, hurricanes, agriculture, property values, and prominent citizens of the county.
- Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973
- Interview with Charley L. Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Lubbock, Texas, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Pryor discusses the sinking of the Houston, his capture, experiences in imprisonment at Serang, Java, experiences at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
- Oral History Interview with Louis Grabinski, October 18, 1977
- Interview with Navy veteran Louis Grabinski. The interview includes Grabinski's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Artis Teer, January 10, 1977
- Interview with Navy veteran Artis Teer. The interview includes Teer's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Kenneth Magee, October 5, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Kenneth Magee. The interview includes Magee's personal experiences while at Hickam Field with the 31st Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Joseph Bolen, October 11, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Joseph Bolen. The interview includes Bolen's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with James Cory, December 21, 1976
- Interview with Marine Corps veteran James Cory. The interview includes Cory's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter, news bulletin, memorandums, and a narrative.
- Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Kenneth V. Adams. The interview includes Adams' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Henley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Van B. Cross, May 15, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Van B. Cross. The interview includes Cross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 14th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Sauer, May 15, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Oscar H. Sauer. The interview includes Sauer's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with H. R. Epps, May 14, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran H. R. Epps. The interview includes Epps' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Noel E. Gill, December 21, 1974
- Interview with Navy veteran Noel E. Gill. The interview includes Gill's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Jesse R. Smith, December 21, 1974
- Interview with Marine Corps veteran Jesse R. Smith. The interview includes Smith's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Charles Witt, September 28, 1977
- Interview with Navy veteran Charles Witt. The interview includes Witt's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview also includes an appendix with a travel journal.
- Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, September 9, 1977
- Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences as a member of the 65th Legislature. Agnich talks about budget surplus, highway appropriations, public school financing, the Peveto bill, and personal legislation.
- Oral History Interview with Wilford A. Autry, July 1, 1974
- Interview with Navy veteran Wilford A. Autry. The interview includes Autry's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The interview includes an appendix with a letter.
- Oral History Interview with Joseph H. Strittmatter, June 8, 1974
- Interview with Navy veteran Joseph H. Strittmatter. The interview includes Strittmatter's personal experiences with VP-24 at Ford Island Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Robert D. Duvall, April 12, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Robert D. Duvall. The interview includes Duvall's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Stanton H. Enchelmeyer, April 7, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Stanton H. Echelmeyer. The interview includes Echelmeyer's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 50th Reconnaissance Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Jack Kelley, April 19, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Jack Kelley. The interview includes Kelley's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Marcus Valenta, April 20, 1978
- Interview with Marcus Valenta, Catholic chaplain for the U.S. Army. The interview includes Valenta's personal experiences at the post chapel at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with R. D. Nicholas, March 3, 1977
- Interview with Navy veteran R. D. Nicholas. The interview includes Nicholas' personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Dan Wentrcek, December 14, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Dan Wentrcek. The interview includes Wentrcek's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Merle Newbauer, December 6, 1976
- Interview with Navy veteran Merle Newbauer. The interview includes Newbauer's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Ernie W. Totten, July 7, 1974
- Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Ernie W. Totten. The interview includes Totten's personal experiences with the Detachment Quartermaster Corps at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Robert Greenwood, July 7, 1974
- Interview with Army veteran Robert Greenwood. The interview includes Greenwood's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the 16th Coast Artillery during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Monte C. Williamson, August 24, 1974
- Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Monte C. Williamson. The interview includes Williamson's personal experiences as a bombardier/navigator at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with William L. Bierschwale, August 24, 1974
- Interview with Navy veteran William L. Bierschwale. The interview includes Bierschwale's personal experiences aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Lillie Abbey, December 11, 1974
- Interview with Lillie Abbey, long-time resident of Denton, Texas. The interview includes Abbey's personal experiences of the Oklahoma land rush, farm life, and life in Denton during the 1920s and 1930s.
- Oral History Interview with Fred Rousseau, November 22, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Fred Rousseau. The interview includes Rousseau's personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Base Fire Department during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Willard G. Sheldon, June 12, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Willard G. Sheldon. The interview includes Sheldon's personal experiences at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Arthur Brindley, June 11, 1976
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Arthur Brindley. The interview includes Brindley's personal experiences at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with L. B. Luckenbach, December 6, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran L. B. Luckenbach. The interview includes Luckenbach's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with William Cottingame, September 13, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Paul R. Rose. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences while aboard the aircraft tender USS Curtiss during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Paul R. Ross, August 4, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Paul R. Rose. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with R. G. Smith, December 7, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran R. G. Smith. The interview includes Smith's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, August 11, 1975
- Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences as a member of the 64th Legislature. Agnich talks about the House speakership race, appropriations, committee appointments, the strip mining bill, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
- Oral History Interview with Edith and Carl H. Russell, February 27, 1978
- Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Carl H. Russell and his wife, Edith Russell. The interview includes the Russell's personal experiences at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Ben Dei Santi, April 21, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Ben Dei Santi. The interview includes Dei Santi's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Schley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 14, 1977
- Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal views concerning the development of water resources in Texas.
- Oral History Interview with George E. Waller, August 5, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran George E. Waller. The interview includes Waller's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Angelo H. Belotti, August 5, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Angelo H. Belotti. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Marvin Alexander, July 7, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Paul R. Rose. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with VP-24 during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Jack W. Robinson, April 23, 1978
- Interview with Navy veteran Paul R. Rose. The interview includes Belotti's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Oral History Interview with Werner A. Land, May 18, 1974
- Interview with Navy veteran Werner A. Land. The interview includes Land's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.