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Collection  U 011:
Oral history interviews of the Center of Southwest Studies World War II Oral History Project

Listed alphabetically by name of narrator
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A

Narrator: Apperson, B. J. (Beverly Jeannete

Interview date:

1994-03-21
Interview #:  8

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

11
About narrator:
Interviewer: O'Leary, Jayme
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: By a Fort Lewis College Southwest Studies 384 student of Richard Ellis's.
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945--Civilian life--California Aircraft production--California California--History
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

B

Narrator: Baughman, Jeanette Canatsey

Interview date:

1994-05-30
Interview #:  28

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

16
About narrator: Retired World War, 1939-1945 arms manufacturing worker.
Interviewer: Bancroft, John S.
Earliest year: 1930

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer:
Notes on interview:
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945--Civilian workers Denver (Colo.)--History
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

D

Narrator: Draper, Teddy, Sr.

Interview date:

1993-01-06
Interview #:  84

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

8
About narrator: Born in Canyon Del Muerto, Chinle, Arizona, in 1923. Married three times, and had twelve children. Taught Navajo language and other topics at a number of schools in Arizona and Utah from 1950 until his retirement iin 1987.
Interviewer: Haven, Shaun
Earliest year:

Latest year:

1993
About interviewer: Fort Lewis College student.
Notes on interview: Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Feb. 1, 1994.
Major topics: Code talkers Navajo Indians--World War, 1939-1945 service Chinle (Ariz.)--History
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

F

Narrator: Fox, Edward

Interview date:

1993-11-16
Interview #:  102

Interview length:

40 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

17
About narrator: Born in Dallas, Texas, in 1924; married to Alyce Carlson in 1945; two children. Employed in sales and marketing management, 1953-1982.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1942

Latest year:

1962
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Nov. 20, 1993.
Major topics: U.S. Navy--World War, 1939-1945 Cuban missile crisis Texas
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

I

Narrator: Isgar, Anne L.

Interview date:

1993-11-02
Interview #:  129

Interview length:

50 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

17
About narrator: Born to Charles and Henrietta Wise in 1920 in Ridgway, Colorado. Married to Arthur Isgar in 1946. Five children. Worked for multiple line insurance agency for National Farmers Union for 16 years, and owner/manager of Siesta Motel for 5 years.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Nov. 9, 1993.
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945--Civilian service Los Angeles (Calif.)
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

K

Narrator: Kadamar, Ana

Interview date:

1994-10-15
Interview #:  135

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: n

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

25
About narrator: In Japanese internment camps in Calif. and Wyoming.
Interviewer: Cullum, Robert (?)
Earliest year: 1942

Latest year:

1994
About interviewer:
Notes on interview: The husband also participated in this interview.
Major topics: Japanese internment camps World War, 1939-1945 Heart Mountain (Wyo.)
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

 

Narrator: Kirk, Joe and Mildred

Interview date:

1990-12-04
Interview #:  136

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: n

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

17
About narrator:
Interviewer: Ellis, Richard N.
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Director of the Center of Southwest Studies at that time.
Notes on interview:
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945 Four Corners region
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

 

Narrator: Kroeger, Fred V.

Interview date:

1993-11-01
Interview #:  137

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

14
About narrator: Born in Durango, Colorado, in 1918; married to Eleanor Towne in 1940; four children. Worked full time managing his family hardware retail business since 1940 except for a 26 month absence during World War, 1939-1945.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1933

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Fort Lewis College student/alumnus.
Notes on interview: Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Nov. 4, 1993. Transcript and signed release form was sent to the narrator on Jan. 29, 1996. Narrator edited the transcript, Feb. 8, 1996.
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945--Civilian life Armed service--World War, 1939-1945 Durango (Colo.)--History
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

 

Narrator: Kroeger, John R. "Jack"

Interview date:

1993-11-04
Interview #:  138

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

14
About narrator: Born in Durango, Colorado, in 1925. Married Barbara Mason in 1946; two children. Self employed.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1938

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Fort Lewis College student/alumnus.
Notes on interview: Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Nov. 10, 1993.
Major topics: Landing Ship, Tank Chicago (Ill.)--History
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

M

Narrator: Mondt, John

Interview date:

1994-03-08
Interview #:  198

Interview length:

45 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

10
About narrator:
Interviewer: Mancillas, Nikki
Earliest year: 1930

Latest year:

1994
About interviewer: Fort Lewis College student.
Notes on interview: A poor quality recording; on just one side of a 90-minute tape. By a Southwest Studies history student of Dick Ellis's. Catherine Conrad's partial transcript (8 pages) was edited and formatted by archivist Todd Ellison on Aug. 21, 1997; we discontinued transcribing, because the content is not pertinent to the Southwest. The entire interview was transcribed by Center student worker Brookes Boswell on March 29, 1999, and was edited by Ellison on March 30, 1999.
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945 Boulder City (Nev.)--History
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

P

Narrator: Parker, Ray

Interview date:

1993-11-11
Interview #:  224

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

21
About narrator: Born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1923. Married to Elsie Gronborg, 1947-1963, then to Ethel Pearce, 1964-. Two children. Worked as a reporter, staff writer, senior writer, and supervising writer in Southern California, for many years.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: Narrator retains literary and property rights. Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Nov. 18, 1993.
Major topics: Air force navigators--World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Germany
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

 

Narrator: Potts, Westley F.

Interview date:

1993-12-12
Interview #:  234

Interview length:

30 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

8
About narrator: Was on the battleship Oklahoma when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941.
Interviewer: Meredith, Kathy
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1941
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: By a Richard Ellis student. Date unsure, possibly12/15?/1993? Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Jan. 26, 1994.
Major topics: Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)--Bombing--941 Dec. 7 U.S. Oklahoma (battleship) Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

Q

Narrator: Quintana, Eloy

Interview date:

1993-12-06
Interview #:  237

Interview length:

45 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

15
About narrator: Born in Rosa, New Mexico, in 1918; married Cicilia F. Montoya in 1948. Was raised in Silverton, where his father worked in a mine. Served in Hawaii and elsewhere in the Pacific during the Pearl Harbor attack; was a gunnery flight engineer in the 7th Air Corps.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1939

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: By a Fort Lewis College Southwest Studies history student of Richard Ellis's. Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on Jan. 8, 1994.
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945--Pacific front Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

S

Narrator: Scales, Leonard H.

Interview date:

1993-12-09
Interview #:  256

Interview length:

40 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

15
About narrator: Born in Texas in 1917; married to Wesley Jane in 1940; three children.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: By a Fort Lewis College Southwest Studies history student of Richard Ellis's
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945 Four Corners region
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

T

Narrator: Thurston, William R. "Bill"

Interview date:

1993-11-17
Interview #:  303

Interview length:

60 minutes
Release?*: y

# audiotapes:

1
Transcript?: y

# pages:

16
About narrator: Born in Connecticut in 1920.
Interviewer: Sanders, Devin
Earliest year: 1941

Latest year:

1949
About interviewer: Southwest Studies student at Fort Lewis College.
Notes on interview: Transcribed by Center of Southwest Studies staff on March 22, 1994.
Major topics: World War, 1939-1945 Pilots--World War, 1939-1945 Four Corners region
*Note: No access is permitted until the release has been signed (which is designated by the letter y in that field).

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