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Oral History Interview with Fred J. Agnich, December 16, 1974

Description: Interview with Fred Agnich, a businessman and a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views while serving as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Agnich discusses the need for constitutional revision, the Constitutional Revision Committee, Price Daniel, Jr. as chair of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 16, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred J.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974

Description: Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Harris discusses the need for constitutional revision, Price Daniel, Jr. as chairman of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 23, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 20, 1974

Description: Interview with Democratic representative and attorney L. DeWitt Hale, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale reminisces and describes his experiences during his time serving as a member of the 1974 Texas Constitutional Convention. Hale also discusses his personal views concerning constitutional revisions, the Constitutional Revision Commission, the Joint Constitutional Convention Planning Committee, the Judiciary Committee, Price Daniel Jr., night-to-work provisions, and the failureā€¦ more
Date: December 20, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Richard Rogers, November 1974

Description: Interview with Richard Rogers, president of Mary Kay Cosmetics. The interview includes Rogers' personal experiences about forming a company. Rogers talks about his mother's (Mary Kay) selling career and its impact on her own company, relations with sales personnel, marketing and sales motivation, the wig business, pricing, the dual management system, legal aspects and government regulations, his views on government regulation, self-regulation, consumerism, product quality, reasons for going pubā€¦ more
Date: November 1974
Creator: Caruth, Donald L. & Rogers, Richard
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Mary Kay Ash, November 1974

Description: Interview with cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash. The interview includes Ash's personal experiences about her early sales career and its impact upon her future business philosophy, methods, and the success of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Ash talks about planning prior to launching the company, problems and solutions in the beginning, early legal problems with competitors, her concern for women's opportunities, development and growth of sales, the role of her children in the company, methods of recruitā€¦ more
Date: November 1974
Creator: Caruth, Donald L. & Ash, Mary Kay
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Thomas B. Maston, 1974

Description: Interview with Thomas B. Maston, college professor and theologian. The interview includes Maston's personal experiences about religious fundamentalism in Texas during the 1920s. Maston talks about his philosophy of Christian ethics, the Norris Movement, his teaching philosophy, and Southern Baptists and social concern.
Date: July 30, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Maston, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Wilford A. Autry, July 1, 1974

Description: 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.
Date: July 1, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Autry, Wilford A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Cecil E. Shuford, November 8, 1974

Description: Interview with Cecil Shuford, former college professor, writer, and poet, concerning the evolution of the Journalism Department at North Texas State University, his philosophy on the training of professional journalists, his theories on creative writing, and his impressions of various presidential administrations at the University.
Date: November 8, 1974
Creator: Rainbolt, William & Shuford, Cecil E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Earle Cabell, 1974

Description: Interview with Representative Earle Cabell, former mayor of Dallas, Texas, and later a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, from Dallas, Texas. Cabell offers a biography of himself and his family, including: his family origins in Virginia; his father's career; his upbringing and first jobs; his entry into the dairy business and subsequent experiences in producing milk-products; his interests in civil affairs and his decision to run for mayor of Dallas; his campaign; his agenda andā€¦ more
Date: 1974-03/1974-10
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cabell, Earle
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Arthur M. Sampley, 1973-1974

Description: Interview with Dr. Arthur M. Sampley, a college professor, former college administrator, and former poet laureate from Denton Texas. In the interview, Dr. Sampley describes his life growing up in Denton and attending school at the University of Texas. He talks about becoming a poet and analyzes his poetry as well as describing tenure as director of libraries and vice-president for academic affairs at North Texas State College, his philosophy of teaching, and the desegregation of the college in ā€¦ more
Date: November 8, 1973
Creator: Haggard, Margurite & Sampley, Arthur M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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