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The Age, Volume 9, Number 5, May 1988

Description: Monthly publication containing information related to Chambers County, Texas, including current events of the Chambers County Historical Commission, the Wallisville Heritage Park, and the Chambers County historical and genealogical societies; reprinted newspaper articles about county events and citizens; and historical news and records.
Date: May 1988
Creator: Wallisville Heritage Park (Organization)
Partner: Chambers County Library System

Oral History Interview with Ira T. DeFoor, May 24, 1983

Description: Interview with college instructor Ira T. DeFoor from Denton, Texas. In the interview, DeFoor discusses his experiences from when he was the equipment manager for the football team during the desegregation of athletics at North Texas State College in 1956.
Date: May 24, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & DeFoor, Ira T.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Funeral Program for Leslie Leroy Price, Sr., May 30, 1984]

Description: Funeral program for Mr. Leslie Leroy Price, Sr., born October 23, 1919 and died May 26, 1984. The funeral was held May 30, 1984 at Calvary Baptist Church, officiated by Robert Miller, Jr. Funeral arrangements were made through Sutton-Sutton Mortuary, Inc. and he was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas. Includes a resolution from the congregation of Calvary Baptist Church.
Date: May 30, 1984
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

[Funeral Program for James Howard Hill, May 16, 1985]

Description: Funeral program for James Howard Hill, born September 12, 1919 and died May 11, 1985. The funeral was held May 16, 1985 at St. Paul United Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. Hector J. Grant. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 16, 1985
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

Oral History Interview with Herbert R. Morris, May 8, 1989

Description: Transcript of an interview with Herbert Morris, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Morris discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: May 8, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Morris, Herbert R., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985

Description: Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date: May 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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