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Summary:

Interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, a longtime Denton County resident, concerning her family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle; recollections of Influenza epidemic, Great Depression, World War II, and Kennedy assassination; admiration for Barack Obama. Appendix consists of four photocopies of photographs.

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Mary George Billingsley, 1908-

Contributors:

Taylor, D. J.

Denton County Historical Commission (Tex.)

Texas Community History Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, 2009 November 26 [by Sullivan, M.G.B.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1682

Subjects:

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 — Grapes of wrath

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 — Assassination

Obama, Barack

Sullivan, Mary George Billingsley, 1908- — Oral history

Denton Building and Loan Association — Oral history

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 — Oral history

Depressions — 1929 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

Denton County (Tex.) — Oral history

Denton County (Tex.) — Social life and customs — 20th century — Oral history

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

Grapes of wrath (Steinbeck, John)

Assassination

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Denton County oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 2009 for the Denton County Historical Commission and the Texas Community History (Denton County) Oral History Project, University of North Texas Oral History Collection. Interviewer: D.J. Taylor.
Additional copy is held at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum.

Physical Description:

57 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1682

OCLC Numbers:

678574623