Dacus, Melvin oral history, 1992.

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Dacus, Melvin oral history, 1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191194192

The collection consists of three tapes and a transcript.

0.2 linear ft.

Fort Worth Library

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Fort Worth Library

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Fort Worth Public Library. Archives.

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Dacus, Melvin, 1923-1999.

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Melvin Dacus was born March 15, 1923 in Fort Worth. His father, James Alexander Dacus, was head of the Texas Christian University Business School when it moved to Fort Worth. He graduated from TCU in 1944. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and participated in the landing on Iwo Jima. After the war he sung in the first two operas of the Fort Worth Opera. In 1946 he went to New York to pursue his singing career. He returned to Fort Worth in the early 50's. In 1958, he and Fort ...