Oral history interview with W.D. Gentry, 2007 May 06.

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Oral history interview with W.D. Gentry, 2007 May 06.

Interview with Will D. Gentry, businessman, concerning his family's history farming in Denton County; creation of Lake Dallas; father's career as a lawman and mother's as a nurse; experience in Denton schools and at North Texas State College; career in grocery business, most recently with HEB Co. Appendix consists of photocopies of photographs and documents (forty leaves).

62, [41] leaves ; 29 cm.

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