Oral history interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, 2009 November 26

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Oral history interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, 2009 November 26

2009

https://discover.library.unt.edu/catalog/b3873711

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.

57, [4] leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

eng, Latn

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 7969048

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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