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[Clothing account request, March 8, 1865] (open access)

[Clothing account request, March 8, 1865]

Letter requesting that the descriptive list and clothing accounts for Maus V. V. Washburn, who is a patient in the Cuyler U. S. Army General Hospital in Philadelphia, be forwarded to the Medical Director's Office in Philadelphia as he was admitted with nothing.
Date: March 8, 1865
Creator: Kendall, T. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Barbara Jordan Acceptance Speech at Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Acceptance Speech at Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies]

Text of acceptance speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies commemoration of the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She discusses immigration policy and and the civil rights of immigrants. Handwritten edits appear throughout the photocopied document.
Date: 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Representative Barbara Jordan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - YWCA of Germantown, Pennsylvania (open access)

Representative Barbara Jordan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - YWCA of Germantown, Pennsylvania

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the YWCA in Germantown, Pennsylvania, about women's contributions to the political process.
Date: September 17, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - The Television and Radio Advertising Club (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - The Television and Radio Advertising Club

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Television and Radio Advertising Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about whether community as a nation is possible.
Date: September 16, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - The Television and Radio Advertising Club (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - The Television and Radio Advertising Club

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Television and Radio Advertising Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about whether community as a nation is possible.
Date: September 16, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date: March 2, 2010
Creator: Brown, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History