Classified Information for All: Etree, The Internet, and the Folksonomies of Live Music Recordings (open access)

Classified Information for All: Etree, The Internet, and the Folksonomies of Live Music Recordings

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Conference. The notes and presentation focus on the classification of live music recordings, and positions it in the scope of digital humanities, explaining how it came to be and what the academy can learn from it.
Date: September 22, 2016
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Horace Johnson, September 17, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Horace Johnson, September 17, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Horace Johnson. Johnson joined the Navy in February 1942 and received basic training in Norfolk. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Seabees and sent to Port Hueneme. From there he set sail for the Pacific, where he constructed airstrips and aviation refueling stations in Suva, Funafuti, and Samoa. He returned to the States on 8 June 1944, and his battalion was decommissioned. Johnson did a second tour, stationed at an advanced base construction depot on Manus. He volunteered for the invasion of Luzon aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3). On 12 January, a suicide plane killed several men aboard ship, and they were buried at sea. Johnson returned home and was discharged in November 1945. He stayed in the construction industry and traveled all over the world building roads.
Date: September 17, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Horace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Arctic Science 1: A Summary of the White House Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting September 28, 2016- Washington, DC (open access)

Supporting Arctic Science 1: A Summary of the White House Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting September 28, 2016- Washington, DC

Summary report of the first-ever meeting of the Arctic Science Ministerial. Includes meeting list, participating countries (24 countries and EU), White House fact sheet, media reports and a Joint Statement of Ministers. Includes goals, points of contact, policy, research initiatives and research infrastructure.
Date: September 28, 2016
Creator: United States. Arctic Research Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert J. Gettelfinger, September 18, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert J. Gettelfinger, September 18, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert J Gettelfinger. Gettelfinger joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He completed Cadet School in San Antonio. He served as a C-46 pilot and was deployed to Chabua, India in 1943. He recalls flying the Hump, transporting fuel, munitions and supervisory staff to Kunming, China. Gettelfinger also completed missions to Burma. He returned to the US in November of 1944 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He continued his service in the Air Force as a career officer for 27 years, retiring as a colonel in the Strategic Air Command.
Date: September 18, 2016
Creator: Gettelfinger, Robert J
System: The Portal to Texas History