[Historic Marker Application: Guthrie Building] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Guthrie Building]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Guthrie Building, in Kerrville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Emergency Powers (open access)

National Emergency Powers

None
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 (open access)

The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Weekly newspaper from Odem, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Tracy, James
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 transcript

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
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 355, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 355, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History