[News Script: Verhest surgery] (open access)

[News Script: Verhest surgery]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Anja Verhest traveling from Brussels, Belgium to Houston, Texas to be operated on by Dr. Denton A. Cooley.
Date: April 19, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vertrag (open access)

Vertrag

Contract for an advance from the Adelsverein to Friedrich Schafer, dated October 2, 1845. I states that the Adelsverein paid Schafer 81 Gulden, and outlines Schafer's responsibilities to the Adelsverein in return.
Date: October 2, 1845
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mary Josephine Kempner, July 18, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mary Josephine Kempner, July 18, 1949]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mary Josephine Kempner mentioning that he picked up the attached covers in Belgium as he thought she might like them.
Date: July 18, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner, June 9, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner, June 9, 1948]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the appearance of Mexican cotton in shipments to Belgium, issues with the dehydrating plant and other business in Sugar Land, Fanny Hamburger's return to the United States, and the Marshall Plan.
Date: June 9, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pierre Chardine to Daniel W. Kempner, September 8,1948] (open access)

[Letter from Pierre Chardine to Daniel W. Kempner, September 8,1948]

Letter from Pierre Chardine to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that his car has been loaded on the SS. Charles Lykes and enclosing documents regarding his car's freighting. The letter also discusses the condition of the car.
Date: September 8, 1948
Creator: Chardine, Pierre
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. O. Caraway to D. W. Kempner, April 12, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from W. O. Caraway to D. W. Kempner, April 12, 1956]

Letter from W. O. Caraway to D. W. Kempner discussing international shipments of sugar packets.
Date: April 12, 1956
Creator: Caraway, W. O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002

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Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visitors Entertained in 1960 (open access)

Visitors Entertained in 1960

Document listing the names, geographical or business affiliation, and dates of visitors entertained by a member of the Kempner family.
Date: 1960~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, March 10, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, March 10, 1945]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner discussing general points of interest, such as cotton offers to Spain, updates regarding communications with Belgium, political moves regarding a medicine school in Austin, W. L. Maxson stock in relation to H. L. Kempner and other brief notes regarding business and conditions.
Date: March 10, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. G. Tompkins to Daniel W. Kempner, January 5, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from J. G. Tompkins to Daniel W. Kempner, January 5, 1953]

Letter from J. G. Tompkins to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that he has secured a ticket for Miss M. Enz to sail from Europe to the United States.
Date: January 5, 1953
Creator: Tompkins, J. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Jose Lacerda, March 25, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Jose Lacerda, March 25, 1963]

Harris L. Kempner to Jose Lacerda discussing his concerns about the itinerary for his trip in Europe.
Date: March 25, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Survey of Fallout Operations (open access)

Survey of Fallout Operations

From Abstract: "The Laboratory has made a survey of fallout operations in the various countries of the world. The source of information has largely been the reports submitted to UNSCEAR forwarding data for their consideration. The abstracts are given in order of type of operation as shown in the table of contents."
Date: July 1, 1962
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Drake, 2002

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Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.
Date: October 16, 2002
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Drake, Edward J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5 (open access)

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5

List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person. This final volume includes men living abroad who have U.S. pensions.
Date: 1883
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Third Reich Finale: as Witnessed by John L. Hancock, 259th Field Artillery Battalion

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Army WWII veteran John L. Hancock's autobiographical accounts of his service with the 259th Field Artillery Battalion in the final months of the European Theater. The book features five separate accounts on the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen, liberating Buchenwald, occupation duty in Germany, and returning to the US.
Date: August 11, 2003
Creator: Hancock, John L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewables 2010: Global Status Report (open access)

Renewables 2010: Global Status Report

This report describes economic trends in building the capacity of renewable energy in several countries.
Date: 2010
Creator: Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Index of Shale-Oil Patents (open access)

An Index of Shale-Oil Patents

From Introduction: "Work on this project was begun early in 1944; and the results with respect to shale oil are reported in this Bulletin. Since this bulletin is only an index to this large repository of ideas relating to the the treatment of shale oil, the material is presented in the form of short notices describing the subject material of each patent, which consist of an abridgment of the patent (if British or Australian) or a typical claim in the case of the United States or foreign patents."
Date: 1948
Creator: Klosky, Simon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Index of Selected Gasification Patents (In Three Parts): [Part] 3. Belgian, French, German, Italian, and Swedish Patents (open access)

Index of Selected Gasification Patents (In Three Parts): [Part] 3. Belgian, French, German, Italian, and Swedish Patents

From Introduction: "The material is presented in three parts, as follows: III. Belgium, French, German, Italian, and Swedish Patents. Some of the Foreign Patents were collected at the same time and a few of them later in 1961."
Date: 1964
Creator: Klosky, Simon & Murphy, Zane E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library