[Clipping: "Talk to TH"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Talk to TH"]

Magazine clipping with eight entries from WASP or military personnel that had experience in aviation.
Date: January 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Manuel Orona, July 28, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Manuel Orona, July 28, 2016

Manuel Orona was born in 1964 in Pecos, Texas. He attended segregated schools until high school, going to Central High school and graduating in 1966. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marines, serving in Vietnam from 1967-1969. He was wounded in Vietnam. Upon returning to the United States, Orona attended Odessa College in Odessa, Texas, graduating in 1969. He then attended West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas for a year before transferring and graduating from the University of Houston in 1973. When returning from Vietnam, Orona was introduced to the Raza Unida Party by Juan Chávez (who then lived in Muleshoe was part of Chicanos Unidos Campesinos). By 1976, Orona left Houston and returned to Pecos to run for County Judge under the Raza Unida Party. In Pecos, he faced political and police oppression in response to his candidacy, and he lost the election. Orona then moved to Odessa permanently. In Odessa, he published El Editor Permian Basin edition from 1980 to about 2011 as well as participated in state level and local election campaigning for both Democrats and Republicans.
Date: July 28, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Orona, Manuel
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Feliz Abalos, July 15, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Feliz Abalos, July 15, 2016

Feliz Abalos was born (1979) and raised in Odessa, Texas. Abalos graduated from Odessa High School in 1996 a semester early and attended one spring semester at Sul Ross State University. She graduated from the University of Houston in 2001 and then attended law school at Ohio Northern University Abalos has been chair of the Ector County Democratic Party. She has worked in various local political campaigns since she was a child. Abalos was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Premium Basin Planned Parenthood.
Date: July 15, 2016
Creator: Abalos, Feliz & Zapata, Joel
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas sheriffs] (open access)

[News Script: Texas sheriffs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 8, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas AP] (open access)

[News Script: Texas AP]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: October 3, 1969, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: New Top Texas Weather] (open access)

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of dense fog along the Texas coast which has prompted hazardous driving warnings for motorists while a new cold front is bringing scattered rains to the Panhandle Plains area.
Date: January 22, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Census] (open access)

[News Script: Census]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the completed 1970 census.
Date: February 3, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Top Texas Weather] (open access)

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of chilly temperatures and clear skies which are prevailing over Texas.
Date: February 26, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bounty of Texas (open access)

The Bounty of Texas

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 5, January 1984 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 5, January 1984

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: January 1984
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973

Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat and several camps on the Burma Railway, and near Nagasaki.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total] (open access)

[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total]

Newspaper clipping about the poll tax payments in some Texas counties such as Dallas, Galveston, Orange, Harris, and Tom Green.
Date: 1956~
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 6, February 1984 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 6, February 1984

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: February 1984
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Windmill, Volume 8, Number 4, December 1981 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 8, Number 4, December 1981

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: December 1981
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Windmill, Volume 9, Number 8, May 1983 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 9, Number 8, May 1983

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: May 1983
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 11, July 1984 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 11, July 1984

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: July 1984
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 2, October 1983 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 10, Number 2, October 1983

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: October 1983
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Barrow Ranch House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Barrow Ranch House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Barrow Ranch House, in Ector County, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Date: 1970~
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Windmill, Volume 7, Number 6, February 1981 (open access)

The Windmill, Volume 7, Number 6, February 1981

Newsletter of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin describing research, news, events, and activities at the university, as well as other topics of interest.
Date: February 1981
Creator: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 29, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John Ben Shepperd to Harris L. Kempner, Jr., January 28, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from John Ben Shepperd to Harris L. Kempner, Jr., January 28, 1964]

Letter from John Ben Shepperd to Harris L. Kempner, Jr. providing some information on the Historic Marker that is going to be erected in honor of his great grandfather, Harris Kemper. Enclosed is an "Official Historical Markers" ordering pamphlet from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
Date: January 28, 1964
Creator: Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History