Letter to the NAACP Field Director regarding irregularities in an election (open access)

Letter to the NAACP Field Director regarding irregularities in an election

Letter regarding a series of irregularities in a state election as well as violations of the state constitution
Date: September 18, 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memo to NAACP presidents and secretarys regarding membership (open access)

Memo to NAACP presidents and secretarys regarding membership

Quarterly membership update for October, 2003. Includes updates on goals and campaign efforts.
Date: October 2003
Creator: Evans, Regina A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to NAACP chapters regarding voter registration drives (open access)

Letter to NAACP chapters regarding voter registration drives

Letter to NAACP leaders regarding voter registration drives. Letter encourages each chapter to set up registration sites and use their knowledge of their communities to get as many people registered as possible.
Date: June 1, 2004
Creator: Bond, Julian & Mfume, Kweisi
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to NAACP members outlining goals for continued social activism (open access)

Letter to NAACP members outlining goals for continued social activism

Letter to NAACP members discussing the social conditions that need to be addressed as well as outlining some goals to help continue ongoing social activism.
Date: March 8, 2002
Creator: Johnson, Jeffrey
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter regarding the 29th annual NAACP Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Awards Dinner (open access)

Letter regarding the 29th annual NAACP Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Awards Dinner

Letter regarding the separation of the armed services and veterans affairs dinner from the national convention.
Date: May 4, 2004
Creator: Mfume, Kweisi
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Negro Appeal. (Baltimore and Annapolis, Md.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1900 (open access)

The Negro Appeal. (Baltimore and Annapolis, Md.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 1900
Creator: Tice, S. Timothy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of announcement concerning the Mexican law of April 6, 1830 made by José M. Tornel , November 5, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of announcement concerning the Mexican law of April 6, 1830 made by José M. Tornel , November 5, 1830]

Copy of transcript for an announcement made by Jose M. Tornel informing potential U.S. immigrants of the Mexican law of April 6, 1830 prohibiting Americans from immigrating to Mexico.
Date: November 5, 1830
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: First summary take 2] (open access)

[News Script: First summary take 2]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the south Vietnamese which delivered the remains of two unidentified Americans who were killed during the 1968 Tet offensive .
Date: August 14, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Baltimore County General Hospital Foudnation, Melvyn Goldman Appreciation Dinner (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Baltimore County General Hospital Foudnation, Melvyn Goldman Appreciation Dinner

Text for a speech given by Barbara Jordan at the Melvyn Goldman Appreciation Dinner, held by the Baltimore County General Hospital Foundation in honor of the opening of the new Baltimore County General Hospital.
Date: June 4, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Precollege Newsletter, Number 10, September 1, 1988 (open access)

Precollege Newsletter, Number 10, September 1, 1988

Issue of the Precollege Newsletter from the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youths at Johns Hopkins University. It discusses girls in gifted programs, the University of Chicago, Rice University, Stanford University, how to pay for college tuition, and other subjects related to college programs for gifted children.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Stanley, Julian C.; Brody, Linda; Lupkowski, Ann E.; Sandhofer, Lois; Wade, Mary Beth & Stanley, Barbara
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities (open access)

Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities

Text for a speech about the responsibility of democracy, given by Barbara C. Jordan as a Williams Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still Looking For The Mean! (open access)

Still Looking For The Mean!

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, for the university's celebration of 125 years of service.
Date: April 8, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to J. Walter Wayland - November 25, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to J. Walter Wayland - November 25, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to J. Walter Wayland providing addresses for thirteen men located throughout the world. Included in the list of names is Harry Wirth who Mr. Bradford and Mr. Wayland had previously spoken about. Finally, each of the thirteen men have a brief entry written on what they have been doing in years. The final paragraph details Mr. Bradford’s experience abroad as part of the Canadian Army in 1940 and the anti-American sentiments.
Date: November 25, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newest Research Ideas Coming From Centers (open access)

Newest Research Ideas Coming From Centers

An article written by Steven Muller about the effects of newly changing research structures and disciplines at Johns Hopkins University.
Date: November 10, 1985
Creator: Muller, Steven
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow (open access)

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in Jail] (open access)

[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in Jail]

Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in 1964] (open access)

[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in 1964]

Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow transcript

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History