World War II Memoirs: A Collection Of Stories From The Battle Front, The Home Front And The Other Side (open access)

World War II Memoirs: A Collection Of Stories From The Battle Front, The Home Front And The Other Side

Book documenting first-person accounts of World War II veterans about their enlistments, the war, and life afterwards.
Date: 1998
Creator: Farek, Florence Hertel
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Palo Pinto County, Index

Index map for Palo Pinto County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:87,409.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mineral Wells

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:100000
Date: 1992
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with S. L. Baker, October 20, 1993

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Interview with S.L. Baker concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Baker worked at a camp in Cleburne, Texas.
Date: October 20, 1993
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Baker, S. L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weatherford Coyote (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1990 (open access)

Weatherford Coyote (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1990

School newspaper from Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas that includes news of interest to students, staff, and alumni along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1990
Creator: Weatherford College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Ken W. Duncan, March 9, 1994

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Interview with Ken Duncan concerning his experiences during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Duncan worked at camps in Redvale, Colorado (Company 3844) and Paradox Valley, Colorado.
Date: March 9, 1994
Creator: Gonzalez, Linda Ott & Duncan, Ken W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1992 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1992

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 16, 1992
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with James L. Jackson, September 3, 1993

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Interview with attorney James L. Jackson from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories from when he was a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, and includes detailed comments on his teachers, the athletics program, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller. He also shares his thoughts and experiences concerning segregation in Denton.
Date: September 3, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Jackson, James L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, August 2, 1992 (open access)

The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, August 2, 1992

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1994 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1994

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 1994
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Archie Gantt, August 31, 1999

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Interview with Army veteran Archie Gantt. The interview includes Gantt's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, boyhood in central Texas, basic training, shipping to England, combat on the Siegfried Line, and the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Gantt talks about leadership problems, combat living conditions, Officer Candidate School and commissioning, and his postwar war service in Europe.
Date: August 31, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Gantt, Archie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1993 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1993

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 11, 1993
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Las Sabinas, Volume 21, Number 3, July 1995 (open access)

Las Sabinas, Volume 21, Number 3, July 1995

Quarterly publication of the Orange County Historical Society discussing the history of the area and genealogy of residents through essays; oral histories; newspaper articles; letters; records of births, marriages, and deaths; photographs; cemetery records; court proceedings and public records; family Bible entries; and other historical documents.
Date: July 1995
Creator: Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996

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Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1991 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1991

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 11, 1991
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1994 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1994

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 3, 1994
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1993 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1993

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 23, 1993
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1995 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1995

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1995
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1998 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1998

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 25, 1998
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1993 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1993

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 16, 1993
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slipstream, Volume 29, Number 12, December 1991 (open access)

Slipstream, Volume 29, Number 12, December 1991

Monthly magazine published by the Maverick Region of the Porsche Club of America containing stories related to the organization or of interest to the group's members including news, upcoming and past events, other feature articles, and classified advertisements.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Porsche Club of America. Maverick Region.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1994 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1994

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 1994
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Along the Texas Forts Trail

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The task of providing military defense for the Texas Frontier was never an easy one because the territory was claimed by some of the greatest querrilla fighters of all times—the Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, and Lipans. Protecting a line running from the Red River southwest to El Paso was an impossible task, but following the Mexican War the federal government attempted to do so by establishing a line of forts. During the Civil War the forts were virtually abandoned and the Indians once again ruled the area. Following the war when the military began to restore the old forts, they found that the Indians no longer fought with bows and arrows but shouldered the latest firearms. With their new weapons the Indians were able to inflict tremendous destruction, bringing demands from settlers for more protection. In the summer of 1866 a new line of forts appeared through central Texas under the leadership of General Philip H. Sheridan, commander of federal forces in Louisiana and Texas. Guardians of a raw young land and focal points of high adventure, the old forts were indispensable in their day of service and it is fitting that they be preserved. In and around the forts and …
Date: October 15, 1997
Creator: Aston, B. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
1941: Texas Goes to War (open access)

1941: Texas Goes to War

This book is a collection of essays discussing the role of Texans in World War II. It examines both the Texas soldiers fighting in the European and Pacific theaters as well as the Texans on the Homefront. The essays describe both the military and social aspects of the war. Index starts on page 241.
Date: 1991
Creator: Lee, James Ward; Barnes, Carolyn N.; Bowman, Kent A. & Crow, Laura
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library