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[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Charles Henry Nimitz, September 1905]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz, writing from China, mentions leaving Manila just as a cholera outbreak occurred. Nimitz mentions his travel plans for he interior of China. He mentions the Boxer Rebellion briefly and various news on some other classmates in the fleet. He also describes a malfunction with one of his torpedoes. Between the time Nimitz started this letter and mailed it, he took an inland trip to Peking, which he describes. He also mentions going to Korea and escorting members of the Taft Party (including Alice Roosevelt).
Date:
{1905-09-08,1905-09-11,1905-09-12,1905-09-16}
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Charles Henry Nimitz, September 1905]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz, writing from China, mentions leaving Manila just as a cholera outbreak occurred. Nimitz mentions his travel plans for he interior of China. He mentions the Boxer Rebellion briefly and various news on some other classmates in the fleet. He also describes a malfunction with one of his torpedoes. Between the time Nimitz started this letter and mailed it, he took an inland trip to Peking, which he describes. He also mentions going to Korea and escorting members of the Taft Party (including Alice Roosevelt).
Date:
{1905-09-08,1905-09-11,1905-09-12,1905-09-16}
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Juventino Mata, August 16, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Juventino Mata. Mata was born of Mexican-American parents on a ranch in Imperial County, California. He recalls being forced to flee Mexico as a youngster due to the Cristero War conducted by the Mexican dictator Elias Calles. In the US, Mata attended a segregated school to the 8th grade at which time he quit to contribute to the family income. He tells of the family working as itinerate farm workers, picking various crops throughout California. In 1942, he was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. Upon completion of basic training, he joined the 29th Fighter Group, 55th Fighter Squadron and went to England aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. There he became a cook for the unit. He tells of the missions of the 55th Fighter Squadron and the various types of fighter planes they flew. Mata was discharged in late 1945.
Date:
August 16, 2016
Creator:
Mata, Juventino
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Juventino Mata, August 16, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Juventino Mata. Mata was born of Mexican-American parents on a ranch in Imperial County, California. He recalls being forced to flee Mexico as a youngster due to the Cristero War conducted by the Mexican dictator Elias Calles. In the US, Mata attended a segregated school to the 8th grade at which time he quit to contribute to the family income. He tells of the family working as itinerate farm workers, picking various crops throughout California. In 1942, he was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. Upon completion of basic training, he joined the 29th Fighter Group, 55th Fighter Squadron and went to England aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. There he became a cook for the unit. He tells of the missions of the 55th Fighter Squadron and the various types of fighter planes they flew. Mata was discharged in late 1945.
Date:
August 16, 2016
Creator:
Mata, Juventino
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Radical Labor in Oklahoma: The Working Class Union
Article chronicles the history of the Green Corn Rebellion, a bloody protest led by the Working Class Union who opposed the United States joining World War I and the subsequent draft.
Date:
Summer 1974
Creator:
Warrick, Sherry
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tar and Feather Patriotism: The Suppression of Dissent in Oklahoma during World War I
Article describes the atmosphere of wartime Oklahoma in the early 1900s, the way those who resisted the draft were treated, and the abuse German-Americans suffered during this time in the name of patriotism.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Fowler, James H., II
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Peculiarly Situated Between Rebellion and Loyalty": Civilized Tribes, Savagery, and the American Civil War
Article discusses the concept of "savagism" in the context of participation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the Civil War. Tom L. Franzmann investigates details and accounts of brutal practices conducted by both white and American Indian soldiers during the war and deconstructs the ideas that perpetrated society during the time.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Franzmann, Tom L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
No Time to Quibble: The Jones Conspiracy Trial of 1917
Article examines the Jones Family trial that took place in 1917, when violent backlash to any kind of antiwar sentiment was common throughout the United States. The Jones Family was thought to be working with other draft dissenters who caused the Green Corn Rebellion, such as the Working Class Union (WCU).
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Morton, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918: Wartime Hysteria and Indian-Baiting in WWI Oklahoma
Article depicts the events following the "Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918" and subsequent long and costly investigation into the leader of the demonstration, Ellen Perryman. Thomas A. Britten demonstrates the public hysteria perpetrated by the press and stereotypical negative image of Native Americans that was present in WWI Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 2001
Creator:
Britten, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Ethiopia Sqabble]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie who has moved to end an enlisted men's army revolt after 3 days of non-violent rebellion for pay raises.
Date:
February 28, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ethiopia]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Ethiopia's king sends a delegation to his nation to try to put down a rebellion by a reported 10,000 troops.
Date:
February 26, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 9. Rebellion (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) Disturbances at Anahuac and Velasco, (2) Texans as Ardent Federalists, (3) The Quest for Separate Statehood, (4) Cotton Boom!, (5) Chaos of 1835, Revolution Begins. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-24T16:56:59/2018-08-24T17:55:44
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rebellion of James Hodges Sr.]
Brief description of the life of James Hodges Sr.
Date:
October 21, 2021
Creator:
Harper, Bernadette
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Ship Fire]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the coast guard who is letting a fire burn itself out aboard a Mississippi river freighter. A leader of the rebellion that ended at Indiana State Prison in Michigan city says the upraising was a protest against officials who ignored inmate complaints.
Date:
September 4, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 3, Volume 2. Surgical History
Volume of records for the U.S. Civil War documenting statistics related to surgical patients with information about various kinds of special wounds and injuries as well as their treatments (including illustrations of many injuries before and after treatment).
Date:
1883
Creator:
Otis, George A. (George Alexander), 1830-1881 & Huntington, D. L. (David Lowe), 1834-1899
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 1, Volume 2. Surgical History
Volume of records for the U.S. Civil War documenting statistics related to surgical patients with information about various kinds of injuries and treatments (including illustrations of many injuries before and after treatment).
Date:
1870
Creator:
Otis, George A. (George Alexander), 1830-1881
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 1, Volume 1. Medical History
Documentation related to medical records from the U.S. Civil War. From introduction: "[This volume] consists of a series of statistical tables presenting a summary view of the facts embodied in the monthly reports made to the Surgeon General with regard to the Sickness of the Army, the Deaths, and the Discharges from service on surgeon's certificate of disability. These tables have been arranged in two groups; Part I referring to White Troops, Part II to Colored Troops. Each of these parts again, is subdivided into two sections; the first referring to Sickness and mortality, the second to Discharges on surgeon's certificate of disability" (p. xiii).
Date:
1870
Creator:
Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 2001
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 2001
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 77, Number 2, Summer 1999
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1999
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 89, Number 3, Fall 2011
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2050]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "In Oklahoma City, one minute of prayerful silence at 1 a.m., broken by the sound of "Taps" will mark the observance of a national holiday, originally established before the end of the Civil War a century ago. The holiday started in the southern states as "Decoration Day" prior to the end of the war which seperated state from state and in some instances, brother from brother. Established originally as an observance to honor soldiers killed in the U.S. Civil War, it wasn't an official holiday for the nation until 1868. It was then Commander-in-chief John A. Logan of the grand Army of the Republic issued a general order designating May 30 "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of thier country during the late rebellion........Oklahoma City American Legion Commander Tom McDonnell along with a group of buddies will place wreaths on the anchor and at the foot of the 45th National Guard Memorial in Civic Center on Memorial Day morning..........Post 170 will decorate Arlington, east of the city. Post 73 will take care of Sunnylane cemetery on …
Date:
May 16, 1961
Creator:
Cobb, Dick
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2051]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "In Oklahoma City, one minute of prayerful silence at 1 a.m., broken by the sound of "Taps" will mark the observance of a national holiday, originally established before the end of the Civil War a century ago. The holiday started in the southern states as "Decoration Day" prior to the end of the war which seperated state from state and in some instances, brother from brother. Established originally as an observance to honor soldiers killed in the U.S. Civil War, it wasn't an official holiday for the nation until 1868. It was then Commander-in-chief John A. Logan of the grand Army of the Republic issued a general order designating May 30 "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of thier country during the late rebellion........Oklahoma City American Legion Commander Tom McDonnell along with a group of buddies will place wreaths on the anchor and at the foot of the 45th National Guard Memorial in Civic Center on Memorial Day morning..........Post 170 will decorate Arlington, east of the city. Post 73 will take care of Sunnylane cemetery on …
Date:
May 16, 1961
Creator:
Cobb, Dick
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 9. Rebellion
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) Disturbances at Anahuac and Velasco, (2) Texans as Ardent Federalists, (3) The Quest for Separate Statehood, (4) Cotton Boom!, (5) Chaos of 1835, Revolution Begins.
Date:
2018-08-24T16:56:59/2018-08-24T17:55:44
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History