Oral History Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, February 8, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, February 8, 1979

Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, a competitive pilot and flight instructor from Garden City, Minnesota. Whyte discusses her family history, her childhood and education, moving to Oregon, her initial interests in flying, her training in nursing, taking up flying, winning her first race, teaching others to fly, becoming a flight instructor full-time, Prohibition bootlegging, races, a crash, Amelia Earhart, the growth of women in aviation, service as a Army Air Corps nurse during World War Two, being a flying salesman, flying helicopters, and building the Aero Valley Flying School.
Date: February 8, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & White, Edna Gardner
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.b1426.0456]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "YWCA membership drive, Mrs. J.J. Harrigan - 1970"
Date: April 8, 1970
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0261]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Constructed in the early 1950s, the Yukon water treatment plant, located north of the city is a main point in the move to pass the water bond issue."
Date: September 8, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0354]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Christmas Cutting -- Ten years of labor and expense are paying off in holiday cash and cheer for Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Miller of Ada who have opened their 10,000-tree plantation to Oklahomans wishing to choose and cut their own Christmas trees."
Date: December 8, 1979
Creator: James, Todd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0355]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two Generations -- A Christmas seedling grows beside the stump of one of its full-size forefathers already harvested on a Christmas tree plantation in Pontotoc County."
Date: December 8, 1979
Creator: James, Todd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0344]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tree is hoisted atop Myriad -- When 300 lights are turned on in a brief ceremony Friday night, the tree on top of the Myriad convention centre will certainly look like a 30-foot tall Christmas tree."
Date: December 8, 1970
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1971-1974] (open access)

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1971-1974]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from April 8, 1971 to August 8, 1974. An index with names is included at the front.
Date: 1971-04-08/1974-08-08
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving On From Watergate (open access)

Moving On From Watergate

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the fallout of the Watergate scandal under the Nixon Administration.
Date: March 8, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan: Fundraiser for Honorable Harold Runnels (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan: Fundraiser for Honorable Harold Runnels

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at a fundraiser for Harold Runnels in Roswell, New Mexico.
Date: October 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - Fundraiser for Honorable Harold Runnels (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - Fundraiser for Honorable Harold Runnels

Text for a campaign speech by Barbara C. Jordan at a fundraiser for Harold Runnels in Roswell, New Mexico.
Date: October 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saving the Family (open access)

Saving the Family

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving On From Watergate (open access)

Moving On From Watergate

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Texas Law Review Annual Banquet in Austin, Texas, about the aftermath of Richard Nixon's resignation and what it meant for lawyers.
Date: March 8, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saving the Family (open access)

Saving the Family

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families. Handwritten edits appear across the photocopied document.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saving the Family (open access)

Saving the Family

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families. Handwritten edits appear across the document.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust (open access)

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust (open access)

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust (open access)

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust (open access)

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House Judiciary Committee Members Meeting]

Photograph of the House Judiciary Committee meeting in an office. Barbara Jordan is sitting on a couch in the back of the office.
Date: July 8, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan at a Judicial Hearing]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan during President Richard Nixon's impeachment hearing for the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan is in the front row, third from the left in a lighter-colored dress.
Date: July 8, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the House Judiciary Committee Meet in an Office]

Photograph of members of the House Judiciary Committee sitting in an office, meeting about a judicial hearing. Barbara Jordan is sitting on a couch in the back of the office.
Date: July 8, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Writing in a Notebook]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan writing in a notebook, wearing a light-colored dress at a hearing for the House Judiciary Committee. There is a man sitting in the background, wearing a dark-colored suit.
Date: July 8, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peter W. Rodino, Jr. to John J. Sirica, March 8, 1974] (open access)

[Letter from Peter W. Rodino, Jr. to John J. Sirica, March 8, 1974]

Letter from Peter W. Rodino, Jr. to John J. Sirica discussing the impeachment inquiry for Richard Nixon.
Date: March 8, 1974
Creator: Rodino, Peter W., Jr., 1909-2005
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 54, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1971 (open access)

The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 54, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1971

Semiweekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 8, 1971
Creator: Zapalac, Lester H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History