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[Barbara C. Jordan Keynote Address for Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Keynote Address for Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address for the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations in Chicago.
Date: April 21, 1991
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Keynote Address Given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations] (open access)

[Keynote Address Given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations]

Text of a keynote address given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundation, covering the topic of spreading the American notion of civil society to the rest of the world.
Date: April 21, 1991
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Finley, April 11, 2006 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Finley, April 11, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Finley. Finley joined the Marine Corps around December of 1943. He provides vivid details of his boot camp experiences. He served with Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, as a radar mechanic on Corsairs, repairing radio and radar gear. Beginning in September of 1944 they traveled to Guam, Kwajalein, Pearl Harbor and Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Finley shares a number of anecdotal stories, including working with POWs. He was discharged in the fall of 1946.
Date: April 11, 2006
Creator: Finley, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History