[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Barton. Barton joined the Navy and was trained as a radioman. He became a crewman on an Avenger torpedo bomber in October 1943. Barton flew off of the USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) and the USS Tripoli (CVE-64) and performed anti-submarine patrols in the North Atlantic. He describes how depth charges were dropped, the armament of the plane, and how they were trained to skip-bomb. Barton was then sent to the Pacific where he flew off of the USS Anzio (CVE-57) for the remainder of the war. He describes an incident where his plane had a failed landing and ended upside-down in the water. Barton had to break some glass in the cockpit to escape. He flew ground support missions over Okinawa. Barton discusses how the radio and radar functioned on his plane. He was discharged several months after the surrender.
Date: November 6, 2010
Creator: Barton, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Barton. Barton joined the Navy and was trained as a radioman. He became a crewman on an Avenger torpedo bomber in October 1943. Barton flew off of the USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) and the USS Tripoli (CVE-64) and performed anti-submarine patrols in the North Atlantic. He describes how depth charges were dropped, the armament of the plane, and how they were trained to skip-bomb. Barton was then sent to the Pacific where he flew off of the USS Anzio (CVE-57) for the remainder of the war. He describes an incident where his plane had a failed landing and ended upside-down in the water. Barton had to break some glass in the cockpit to escape. He flew ground support missions over Okinawa. Barton discusses how the radio and radar functioned on his plane. He was discharged several months after the surrender.
Date: November 6, 2010
Creator: Barton, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Caro Bosca to WASP of WWII members, December 3, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Caro Bosca to WASP of WWII members, December 3, 2004]

Email from Caro Bosca to WASP members discussing the recent efforts of WASP children, family, and friends to establish their own organization.
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991] (open access)

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]

Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1991]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, dated August 1, 1862] (open access)

[Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, dated August 1, 1862]

Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, from "camp near Richmon[d]". Letter begs a reply from Lizzie to Burnam.
Date: August 1, 1862
Creator: Burnam, S. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, dated January 22 1862] (open access)

[Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, dated January 22 1862]

Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson discussing news from the front, including the state of the Union Army and fortifications near Washington, DC. Burnam was a soldier in the 4th Texas Regiment of the Confederate Army of the Potomac.
Date: January 22, 1862
Creator: Burnam, S. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Caldwell, February 21, 1863] (open access)

[Letter from John H. Caldwell, February 21, 1863]

John Caldwell has obtained leave of absence for sixty days. The reason for the leave of absence was because they would not let him retire and gave him the absence only if officers could be found to run his command. He wanted his captain to take command but the department would not allow it. Even if he had been granted retirement, it would have ended the same with a temporary command. He was able to acquiesced Dr. Col. Cunningham, a West Point graduate and a gentlemen to take the temporary command.
Date: February 21, 1863
Creator: Caldwell, John H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Carnes, March 28, 2022 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Carnes, March 28, 2022

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Carnes. Carnes joined the Navy in 1944 before he finished high school. In the Navy, he became a signalman and was assigned to USS Norton Sound (AVM-1). Carnes was aboard when the ship went to Okinawa, where he describes being attacked by kamikaze aircraft. When the war ended, Carnes went to Japan briefly before returning to the US and receiving his discharge.
Date: March 28, 2022
Creator: Carnes, James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fisheries Ecosystem Model of the Chesapeake Bay: Methodology, Parameterization, and Model Exploration (open access)

Fisheries Ecosystem Model of the Chesapeake Bay: Methodology, Parameterization, and Model Exploration

Report on the construction of a model to manage fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay region, to see how stocks affect the food web and provide quantified estimations. "This report describes an ecosystem model of the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model (CBFEM), prepared using the Ecopath with Ecosim approach and software" (p. 5).
Date: October 2009
Creator: Christensen, Villy; Beattie, Alasdair; Buchanan, Claire; Ma, Hongguang; Martell, Steven J. D.; Latour, Robert J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, March 15, 2011 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, March 15, 2011

Interview with Marium Frances Hood Schmerbeck, a 94 year old former teacher from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Schmerbeck discusses being brought up by her grandparents in Dallas, her education, her teaching career, and meeting her husband, Garrett Schmerbeck.
Date: March 15, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer & Schmerbeck, Marium Frances Hood
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. D. Comstock Special Order, July 1, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from E. D. Comstock Special Order, July 1, 1864]

By the recommendation of Lieut. H. K. Redway Corporal Joseph Freeman is reduced to the ranks for absence and disability. Private Lovejoy is promoted to be Corporal via Freeman reduced.
Date: July 1, 1864
Creator: Comstock, E. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir] (open access)

[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir]

Photocopy of Elizabeth Simpson Cooper's memoir about her childhood in Virginia and later her time in Kansas after moving westward with her family. In the text of her memoir, she describes her school days in Virginia, church, Cooper family history, "Bleeding Kansas" (the period of conflict over deciding if Kansas would be a free or a slave state), and the Civil War in Kansas as well as her personal encounters with Native Americans in Kansas.
Date: 1931-02-24/1932
Creator: Cooper, Elizabeth Simpson, 1840-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Citizens] (open access)

[Letters from Citizens]

A collection of letters received from citizens. The letters' subjects range from appreciation of Chief Curry, requests to forward presents to Marina Oswald's children, to circulating rumors regarding the applause of schoolchildren at President Kennedy's death.
Date: December 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rose Dern, March 31, 2022 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rose Dern, March 31, 2022

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rose Dern. Dern enlisted in the WAVES and went to Madison Wisconsin to train in communications. After training, Dern was stationed close to home at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. She then went to a communications station on Maui. Dern was discharged when the war ended.
Date: March 31, 2022
Creator: Dern, Rose
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rainbow in the Morning (open access)

Rainbow in the Morning

Collection popular folklore of Texas, including work songs, reptile myths, ballads and other folk songs of the South. The index begins on page 185.
Date: 1975
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Toby Felker to WASP, December, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Toby Felker to WASP, December, 1994]

Letter from Toby Felker to WASP enclosed with a souvenir book from their previous conference.
Date: December 1994
Creator: Felker, Toby
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, August 1863] (open access)

[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, August 1863]

Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara in which he writes about having fevers and waiting for his box of medicines to arrive. His slave, Al, is sick, so he is having to wait upon the sick,feed his own horses, and do his own cooking. He argues that the losses at Vicksburg, Charleston, or Richmond do not mean that the South is conquered. He says that the North has an advantage with gun boats. He also writes about family, the health of family and friends. He talks about fabric for new pants and vest. He has new orders to move to Pine Bluff.
Date: {1863-08-15,1863-08-17..1863-08-18}
Creator: Fentress, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, August 29, 1859] (open access)

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, August 29, 1859]

Letter to David Fentress from his mother, Maud, discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee which includes: Maud's health and the health of Anne and Sallie; home improvements made to Maud's house; a horse purchased by Maud; the health of the cattle and the hogs as well as the death of a cow from "black tongue" and the death of ten hogs from cholera; news of David's baby, it's growth and health, and it's appearance; news of the weather; a dialogue about Jimmie and Mary as well as details on their whereabouts; a discussion about how lucky Maud is to have "so good a daughter-in-law and two such nice daughters-in-law; a request for David to send the ten dollars in interest, though not by mail; a dialogue about sending David's letter to Neely; news about John Wood's marriage to Miss Guy; a discussion about Frank's eligibility for marriage; and a dialogue regarding Mary Tate, Jimmie, and "Old Pitner."
Date: August 29, 1859
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Garbo, Sr., 2003-2004

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with landscape architect and Army veteran William Garbo Sr. The interview includes Garbo's personal experiences about the G Troop, 112th Cavalry, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World-War II, growing up in an Italian-American family in Mississippi during the Great Depression, volunteering for the draft and processing at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, being assigned to the 26th War Dog Platoon and to New Guinea in 1944, the Battle of the Driniumor River and his attachment to elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, jungle patrols on New Guinea with his dog, his transfer to Troop, 112th Cavalry and the invasion of Layte, Philippines, and the living condition in the Philippine jungles. Additionally, Garbo speaks about the fighting prowess of his comrades in the 112th Cavalry, jungle patrols on Leyte and Luzon, the 112th's activities around Marungko and Antipolo, Luzon, descriptions of cannibalism by Japanese soldiers, his wounds from artillery shrapnel and evacuation by helicopter, his return to the 112th Cavalry and preparations for the invasion of Japan, witnessing the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, occupation duty at Tateyama, Honshu, relations between Japanese civilians and American occupation troops, the destruction of Japanese defensive fortifications …
Date: November 24, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Garbo, William, Sr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the National School Board Association (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the National School Board Association

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the National School Boards Association in Arlington, Virginia, concerning General Revenue Sharing.
Date: January 26, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the University of Virginia (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the University of Virginia

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, about governmental secrecy.
Date: March 25, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) (open access)

Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091)

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (USS Miller) in Norfolk, Virginia.
Date: June 30, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) (open access)

Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091)

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (USS Miller) in Norfolk, Virginia.
Date: June 30, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History