[Barbara Jordan Sitting at Microphones]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan sitting at four microphones at Eckerd College. She is wearing a dark-colored dress, and visible from the chest up.
Date: [1978-10-23,1978-10-24]
Creator: Eckerd College Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan and an Unidentified Woman Standing at a Microphone]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan and an unidentified woman standing at a microphone at Eckerd College. Both women are wearing dark-colored dresses, and visible from the waist up. There is a banner behind them that reads, "Eckerd College."
Date: [1978-10-23,1978-10-24]
Creator: Eckerd College Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Standing at a Microphone]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan standing at a microphone at Eckerd College. She is wearing a dark-colored dress, and visible from the waist up. There is a banner behind her that reads, "Eckerd College."
Date: [1978-10-23,1978-10-24]
Creator: Eckerd College Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Speaking With a Man at Eckerd College]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan speaks to a man at Eckerd College. Jordan is wearing a dark-colored dress, and the man is wearing a dark-colored suit. There are two women behind them in light-colored dresses.
Date: [1978-10-23,1978-10-24]
Creator: Eckerd College Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Sitting With a Man and a Woman at Eckerd College]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan sitting with a man and a woman at Eckerd College. Jordan is wearing a dark-colored dress, the man is wearing a dark-colored shirt and dark-colored pants, and the woman is wearing a light-colored shirt and dark-colored pants.
Date: [1978-10-23,1978-10-24]
Creator: Eckerd College Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #3] (open access)

[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #3]

Letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum. A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is also included.
Date: [1964-10-16..1965-06-08]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #1] (open access)

[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #1]

Letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum. A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is also included.
Date: [1964-10-16..1965-06-08]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004

Interview with James F. Sansom, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Sansom joined the Army in 1940 and began training on anti-aircraft guns in Florida. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942. He was assigned to the 843rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Air Warning Battalion, which made its way to India via the Panama Canal and Australia. Shortly after reaching Calcutta, the unit moved to Myitkyina, Burma. After the war, Sansom was assigned to Sagumo Prison outside Tokyo where Japanese war criminals were being held while on trial for war crimes. He describes some of the routines and residents in the prison. Sansom taught Hideki Tojo how to play card games like gin rummy. Sansom also describes the process of executing convicted prisoners as he carried out some sentences. In all, he executed nine convicted war criminals.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Sansom, James F.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Drake, 2002

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Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.
Date: October 16, 2002
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Drake, Edward J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library