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Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973

Interview with Charley L. Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Lubbock, Texas, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Pryor discusses the sinking of the Houston, his capture, experiences in imprisonment at Serang, Java, experiences at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: 1972-11/1973-02
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pryor, Charley L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Alton C. Halbrook, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Alton C. Halbrook, 1972

Interview with Alton C. Halbrook, a Marine WWII veteran and POW who was captured by the Japanese at Corregidor. Halbrook discusses joining the Marine Corps and prewar duty in Shanghai, transfer to the Philippines, the Japanese invasion, retreat to Corregidor, the American surrender and capture by Japanese forces, internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan, transfer to Clark Field and labor there, transit to Japan, internment and labor at a Japanese steel mill, a powerplant, and a factory, and the end of the war. In appendix is an autobiographical account by Halbrook.
Date: 1972-03-21/1972-04-18
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds (open access)

Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1971 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1971

Proceedings of the 7th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History Archaeology and Architecture (Rough Draft) (open access)

Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History Archaeology and Architecture (Rough Draft)

A rough draft of a bibliography for studying Spanish colonial archaeology and architecture. Includes handwritten correction notes.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Scurlock, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1971 (open access)

Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1971

Annual report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service describing activities of the organization, expenditures and receipts, and a discussion of other relevant topics for the fiscal year.
Date: April 1972
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OS Ranch Steer Roping & Art Exhibit, September 30 - October 1, 1972 (open access)

OS Ranch Steer Roping & Art Exhibit, September 30 - October 1, 1972

Catalog for the OS Ranch Steer Roping & Art Exhibit in Post, Texas. Includes cowboy artwork, photographs of events, the previous year's award winners, and sponsor advertisements.
Date: 1972
Creator: OS Ranch Steer Roping and Art Exhibit Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Addendum to Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History, Archaeology, and Architecture (Rough Draft) (open access)

Addendum to Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History, Archaeology, and Architecture (Rough Draft)

Addendum to a bibliography for studying Spanish colonial archaeology and architecture with further sources. Includes handwritten correction notes.
Date: November 1, 1972
Creator: Scurlock, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin of McMurry College, 1972-1973 (open access)

Bulletin of McMurry College, 1972-1973

Bulletin describes the governance, faculty, course offerings, and campus life of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 1972
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multistate regionalism (open access)

Multistate regionalism

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document addresses multistate regionalism.
Date: April 1972
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 1972
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Town Windom, Texas (open access)

Our Town Windom, Texas

Book describing the history of Windom, Texas, with compiled information about families who lived in the area, biographical sketches of individuals who made an impact on the town, narratives about events, and histories of churches and community institutions. It includes copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, historic maps, and other supporting documents.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972

Interview with James W. Gee, a sales executive, a Marine Corps veteran, and a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gee talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), coal mining near Nagasaki (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: [1972-03-13,1972-03-19]
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, James Wallace
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook of Barbara Jordan's Activities, November - December 1972] (open access)

[Scrapbook of Barbara Jordan's Activities, November - December 1972]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Barbara Jordan's activities and other issues related to her time in the Texas Senate during 1972.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Story Log: August 11 to December 31, 1972] (open access)

[News Story Log: August 11 to December 31, 1972]

Logbook from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, documenting the names, locations, and run-times of video-taped news segments that aired each day from August through December in 1972.
Date: 1972-08/1972-12
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
13th Annual Report (open access)

13th Annual Report

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document is an annual report.
Date: January 1972
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook of Barbara Jordan's Activities, October 1972 - April 1973] (open access)

[Scrapbook of Barbara Jordan's Activities, October 1972 - April 1973]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Barbara Jordan's activities and other issues related to her time in the Texas Senate during 1972 and 1973.
Date: 1972~/1973~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June - August, 1972] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June - August, 1972]

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Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Volnie S. Burk, January 10, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Volnie S. Burk, January 10, 1972

Interview with Volnie S. Burk, an Army veteran and survivor of the siege at Fort Hughes near Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burk discusses the fall of Fort Hughes and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1943), the Manila port area (1943), his return to Bilibid Prison (1943-1944), the fall of Manila (1945), and his liberation.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burk, Volnie S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972

Interview with tax consultant Harcourt G. Bull, Army veteran and survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bull's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bull talks about the Fall of Corregidor and his capture, the Bilibid Prison in 1942, Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a notebook and a narrative written by Bull.
Date: July 31, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bull, Harcourt G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972

Interview conducted in 1972 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project with Louis B. Read, a businessman, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date: November 3, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Read, Louis B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of North Texas State University: 1972-1973, Undergraduate (open access)

Catalog of North Texas State University: 1972-1973, Undergraduate

Catalog for North Texas State University includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the school (academic calendar, list of officers and faculty, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.).
Date: May 1972
Creator: North Texas State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cemeteries of Wood County, Texas: Volume 4 (open access)

Cemeteries of Wood County, Texas: Volume 4

Index for the cemeteries in Wood County, Texas, including listing the cemeteries and all the marked headstones. The information is organized by location and also provides descriptions of unmarked graves in the county.
Date: 1972
Creator: Turner, Ida Marie & Vickery, Adele W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Governor for a Day Scrapbook] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Governor for a Day Scrapbook]

Scrapbook album documenting Barbara Jordan's day as Governor of Texas. Scrapbook primarily consists of newspaper clippings on the topic.
Date: 1972~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History