[News Script: International Update] (open access)

[News Script: International Update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 4, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cartier to Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, September 2, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Cartier to Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, September 2, 1955]

Letter from Cartier to Jeane Kempner enclosing some sketches of ring designs and asking which one she prefers.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: Cartier
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew Kelly to Pierre Chardine, August 4, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew Kelly to Pierre Chardine, August 4, 1952]

Letter from Andrew Kelly of the Sutherland International Despatch to Pierre Chardine enclosing 10 pages worth of documents and insurance policies, at the request of Mr. Daniel W. Kempner.
Date: August 4, 1952
Creator: Kelly, Andrew
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arbuckles' illustrated atlas of fifty principal nations of the world.

Atlas shows illustrations of nations throughout the world with brief descriptions.
Date: 1889
Creator: Arbuckle Bros.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History