[Clipping: Flying high] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying high]

Sheet from the Local & State ("B") section of the StarNews newspaper from July 2010 including the first and last two pages of the section. It includes the text of an article (starting on 2B) about Helen Wyatt Snapp and her experience as a female pilot during WWII. The article includes photographs of Snapp in her youth after receiving a Congressional Gold Medal. There is a handwritten note beside the article, reading, "Helen, Thank you! Hope you enjoy it. Chris Mudarri." This section includes a number of other articles and advertisements, as well as the weather forecast on the back page.
Date: July 5, 2010
Creator: Mudarri, Chris
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1898 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1898

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 12, 1898
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 29, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Phenomenology of the Self-Conscious Mind (open access)

The Phenomenology of the Self-Conscious Mind

Article exploring the phenomenon of a near-death experiencer's veridical perceptions during the out-of-body experience (OBE), which strongly suggests the existence of a self-conscious mind as a "field of consciousness," a region of space where a person's consciousness exists.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Mays, Robert G. & Mays, Suzanne B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown] (open access)

[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]

Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement.
Date: 2004~/2006~
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001 (open access)

International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date: June 14, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Ira Belle Wysacki, September 4, 2012] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Ira Belle Wysacki, September 4, 2012]

Funeral program for Ida Belle Wysocki, born February 9, 1922 and died August 26, 2012. The funeral was held September 4, 2012 at Second Baptist Church, officiated by Reverend Doctor Robert L. Jameson. Funeral arrangements were made through Sunset Memorial Park and Funeral Home and she was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: September 4, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sounds Magazine, Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2005 (open access)

Sounds Magazine, Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2005

Semi-annual local magazine for the Topsail, North Carolina area, including articles about local fishing, boating, and beach activities. The magazine also includes advertisements for local businesses, a calendar of local events, visitors' guide for the local area, and a multi-page article about WASP at Camp Davis, near Topsail.
Date: Spring 2005
Creator: Pletl, Connie
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Merle Miller speaks at the 10th Annual Oral History Colloquium] transcript

[Merle Miller speaks at the 10th Annual Oral History Colloquium]

Sound recording of Merle Miller speaking at the 10th Annual National Colloquium at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C..
Date: October 25, 1975
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 17, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She later became a teacher.
Date: September 11, 2000
Creator: Sloan, Anne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 17, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 17, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Africo-American Presbyterian. (Charlotte, N.C.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1899 (open access)

Africo-American Presbyterian. (Charlotte, N.C.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1899

Weekly African-American newspaper from Charlotte, North Carolina that includes local, state, national, and Presbyterian news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Near-Death Prophecies of Disaster and the New Age: Are They True? (open access)

Near-Death Prophecies of Disaster and the New Age: Are They True?

Article examining long-range data and finding trend reversals in 1987-88: increases in religiosity, service, and United Nations peacekeeping efforts, and decreases in chlorofluorocarbon production, nuclear warhead stockpiles, arms exports, and interest in economic well-being.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Alschuler, Alfred S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Objectives and Suggested or Illustrative Methods and Materials on the Subject of Reading in the Elementary Schools as Found in Seven State Courses of Study (open access)

An Analysis of the Objectives and Suggested or Illustrative Methods and Materials on the Subject of Reading in the Elementary Schools as Found in Seven State Courses of Study

The problem of this study was to analyze the objectives and methods for teaching reading in the elementary grades as they appeared in the latest available courses of study in certain states for the purpose of determining their uniformity or lack of uniformity. An effort was made to compile data on teaching reading in order to determine certain modern trends as supplementary material for the writer's teaching aids.
Date: 1942
Creator: Bradley, Grace
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 12, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 12, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 12, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
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

Oral History Interview with Janet Blair, June 25, 2001

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with homemaker Janet Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences about being a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II, education in Europe, working with "Bundles for Britain," various assignments, rationing and air raids in England, D-Day, and serving troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Blair talks about her patriotic motivation, her decision to join the Red Cross, her selection as a clubmobiler, the formation of a lifelong friendship with Diana Marvin and Peggy Bell, the use of Greenliners, relationships between Red Cross women and U.S. military personnel, leave time in Paris, living conditions of France, looting, and the end of the war and her return to the States.
Date: June 25, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blair, Janet
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sounds Magazine, Volume 19, Number 3, Fall 2005 (open access)

Sounds Magazine, Volume 19, Number 3, Fall 2005

Semi-annual local magazine for the Topsail, North Carolina area, including articles about local fishing, boating, and beach activities. The magazine also includes advertisements for local businesses, a calendar of local events, visitors' guide for the local area, and a multi-page article about WASP at Camp Davis, near Topsail.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Pletl, Connie
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library