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Oral History Interview with Diane B. Fitzgerald, July 24, 2014
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Transcript of an interview with Diane Fitzgerald, homesteader and simple life advocate. Fitzgerald shares concerning her childhood; early experiences with farming and outdoors; move to Maine; discovery of the Nearings; decision to homestead; and memories of the Nearings.
Date:
July 24, 2014
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Fitzgerald, Diane B., 1940-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eliot Coleman, October 10, 2013
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Interview with Eliot Coleman, an organic farmer and homesteader from Rumson, New Jersey. Coleman discusses his childhood, college experience, work at Franconcia College, befriending Scott and Helen Nearing and purchasing a stead from them, thoughts on government, counterculture, good methods for organic farming, local ecology and maintaining ecosystems, his marriages, different farms worked, stories about the Nearings, and thoughts on his way of life.
Date:
October 10, 2013
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Coleman, Eliot
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert "Bob" Kimber and Rita Kimber, August 8, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with with Robert and Rita Kimber, homesteaders and simple life advocates concerning their childhoods; early experiences with gardening and the outdoors; decision to homestead in Maine; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life.
Date:
August 8, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A.; Kimber, Robert & Kimber, Rita
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008
Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date:
August 14, 2008
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William J. Bates, February 7, 2001
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Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recuperating in New Guinea, returning to the States and being assigned to ATR-22, transferring to fleet tug ARA-182 as commanding officer, having convoy duty in the South Pacific, riding out a typhoon, disposing of Navy equipment after the war, and returning to the States.
Date:
February 7, 2001
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Bates, William J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lorraine Dyer, August 5, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Lorraine Dyer, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning her childhood in Maine; memories of the Nearings; homesteading.
Date:
August 5, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Dyer, Lorraine, 1940-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C.
Scrapbook compiled by George Stone documenting his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1920s.
Date:
1926-09/1971-06
Creator:
Stone, George W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Keith Heavrin Jr., July 31, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Keith Heavrin Jr., homesteader and simple life advocate. Heavrin shares concerning his childhood; military experiences in Vietnam; love of the sea; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
Date:
July 31, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Heavrin, Keith Jr., 1946-2016
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren Berkowitz, October 9, 2013
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Interview with Warren Berkowtiz, a teacher and homesteader from New York City. Berkowitz discusses growing up, attending college during the counterculture era, his career as a teacher, moving to Maine with his wife and tenting, communes, Scott and Helen Nearing, establishing a homestead, raising a family, thoughts on generational differences and culture, parenting, community life, and Helen Nearing's last years.
Date:
October 9, 2013
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Berkowtiz, Warren
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lee E. Cart, July 17, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Lee Cart, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning her childhood; discovering homesteading and self-sufficiency; decision to homestead in Maine.
Date:
July 17, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Cart, Lee E., 1954-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Doris Groves, July 14, 2014
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Interview with Doris Groves, a homesteader from Pequannock, New Jersey. Groves discusses growing up, school, her first marriage, moving to Maine, discovering Scott and Helen Nearing's work and meeting Helen, her second marriage and children, purchasing a stead, the family's lifestyle, the Good Life Center, gender, vegetarianism, and the Nearings.
Date:
July 14, 2014
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Groves, Doris
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Janine Winn, July 18, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Janine Winn, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning her childhood; early experiences gardening and outdoors; decision to homestead in Maine.
Date:
July 18, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Winn, Janine, 1948-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gretchen Legler and Ruth Hill, July 14, 2015
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Interview with Gretchen Legler from Salt Lake City, Utah, and her partner Ruth Hill, from Woburn, Massachusetts, both homesteaders. Legler and Hill discuss their respective families, upbringing, their interest in animals and the environment, the influence of their families, traveling to Anatarctica, Alaska, and other places, meeting one another and developing a relationship, returning to New England and developing a farm, neighbors and the local community, and slaughtering and the ethics of meat.
Date:
July 14, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A.; Hill, Ruth & Legler, Gretchen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gerry Bryan, August 6, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Gerry Bryan, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning his childhood; early experiences with farming; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings.
Date:
August 6, 2015
Creator:
Pomerleau, Clark A. & Bryan, Gerry, 1941-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Naval Air Station Brunswick Station Presentation Task Force
Document from Naval Air Station Brunswick officials requesting to have the site kept fully operational. Document includes a booklet, a relative summary analysis of base assets, and economic impact statement for the surrounding community.
Date:
June 20, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Correspondence - Individual Letters from Concerned Citizens - Brunswick NAS
Community Correspondence - Individual letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine regarding the closure of the installation
Date:
July 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to all Commissioners from Erenn Kiriaell CDR MSC USN (Ret)
Community Correspondence - Letter to all Commissioners from Erenn Kiriaell CDR MSC USN (Ret) discussing the realignment of Brunswick Naval Air Station (BNAS)to Jacksonville Naval Air Station (JAX NAS).
Date:
June 15, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The New World, 1992]
Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date:
1992
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library