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["Other Flags of the American Revolutionary War" presentation at Messiah Lutheran Church]
Document containing captioned photographs of the Plano Chapter of TXSSAR giving a presentation titled, "Other Flags of the American Revolutionary War," at the Messiah Lutheran Church on November 19, 2011, with a corresponding letter from Shellie Fontana to Dan Reed.
Date:
November 2011
Creator:
Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Not Just Stars & Stripes!: Flags, Muskets, Cannons of the American Revolutionary War
Document containing flyers and photographs from a TXSSAR event at the Plano Haggard Library on March 31, 2012.
Date:
March 31, 2012
Creator:
Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe C. Turner, September 19, 1989
Interview with Joe C. Turner, a United States Navy veteran from Merryville, Louisiana, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin.
Date:
September 19, 1989
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Turner, Joseph C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard from Maurine Matlock to Edna Matlock, February 11, 1925]
Postcard from Maurine Matlock to Edna Matlock with an illustration of a soldier sitting on steps reading a pamphlet; there is an American flag behind him and a note that reads: "Here's a happy greeting 'Till our next meeting May it just remind you Of one you left behind you." The note on the back says that she will come help Edna plant her garden if she "will wait [until] it gets warm," and also that she might come "this evening."
Date:
February 11, 1925
Creator:
Matlock, Maurine
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, July 9, 1945]
Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his parents, on July 9, 1945. He is sending them a copy of a letter from a friend.
Date:
July 9, 1945
Creator:
Fielder, Park B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James C. Venable, April 13, 1971
Interview with James C. Venable regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. Mr. Venable was captured while serving in the Marine Corps on Wake Island.
Date:
April 13, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Venable, James C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Col. Johnson]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Colonel Johnson. Plano honored Colonel Samuel R. Johnson, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for 7 years, with a parade.
Date:
March 6, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard from M. A. Matlock to his Mother, March 27, 1911]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his mother with a colored image of the marine barracks at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The note on the back of the photograph says that Milton is "in Guantanamo Cuba, this is a pretty place."
Date:
March 27, 1911
Creator:
Matlock, Milton Andrew
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977
Interview with Phillip Daffron, a Army WWII veteran from Plano, Texas. Daffron discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 including his education and entry into service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1940, training in field artillery, events during the day of the attack at Schofield Barracks and Punchbowl Crater, subsequent events on Oahu, and some details about his service afterwards.
Date:
February 9, 1977
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Daffron, Phillip L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore, September 16, 1861]
Transcript of a letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore discussing his initiation into the Confederate Army under the command of Captain Throckmorton, his company's plans to go to Missouri, and other war-related news.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore, September 16, 1861]
Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore discussing his initiation into the Confederate Army under the command of Captain Throckmorton, his company's plans to go to Missouri, and other war-related news.
Date:
September 16, 1861
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harve D. King, May 22, 2001
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Harve D. King, a Army WWII veteran from Copeville, Texas, who served in the 350th Engineer Regiment. King discusses his upbringing on a cotton farm, school in Farmersville, discrimination as an African-American, attending Texas College, joining the Army, training, assignment at Camp Shelby, deployment to New Guinea, operations at Hollandia, building a hospital, recreation, visiting Australia, returning to the United States and discharge, and life after the war.
Date:
May 22, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Harve D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas POWs]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two prisoners of war talking about their living conditions and treatment by their captors.
Date:
March 30, 1973
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter to Charles B. Moore, September 1861]
Transcript of a letter to Charles B. Moore from an unknown sender discussing recent news of family and friends, farming, and news related to the war and military preparations. The letter was written over several days from September 9, 1861 to September 15th.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Charles B. Moore, September 1861]
Letter to Charles B. Moore from an unknown sender discussing recent news of family and friends, farming, and news related to the war and military preparations. The letter was written over several days from September 9, 1861 to September 15th.
Date:
September 9, 1861
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ashley]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
August 21, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Hill, December 8, 2006
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Jack Hill, former employee of the Texas Textile Mill, as part of the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences about his childhood, working at Wilson's Grocery Store and Cole's Groceries, enlisting in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and serving in the China-Burma-India Theater. Hill also discusses his family's experience in the Great Depression, his lay-off due to new child labor laws, the tornado of 1948, and his career in retail sales.
Date:
December 8, 2006
Creator:
Kilgore, Deborah & Hill, Jack
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jet ace]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a McKinney celebration honoring Colonel Royal Baker, the top jet ace in the U.S. Air Force who shot down 12 planes in the Korean War.
Date:
April 9, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: First Jet Ace back from Korea]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Major James A. Jabara returning home to his family in McKinney from Korea.
Date:
July 23, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: First Jet Ace back from Korea]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Major James A. Jabara returning home to his family in McKinney from Korea.
Date:
July 23, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Collin Chronicles, Volume 42 , Number 2, 2021/2022
The society solicits unpublished Collin County related material. Emphasis is placed on source material, such as: Bible records, church and lodge records, cemetery and funeral home records, military records, newspaper clippings, obituaries, old letters, maps, and diaries as well as school, tax, voter, and jury lists.
Date:
2021~
Creator:
Collin County Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date:
February 23, 2004
Creator:
Day, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date:
February 23, 2004
Creator:
Day, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Milton A. Matlock to M. M. Matlock, February 21, 1911]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his father, M. M. Matlock, with a photograph of the "Prize Winning Gun Crew, U. S. S. Georgia," with the crew of the ship are sitting on the guns. On the back of the card there is a note from Milton Andrew saying he received letters from the family and was "glad to here it has rained in Tex."
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Matlock, Milton A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History