[News Script: Anti war] (open access)

[News Script: Anti war]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 25, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 193] (open access)

[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 193]

Document outlining the trial of Major William Kirby on charges of publishing confidential information in a text about camouflage, including the final verdict and sentence.
Date: September 4, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Hood of Indianapolis, Indiana. He discusses entering the U.S. Navy in September of 1942 without basic training as he was a college graduate. After being sworn in at Wabash College he was sent to Harvard Business School for Supply Corps for 4 months before being assigned to a ship in Pearl Harbor despite having no sailing training. Mr. hood was assigned to the Cummings DE643, he was supposed to be on the Samuel B. Roberts but the naval officer over him changed his mind last minute and 37 days later the Roberts sunk. While in Tulagi, Mr. Hood was involved in shooting down a Kamikaze plane, even receiving a ribbon for it after the war. He was also involved in the Battle of Okinawa and even saved two shells and years later had them signed by U.S. pilot Paul Tibbets. Mr. Hood was discharged from the Navy on February 28th, 1946, at Santa Ana, California as a Full Lieutenant. He was recalled to the Navy for the Korean War on March 2nd, 1951, and discharged for the final time on March 30th, 1953, as a Lieutenant Commander.
Date: June 21, 2007
Creator: Hood, James R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Hood of Indianapolis, Indiana. He discusses entering the U.S. Navy in September of 1942 without basic training as he was a college graduate. After being sworn in at Wabash College he was sent to Harvard Business School for Supply Corps for 4 months before being assigned to a ship in Pearl Harbor despite having no sailing training. Mr. hood was assigned to the Cummings DE643, he was supposed to be on the Samuel B. Roberts but the naval officer over him changed his mind last minute and 37 days later the Roberts sunk. While in Tulagi, Mr. Hood was involved in shooting down a Kamikaze plane, even receiving a ribbon for it after the war. He was also involved in the Battle of Okinawa and even saved two shells and years later had them signed by U.S. pilot Paul Tibbets. Mr. Hood was discharged from the Navy on February 28th, 1946, at Santa Ana, California as a Full Lieutenant. He was recalled to the Navy for the Korean War on March 2nd, 1951, and discharged for the final time on March 30th, 1953, as a Lieutenant Commander.
Date: June 21, 2007
Creator: Hood, James R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Arthur Hofstein, October 30, 2007

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Arthur Hofstein, a Army WWII veteran from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hofstein discusses the lead up to war, being drafted, training to be a radio operator, departure for the European Theater, landing in France and first action at Mars-la-Tour, the Battle of the Bulge, German prisoners and civilians, advancing into Germany, the liberation of Dachau, letters, and life after the war. In appendix are various materials and photographs related to Hofstein and his service.
Date: October 30, 2007
Creator: Decoster, Charlotte & Hofstein, Arthur I.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harvard College Committee on Scholarships, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Harvard College Committee on Scholarships, 1945]

Letter from the Harvard College Committee on Scholarships regarding the scholarship program for the 1945-46 academic year.
Date: 1945
Creator: Harvard College. Committee on Scholarships
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fuel ration coupon] (open access)

[Fuel ration coupon]

Fuel ration coupon issued by the Office of Price Administration during WWII, to Mrs. Abbie F. Stevens of Waltham, Massachusetts. The dates on the card range from November 18, 1942 to March 20, 1943.
Date: October 1, 1942
Creator: United States Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Fuel ration coupon] (open access)

[Fuel ration coupon]

Fuel ration coupon issued by the Office of Price Administration during WWII, to Mrs. Abbie F. Stevens of Waltham, Massachusetts. The dates on the card range from October 28, 1942 to April 10, 1943.
Date: October 1, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harry Kreisler to Sara Hall] (open access)

[Letter from Harry Kreisler to Sara Hall]

Letter from Harry Kreisler to Sara Hall discussing plans for after graduating from Brandeis university.
Date: 1967
Creator: Kreisler, Harry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: King] (open access)

[News Script: King]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 23, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Democrats] (open access)

[News Script: Democrats]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.
Date: April 2, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6] (open access)

[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6]

Memorandum outlining S. A. T. C. Military Administration Districts, jurisdictions of the committees and department commanders, and the headquarters of department commanders.
Date: September 21, 1918
Creator: Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Missile trouble in Boston] (open access)

[News Script: Missile trouble in Boston]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 31, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Anti-missile system] (open access)

[News Script: Anti-missile system]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: March 13, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reserve Officer Training Corps Program] (open access)

[News Script: Reserve Officer Training Corps Program]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 12:00pm.
Date: April 9, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Students] (open access)

[News Script: Students]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 15, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Earthquake in Istanbul/ Cambridge riot] (open access)

[News Script: Earthquake in Istanbul/ Cambridge riot]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 16, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cambridge, Washington, and New York] (open access)

[News Script: Cambridge, Washington, and New York]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: October 14, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Note with Addresses- In Pieces] (open access)

[Note with Addresses- In Pieces]

Note written on small, lined paper with names and addresses of Clarence E. Graves, Ada Hill, Howard E. Marshall, Mrs. G. L. Aycock Jr., Jimmy Noe, Rayh E. Hunn.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Leonard Ward to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company, December 20, 1922] (open access)

[Letter from Leonard Ward to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company, December 20, 1922]

Letter from Leonard Ward to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company discussing several different saddles and spur designs. He says that he has enclosed photographs (though they are not included with this letter). The envelope is addressed to S. D. Myres Saddle Company in Massachusetts and postmarked December 21, 1982.
Date: December 20, 1982
Creator: Ward, Leonard
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amerika Esperantisto (West Newton, Mass.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, July 1, 1918 (open access)

Amerika Esperantisto (West Newton, Mass.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, July 1, 1918

Monthly English and Esperanto-language magazine from West Newton, Massachusetts that includes news and information concerning the Esperanto language along with advertising.
Date: July 1, 1918
Creator: Frost, Norman W.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rural planning : the village. (open access)

Rural planning : the village.

Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
Date: 1940
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ruth Edmonds Hill, May 13, 2016

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Ruth Hill, a librarian and the wife of Boston-area storyteller Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill) from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hill discusses growing up in Pittsfield and the layout of the communities there, her family history, school, attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, working at Harvard, marrying Hugh, festivities on the Cambridge commons, Blue's storytelling career, and her career working on African-American history projects. In appendix are 3 photos of Mrs. Hill.
Date: May 13, 2016
Creator: Valk, Anne M. & Edmonds-Hill, Ruth
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amerika Esperantisto (West Newton, Mass.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1918 (open access)

Amerika Esperantisto (West Newton, Mass.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1918

Monthly English and Esperanto-language magazine from West Newton, Massachusetts that includes news and information concerning the Esperanto language along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History