Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell. Campbell grew up in Texas, attended Texas A&M, and married in 1939 before joining the Army in 1943. After training, he went to Australia, Dutch New Guinea, Palu, Leyte, and Mindanao. He describes riding in amphibious vehicles and interacting with the natives. He discusses various illnesses he had during the war and his interactions with his brother, an engineer. He also describes surveying work in some detail. After the war, Campbell eventually became a public school teacher.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Campbell, W. G. (Bill)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with William E. Painter, December 21, 1998

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with William Painter, a UNT professor and Army WWII veteran from New Bloomfield, Missouri. Painter discusses growing up in the Depression, being a conscientious objector and feeling pressure to join the war, getting drafted into the infantry and training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord, deployment to the Pacific with the 32nd Infantry Division, operations on Luzon and the Villa Verde Trail, the end of the war, occupation duty in Japan, and returning home. In appendix is a letter to Marcello with a correction for the interview.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Painter, William E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cornelius D. Wiens, November 26, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Cornelius D. Wiens, November 26, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cornelius D. Wiens. Wiens grew up in Montana and Kansas and was drafted into the Army in 1944. After completing training, he departed about the Sea Snipe for the Philippines. His first landing was at Leyte, where he remained fighting for three months. He describes coming to land on the small landing craft. From Leyte he went to Negros, then Masbate, and finally Mindanao. He describes the Japanese soldiers who were unwilling to surrender. After Japan's surrender he also spent time in Korea as a radio operator.
Date: November 26, 2000
Creator: Wiens, Cornelius D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004

Interview with Raymond Barajas, an infantry veteran of the U.S. Army who was discharged after a training accident in 1943. The transcript includes a list of questions, which focus on Barajas's time in training, his subsequent injury, and impressions of his time in the service and war in general.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Barajas, Raymond
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004

Interview with Raymond Barajas, an infantry veteran of the U.S. Army who was discharged after a training accident in 1943. It includes a list of questions, which focus on Barajas's time in training, his subsequent injury, and impressions of his time in the service and war in general.
Date: April 18, 2004
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Barajas, Raymond
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Fort Ord] (open access)

[News Script: Fort Ord]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 7, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ft. Ord trial] (open access)

[News Script: Ft. Ord trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about trial starting for an army private accused in the hand grenade death of a young lieutenant from Dallas.
Date: September 6, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mutiny] (open access)

[News Script: Mutiny]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 6, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Misc] (open access)

[News Script: Misc]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Israeli forces along the Suez Canal and Syrian ceasefire lines who have been placed on high alert following fighting with Egyptian forces.
Date: December 30, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Associated press] (open access)

[News Script: Associated press]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story giving the latest Texas news updates from the associated press.
Date: September 8, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golf tournament] (open access)

[News Script: Golf tournament]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1973-01-25T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Vets] (open access)

[News Script: Vets]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 5, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chester W. Nimitz Giving a Speech]

Photograph of Chester W. Nimitz standing at a wooden podium with a standing microphone beside it, giving speech at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is wearing a dark Naval Uniform with stripes on the sleeves, ribbon bars pinned above his pocket and a dark die. There is some type of palm or fern plant behind Chester Nimitz.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chester W. Nimitz Enters Doorway]

Photograph of Chester W. Nimitz entering through a blue French door to a fenced in patio area. Mr. Nimitz wears a blue collared shirt with a light-colored blazer and pants to match, he has one hand in his pocket. In the background another building can be seen.
Date: 1960~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House in California]

(back of photo) Kay Miller James (Mrs. Crawford James) summer house in the 17 mi. drive between Monterey and Caramel. Mrs Miller and her 2 daughters and I met at St. Francis Hotel in San Antonio in 1st world War. They were residents of Kansas City, Mo. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statue of John D. Sloat at Monterey, Cal., Report (open access)

Statue of John D. Sloat at Monterey, Cal., Report

Report of the Committee on the Library detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed House joint resolution 101 authorizing the Secretary of War to secure a suitable design for a statue of the late Commodore John D. Sloat at Monterey, California.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Library
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Plenary Session 1 and 5 of Oral History Association Colloquium 1970] transcript

[Plenary Session 1 and 5 of Oral History Association Colloquium 1970]

Sound recording of Willla K. Baum, T. Harry Williams, James V. Mink, and Francis W. Schruben speaking during Plenary Session 1 and 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium in Pacific Grove, CA at the Asilomar Conference Center.
Date: November 13, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Bruce Stone Gives a Talk at the 5th Annual Colloquium] transcript

[Bruce Stone Gives a Talk at the 5th Annual Colloquium]

Sound recording of Bruce Stone giving a talk during the 5th Annual Oral History Association Colloquium at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.
Date: November 15, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Plenary Session 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium] transcript

[Plenary Session 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium]

Sound recording of T. Harry Williams speaking at Plenary Session 5 at the 1970 Oral History Colloquium at the Asilomar Conference center in Pacific Grove, California.
Date: November 15, 1970
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing Oceans and Changing Fisheries: Environmental Data for Fisheries Research and Management (open access)

Changing Oceans and Changing Fisheries: Environmental Data for Fisheries Research and Management

The following report is the proceedings of a workshop convened at NOAA's Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group in Pacific Grove, California, on July 16-18 1996, to examine the uses of environmental data for fisheries.
Date: April 1997
Creator: Boehlert, George W. & Schumacher, James D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library