[Revolutionary War Marker]

Photograph of John Whiteside's gravesite. He has a marker indicating his participation in the Revolutionary War. The marker looks similar to a compass.
Date: March 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to illustrate the Civil War.

Map shows state boundaries, military posts, major cities, and notable physical features. Inset: "North Eastern Virginia." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:9,216,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women of War] (open access)

[Clipping: Women of War]

Newspaper clipping of a section of the May 1990 issue of The Miami Herald. Articles about the WASPs service in World War 2, why Maria Muniz joined the Marine Corps, two nurses who served in the Vietnam War, and more are included.
Date: May 27, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Southeastern Virginia

Map illustrating the southeastern region of Virgina. Cities, forts, railroads, and swamps are indicated. This map accompanies the War of the Rebellion papers which include documentation of the Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Scale 1:506,880 (1/8 of an inch per Statute Mile)
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armament of Fort Fischer and Adjacent Batteries

Map illustrating the walls and gun batteries of Fort Fischer during the Civil War.
Date: 1900
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan of Second Attack on Fort Fischer

Map illustrating the second Union naval assault attack upon Fort Fischer in North Carolina. The fort's walls, Battery Buchanan, and Union vessels are shown.
Date: 1900
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 201] (open access)

[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 201]

Document outlining the trial of First Lieutenant Albert C. Fleming on charges of desertion and using forged checks, including the final verdict and sentence.
Date: September 23, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Approaches to Wilmington North Carolina.

Map illustrating the region surrounding Wilmington, North Carolina. Cities, forts, railroads, swamps, and batteries are noted on the map and some depths are shaded. This map accompanies the War of the Rebellion papers which include documentation of the Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Scale 1:633,600 (10 statute miles per 1 inch)
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dorothy Dale Thomas Fitts (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Dale Thomas Fitts

Interview with Dorothy Dale Thomas Fitts, a nurse in the US Air Force during WWII. She answers questions about life before enlisting, and describes her time in the military.
Date: 1995~
Creator: Robinson, Janet & Fitts, Dorothy Dale
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coasts and Sounds of North Carolina

Map illustrating the coastal region of North Carolina. Cities, forts, railroads, swamps, and sounds are indicated. This map accompanies the War of the Rebellion papers which include documentation of the Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.(10 statute mile per centimeter)
Date: 1899
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dorothy Dale Thomas Fitts transcript

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Dale Thomas Fitts

Interview with Dorothy Dale Thomas Fitts, a nurse in the US Air Force during WWII. She answers questions about life before enlisting, and describes her time in the military.
Date: 1995~
Creator: Robinson, Janet & Fitts, Dorothy Dale
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan of Blockade of Wilmington, North Carolina

Map illustrating the planned blockade of the port of Wilmington, North Carolina. This includes the inlets between Cape Fear and Cape Lookout, blockade lines, and naval perimeters. The crosses indicate blockade ships. This map accompanies the War of the Rebellion papers which include documentation of the North Atlantic Blockade Squadron, 1864.
Date: 1900
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan of First Attack Upon Fort Fischer

Map illustrating the Union naval assault attack upon Fort Fischer in North Carolina. The fort's walls, Fort Buchanan, and the lines of attack of the Union vessels are shown.
Date: 1900
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Beasley, August 4, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Beasley, August 4, 1981

Interview with James Beasley, a United States Army veteran from North Carolina, regarding his experiences and memories while stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 as a member of the 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry.
Date: August 4, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Beasley, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Munn, April 27, 1990

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with John Munn, a United States Army Air Force veteran from North Carolina, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Wheeler Field.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Munn, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Special Orders Number 39] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 39]

Special orders number 39, recalling Justin L. Bible for 12 months.
Date: November 3, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: J. Todd Willis, Jr. Military Scenes] (open access)

[Scrapbook: J. Todd Willis, Jr. Military Scenes]

Scrapbook created by John Todd Willis, Jr. containing photos of military scenes at and around Waco, Texas and Camp Sutton in North Carolina.
Date: 1942
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr. & Willis, Clara Evans
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 10] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 10]

Special orders number 10, promoting Justin L. Bible, among others, to staff sergeant.
Date: January 13, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier with a Woman]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing with his arm around a woman in front of a two-story building in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Date: [1941..1942]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie (open access)

The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie

A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of immigrant Richard Fenner and his son Robert Fenner and one line of his descendants: Robert Fenner, Jr., Joseph F. Fenner, and Lucy Fenner Leslie, the mother of Samuel Fenner Leslie. The texts includes information about Fenner family children, kin, and the family of their spouses as well as family military service spanning from the American Revolutionary War to the Spanish American War. Each chapter has a narrative, notes, sources, and appendices.
Date: 1987
Creator: Barrett, Ruth Leslie
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Group Photograph, 1943]

Group photograph of thirty-one Women Airforce Service Pilots in Camp Davis, North Carolina in 1943. There are three rows of women, one standing, one kneeling, and one sitting with their ankles crossed, and all women wear their WASP uniforms.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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

[Married Officers' Quarters]

Photograph of the married officers' quarters at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. They are two-story white wooden buildings with trees in the front yards.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Short Bigraphy of the U.S.S. Starr (AKA 67) (open access)

A Short Bigraphy of the U.S.S. Starr (AKA 67)

[2], 8 p. ; 27 cm.
Date: unknown
Creator: Neill, Robert, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History