[News Script: Violence] (open access)

[News Script: Violence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 20, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to her uncle Stephen F. Austin thanking him for the gifts he sent to their family.
Date: May 17, 1831
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on May 17, 1831, thanking him for the presents he has sent her family, and hoping that they will soon meet.
Date: May 17, 1831
Creator: Austin, Eliza L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Bonds] (open access)

[News Script: Bonds]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a lawsuit filed by the International Fidelity Insurance Company.
Date: May 7, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Dreer's to Daniel W. Kempner, May 14, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Dreer's to Daniel W. Kempner, May 14, 1951]

Letter from Dreer's to Daniel W. Kempner discussing that they are unable to fulfill Mr. Kempner's order for Wild Phlox or Geranium seeds in bulk and referring him to Rex Pearce.
Date: May 14, 1951
Creator: Henery A. Dreer, Incorporated
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Airport] (open access)

[News Script: Airport]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
[News Script: Giesick] (open access)

[News Script: Giesick]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about federal bureau of investigation which now has what may be the key to the mysterious death of Mrs. Patricia Giesick who was hit by a car and killed in new Orleans shortly after her marriage to Claudius Giesick junior of Dallas.
Date: May 31, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Casket] (open access)

[News Script: Casket]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about authorities in New Jersey who exhumed the body of Patricia Giesick for what police hope will reveal the crucial clue in the woman' s bizarre hit and run traffic death at New Orleans three days after her marriage to a Texan.
Date: May 30, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Fred W. Funke to Alex Bradford - May 1, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Fred W. Funke to Alex Bradford - May 1, 1939]

Letter from Fred W. Funke to Alex Bradford discussing the development of two portable water pumps from Pacific Marine and Edwards. Additionally Mr. Funke delves into the positives & negatives of fog nozzles and chemical additives used to extinguish fires.
Date: May 1, 1939
Creator: Funke, Fred W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. D. W. Kempner, May 31, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. D. W. Kempner, May 31, 1956]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. D. W. Kempner discussing travel plans, clippings, and stock share sales from Imperial Sugar.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, May, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, May, 1954]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing recent medical conferences.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 17, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing issues with supplies of P-51s for graduating fighter pilots, skipping ground school classes, gifts, her mother's health, her friend Bobby, marriages, applying to join the British ferry command, and rumors about cancellation of the WASP program. Typed on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date: May 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 12-14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 12-14, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing picking up a new plane, being grounded by weather, the possibility of visiting, her father's health, a problem with her wrist, flying to Dallas, a colonel, and buying her friend a wedding gift. Typed (on May 12) and written (on May 14) on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date: 1944-05-12/1944-05-14
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 9, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on American Airlines stationary discussing her visit to Newark and a trip to Dallas via Buffalo and Chicago.
Date: May 9, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 23, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, ferrying a P-51 to Newark, being grounded by poor weather, politics affecting the WASP, and the possibility of Army Air Force commissions. Written on Mayo Hotel (Tulsa) stationary.
Date: May 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Giesick] (open access)

[News Script: Giesick]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a former Dallas massage parlor owner who has been mentioned in the mysterious death of a bride in a New Orleans traffic accident.
Date: May 29, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Dr. Marion J. Levy, Jr., May 22, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Dr. Marion J. Levy, Jr., May 22, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Marion J. Levy discussing stocks.
Date: May 22, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, May 29, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, May 29, 1953]

Letter from Somerset Rose Nursery, Inc. to D. W. Kempner discussing an order of Hygro.
Date: May 29, 1953
Creator: Somerset Rose Nursery, Incorporated
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Garlic Sets] (open access)

[Invoice for Garlic Sets]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Peter Henderson, Stumpp and Walter Co., including two pounds of garlic sets for $1.50.
Date: May 6, 1953
Creator: Peter Henderson, Stumpp & Walter Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Mr. William Mole, May 15, 1918]

Postcard sent from Mr. William Mole to Maurice and Minnie picturing soldiers in a mess line at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas with a handwritten message on the back saying that his tools will be fine in their cellar.
Date: May 15, 1918
Creator: Mole, William
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Fred F. Hunter, May 8, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Fred F. Hunter, May 8, 1952]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Fred F. Hunter requesting Fred to order him the so-called replacement card set of Unit #S from the Bates Manufacturing Company of Orange, New Jersey. He also mentioned that they mentioned that he order through a dealer.
Date: May 8, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History