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Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012

Interview with Rena Pederson, a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers, the books she has written, and her work in communications and public affairs.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Harding, Anne; Dann, Lori & Pederson, Rena
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Train Baggage Transfer for Hotel St. Regis] (open access)

[Train Baggage Transfer for Hotel St. Regis]

Envelope listing details of a train baggage transfer for Mrs. D. W. Kempner to the Hotel St. Regis in New York.
Date: 1956-11-10?
Creator: Hotel St. Regis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Shipping] (open access)

[Receipt for Shipping]

Receipt for shipping to Samuel Bronfman by Railway Express Agency for Tyrrell & Garth, including shipping costs.
Date: November 27, 1948
Creator: Railway Express Agency, Incorporated
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Bill Chevalier] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Bill Chevalier]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Bill Chevalier, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece includes: Cast Arm.
Date: November 1974
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, January 22, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, January 22, 1968]

Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, requesting to file for a divorce from his wife, Geneva Pierce. Included is the envelope.
Date: January 22, 1968
Creator: Pierce, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engagements for January (open access)

Engagements for January

Index card containing the times and dates of two of Barbara Jordan's speaking engagements at the Roosevelt Hotel and the Shamrock Hilton.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for knives and forks] (open access)

[Invoice for knives and forks]

Invoice for items sold to Mr. D. W. Kempner by Robert Ensko, Inc., including 6 pairs of bone handle fish knives and forks.
Date: December 5, 1949
Creator: Robert Ensko, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Envelope Addressed to W. M. Rice] (open access)

[Transcript of Envelope Addressed to W. M. Rice]

Transcribed text for an envelope postmarked for Houston, Texas and addressed to William M. Rice in New York.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from Hotel St. Regis, April 1955] (open access)

[Invoice from Hotel St. Regis, April 1955]

Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner, Sr., Esq., by Hotel St. Regis, including rail ickets to Houston worth $307.25.
Date: April 1, 1955
Creator: Hotel St. Regis (New York, N.Y.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Excess Baggage and Plane Tickets] (open access)

[Invoice for Excess Baggage and Plane Tickets]

Invoice for tickets sold to D. W. Kempner by Eastern Air Lines, including one excess baggage ticket with an excess weight of 37 pounds and a charge of $16.01 and another with an excess weight of 39 pounds and a charge of $19.69. Also included is one plane ticket for Washington to New York and another for New York to Houston, both for a total of $203.50.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Eastern Air Lines, Incorporated
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Delegation in Congress (open access)

Texas Delegation in Congress

Two copies of a document listing the names and addresses of congressional representatives for the state of Texas.
Date: 1949~
Creator: unknown
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check from Daniel Webster Kempner to Bonwit Teller: November 27, 1953] (open access)

[Check from Daniel Webster Kempner to Bonwit Teller: November 27, 1953]

Check from Daniel Webster Kempner to Bonwit Teller for $18.54 through The United States National Bank of Galveston.
Date: November 27, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
System: The Portal to Texas History