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Bulletin of McMurry College, 1972 summer session (open access)

Bulletin of McMurry College, 1972 summer session

Bulletin lists the administration, faculty, and summer course offerings of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: March 1972
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Our Town Windom, Texas (open access)

Our Town Windom, Texas

Book describing the history of Windom, Texas, with compiled information about families who lived in the area, biographical sketches of individuals who made an impact on the town, narratives about events, and histories of churches and community institutions. It includes copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, historic maps, and other supporting documents.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of North Texas State University: 1972-1973, Undergraduate (open access)

Catalog of North Texas State University: 1972-1973, Undergraduate

Catalog for North Texas State University includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the school (academic calendar, list of officers and faculty, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.).
Date: May 1972
Creator: North Texas State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cemeteries of Wood County, Texas: Volume 4 (open access)

Cemeteries of Wood County, Texas: Volume 4

Index for the cemeteries in Wood County, Texas, including listing the cemeteries and all the marked headstones. The information is organized by location and also provides descriptions of unmarked graves in the county.
Date: 1972
Creator: Turner, Ida Marie & Vickery, Adele W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Land Quality and Quantity (open access)

Texas Land Quality and Quantity

Papers documenting presentations and discussions at a conference about natural resources and human activities in Texas.
Date: 1972-08-21/1972-08-22
Creator: Council of State Planning Agencies
System: The Portal to Texas History
Criminal Justice Plan for Texas: 1972 (open access)

Criminal Justice Plan for Texas: 1972

Plan describing existing resources and infrastructure as well as future goals for the criminal justice system in Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Texas. Criminal Justice Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1971 (open access)

Report of the Chief of the Forest Service: 1971

Annual report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service describing activities of the organization, expenditures and receipts, and a discussion of other relevant topics for the fiscal year.
Date: April 1972
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1971 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1971

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 10 & 11, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of the conference was "Freedom and Free Enterprise."
Date: 1972
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972

Interview with tax consultant Harcourt G. Bull, Army veteran and survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bull's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bull talks about the Fall of Corregidor and his capture, the Bilibid Prison in 1942, Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a notebook and a narrative written by Bull.
Date: July 31, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bull, Harcourt G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jake Guiles, June 20, 1972

Interview with Jake Guiles, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Guiles discusses joining the service, training, being stationed at Nichols Field in the Philippines, the Japanese invasion and American retreat to Bataan, fighting as infantry, surrender at Marivales, the Bataan Death March, experiences in internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabantuan, transit to Japan, internment at Hitachi mining camp, liberation, and reflections. In appendix is a notebook kept by Guiles, containing names of fellow prisoners, a self-made Japanese dictionary, a diary, and other recordings.
Date: June 20, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Guiles, Jake
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James L. Kent, May 11, 1972

Interview with James L. Kent, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Duncanville, Texas. Kent discusses joining the Marine Corps, being AWOL, his judicial punishment, his deployment to the Philippines at Cavite Navy Yard, the Japanese attack, his experiences in the Battles of Bataan and Corregidor, his capture, and his internment at Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan #1 & 2, and Mitsushima.
Date: May 11, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kent, James L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972

Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, her careers in the Army and Navy, and how she arrived in Fulton.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972

Interview with James H. Sorenson Jr., president of First National Bank in Rockport, Texas. Sorenson discusses his growing up in the Corpus area, his education, his service in World War Two, the Rockport areas growth and changes through the years, the local economy, property developments, his family's ties to the region, natural conservation, local politics, the Aransas County Navigation District, the Intracoastal Channel, hurricanes, oil and gas, the school system, recreation in the area, the country club, and public utilities and services.
Date: July 3, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Sorenson, Jr., James H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Alton C. Halbrook, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Alton C. Halbrook, 1972

Interview with Alton C. Halbrook, a Marine WWII veteran and POW who was captured by the Japanese at Corregidor. Halbrook discusses joining the Marine Corps and prewar duty in Shanghai, transfer to the Philippines, the Japanese invasion, retreat to Corregidor, the American surrender and capture by Japanese forces, internment at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan, transfer to Clark Field and labor there, transit to Japan, internment and labor at a Japanese steel mill, a powerplant, and a factory, and the end of the war. In appendix is an autobiographical account by Halbrook.
Date: 1972-03-21/1972-04-18
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972

Interview with James W. Gee, a sales executive, a Marine Corps veteran, and a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gee talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), coal mining near Nagasaki (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: [1972-03-13,1972-03-19]
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, James Wallace
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, March 23, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, March 23, 1972

Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Slocum, Texas, who was shot down and captured by German forces. Killgo discusses enlisting in the Air Corps before the war, training and becoming a B-17 crewmember, deployment to England, his missions, getting shot down, capture by German civilians, transfer to Stalag Luft #4, experiences in internment there, liberation by the Soviet Army, and return to the United States.
Date: March 23, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Killgo, Carlton J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Koury, Jr., April 27, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Koury, Jr., April 27, 1972

Interview with George Koury, Jr., Marine Corps veteran and survivor of the Bataan Death March. The interview includes Koury's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Koury talks about the Fall of Bataan and his capture, the Bataan Death March, Camp O'Donnell, Nichols Field, hell ship to Formosa and to Japan, Prison Camp No. 7, and liberation.
Date: April 27, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Koury, George, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972

Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date: April 7, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The School Dictionary. Sixth edition. (open access)

The School Dictionary. Sixth edition.

Garo-English dictionary, arranged alphabetically, with a brief introduction in Garo describing the structure of entries and treatment of compounds and derived nouns. Entries include the part of speech, English glosses in multiple senses if applicable, related derived forms, and scientific names of plants and animals. Includes cultural terms like names of festivals, customs, and traditional foods.
Date: June 1972
Creator: Nengminza, D. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, November 28, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, November 28, 1972

Interview with Representative Jim Stroud, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Stroud discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: legislation considered in the second session; the election of a House Speaker, and Jim Nugent and DeWitt Hale's aspirations to the post; the "Dirty Thirty" and lobbyists; the election of Rayford Price; the state budget; the insurance industry and related legislation. Also included is a newspaper clipping of Stroud's obituary.
Date: November 28, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stroud, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings: State Employment of the Handicapped Workshop, 1972 (open access)

Proceedings: State Employment of the Handicapped Workshop, 1972

Publication detailing the information from the State Employment of the Handicapped proceedings including the workshop agenda, discussion topics, an address delivered by the governor of Texas, and more.
Date: July 1972
Creator: Texas Rehabilitation Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Wilson, January 1, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Wilson, January 1, 1972

Interview with Senator Charles Wilson, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Lufkin, Texas. In the interview, Wilson discusses his personal views and experiences concerning specific problems in the Texas state government, personal legislation, utilities regulation, the appointment of committee members, lobbies, campaign financial disclosure, election filing fees, committee structure, annual legislative sessions, taxation, and legislative apportionment.
Date: January 4, 1972
Creator: Riddlesperger, James W. & Wilson, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972

Interview with Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: the issue of state funding of primaries; Governor Preston Smith's actions on spending; the appointment of Larry Teaver to head of the State Insurance Commission; the calling of the fourth special session; insurance companies and their influence; discrimination in insurance policies; competitive rate-making legislation and opposition to it; and the confirmation of Bob Bullock as Secretary of State.
Date: November 27, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Volnie S. Burk, January 10, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Volnie S. Burk, January 10, 1972

Interview with Volnie S. Burk, an Army veteran and survivor of the siege at Fort Hughes near Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burk discusses the fall of Fort Hughes and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1943), the Manila port area (1943), his return to Bilibid Prison (1943-1944), the fall of Manila (1945), and his liberation.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burk, Volnie S.
System: The UNT Digital Library