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Oral History Interview with Al Stremel, July 30, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Stremel, July 30, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Al Stremel. Stremel joined the Navy in October of 1940. Beginning in December, he served in the fire room aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). In April of 1942, they escorted USS Hornet (CV-8) on the Doolittle Raid. From June through November, they participated in the battles at Midway, the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal. In January of 1944, Stremel was sent to Oil Burning School in Philadelphia. He was transferred to USS Swanson (DD-443). Stremel was honorably discharged in December of 1946.
Date: July 30, 2011
Creator: Stremel, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Stremel, July 30, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Stremel, July 30, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Al Stremel. Stremel joined the Navy in October of 1940. Beginning in December, he served in the fire room aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). In April of 1942, they escorted USS Hornet (CV-8) on the Doolittle Raid. From June through November, they participated in the battles at Midway, the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal. In January of 1944, Stremel was sent to Oil Burning School in Philadelphia. He was transferred to USS Swanson (DD-443). Stremel was honorably discharged in December of 1946.
Date: July 30, 2011
Creator: Stremel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with H. Paul Hudgins, November 23, 2014

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Transcript of an interview with Paul Hudgins, U.S. Army World War II Veteran, illustrator, and author. Hudgins discusses his childhood in Texas; family history; enlistment in U.S. Army as a medic; staged in France on V-E Day; stationed on hospital train running between Germany and France; post-war college; artistic career; writing career; Honor Flight trip. Appendix includes illustrations and short stories by Hudgins as well as photographs.
Date: November 23, 2014
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Hudgins, Paul
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

National Atlas of the United States

This is the website for the National Atlas, which provides a comprehensive, maplike view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical data collected for the United States. It includes many detailed, interactive maps of the nation on a wide variety of subjects such as the environment, history, government, population, and climate, as well as fully documented digital cartographic datasets and articles. The website was removed from service on September 30, 2014.
Date: September 22, 2014
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Geological Survey
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of The Civil War Diary of Dr. John Henry Bass] (open access)

[Transcript of The Civil War Diary of Dr. John Henry Bass]

Transcript of the diary of D. John Henry Bass documenting his time in the Confederate Army, including his observations, notes about the progress of the war and various skirmishes, and being wounded.
Date: June 6, 2017
Creator: Kuenstler, Jewellee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017

Transcript of an interview with Joe Schmerber, who worked for and helped establish departments in Mooney Aircraft Company and Bridgestone Tires. The interview discusses his parents, early years as one of nine children, his work experience, education, interest in aviation, and family life. Copies of photographs follow the transcript.
Date: December 5, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerber, Joe Henry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tropical Storm Imelda Twitter Dataset

This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to Tropical Storm Imelda and the subsequent flooding in the south Texas region. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 76,420 Tweets and 4,429 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2019-09-10/2019-09-21
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hurricane Dorian Twitter Dataset

This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to Hurricane Dorian which is the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 3,000,553 Tweets and 84,216 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2019-08-25/2019-09-14
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
MVPA Bankhead Highway 2015 convoy itinerary (open access)

MVPA Bankhead Highway 2015 convoy itinerary

Itinerary for a convoy along Bankhead Highway led by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA) from September 16-October 18, 2015.
Date: 2015
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr.] transcript

[Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr.]

Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr. Topics covered include: Poindexter's upbringing in Virginia, his coming out to his family as gay, his career at EDS, how he became a Cathedral of Hope member, his service on the boards of the Turtle Creek Chorale and Lambda Legal, discrimination he's faced as a Black man, his role models, and his goals for the rest of his life.
Date: January 26, 2019
Creator: McCraig, Scott & Villavasso, Morgan
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Joe Schmerber, December 5, 2017

Interview with Joe Schmerber, who worked for and helped establish departments in Mooney Aircraft Company and Bridgestone Tires. The interview discusses his parents, early years as one of nine children, his work experience, education, interest in aviation, and family life.
Date: December 5, 2017
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerber, Joe Henry
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dress Performance Theatre Series: "Do Lord Remember Me"] captions transcript

[Dress Performance Theatre Series: "Do Lord Remember Me"]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dress Performance Theatre series of "Do Lord Remember Me," written by James de Jongh over the weekend of February 8-9th, 2013 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The play takes place in a fictional retirement home in Richmond Virginia in the 1930s with the performance focusing on residents' memories of their time as slaves as young adults.
Date: February 9, 2013
Creator: Evans, Tracy; King, Curtis & Collins, Cheryl
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, March 31, 2013

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Interview with Laura Nevada Weger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Weger's personal experiences of childhood, her family history of military service, reasons for joining the Navy, reaction from her family to her enlistment, training as a cryptological technician, first duty station at Whidbey Island, Washington. Weger talks about the lack of women in unit, rate of pregnancy among unit, sexual assault in the Navy, being a sexual assault victim advocate at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia, deployments aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the Shellback Ceremony and hazing, her activity in veterans groups, the civilian reaction to service, reflections on military service, her second duty station at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia, and advice for future female service members. Additionally, she includes her thoughts on the lifting of combat exclusion ban on women, working at a joint command, integrated barracks, women on submarine duty, the Naval medical system, and her grandmother's service in the Women's Army Corp during the Korean War. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Weger's military career.
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Weger, Laura Nevada
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, March 31, 2013

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Interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, Women's Army Corps Enlisted, Keypunch Operator, and Korean War-ere Veteran, for the Women Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Babcock's personal experiences of childhood in Michigan, basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia, duty assignments at Governor's Island, New York and Hanau, Germany, her temporary duty assignment at the Pentagon, her placement in the Veterans of Foreign War's Women's Auxiliary despite veteran status, and her brother's experience in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Additionally, the interview includes her reason for enlisting, her family's reaction to her enlistment, impressions of post-war Germany, advice for future women service members, her views on service and women in combat, and her daughter's views of the military and the military service of her mom and other family members. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and a list detailing Babcock's military career.
Date: March 31, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Babcock, Marjorie Rae Lutkins
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Initial Report (open access)

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Initial Report

A brief report summarizing the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's activities, meetings, relationships with the U.S. Government, industry, and academia, early substantive assessments, commission staff, and next steps.
Date: July 31, 2019
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library