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Midwestern State University Annual Financial Report: 2015 (open access)

Midwestern State University Annual Financial Report: 2015

Annual financial report of Midwestern State University documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2015.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Atzhiri Acosta, November 7, 2015

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Atzhiri Acosta, a Mexican-American immigrant from Wichita Falls, Texas. Acosta discusses moving to Wichita Falls, Texas, his upbringing there and adjusting to American life, his first jobs, being an "illegal immigrant" and immigration rhetoric, his family, the DREAM Act, Donald Trump, his work, deportation, and Christmas traditions.
Date: November 7, 2015
Creator: Barber, Zach & Acosta, Atzhiri
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kathy Floyd Standing with Dorothy Bland]

Photograph of Kathy Floyd, (left) of Wichita Falls, Texas standing with Dorthy Bland, (right) Mayborn Dean and Graduate Institute Director. Floyd is holding her Runner Up trophy that she received for her "Living without Water," reported narrative at the 2015 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
Date: July 18, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Red River Authority of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2013 & 2014 (open access)

Red River Authority of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2013 & 2014

Annual financial report of the Red River Authority of Texas documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal years 2013 and 2014. It includes three major sections describing the organization and providing financial and statistical information.
Date: 2015
Creator: Red River Authority of Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region B (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region B

Water plan for Region B describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, water conservation plans, drought response plans, the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Biggs & Mathews, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claude Cummins, February 17, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Claude Cummins, February 17, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Claude Cummins. Cummins joined the Army Air Corps around 1940. He completed Aircraft and Mechanics School in Wichita Falls, Texas. In early 1942, he worked as a crew chief with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Washington State, pre-flighting B-17 aircraft for air crew. Cummins was assigned to Dum Dum, India, through the end of the war. While there, he set up an overhaul facility for C47s. He continued in the Army Air Forces after the war ended, completing 30 years of service.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Cummins, Claude
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claude Cummins, February 17, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Claude Cummins, February 17, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Claude Cummins. Cummins joined the Army Air Corps around 1940. He completed Aircraft and Mechanics School in Wichita Falls, Texas. In early 1942, he worked as a crew chief with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Washington State, pre-flighting B-17 aircraft for air crew. Cummins was assigned to Dum Dum, India, through the end of the war. While there, he set up an overhaul facility for C47s. He continued in the Army Air Forces after the war ended, completing 30 years of service.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: Cummins, Claude
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clinton L. Henderson, February 11, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clinton L. Henderson, February 11, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Henderson. Henderson joined the Army Air Force before graduating high school and received basic training in Wichita Falls, aerial gunnery training in Las Vegas, and combat crew training in Ardmore. Upon completion, he was assigned as a ball turret gunner for the 384th Bombardment Group, stationed in England. Toward the end of his 36-mission tour, his plane was hit by antiaircraft fire above Germany. His crew aborted the mission and landed safely at a British airfield. Henderson returned to the States and trained to become a B-29 gunnery instructor. The work was dangerous, as the planes flew at twice the speed bomber pilots were accustomed to. Henderson transferred to Randolph Field and finished his time in the service as a supply clerk. He was discharged in October 1945.
Date: February 11, 2015
Creator: Henderson, Clinton L
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clinton L. Henderson, February 11, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Clinton L. Henderson, February 11, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Henderson. Henderson joined the Army Air Force before graduating high school and received basic training in Wichita Falls, aerial gunnery training in Las Vegas, and combat crew training in Ardmore. Upon completion, he was assigned as a ball turret gunner for the 384th Bombardment Group, stationed in England. Toward the end of his 36-mission tour, his plane was hit by antiaircraft fire above Germany. His crew aborted the mission and landed safely at a British airfield. Henderson returned to the States and trained to become a B-29 gunnery instructor. The work was dangerous, as the planes flew at twice the speed bomber pilots were accustomed to. Henderson transferred to Randolph Field and finished his time in the service as a supply clerk. He was discharged in October 1945.
Date: February 11, 2015
Creator: Henderson, Clinton L
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Roby, March 17, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jim Roby, March 17, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Roby. Roby was born in Nocona, Texas on 17 June 1927. After graduating from high school in Cunningham, Texas he signed up for the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. Upon entering the program he was sent to Las Cruses, New Mexico for training. The program was terminated shortly thereafter and he was sent to Wichita Falls, Texas for basic training. In 1946, following basic training, he was assigned as a teletype operator with US Army Signal Corps. He was sent to Guam where he supervised the fixed communication facility with a personnel crew of fourteen. He describes the purpose and workings of the radio-teletype unit. While on Guam, it was struck by a typhoon and he describes the storm and its aftermath. War crimes trials were held on Guam during 1946 and Roby attended some of these trials. Returning to the United States in 1947 he became a commissioned officer after attending Officers Candidate School. He concludes the interview by telling of his career in the United States Air Force until his retirement in 1972.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Roby, Jim
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Roby, March 17, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jim Roby, March 17, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Roby. Roby was born in Nocona, Texas on 17 June 1927. After graduating from high school in Cunningham, Texas he signed up for the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. Upon entering the program he was sent to Las Cruses, New Mexico for training. The program was terminated shortly thereafter and he was sent to Wichita Falls, Texas for basic training. In 1946, following basic training, he was assigned as a teletype operator with US Army Signal Corps. He was sent to Guam where he supervised the fixed communication facility with a personnel crew of fourteen. He describes the purpose and workings of the radio-teletype unit. While on Guam, it was struck by a typhoon and he describes the storm and its aftermath. War crimes trials were held on Guam during 1946 and Roby attended some of these trials. Returning to the United States in 1947 he became a commissioned officer after attending Officers Candidate School. He concludes the interview by telling of his career in the United States Air Force until his retirement in 1972.
Date: March 17, 2015
Creator: Roby, Jim
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Horace Edwards. Edwards joined the Army Air Forces in February 1943. He received basic training at Sheppard Field, radio training at Harlingen, and aerial gunnery training in Sioux Falls. He completed his training as a B-24 radio operator gunner in Holyoke. He was transferred to Godman Field, where he served as a B-25 radio instructor to the Tuskegee Airmen. Towards the end of the war, he was stationed at Columbia Army Air Base as part of a ground control approach unit, helping pilots learn to land blind in preparation for poor weather and blackouts. Edwards returned home and was discharged in 1945. He remembers V-J Day as a time of celebration in crowded streets.
Date: February 16, 2015
Creator: Edwards, Horace Thomas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Horace Edwards. Edwards joined the Army Air Forces in February 1943. He received basic training at Sheppard Field, radio training at Harlingen, and aerial gunnery training in Sioux Falls. He completed his training as a B-24 radio operator gunner in Holyoke. He was transferred to Godman Field, where he served as a B-25 radio instructor to the Tuskegee Airmen. Towards the end of the war, he was stationed at Columbia Army Air Base as part of a ground control approach unit, helping pilots learn to land blind in preparation for poor weather and blackouts. Edwards returned home and was discharged in 1945. He remembers V-J Day as a time of celebration in crowded streets.
Date: February 16, 2015
Creator: Edwards, Horace Thomas
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies

Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Access to Geographical Information in Library Catalogs: a Case Study (open access)

Access to Geographical Information in Library Catalogs: a Case Study

Conference paper exploring three case studies on how methods of retrieval of geographic data offered by libraries. The online catalog (Case no. 1) includes various materials available to users. Case no. 2 is Special Collections in general, including the Portal to Texas History. Case no. 3 is a particular collection digitized by UNT: The map collection of the University of Texas at Arlington.
Date: 2015
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: March 27, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: March 27, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the proposition of the House budget and the passing of House Bill 80 making texting and driving illegal while the vehicle is in motion.
Date: March 27, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 6, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 6, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on an update on the proposed House budget.
Date: April 6, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Trip Generation Data for Texas Using Work Place and Special Generator Survey Data (open access)

Improved Trip Generation Data for Texas Using Work Place and Special Generator Survey Data

This report reviewed and assessed Texas Department of Transportation current work place survey methods and design. The report made recommendations on changes that would enable ITE-type trip generation data to be collected, in addition to the datta collected as part of this survey, to develop trip attraction rates for modeling.
Date: May 2015
Creator: Hard, Edwin; Bhat, Chandra; Chigoy, Byron; Green, Lisa; Dubey, Subodh; Pearson, David et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 7, 2015 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 7, 2015

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 7, 2015
Creator: McGathey, Liz
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lile Springs. Springs was born 14 April 1925, in Hope, Arkansas. He worked on a farm with his father until 1943. He received a draft notice, though after his examinations he received a 4-F classification, unfit for military service. Springs went on to welding school in Little Rock. He later worked on welding war ships in Mobile at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, and in Bremerton, Washington at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In 1945, he joined the Washington State Guard, and in November Springs was accepted into the Army Air Forces. He made the Air Force his career for the following 30 years. He retired in November, 1975 from the 12th Air Force at Bergstrom AFB in Austin, Texas. During his military career, Springs served as Base Sergeant Major and Cofounder and Commandant of the NCO Leadership School at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. He also served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to Major General Davis, Headquarters 19th Air Force, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina. Springs also served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Date: December 20, 2015
Creator: Springs, Lile
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 40, Number 3, May/June 2015 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 40, Number 3, May/June 2015

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: May 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
German-Texan Heritage Society, The Journal, Volume 37, Number 3, Fall 2015 (open access)

German-Texan Heritage Society, The Journal, Volume 37, Number 3, Fall 2015

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: German-Texan Heritage Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
2015 Leaver Records Data Validation Manual (open access)

2015 Leaver Records Data Validation Manual

Manual attempting to improve the accuracy of school districts reporting leaver data so that the Performance-Based Monitoring system can be more effective.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History