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The Rock House (open access)

The Rock House

This is a paper describing both Casa Piedra, "The Rock House," and the people who lived in Casa Piedra.
Date: December 13, 1972
Creator: Arce, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Ruth Edmonds Hill, May 13, 2016

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Interview with Ruth Hill, a librarian and the wife of Boston-area storyteller Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill) from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hill discusses growing up in Pittsfield and the layout of the communities there, her family history, school, attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, working at Harvard, marrying Hugh, festivities on the Cambridge commons, Blue's storytelling career, and her career working on African-American history projects. In appendix are 3 photos of Mrs. Hill.
Date: May 13, 2016
Creator: Valk, Anne M. & Edmonds-Hill, Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Communities of the Future: Energy Programs for Livable Communities (open access)

Communities of the Future: Energy Programs for Livable Communities

This document relates how several of the US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE/EERE) programs help communities across the nation deal with the issues of livability and sustainable growth. Highlights include background information on renewable energy technologies, some outstanding program anecdotes, and regional and Internet contact information.
Date: April 13, 1999
Creator: Jones, J. G. & Strawn, N.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Billy Drawe, June 13, 2000

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Interview with dairyman and Marine Corps veteran Billy Drawe. The interview includes Drawe's personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, enlistment and boot camp, tank training, invading Guam, coming under Japanese mortar fire on Guam, invading Iwo Jima, hauling supplies ashore to the infantry on Iwo Jima, and returning to the states for training in the V-12 Program.
Date: June 13, 2000
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Drawe, Billy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, November 13, 1999

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Interview with Warren D. Crumbling, Army veteran, special agent, and member of the White House Security Detail for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The interview includes Crumbling's personal experiences about education and employment before entering the military, basic training, various assignments, and being appointed to the White House Security Detail at President Lyndon B. Johnson's LBJ Ranch. Additionally, Crumbling talks about relations between the military and civilian law enforcement authorities in San Antonio during World War II, his marriage, his fourth enlistment and assignment to Kobe, Japan, various stateside assignments, his retirement from the Army, President and Mrs. Johnson, and his retirement from the Secret Service.
Date: November 13, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crumbling, Warren D.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles Beatty, March 13, 2006

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Interview with Charles "Chuck" Beatty, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Beatty's personal experiences of childhood and education, accepting an athletic scholarship to North Texas, playing football at North Texas and with the Pittsburgh Steelers and other professional teams, being in the National Guard during the Vietnam era, and returning to North Texas to earn a degree following his professional football career. Additionally, Beatty speaks of social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty, his experiences as an elected official in Waxahachie and as a member of the UNT Board of Regents, and his perceptions of change at North Texas over time.
Date: March 13, 2006
Creator: Miller, Randy & Beatty, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003

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Interview with John J. Clemens. The interview includes Clemens' personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas, World War II-era service in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard USS Wren in the Pacific Theater, and piloting a ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender. Clemens speaks about convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean, the January 4, 1944 sinking of the USS Turner while moored in New York Harbor and the court of inquiry regarding the sinking, actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare while aboard the USS Wren, and the effects that Allied bombing had on Tokyo.
Date: May 13, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Clemens, John J., 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Abilene City Council Minutes: 2011] (open access)

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 2011]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from January 13, 2011 to December 15, 2011.
Date: 2011-01-13/2011-12-15
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1994] (open access)

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1994]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities during 1994.
Date: 1994-01-13/1994-12-15
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Council Minutes: 2000] (open access)

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 2000]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from January 13, 2000 to December 21, 2000.
Date: 2000-01-13/2000-12-21
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Business Ledger: April 1903 - June 1905] (open access)

[General Business Ledger: April 1903 - June 1905]

Ledger containing balance sheets by month of business accounts and cash on hand including expenses, sales, and improvements.
Date: 1903-04-13/1905-06-17
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[O'Connor Brothers General Business Ledger: July 1899 - March 1939] (open access)

[O'Connor Brothers General Business Ledger: July 1899 - March 1939]

Ledger containing information about cattle brands, ownership, registration, and sale, as well as other documentation about the care of cattle and related business interests.
Date: 1899-07-13/1939-03-01
Creator: O'Connor, Dennis Martin & O'Connor, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Ellis County, Texas.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: Bennett, Frank; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon) & Lounsbury, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956 (open access)

The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956

This pamphlet was a program for the activities surrounding the formal reconstitution of Camp Wolters as an Army installation. It includes a greeting from Colonel John L. Inskeep, a brief history of Camp Wolters, a list of the day's events, and two sketched maps of the camp and parade grounds.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1915-1934] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1915-1934]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1915-04-13/1934-02-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Frank H. Bigelow, June 13, 2002

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Interview with Navy veteran Frank H. Bigelow, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bigelow's personal experiences about being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boyhood in North Dakota, various jobs during the Great Depression, and enlisting in the Navy. Additionally, Bigelow speaks about volunteering for duty in the Philippines and his assignment to the submarine tender USS Canopus, pre-war military life in the Philippines, the Japanese bombing of Cavite Navy Yard and the destruction of the Canopus, retreating to Bataan and to Corregidor, the fall of Corregidor, his confinement in the 92nd Garage area, the forced march down Dewey Boulevard in Manila and confinement at Cabanatuan, hell ship to Japan, coal mining for Mitsui Heavy Industries, the amputation of his leg by fellow prisoners after a mining accident, liberation, and the destruction in Nagasaki due to the atomic bomb. The interview includes an appendix with an article titled "A Soldier's Story."
Date: June 13, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bigelow, Frank H., 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert W. Hanna, June 13, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert W. Hanna, June 13, 1978

Interview with Robert W. Hanna regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: June 13, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hanna, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972

Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date: September 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marshall E. Fields, February 13, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marshall E. Fields, February 13, 1972

Interview with Marshall Fields, a Marine WWII veteran from Arkansas. Fields discusses his deployment to Wake Island shortly before the war, the Battle of Wake Island, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, China, and Sapporo, Japan.
Date: February 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fields, Marshall E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James C. Venable, April 13, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James C. Venable, April 13, 1971

Interview with James C. Venable regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. Mr. Venable was captured while serving in the Marine Corps on Wake Island.
Date: April 13, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Venable, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Roberts, October 13, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Roberts, October 13, 1977

Interview with Charles Roberts regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 13, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Roberts, Charles H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sidney F. Krohn, June 13, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney F. Krohn, June 13, 1976

Interview with Sidney Krohn, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Krohn, Sidney F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leon P. Sell, June 13, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leon P. Sell, June 13, 1976

Interview with Leon P. Sell, United States Army veteran from Wallis, Texas. This interview contains his experiences with the 25th Medical Battalion at Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He discusses being a first sergeant of D Company, 25th Medical Battalion and only being 18 at the time of the attack.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sell, Leon P., Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. E. Rugg, June 13, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. E. Rugg, June 13, 1976

Interview with James Rugg, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the minelayer USS Breese during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 13, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Rugg, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library