122 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

[Adoption Statement of Jill, Janet, and Pete Warnke] (open access)

[Adoption Statement of Jill, Janet, and Pete Warnke]

Personal statements of Jill, Janet, and Pete Warnke regarding the adoption of Jill Warnke from Jiangxi Province, China. Jill discusses her audition and performance in the musical, "Annie." Janet and Pete describe the decision to adopt from China and the application process to adopt Jill. There is a photo of Janet, Pete, and a baby Jill Warnke on the second page of the document.
Date: unknown
Creator: Warnke, Jill; Warnke, Janet & Warnke, Pete
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertising Circular from Reader's Digest] (open access)

[Advertising Circular from Reader's Digest]

Advertising letter from the Reader's Digest Association describing the value of their magazine and requesting the return of an order card.
Date: 1948~
Creator: The Reader's Digest Association
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of a Factory

Copy negative of an aerial view of Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Co., in Yonkers, New York. The picture also shows other businesses and houses around the area.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backfire captions transcript

Backfire

"This story is based upon the actual classroom experiences of Thomas J. Shelly, teacher of Economics and History in the Yonkers High School, Yonkers, New York. The American Economic Foundation is happy to present this example of how common sense combats economic fallacies" - from film.
Date: unknown
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Elwyn, Robert & Lyon, Sumner
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Client Card: City of Yonkers] (open access)

[Client Card: City of Yonkers]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the City of Yonkers, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast mask (2 copies; 16" x 12" x 3").
Date: November 1974
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Dr. Harry Bakin] (open access)

[Client Card: Dr. Harry Bakin]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Dr. Harry Bakin, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: seated figure (5 copies; 13" x 12" x 8.5").
Date: October 1957
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Barbara Bisgyer] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Barbara Bisgyer]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Barbara Bisgyer, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: bronze cast horse (29" x 17"), standing figure of a woman dancing (17" x 10.5"), standing figure casting a net (figure 19", net 20" x 16"), figure (5.5"), group of two figures dancing (13"), five dancing figures in a circle (13.5"), standing figure of Madame Chairman, several figures, and plaques.
Date: 1964-08/1968-03
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Beverly Bender] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Beverly Bender]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Beverly Bender, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: boy with bowl (3 copies), St. Francis holding bird (2 copies; 26"), frog (8" x 4.5"), kneeling figure of boy with bowl (3 copies; 19.5" x 8" x 12"), flying bird (3 copies; 14" x 11"), and St. Francis (26").
Date: 1958-12/1977-04
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Helen Beling] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Helen Beling]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Helen Beling, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: bronze cast figure (42"), plaque of birds and group of people (16.5"), and baby bust (12.5" x 11").
Date: 1953-08-24/1966-06-15
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Arthur Bradbury] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Arthur Bradbury]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Arthur Bradbury, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Bronze cast portrait relief" (19.5" x 22").
Date: April 1937
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. G. Forrest Butterworth, Jr.] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. G. Forrest Butterworth, Jr.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. G. Forrest Butterworth, Jr., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Allegorical Statuette".
Date: February 1941
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. George Cherkis] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. George Cherkis]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. George Cherkis, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Lincoln Head" (17" x 22").
Date: February 1970
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Frances Billingsley] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Frances Billingsley]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Frances Billingsley, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes three bronze casts of a plaque, one of which is a portrait bust.
Date: 1963-06/1966-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. George Biddle] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. George Biddle]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. George Biddle, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze portrait head, a bronze cast of a kneeling figure, and a bronze cast "Cook."
Date: 1936-09/1939-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. J. Barzon] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. J. Barzon]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. J. Barzon, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order contains a bronze cast of a "Dancing" figure on one leg, on a Belgian black marble base.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. J. Bauer] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. J. Bauer]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. J. Bauer, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Marion C. Bonn] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Marion C. Bonn]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Marion Bonn, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes two bronze casts of owls mounted to black marble bases.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. P. Brown] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. P. Brown]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. P. Brown, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast figure mounted "to Bakelite base."
Date: September 1973
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Warren Barbour] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Warren Barbour]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Warren Barbour including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes a bronze cast "Plaque" with pattern, set-up, and complete work included in the price, and a second bronze cast "Plaque" as well.
Date: September 1965
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's map of the county of Westchester.

Map shows township boundaries, roads, existing and proposed railroads, aqueducts, and town layouts. Includes notes. Scale [ca. 1:108,000].
Date: 1892
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope of Quik Splice Tapes]

Envelope for HPI quik splice super 8mm splicing tapes. There are some tapes left inside.
Date: 1965
Creator: Hudson Photographic Industries Incorporated
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States (open access)

The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States

From Introduction: "The investigations presented in this bulletin have been undertaken by the bureau with a view to a better understanding of the conditions which confront the producer of commercial feldspar and also with the object of determining wherein the various deposits of feldspar differ."
Date: 1916
Creator: Watts, A. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Instructions for HPI Quik Splice] (open access)

[Instructions for HPI Quik Splice]

Instruction pamphlet for an HPI Quick Splice Dual Eight Interlock Butt Splicer for Super 8mm film. The instructions outline how to splice 8mm film.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Jill Warnke] transcript

[Interview with Jill Warnke]

Interview with Jill Warnke regarding her adoption Jiangxi Province, China. Jill speaks about her interests and extracurricular activities, including her participation in the musical, "Annie" acting as Tessie and a recent school project on China. She also shares her excitement and plans for an upcoming trip to China and her thoughts on other kids asking questions about her family.
Date: unknown
Creator: Warnke, Jill
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History