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Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.

Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Marina Oswald from the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, August 5, 1963] (open access)

[Letter to Marina Oswald from the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, August 5, 1963]

Letter written to Marina Oswald in August of 1963. The letter, which is from an individual at the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, is written in Russian.
Date: August 5, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #1] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #1]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.
Date: May 5, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #2] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #2]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.
Date: May 5, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #807]

Photograph of a closeup shot of train #807. On the car behind the engine "Texas & Pacific" is visible. Text below the image says "Shreveport, La. Sept 5th 1951" and "C.J.DeVilbiss."
Date: September 5, 1951
Creator: DeVilbiss, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 5, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 5, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, on August 5, 1836, discussing his ideas to keep Matamoros from falling into the hands of the Mexican government.
Date: August 5, 1836
Creator: Fisher, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Abortion Clinic] captions transcript

[News Clip: Abortion Clinic]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: November 5, 1992
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Abortion Clinic] captions transcript

[News Clip: Abortion Clinic]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 5, 1992, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco, April 5, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco, April 5, 1950]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco confirming that Mr. and Mrs. Thorne will be flying to Europe and thus will not need their reservations on the Ile de France on August 3, opening them up for Mrs. Womack and Mrs. Carroll to use. Mr. Kempner requests they hold his reservations westbound on the Ile de France until they can secure reservations on the Liberte, and asks if he had mentioned he needs space for his car both ways.
Date: April 5, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco, December 5, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco, December 5, 1949]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco informing that he made reservations on the Ile de France sailing.
Date: December 5, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from D. W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco, December 5, 1949] (open access)

[Telegram from D. W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco, December 5, 1949]

Telegram sent by D. W. Kempner to Jean E. Vesco discussing his letter and a return check.
Date: December 5, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mary Lee Tullis, May 5, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mary Lee Tullis, May 5, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mary Lee Tullis enclosing a copy of his speech as per her request and informing her that his uncle Lee Kempner has just passed away.
Date: May 5, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. E. P. McGuire, January 5, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. E. P. McGuire, January 5, 1946]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to E. Perkins McGuire replying to a previous letter and discussing his home and office addresses, an offer to order more grapefruit or other delicacies and the weather and general conditions at home
Date: January 5, 1946
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Edward B. Benjamin, February 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Edward B. Benjamin, February 5, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Edward B. Benjamin discussing Kempner's attempt at locating the Spencer family.
Date: February 5, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Jim McCrery to Mel Yarnell, November 5, 1990] (open access)

[Letter from Jim McCrery to Mel Yarnell, November 5, 1990]

Letter from Jim McCrery to Mel Yarnell expressing gratitude toward the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their service during World War II. He also thanks Charlyne Creger specifically and honors her as the recipient of the "Forgotten Heroes" Award for the year 1990.
Date: November 5, 1990
Creator: McCrery, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter B. Moses, Jr. to his Father, April 5, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Walter B. Moses, Jr. to his Father, April 5, 1949]

Letter from Walter B. Moses, Jr. to his Father informing that they are pleased to quote the Contractor on the redwood tower.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Moses, Walter B., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Charlyne Creger, November 5, 1978] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Charlyne Creger, November 5, 1978]

Letter from Lillian Roberts thanking Charlyne Creger for a previous letter she received and informing her of a new strategy she hopes to implement for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: November 5, 1978
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Sangford] (open access)

[Letter from Ruth Sangford]

A letter from Ruth Sangford to Carl B. Compton regarding his exhibition.
Date: June 5, 1944
Creator: Sangford, Ruth
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch.

Patent for an "improved method of and apparatus for treating mineral pitch and similar material to readily separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from sand, bituminous rock, and other impurities contained in the mined material and removing the sand and impurities" (lines 12-17). The method circulates the material in hot water to separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from the sand and impurities. The asphalt and oil rise to the top of the water and the impurities sink.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Sellers, Harvey Lee; Conyngton, Hugh Ronald & Conyngton, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Stokke to Mrs. Kempner, June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Stokke to Mrs. Kempner, June 5, 1943]

Letter from Mrs. Stokke discussing the New Orleans unit.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: Stokke, Musse
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending March 1, 1986 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending March 1, 1986

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, the week ending on January 25 to the week ending on March 1, during 1985 and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: March 5, 1986
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History