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Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Constitution] (open access)

[News Script: Constitution]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the finance committee of the Texas Constitutional Convention who continues its wrestling match in a meeting with issues which could later make or break the new document at the polls.
Date: February 14, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, February 14, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, February 14, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman discussing the lodge responses he received and pledges in Dallas and Houston.
Date: February 14, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Melody Maids of Beaumont (open access)

Melody Maids of Beaumont

Text for an article published in the November 2005 issue of Texas Highways magazine about the Melody Maids, a World War II-era choral group in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: November 14, 2005
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles H. Moore, April 14, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles H. Moore, April 14, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Charles H. Moore explaining that Kempner will most likely miss the upcoming meeting for the Galveston Country Club and Kempner expressing his support of buying stock of the Galveston Country Club.
Date: April 14, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Floods] (open access)

[News Script: Floods]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about rains which continue which over much of Texas causing more flooding in the storm- weary coastal plains area where hundred have been left homeless by swollen streams and rivers.
Date: June 14, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Griffing Nurseries, September 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Griffing Nurseries, September 14, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Griffing Nurseries requesting a copy of a letter sent by the nursery which included a list of various azaleas.
Date: September 14, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor. (open access)

Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor.

Patent for improvements to oil boiling & processing to preserve its hydrocarbon properties by converting high-boiling oils to low-boiling oils using a specific apparatus for vaporization and a catalyst reheating device, such as a chamber furnace.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Alexander, Clive M. & Taber Jr., George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 10PM sports] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story highlighting the daily sports news.
Date: August 14, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tanker hearing] (open access)

[News Script: Tanker hearing]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 14, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas fires] (open access)

[News Script: Texas fires]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 14, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefly, tonite] (open access)

[News Script: Briefly, tonite]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: March 14, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks. (open access)

Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks.

Patent for an improved system that is used for protecting oil tanks from getting struck by lightning and can get put on existing structures to ground them. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Gunthorpe, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expanding Device For Can Bumping Presses (open access)

Expanding Device For Can Bumping Presses

Patent for expanding device for can bumping presses including the illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Drake, Rollin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1137, Chapter 8 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1137, Chapter 8

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas; providing authority to issue anticipation notes and time warrants.
Date: May 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Snowy Mountain]

Postcard of dark mountains with snow capping and traveling between the two mountains. The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Carrol Elward 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas, U. S. A."
Date: July 14, 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of First Baptist Church in Beaumont, Texas]

Postcard of a stone church with stained glass windows, described as "First Baptist Church, Beaumont, Texas." The words "Will You?" are pasted on the back of the postcard, along with a message that reads, "Please tell me who he is? H. H. 11-13-11." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Washington D. C. 1906 Florida Ave."
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Boy Running From Bee Nest]

Postcard of a blonde haired boy running down a hill followed by a swarm of bees. "I'm awfully busy," is written on the postcard. The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: July 14, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Benbow 2]

Postcard of a stone building with concrete stairs and trees and bushes lining the entryway. The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mr. Carrol E. Ward Texas Ice Co. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: September 14, 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Young Boy With Flower on Chalkboard]

Postcard of a red haired boy holding small flowers with a message written in chalk, "Yous kin hev these flowers if you be me stedie. To my Valentine." The postcard is addressed to "Miss McFaddin McFaddin Ave. City."
Date: February 14, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Dutch Girl on Chalkboard]

Postcard of a blonde girl dressed in traditional Dutch clothing and wooden shoes, with a short message written in chalk reading, "It is you lof me ya! To my Valentine." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie, Dumpling, McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave iTr."
Date: February 14, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate of James Edgar Sutherlin] (open access)

[Birth Certificate of James Edgar Sutherlin]

Birth certificate for James Edgar Sutherlin, born July 14, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas to Edith Wilson and Edgar Brown Sutherlin.
Date: July 14, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Driver's License for Edith Wilson Sutherlin] (open access)

[Driver's License for Edith Wilson Sutherlin]

Driver's license for Edith Wilson Sutherlin, from the 1940s.
Date: June 14, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History