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Feeder for Printing-Machines. (open access)

Feeder for Printing-Machines.

Patent for a feeder for printing machines that supplies sheets for them to be printed automatically. It has a reciprocating bed with a cylinder over it which rotates when the bed moves. Blank sheets are on the beds, and the cylinder moves the sheets off the beds, into rollers.
Date: December 4, 1894
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, September 24, 1816] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, September 24, 1816]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, on September 24, 1819, discussing James' life at school in Connecticut.
Date: September 24, 1816
Creator: Austin, James Elijah Brown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Laura Miller, October 30, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Laura Miller, October 30, 2014

Interview with Laura Miller, a consultant for the Texas Clean Energy project. The interview includes discussion of her youth, education, and career as a journalist and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
Date: October 30, 2014
Creator: Carter, Chase & Miller, Laura
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Journalist to Dallas Mayor to Clean Energy Consultant (open access)

From Journalist to Dallas Mayor to Clean Energy Consultant

This article is a short biography of Laura Miller, a consultant for the Texas Clean Energy project, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: October 30, 2014
Creator: Carter, Chase; Limon, Elvia & Laljer, Jessie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Client Card: Mrs. Gutzon Borglum] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Gutzon Borglum]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Gutzon Borglum, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast of a portrait relief.
Date: 1947-01/1964-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. A. B. Carver] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. A. B. Carver]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. A. B. Carver, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes bronze casts of various heads, including women, a girl's, and a boy's.
Date: 1938-02/1938-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Joseph Boulton] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Joseph Boulton]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Joseph Boulton, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Small Squirrel" (2 copies; silver electroplate), "Standing Nude Female Holding Bird in Hand" (37" x 19"), "Standing Figure Arms Outstretched" (17" x 10").
Date: 1956-01/1967-09
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. William Benton] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. William Benton]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. William Benton, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order contains copper wheels by Mary Callery, which has been cleaned and lacquered.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. John Angell] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. John Angell]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. John Angell, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Seated Figure" (Mother and Child; 8"), "Seated Portrait Statue", "Seated Figure of Stephen Fuller Austin", "Alexander Hamilton" (13'), "Small Figure" (27 copies), "Christ the Teacher" (7'6"), "Seated Mother and Child" (2 copies; Belgian black marble base 4.5" cube), and "Christ the Teacher".
Date: 1928-12/1956-04
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. J. L. Boulton] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. J. L. Boulton]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. J. L. Boulton, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Mice" (6 copies), "Small Nude Figure" (3 copies), "Mermaid" (Repatine), "Mice" (2 copies), "Cat", "Statuette" (Repair; repatine), "Monkey Group" (Apprehension), "Kittens at Play" (2 copies; 7" x 8" x 13.5"), "Plaque" (5.25" x 9"), "Head of Boy" (13.5"), "Young Blue Jay" (2 copies; 5"), and "Squirrel Group" (2 copies; 1 bronze cast, aluminum cast; 17" x 26").
Date: 1928-11/1956-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kundalini and the Near-Death Experience (open access)

Kundalini and the Near-Death Experience

Article exploring the relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and activation of the kundalini.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Kieffer, Gene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter, June 11, 1912]

Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter with a photograph of the "Number 1 Steamer," a part of the greater Bridgeport Fire Department in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The vehicle has a large steamer contraption on the back, and an alarm bell attached to it. The three firemen in the picture are all on the vehicle and one man is holding a goat in the front seat.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Conor, Clarence W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Bridgeport Fire Department No. 3]

Postcard of Bridgeport Fire Department No. 3's station, a two-story brick building featuring garages at its base and a bell on its roof. The fire fighters are dressed in black uniforms and hats, and are aboard three horse-drawn vehicles. One fire fighter is standing in front of the leftmost vehicle, with a dog on his right. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message that says, "Many thanks, pretty card, call again."
Date: May 19, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter, June 11, 1912]

Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter with a note describing the type of vehicle in the picture as a combination "Hose and Chemical wagon." There are six firemen in the picture, five are in the vehicle and one is standing next to it; the water hose is rolled up in the center and there is even a goat in the arms of one of the men in the back.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Conor, Clarence W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Fire Department]

Postcard of fire fighters in horse-drawn wagons, lined up a fire station. A single fire fighter is standing in front of the vehicles on the right. The center garage of the three visible doors on the station is labeled, "H. Sterling."
Date: May 19, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter, May 7, 1912]

Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter regarding different collections of photographs. The photograph on the backside of the card shows a view of a fireman sitting in an old fire engine belonging to the Stratford Fire Department in Stratford, Connecticut. This vehicle has a ladder attached to its side, a basket with a water hose on top, and an alarm bell on the far back.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Conor, Clarence W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips, August 31, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips, August 31, 1967]

Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips congratulating the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center on its 11th anniversary. In a post-script, he mentions that he has enclosed a photograph with the letter. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address.
Date: August 31, 1967
Creator: Sikorsky, Igor I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mort Walker to Major William D. Phillips, September 1, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Mort Walker to Major William D. Phillips, September 1, 1967]

Letter from Mort Walker (author of the Beetle Bailey comics) to Major William D. Phillips, congratulating him on the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center's 11th anniversary. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address. There are cartoon characters all along the bottom of the letter.
Date: September 1, 1967
Creator: Walker, Mort
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computer Modeling of Ground-Water Availability in the Pootatuck River Valley, Newtown, Connecticut (open access)

Computer Modeling of Ground-Water Availability in the Pootatuck River Valley, Newtown, Connecticut

From abstract: A hydrologic analysis based on available data, test drilling, seismic refraction profiling, and the stream-aquifer connection was performed using a digital computer model. The report presents its findings on the quality and availability of the ground and surface water of the Pootatuck River Valley in Connecticut.
Date: July 1978
Creator: Haeni, F. P. & Handman, Elinor H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Helen Keller] (open access)

[News Script: Helen Keller]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: June 1, 1968
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nationwide Strike] (open access)

[News Script: Nationwide Strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 30, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "Serious Sings Praises of Notable Women, Forgotten in History"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Serious Sings Praises of Notable Women, Forgotten in History"]

Newspaper clipping about a series called "Women of Courage" that was aimed at showing children how women have contributed to history and the series' success.
Date: March 25, 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History