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[News Clip: Dallas Curfew Vote Today Show] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Curfew Vote Today Show]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 12, 1991
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date: February 23, 2004
Creator: Day, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date: February 23, 2004
Creator: Day, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gay and Lesbian Gardeners, Volume 3, Number 5, May 1995 (open access)

Gay and Lesbian Gardeners, Volume 3, Number 5, May 1995

Monthly newsletter of the Gay and Lesbian Garden Club discussing events from the previous month, April, and plans and events for May and June.
Date: May 1995
Creator: Gay and Lesbian Garden Club
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gay and Lesbian Gardeners, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1995 (open access)

Gay and Lesbian Gardeners, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1995

Monthly newsletter of the Gay and Lesbian Garden Club discussing events from the previous month, May, and plans and events for June and July. Included is a book review and tips on pest, flea, and weed control.
Date: June 1995
Creator: Gay and Lesbian Garden Club
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Women of Color" Exhibit Price List - 1987] (open access)

["Women of Color" Exhibit Price List - 1987]

Price list for artworks shown at the "Women of Color" exhibit at the Security National Bank in Shreveport, Louisiana. The showing was held from January 30 through February 28, 1987.
Date: January 1987
Creator: Theatre of the Performing Arts
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Burnett] captions transcript

[News Clip: Burnett]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dick Burnett, the owner of the Dallas Eagles baseball team, dying of a heart attack at the age of 57.
Date: June 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather] (open access)

[News Script: Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about weather report for Fort Worth and Dallas areas.
Date: July 31, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Violence] (open access)

[News Script: Violence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an overnight violence which accounted for 3 shootings, a beating and a stabbing.
Date: June 14, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bank robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Bank robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two Texas men who are in custody in Tennessee.
Date: March 19, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 50 independent truckers from Texas who met in Shreveport and Bill Corpier recommend they join a 60-day strike moratorium.
Date: February 13, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the president of a group called "The Truck Drivers of America" who called for a complete work stoppage by independent truckers.
Date: February 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Placid Oil Company, October 15, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Placid Oil Company, October 15, 1958]

Letter from T. E. Taylor to Placid Oil Company requesting for an update on the release of the lease.
Date: October 15, 1958
Creator: Taylor, T. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Placid Oil Company, September 11, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from T. E. Taylor to Placid Oil Company, September 11, 1958]

Letter from T. E. Taylor to Placid Oil Company informing about the expiry of the lease and requesting to release the lease. Second page contains details and payment history of the lease.
Date: September 11, 1958
Creator: Taylor, T. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert M. Wainwright, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, October 20, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Robert M. Wainwright, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, October 20, 1958]

Letter from Robert M. Wainwright, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner informing about enclosing the documents for release of Oil and Gas lease on behalf of Placid Oil Company.
Date: October 20, 1958
Creator: Wainwright, Robert M., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: San Augustine] (open access)

[News Script: San Augustine]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about one person who has been killed and five others who have been wounded in a two hour reign of terror during a shootout at a San Augustine residence in East Texas.
Date: July 2, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brown obit] (open access)

[News Script: Brown obit]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dr. H. C. Brown Junior, a professor of preaching at southern Baptist Theological seminary in Fort Worth who died at a local hospital.
Date: June 11, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lendard, March 13, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lendard, March 13, 2012

Interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nell Joyce Goodwin Lenard, March 12, 2012

Transcript of an interview with Nell Lenard, secretary, administrative assistant, homemaker, and community organizer, who helped bring senior citizen's center, the Dietert Center to the city of Kerrville, Texas. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, she and her husband John Houston Lenard lived in Tomball, near Houston, before moving to Kerrville with their family. Nell raised four boys and a girl and was heavily involved in her their lives and activities.
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Lenard, Nell Joyce Goodwin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chas. A. Hazen to T. N. Carswell - December 2, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Chas. A. Hazen to T. N. Carswell - December 2, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Americanism Committee, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Chas. A. Hazen, Managing Editor, The Shreveport Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, dated December 2, 1941. Hazen advises Carswell that he was asked by Mr. Ewing to answer the letter requesting a definition of Americanism and proceeds to define Americanism.
Date: December 2, 1941
Creator: Hazen, Charles A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Letter from R. M. Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, May 31, 1956] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from R. M. Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, May 31, 1956]

Inter-office letter from R. M. Armstrong to I. H. Kempner discussing a specific broker and his quality of work.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: Armstrong, R. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Tucker, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, March 10, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from John H. Tucker, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, March 10, 1955]

Letter from John H. Tucker, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing plans to follow D. W.'s advice for traveling to Germany and sending well wishes to the Kempner family.
Date: March 10, 1955
Creator: Tucker, John H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History