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[Letter from George Andre to R. I. Mehan, March 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from George Andre to R. I. Mehan, March 16, 1954]

Letter from George Andre to R. I. Mehan discussing a new contracted entered with the United Gas Company and the tax rates on gas purchases from different companies.
Date: March 16, 1954
Creator: Andre, George L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Andre to R. I. Mehan, March 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from George Andre to R. I. Mehan, March 16, 1954]

Letter from George Andre to R. I. Mehan discussing a new contracted entered with the United Gas Company and the tax rates on gas purchases from different companies.
Date: March 16, 1954
Creator: Andre, George L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. L. Richeson & Sons to Mr. Harris L. Kempner, March 27, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from W. L. Richeson & Sons to Mr. Harris L. Kempner, March 27, 1955]

Letter from Lacy Richeson to Harris L. Kempner discussing his absence from a convention in Corpus Christi due to his father's illness.
Date: March 27, 1955
Creator: W. L. Richeson & Sons
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: School desegregation] (open access)

[News Script: School desegregation]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 3, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about opening card of the 38th state Golden Gloves tournament which will feature 23 bouts.
Date: March 7, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999

Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, vice-chair of the Kerr County Historical Commission from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Snodgrass talks about growing up on a primitive ranch, struggling to survive during the Depression, meeting and marrying her husband, their family, their involvement with music, and her efforts to preserve the history of Kerr County. She also briefly discusses the honors and awards her volunteer work has earned her. Pages 2-13 include a written statement by Miles Abernathy Lowrence, Clarabelle's maternal great-uncle.
Date: September 25, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of file of documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence, November 25, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of file of documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence, November 25, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a file with multiple documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence. Documents include: 1. a copy of the secret treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 2. a statement by Santa Anna to Texas; 3. a copy of the public treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 4. a memorandum regarding the treaties and communications with the United States; 5. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Collinsworth and Grayson; 6. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to an unknown recipient; 7. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to T. H. Benton; 8. a letter from Sam Houston to Andrew Jackson; and 9. a description of the boundaries and size of Texas by Stephen F. Austin.
Date: November 25, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History