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Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021 transcript

Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Burnet. He discusses his childhood growing up during the Great Depression and what led him to join the chemical warfare service of the US Army. He describes all the different training camps he was sent to around the US and eventually being deployed in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: March 16, 2021
Creator: Burnet, George & Misenhimer, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Burnet. He discusses his childhood growing up during the Great Depression and what led him to join the chemical warfare service of the US Army. He describes all the different training camps he was sent to around the US and eventually being deployed in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: March 16, 2021
Creator: Burnet, George & Misenhimer, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She later became a teacher.
Date: September 11, 2000
Creator: Sloan, Anne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert L. Branyan to I. H. Kempner, March 15, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Robert L. Branyan to I. H. Kempner, March 15, 1957]

Letter from Robert L. Branyan to I. H. Kempner discussing his thesis on "American Jews and Zionism", and requests further information regarding Mr. Kempner's ethnic background and business positions to help his research.
Date: March 17, 1957
Creator: Branyan, Robert L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: July] (open access)

[News Script: July]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about with July 4th which is just a few days away.
Date: July 2, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Funk day] (open access)

[News Script: Funk day]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about National fink day of national fink week in the Grayson county.
Date: June 20, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New top Texas weather] (open access)

[News Script: New top Texas weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Spring like weather which is prevailing over Texas with reading mostly in the 50' s and 60' s.
Date: March 18, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Speeding ticket] (open access)

[News Script: Speeding ticket]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an attempt which is being made to extradite to Iowa.
Date: March 20, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Island Gasoline] (open access)

[News Script: Island Gasoline]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story sayin that there is no gasoline on South Padre Island and resort owners are worried.
Date: February 20, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Yocom Farm, December 6, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Yocom Farm, December 6, 1951]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Yocom Farm requesting the price of his oven-ready pheasants.
Date: December 6, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Billie D. Douglass to I. H. Kempner, December 13, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Billie D. Douglass to I. H. Kempner, December 13, 1951]

Letter from Billie D. Douglass to I. H. Kempner explaining that she forgot to put the catalogue in the letter she sent out.
Date: December 13, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Billie D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Associated Press News] (open access)

[News Script: Associated Press News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Skylab two astronauts who scheduled Medical and Solar Astronomy experiments on 32nd day of their space journey. Citizens of Ontario are starting their second day of housecleaning.
Date: August 28, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: AEC move] (open access)

[News Script: AEC move]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the atomic energy commission which has announced plans to move it' s operations in Iowa.
Date: June 27, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: East Texas students] (open access)

[News Script: East Texas students]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the bodies of three students from LeTourneau college in east Texas who have been found in the wreckage of their light plane.
Date: June 21, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter - November 1918]

Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter in Dallas County, Iowa, sent in care of Harry Keller, discussing daily life in Camp MacArthur. The front of the postcard depicts field artillery at Camp MacArthur, Waco, loaded on wooden wagons with a company of soldiers organized behind the artillery.
Date: 1918-11-XX
Creator: Etter, Benjamin
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. J. S. Russell, January 23, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. J. S. Russell, January 23, 1957]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to J. S. Russell offering to take him out for a meal or drink during his time in Houston.
Date: January 23, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Des Moines Register and Tribune to Mr. Harris Kempner, January 21, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from the Des Moines Register and Tribune to Mr. Harris Kempner, January 21, 1957]

Letter from J. S. Russell to Harris L. Kempner discussing how good it would be for Kempner to be back with the National Farm Institute and his previous stops in San Antonio and Dallas, mentioning an upcoming talk in Houston.
Date: January 21, 1957
Creator: Des Moines Register and Tribune
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948] (open access)

[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the W. Atlee Burpee Company including Larkspur seeds.
Date: September 23, 1948
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 21, 1948] (open access)

[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 21, 1948]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the W. Atlee Burpee Company including flower seeds.
Date: September 21, 1948
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948] (open access)

[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the W. Atlee Burpee Company including vegetable and flower seeds.
Date: September 15, 1948
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Governor Geo. A. Wilson to T. N. Carswell - December 18, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Governor Geo. A. Wilson to T. N. Carswell - December 18, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Committee on Americanism, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Geo. A. Wilson, Governor, State of Iowa, Des Moines, dated December 18, 1941. Wilson defines Americanism.
Date: December 18, 1941
Creator: Wilson, George A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Benjamin Magee to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from John Benjamin Magee to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from John Benjamin Magee, President, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, dated December 10, 1941. John Benjamin Magee defines Americanism.
Date: December 10, 1941
Creator: Magee, John Benjamin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form letter from T. N. Carswell to W. Earl Hall - November 24, 1941] (open access)

[Form letter from T. N. Carswell to W. Earl Hall - November 24, 1941]

A form letter addressed to Mr. W. Earl Hall, Editor, Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, from T. N. Carswell, for the Committee on Americanism, American Legion, dated November 24, 1941. Promotion of a "What is Americanism?" campaign. The campaign is defined as "seeking more light in the form of a contribution", the contribution being the answer to the question, "What is Americanism?". The answer will then be used "to help stimulate an Americanism Revival comparable in results to the periods of the Revolution, the Making of the Constitution, and the Civil War" stressing that the country's destiny depends on these answers. Postscript: "We suggest: A Patrick Henry Day observance in every community and school in the U.S.A." W. Earl Hall defines Americanism in a typewritten reply at top of page.
Date: November 24, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition for transfer for parolee from Pauline Kirk to R. W. Bobzin - January 5, 1951] (open access)

[Petition for transfer for parolee from Pauline Kirk to R. W. Bobzin - January 5, 1951]

A form issued by the Voluntary County Parole Board System, an office of the Texas Secretary of State (Austin, Texas), dated January 5, 1951 and addressed to Mr. R. W. Bobzin, Secretary and Supervisor of Paroles, Des Moines, Iowa, from Pauline Kirk, Chief, Parole Division, Austin, Texas. A petition is granted for the transfer of Parolee No. 108,345 from Iowa to Texas with instructions for the transfer of files to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas.
Date: January 5, 1951
Creator: Kirk, Pauline
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History