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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 1972
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad system.

Map shows extent of Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway system, town stops along ATSF railroad lines, major cities, and notable geographic features for the South Central and Southwest United States; [modern-day] Oklahoma is divided into "Oklahoma Territory" and "Indian Territory." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1899
Creator: American Bank Note Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #2] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #2]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered a PT-13 D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: February 18, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #3] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #3]

Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #4]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Better Grain-Sorghum Crops (open access)

Better Grain-Sorghum Crops

"This paper presents the best-known methods of improving the grain-sorghum crops on the farms where they are grown. These methods are simple and inexpensive of time or money, and are therefore within the reach of all farmers. More attention to the bettering of the quality and yields will be repaid as fully in these crops as in other cereals." -- p. 2. Sorghum crops can be improved for drought resistance, earliness, stature, productivity, and adaptability to machine techniques.
Date: 1911
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing Hard Spring Wheat (open access)

Growing Hard Spring Wheat

"This bulletin discusses the topographic, soil, and climatic features of the northern Great Plains, with special reference to the production of hard spring wheat in that area. Cultural methods for growing the crop are given." -- title
Date: 1915
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Use Sorghum Grain (open access)

How to Use Sorghum Grain

This bulletin discusses the uses of sorghum grain, including in animal feeds, human food, and alcohol production.
Date: 1918
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Rothgeb, Benton E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uses of Sorghum Grain (open access)

Uses of Sorghum Grain

This report discusses the uses of sorghum grain for human food and animal feed, including information about nutrition, digestibility, and storage and preparation. Sorghum is grown primarily in the southern Great Plains of the United States.
Date: 1915
Creator: Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Rothgeb, Benton E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties (open access)

The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties

From General Statement Purpose of the Report: "The present investigation was undertaken for the purpose of supplying some of the material so badly needed in the valuation and more efficient operation of oil properties. Because of the lack of time for further studies, the amount of data already accumulated and the policy of the Bureau of Mines of publishing as soon as possible any information that may be of use to an industry, the bulletin is issued now."
Date: 1919
Creator: Beal, Carl H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture (open access)

Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture

This report discusses birds commonly found in the southeastern United States with special regard to their diets and the impact these birds have on agriculture and insects in this region.
Date: 1916
Creator: Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916; McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884-1972
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture (open access)

Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture

Revised edition. This report discusses birds commonly found in the southeastern United States with special regard to their diets and the impact these birds have on agriculture and insects in this region.
Date: 1918
Creator: Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916; McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884-1972
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (A.T.S.F.) Train Engine, #1080

Photograph of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (A.T.S.F.) Train Engine, #1080. The words "Safety First A.T. & S.F." are written in white paint on the side of the black train locomotive.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, May 3, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, May 3, 2001

Interview with Vern "Bucky" Blodgett, an armed forces veteran and Veteran's Administration worker from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Blodgett describes moving to and growing up in Kerrville, and his work with the VA Hospital there (first as a clerk, and finally, as acting associate director). Besides serving in the service for four years, he also worked in several VA facilities around the country before making his way back to Kerrville. His memories of the town include details of the flood of 1932, his role in founding the Buck 'N' Bull Club (a rifle club) in 1946, and a few stories concerning the religious community. A historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital is included at the end of interview transcript.
Date: May 3, 2001
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Blodgett, Vern
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to F. L. Biaggne, September 19, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to F. L. Biaggne, September 19, 1950]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to F. L. Biaggne informing about the notice sent to Mr. Benito Mata due to his unavailability at the mentioned location.
Date: September 19, 1950
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Dr. Gary Blake, 1984 captions transcript

Interview with Dr. Gary Blake, 1984

Interview with Dr. Gary Blake, specialist in deaf education from Overland Park, Kansas. In the interview, Dr. Blake discusses the impact of loss of hearing on individuals' lives.
Date: 1984
Creator: Blake, Gary & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields (open access)

Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of waste in oil and gas fields in the mid-continent area. As stated in the introduction, this report "describes the general amounts and kinds of waste, and attempts to show the importance of conserving these natural resources" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1914
Creator: Blatchley, Raymond S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore (open access)

Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore (open access)

Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
Date: 1946
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields (open access)

Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date: 1965
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library