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[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.
Date: September 11, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Letter from J. F. Anderson to Daniel W. Kempner, December 21, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from J. F. Anderson to Daniel W. Kempner, December 21, 1950]

Letter from J. F. Anderson to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the price of different sized ferns for Mr. Kempner to order.
Date: December 21, 1950
Creator: Anderson, J. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. F. Anderson to Daniel W. Kempner, December 29, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from J. F. Anderson to Daniel W. Kempner, December 29, 1950]

Letter from J. F. Anderson to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the order of ferns Mr. Kempner made and informing him that they have been shipped out via Railway Express.
Date: December 29, 1950
Creator: Anderson, J. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale Forming Apparatus

Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Anderson, William E.; Dyer, Frank L. & Workum, Julius F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere discussing the ten heaviest sugar volume states and the U. S. A. deliveries since 1949. The total deliveries are listed for each year for multiple states.
Date: March 27, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
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
[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on May 17, 1831, thanking him for the presents he has sent her family, and hoping that they will soon meet.
Date: May 17, 1831
Creator: Austin, Eliza L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Document Ascribing Power of Attorney to Thomas F. Leaming, February 1, 1828] (open access)

[Transcript of Document Ascribing Power of Attorney to Thomas F. Leaming, February 1, 1828]

Copy of transcript of a document written by Stephen F. Austin and James Austin, on February 1, 1828, giving the power of attorney to Thomas F. Leaming in the case against Jacob Fox, who holds lands in New Jersey that rightfully belong to the Austins.
Date: February 1, 1828
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. & Austin, James Elijah Brown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald E. Bedard to Mr. H. L. Kempner, April 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Donald E. Bedard to Mr. H. L. Kempner, April 8, 1955]

Letter from Donald E. Bedard to Harris L. Kempner discussing a talk with Professor Levy and enclosing an itemized expense account and requesting it be given to an office manager.
Date: April 8, 1955
Creator: Bedard, Donald E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977

Interview with Thomas Roth regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 15, 1977
Creator: Bowman, Larry & Roth, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Portable Sawmill. (open access)

Portable Sawmill.

Patent for a portable sawmill, which can be put on an ordinary wagon and pulled out to where timber is being cut.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Bryan, Gordon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlotte C. Burt] (open access)

[Letter from Charlotte C. Burt]

A letter from Charlotte C. Burt to Carl B. Compton regarding information concerning university transfer credits.
Date: June 10, 1940
Creator: Burt, Charlotte C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Prentice-Hall, Inc. - October 4, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Prentice-Hall, Inc. - October 4, 1965]

A letter addressed to Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J. 07632, from T. N. Carswell, dated October 4, 1965. Carswell informs the company that on July 20, 1965 he placed his subscription, the check was paid by the bank July 30, 1965 but he is not receiving the REPORT.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Prentice-Hall, Inc. - October 20, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Prentice-Hall, Inc. - October 20, 1965]

A letter addressed to Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., from T. N. Carswell, dated October 20, 1965. Carswell makes a second inquiry, referencing his letter of October 4, 1965, regarding not receiving the Report to which he subscribed in July.
Date: October 20, 1965
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to The Prudential Press, Newark, N. J. - July 17, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to The Prudential Press, Newark, N. J. - July 17, 1956]

A letter addressed to The Prudential Press, Newark, New Jersy, from T. N. Carswell, dated July 17, 1956. Carswell explains that he read an article printed in the AMERICAN LEGION Magazine about the signers of the Declaration of Independence that was written by Merle Sinclair. He then requests a copy of a booklet published by them that was recommended to him by Sinclair.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potash Salts from Texas-New Mexico Polyhalite Deposits: Commercial Possibilities, Proposed Technology, and Pertinent Salt-Solution Equilibria (open access)

Potash Salts from Texas-New Mexico Polyhalite Deposits: Commercial Possibilities, Proposed Technology, and Pertinent Salt-Solution Equilibria

From Introduction: "Figure 1 shows the location of sources that have been either exploited or seriously considered at one time or another, super-imposed upon a map indicating by small letters the order of consumption of K2O in the leading States; the amount used in these States, together with the percentage of the total consumption of potash used as fertilizer in the United States in 1939, is given in table 1. Figure 2 shows the domestic production and total consumption of potassium salts, in terms of tons of K2O, with the value per unit at the plants, for each year since 1913. Considered together, these two figures tell a significant story."
Date: 1944
Creator: Conley, John E. & Partridge, Everett P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Matthew S. Crinkley to Harris Kempner, June 8, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Matthew S. Crinkley to Harris Kempner, June 8, 1965]

Handwritten letter from Matthew S. Crinkley to Harris Kempner thanking Kempner for his letter from May 3, which he received in the hospital, and discussing his recent cancer treatments.
Date: June 8, 1965
Creator: Crinkley, Matthew S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Citizens and the Chief of Police] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Citizens and the Chief of Police]

Correspondence between the Chief of Police and citizens who are requesting information. Citizens range from students to writers. The Chief of Police states that he is unable to provide further information as a matter of department policy.
Date: 1969
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence with Emory L. Brown, November 1967] (open access)

[Correspondence with Emory L. Brown, November 1967]

Correspondence between Emory L. Brown, Jr. and various individuals at the Dallas Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Archives and Records Service regarding the assassination of President Kennedy. The individuals state that they have nothing to add to the Warren Commission's report.
Date: 1967-11-14/1968-11-25
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History