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Improvements in Ice-Machines (open access)

Improvements in Ice-Machines

Patent for an improved make and design for ice-machines including instructions for construction and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1877
Creator: Rankin, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Emma of Turon City, KS] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Emma of Turon City, KS]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Emma of Turon City, KS regarding family, friends, weather.
Date: March 23, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T.H. of Turon City, KS ] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T.H. of Turon City, KS ]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T.H. of Turon City, KS regarding family and friends.
Date: March 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ida Moses to her Uncle, Dr. Joseph Pound, March 4, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Ida Moses to her Uncle, Dr. Joseph Pound, March 4, 1906]

Letter from Ida Moses to her uncle, Dr. Joseph Pound, mostly describing her mother's accident in which she fell at her house and messed up her leg causing her to be confined to her bed for at least six weeks. She goes on to say that she wants him to come and visit the next time he comes up; she also asks about the rest of the family and how they are doing.
Date: March 4, 1906
Creator: Moses, Ida
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society] (open access)

[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society]

Pamphlet describing Kempner addresses Economics Society about commission form of government. Also, it documents an article on "Commission Government: Would It Suit New Orleans by Edward H. Burns?"
Date: 1911-03-13~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device. (open access)

Well-Drilling Device.

Patent for well drilling device with new and useful improvements in well-drilling device for simultaneously drilling the main hole and an advance or "rat-tail" hole.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Smith, Primus W. & Bookhout, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines (open access)

Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mine stations and safety cars used to reach miners in distress. As stated in the report, "the purpose, equipment, personnel, and construction of its safety cars" is presented. This report includes an illustration, and a map.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Forbes, J. J. & Ankeny, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Affidavit of Gerald C. Betty] (open access)

[Affidavit of Gerald C. Betty]

Affidavit sworn by Gerald C. Betty stating that he was acquainted with A. M. Betty during her life and the estimated value of her estate.
Date: March 7, 1940
Creator: Betty, Gerald C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 3, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent orders for ferrying aircraft, different types of aircraft, and not being able to get a check ride. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita) stationary.
Date: March 3, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, wearing Army Air Corps insignia, the North American A-36, ferrying an aircraft, and other recent work. Written on Washington Yankee (Shreveport, LA) stationary.
Date: March 4, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing problems with bad weather and flying, seeing a friend, recent correspondence, and where she had recently flown. Written on United Air Lines stationary.
Date: March 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Baptistry Painting for St. John, Kansas] (open access)

[Baptistry Painting for St. John, Kansas]

Photograph of the baptistry painting done by Blanche Perry for the Church of Christ in St. John, Kansas. Scene is of Jordan River with trees, sheep, clouds, sun beam cross, and dove shaped cloud.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Investigation of Zinc-Lead Deposits on Extensions of the Miami Trough, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, and Cherokee County, Kansas (open access)

Investigation of Zinc-Lead Deposits on Extensions of the Miami Trough, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, and Cherokee County, Kansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on zinc-lead fields of Oklahoma and Kansas. Properties of the physical features, geology, and drilling are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Knox, Clinton C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. W. Grinder, March 6, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. W. Grinder, March 6, 1950]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. W. Grinder sending a Compost Grinder.
Date: March 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. W. Grinder Corporation, March 31, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. W. Grinder Corporation, March 31, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. W. Grinder Corporation asking a second time for the descriptive circular and cost of a compost grinder.
Date: March 31, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrolytic Model Studies as Applied to Water-Flooding a Shoestring Sand (open access)

Electrolytic Model Studies as Applied to Water-Flooding a Shoestring Sand

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines investigating the well patterns and spacing of the Paola shoestring reservoir in Kansas. Several methods of field tests are presented. The report includes illustrations and tables.
Date: March 1951
Creator: Eckard, William E. & Mason, Jack A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Williams Meat Co., Inc. to I. H. Kempner, March 16, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Williams Meat Co., Inc. to I. H. Kempner, March 16, 1951]

Letter from Williams Meat Co., Inc. to I. H. Kempner enclosing a copy of their new price list and guaranteeing that Kempner's order will be given Williams' personal attention.
Date: March 16, 1951
Creator: Williams Meat Co., Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: SMU] captions transcript

[News Clip: SMU]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Southern Methodist University's basketball team traveling to Wichita, Kansas to compete against Texas Tech in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs.
Date: March 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU] (open access)

[News Script: SMU]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Southern Methodist University's basketball team traveling to Wichita, Kansas to compete against Texas Tech in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs.
Date: March 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Skippy Browning] (open access)

[News Script: Skippy Browning]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of Skippy Browning, a Dallas native and future Olympic diver, in a plane crash near Rantoul, Kansas.
Date: March 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mistaken identity victim is freed] (open access)

[News Script: Mistaken identity victim is freed]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man, Joe Herbert Hoskins, being released from a Kansas jail after being imprisoned for 49 days in a case of mistaken identity.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. H. Sandberg to I. H. Kempner, March 17, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from W. H. Sandberg to I. H. Kempner, March 17, 1960]

Letter from W. H. Sandberg to I. H. Kempner discussing Sandberg's dislike for the sugar being served at Santa Fe.
Date: March 17, 1960
Creator: Sandberg, W. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Anadarko Basin (of parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado) (open access)

The Anadarko Basin (of parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado)

Abstract: This report is a synthesis of published and unpublished data on the rocks of the Anadarko basin.
Date: March 1964
Creator: MacLachlan, M. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: A&M, Trinity] (open access)

[News Script: A&M, Trinity]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: March 9, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library