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Disaster Actions and First Aid (open access)

Disaster Actions and First Aid

This book "provides training material in disaster actions and first aid as a part of the General Military Training Program (p. 1)."
Date: June 15, 1966
Creator: United States. Department of the Air Force.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remittance Letter from Little, Brown and Company, Inc. (open access)

Remittance Letter from Little, Brown and Company, Inc.

Remittance letter from Little, Brown and Company, Inc. with a receipt for a royalties check for Jacqueline Cochran for $43.83. It includes a handwritten note dated October 8, 1969 saying "Check deposited to J. C. Mfa. Hanourri Trust Acct."
Date: June 30, 1969
Creator: Little, Brown and Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Royalty Statement from Little, Brown and Company to Jacqueline Cochran, June 30, 1969] (open access)

[Royalty Statement from Little, Brown and Company to Jacqueline Cochran, June 30, 1969]

Royalty statement from Little, Brown and Company to Jacqueline Cochran relating to the royalties for Cochran's book, "The Stars at Noon."
Date: June 30, 1969
Creator: Little, Brown and Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger on Sidewalk]

Photograph of Charlyne Cerger wearing a blue checkered blouse and white shorts standing on the sidewalk in front of Tujague's Restaurant at the corner of Madison and Decatur streets in New Orleans. On the right side there is a row of parked cars in the street and behind her several neon signs and two unidentified men walking down the sidewalk are visible in the background.
Date: June 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger, Woman, and Strawberry Man]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger wearing a blue checkered blouse and white shorts (center) with an unidentified woman wearing a short-sleeved blouse and shorts (left), and a man in a hat and white shirt selling strawberries from a box that reads "Louisiana Strawberries" (right). On the left the silhouettes of several people and a carriage in an alley are visible in the background and on the right part of a sign that reads "chateau" can be seen.
Date: June 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 14, Chapter 2. Tactical Air Command (open access)

Current Study 14, Chapter 2. Tactical Air Command

This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about organizations within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the development, mission, structure, and operations of the Tactical Air Command. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 4. Civil Defense and Local Government (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 4. Civil Defense and Local Government

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter "is a descriptive study of pre-attack actions and planning characteristic of State and local civil defense levels and the role played by public and private institutions in support of community civil defense objectives" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 5. Military Support of Civil Defense (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 5. Military Support of Civil Defense

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter discusses "some of the factors involved in military support of civil defense operations and in the coordination of military and nonmilitary defense planning" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 3. The National Shelter Program (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 3. The National Shelter Program

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter discusses the objectives and goals of the National Shelter Program. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 14, Chapter 3. Air Defense Command (open access)

Current Study 14, Chapter 3. Air Defense Command

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about organizations within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the development, mission, structure, and operations of the Air Defense Command. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 12, Chapter 1. Greece and Turkey (open access)

Current Study 12, Chapter 1. Greece and Turkey

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its role in the Cold War. This chapter discusses "the importance of Greece and Turkey as NATO members and their contributions to the defensive alliance" (p. 2). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 10, Chapter 3. The Peace Corps (open access)

Current Study 10, Chapter 3. The Peace Corps

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges posed by the Cold War. This chapter discusses the Peace Corps and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1963
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 1. The Role of Nonmilitary Defense (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 1. The Role of Nonmilitary Defense

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter "considers the traditional role of nonmilitary defense in the United States and the impact of the nuclear age on national preparedness" (p. 3). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 14, Chapter 5. Air Force Systems Command (open access)

Current Study 14, Chapter 5. Air Force Systems Command

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about organizations within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the development, mission, structure, and operations of the Air Force Systems Command. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 10, Chapter 1. The Evolution of Democracy (to 1776) (open access)

Command Study 10, Chapter 1. The Evolution of Democracy (to 1776)

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel. This chapter focuses on the development of democracy in the Western world and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: June 1963
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 1. Effects of CBR Agents (open access)

Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 1. Effects of CBR Agents

This booklet is from Volume 1 of an Air Force Reserve element training course on individual survival. This book discusses steps to take in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack. Work pages can be seen filled in with blue ink handwriting within the book.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Lowry Technical Training Center.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer Correspondence, Course 2A, Volume 22. Organization for National Security (open access)

Squadron Officer Correspondence, Course 2A, Volume 22. Organization for National Security

Filled out correspondence exam on national security for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: June 1960
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History