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Researching Tom Joad: John Steinbeck, Journalist, 1936 (open access)

Researching Tom Joad: John Steinbeck, Journalist, 1936

Article examines John Steinbeck's brief career as a depression-era journalist and his nonfiction work on the working conditions of migrant laborers in California that inspired his greatest literary achievement, The Grapes of Wrath.
Date: Spring 2005
Creator: Bailey, Paul
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Raising Boys: The Process, the Struggle, the Documentary (open access)

Raising Boys: The Process, the Struggle, the Documentary

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing violence among black youth in the San Francisco Bay area, the author's relation to these events, and her quest to create a documentary concerning the difficulties of raising children in America today.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Blackwell, Nicole
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from California Congressional Delegation to Anthony Principi - May 16, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from California Congressional Delegation to Anthony Principi - May 16, 2005]

Letter from Congresspeople of California to Anthony Principi requesting that two Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) commissioners visit Naval Support Activity at Corona and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Division. Request for regional hearing to be held in San Diego or Riverside, CA.
Date: May 16, 2005
Creator: California Congressional Delegation
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Representatives of California to James Bilbray - May 16, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from Representatives of California to James Bilbray - May 16, 2005]

Letter from the Federal Representatives and Senators of California to James Bilbray regarding Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar and Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: California Congressional Delegation
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Harold  Gehman - May 19, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Harold Gehman - May 19, 2005]

Letter from the Federal Representatives and Senators of California to Harold Gehman regarding Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar and Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: California Congressional Delegation
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Samuel Skinner - May 19, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Samuel Skinner - May 19, 2005]

Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Samuel Skinner regarding the importance of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar and Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: California Congressional Delegation
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Sue Ellen Turner - May 19, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from the California Congressional Delegation to Sue Ellen Turner - May 19, 2005]

Letter from the Congressional Delegation of Californiato Commissioner to Sue Ellen Turner regarding Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar and Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: California Congressional Delegation
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from David Chigos to Anthony Principi -  August 12, 2005 (open access)

Letter from David Chigos to Anthony Principi - August 12, 2005

Letter from Dr. David Chigos to Commissioner Anthony J. Principi regarding the closure of California military buildings. Dr. Chigos offers suggestions for the closure of some complexes and the moving of others.
Date: August 12, 2005
Creator: Chigos, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004

Interview with Raymond Barajas, an infantry veteran of the U.S. Army who was discharged after a training accident in 1943. The transcript includes a list of questions, which focus on Barajas's time in training, his subsequent injury, and impressions of his time in the service and war in general.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Barajas, Raymond
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date: October 8, 2005
Creator: D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date: October 8, 2005
Creator: D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geology and Stratigraphy of the Building 812 Area, Site 300, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (open access)

Geology and Stratigraphy of the Building 812 Area, Site 300, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of the stratigraphy and geologic structure of the Building 812 Area, Site 300 (Figure 1). This analysis is designed to help better delineate hydrostratigraphic units (HSUs) in order to enhance the understanding of the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface. The results of this investigation will assist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) hydrogeologists to conduct work in a more focused and cost effective manner. This document is submitted to fulfill contract obligations for subcontract B530530.
Date: July 13, 2005
Creator: Ehman, Kenneth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Acencion Fernandez. Fernandez, a Texas farm boy born in 1924, was drafted when he was 18 years old. He was based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was assigned to the USS LCI-80 where he served as a loader on a 40-inch gun. At the Mariana Islands of Saipan and Tinian and at Iwo Jima, he was involved in strafing the beaches to enable Marines to land. Later his LCI landed Marines on Okinawa. He briefly mentions the presence of Navajo code talkers on the ship.
Date: February 19, 2005
Creator: Fernandez, Acencion
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Acencion Fernandez. Fernandez, a Texas farm boy born in 1924, was drafted when he was 18 years old. He was based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was assigned to the USS LCI-80 where he served as a loader on a 40-inch gun. At the Mariana Islands of Saipan and Tinian and at Iwo Jima, he was involved in strafing the beaches to enable Marines to land. Later his LCI landed Marines on Okinawa. He briefly mentions the presence of Navajo code talkers on the ship.
Date: February 19, 2005
Creator: Fernandez, Acencion
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Friends of the Valley to Clarke Dice - August 2005] (open access)

[Letters from Friends of the Valley to Clarke Dice - August 2005]

Letters from anonymous Friends of the Valley to Clarke Dice regarding development in Indian Wells Valley, California.
Date: August 2005
Creator: Friends of the Valley
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wally Herger to Anthony Principi - May 20, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from Wally Herger to Anthony Principi - May 20, 2005]

Letter from Congressman Wally Herger to Anthony Principi requesting that two Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) commissioners visit Naval Support Activity Corona, California, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Division.
Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Herger, Wally, 1945-
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: American Idol] captions transcript

[News Clip: American Idol]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 26, 2005, 5:00 a.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Baby Murder] captions transcript

[News Clip: Baby Murder]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a 10-month old baby murdered by his father.
Date: October 19, 2005
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: BALCO] captions transcript

[News Clip: BALCO]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about BALCO.
Date: October 19, 2005
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: CA Quake] captions transcript

[News Clip: CA Quake]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an earthquake in Anza, California. This security tape footage shows people fleeing a store. The story aired at 6:00 A.M.
Date: June 13, 2005, 6:00 a.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: CA Quake] captions transcript

[News Clip: CA Quake]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an earthquake in Anza, California. Nancy Hix and another employee of the Cahuilla Creek Casino, along with Robert Mullens of the Anza Market are interviewed. The story aired at 5:00 A.M.
Date: June 13, 2005
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Caffeine Culture] captions transcript

[News Clip: Caffeine Culture]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 26, 2005, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library