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Oral History Interview with Alessandro Buccilli, April 6, 2011

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Interview with Italian immigrant Alessandro Buccilli, Director of Marketing and Sales Administration for Peterbilt Motors Company, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Buccilli discusses his family background in Rome, Italy, his education, employment in the U.S., the shifts in perceptions about Italy and the U.S., social responsibility, learning English, his perspectives on the importance of language and culture, raising American children, and his legacy. The interview also includes Buccilli's comparisons of opportunities, bureaucracy, culture, and national immigration debates in Italy and the U.S.
Date: April 6, 2011
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Buccilli, Alessandro
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
NATO and the European Union (open access)

NATO and the European Union

Report which discusses issues related to the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) including the level of involvement of the entities in using political and military actions to defend against terrorism and proliferation, the types of military forces necessary, the role of the EU in crisis management, the appropriateness of decision-making procedures to respond to emerging threats, and the role of other international institutions.
Date: April 6, 2004
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Gallis, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Carl Compton to Mrs. S. M. Compton, January 6, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from Carl Compton to Mrs. S. M. Compton, January 6, 1930]

Letter written by Carl Compton to his mother, Mary, about his travels in Europe.
Date: January 6, 1930
Creator: Compton, Carl Benton
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Tom Connally to Ellsworth Bunker, August 6, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Tom Connally to Ellsworth Bunker, August 6, 1952]

Letter from Tom Connally to Ellsworth Bunker, the American ambassador to Italy, introducing him to Daniel W. Kempner and asking that he extend any possible courtesies.
Date: August 6, 1952
Creator: Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Captain Guiseppe Petroncini, December 6, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Captain Guiseppe Petroncini, December 6, 1954]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Captain Guiseppe Petroncini thanking for the opportunity to invest in some of the lovely paintings, photographs sent and retuning all of them since Mr. Kempner has enough to care for this time.
Date: December 6, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to H. Kempner, October 6, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to H. Kempner, October 6, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to H. Kempner responding to a variety of financial, political, and family events that he has been informed of while in Paris and away from his office in Galveston, including his attempts to navigate the Italian cotton market.
Date: October 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Boris Skerl, June 6, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Boris Skerl, June 6, 1950]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Boris Skerl informing Skerl that his daughter, Mary Jean Kempner, and her husband, Oakleigh Thorne, would not be accompanying him on his trip and as a result he would like to surrender one of the rooms he previously reserved.
Date: June 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ugo Simonelli, March 6, 1950] (open access)

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

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ugo Simonelli confirming that he received Simonelli's previous letter and thanking him for the advice regarding reserving accommodations. Kempner also confirms that he was able to make the reservations for the times Simonelli previously offered, and extends his well wishes to him.
Date: March 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Boris Skerl, March 6, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Boris Skerl, March 6, 1950]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Boris Skerl asking for him to confirm the reservation for accommodations mentioned in his letter to him. He also mentions to consider his letter as a confirmation of the reservations.
Date: March 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Sinsheimer, February 6, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Sinsheimer, February 6, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother Eliza Seinsheimer discussing all the letters he received upon arriving in Italy, and the news she included in her letter, as well as details of his trip so far.
Date: February 6, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Gwilym A. Price, March 6, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Gwilym A. Price, March 6, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Gwilym A. Price discussing his disapproval of Price and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's asks for the imposition of tariffs to prevent the U.S. government or citizens from buying foreign electrical products at a cheaper price while providing evidence to support his statements.
Date: March 6, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 6, 1945]

Letter to Cecile from her father about his dental health and the war.
Date: May 6, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Donald W. Peters, August 6, 1998

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Transcript of an interview with Donald W. Peters, Army veteran (C Company, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion), concerning his experiences in the Italian Campaign and experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in the European Theater during World War II. Peters discusses his entry into the Army and basic training, 1943; transit across the Atlantic to North Africa and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion; Monte Cassino; Anzio landing and being wounded by shrapnel when his ship sank; recuperation in Naples and return to his unit; murder of German POWs; Rome-Arno Campaign, 1944; invasion of southern France, 1944; transfer of the unit to the French Alps and his capture, 1944; initial incarceration in Torino (Turin); permanent POW camp at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany; POW life at Stalag VII-A; liberation; and postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date: August 6, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Peters, Donald W., 1924-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Art thieves] (open access)

[News Script: Art thieves]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about modern Sicilian art thieves.
Date: April 6, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Earthquake] (open access)

[News Script: Earthquake]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 6, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fashion] (open access)

[News Script: Fashion]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1969-11-06T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: International relations and military updates] (open access)

[News Script: International relations and military updates]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 6, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Italy] (open access)

[News Script: Italy]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: March 6, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kissinger] (open access)

[News Script: Kissinger]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretary of state Henry Kissinger who is in Europe to brief NATO leaders on president Nixon' s trip to soviet union.
Date: July 6, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mariano Rumor] (open access)

[News Script: Mariano Rumor]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 6, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News] (open access)

[News Script: News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of several congressmen who are making news individually. Italian health officials says that epidemic of cholera in being brought under control.
Date: September 6, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 6, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 6, 1944. He had a get together with Wilbur Crawford and some soldiers from his outfit, and he comments on the weather.
Date: April 6, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 6, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on August 6, 1944. He mentions a friend, Charles S., who has come to visit, whom he and another friend have taken in. Charles S. is homesick, but John, Jr. believes they will all come home soon. He expresses excitement at getting a rare half day at work, and details all the things he likes to do with his time off. He tells a story of a fellow soldier who fell and broke several ribs, and whom John, Jr. plans to visit in the hospital later. He asks for a new fountain pen in a postscript.
Date: August 6, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 6, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 6, 1944, saying he hasn't gotten any of their letters, but he has gotten a few boxes in the mail. He says he's got some pictures he'll send to them in his next air mail letter. He also mentions a friend who's been stationed nearby and is going to come to the club that night.
Date: December 6, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History