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[Letter from Preston Cotham to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Preston Cotham to Blanche Perry]

Letter from Preston Cotham to Perry requesting a baptistry painting.
Date: December 14, 1944
Creator: Cotham, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Interview with Don Eugene "Gene" Lock, descendant of Kerr County pioneers and rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Lock talks about how his family ended up in the area, his experience as a rancher, and his memories of horse breeding and racing. He also discusses his work for Kerrville's newspaper, the Mountain Sun, and his Bible education. Mr. Lock mentions briefly that he boxed as a young man.
Date: September 14, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Lock, Don Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Group: Letter from Oma Lee Blackerby (open access)

The Group: Letter from Oma Lee Blackerby

Letter from Oma Lee Blackerby, Secretary to Mayor Wayne Gilley urging his support of integrating Doe Park.
Date: June 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Harris Hanock Letter (open access)

The Group: Harris Hanock Letter

Letter from Mary McClure, Secretary, the Group to Harris Hanock, Fire Chief expressing appreciation for hiring the first black firefighter.
Date: March 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Mayor Wayne Gilley Letter (open access)

The Group: Mayor Wayne Gilley Letter

Letter from Mary McClure, secretary of the Group to Mayor Wayne Gilley and City Council expressing appreciation for hiring the first black firefighter.
Date: March 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Note about an interview with Mrs. N.B. Moore (open access)

Note about an interview with Mrs. N.B. Moore

Note about an interview with Mrs. N.B. Moore. The note describes Pleasant Porter as a little boy at Tullahassee.
Date: December 14, 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Dr WIlliam Hale Letter (open access)

The Group: Dr WIlliam Hale Letter

Letter from Quay F. Barfield to Dr. William H. Hale, President, Langston University, requesting qualified blacks for clerical and secretarial positions from their placement bureau.
Date: October 14, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History