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Oral History Interview with Larry Leathers, July 15, 2020

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Interview with Larry Leathers, former Visual Manager at Neiman Marcus from Dallas, Texas. Leathers describes his background in theater and dance, fascination with the "frozen theater" of display mannequins, entry into the fashion industry, promotion from display creator to manager of a department to manager of a whole store, stories about working with clients, family, change over time, and the importance of remembering the heart of the fashion industry.
Date: July 15, 2020
Creator: Becker, Annette & Leathers, Larry
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nail Driving Tool. (open access)

Nail Driving Tool.

Patent for a new and improved nail-driving tool. This design consists, "with the shell of the tool formed with recesses and a guide-groove . . . the driving-bar provided with notch, die, and roller, spline guided in the groove of the shell, and the returning-spring, of the levers having toes, the former of said levers bearing normally upon the roller, the spring secured to said shell, bearing by its ends upon the ends of the said levers, and the magazine obliquely attached to the shell, provided with an opening and a spring-closing device" (lines 32-43).
Date: July 15, 1890
Creator: Brady, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1911 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1911

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1911
Creator: Briggs, George Waverley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1921 (open access)

Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1921

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1921
Creator: Cressey, Kendall B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1918 (open access)

Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1918

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1918
Creator: Cressey, Kendall B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1920 (open access)

Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1920

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1920
Creator: Cressey, Kendall B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1919 (open access)

Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1919

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Cressey, Kendall B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 164, Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1912 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 164, Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1912

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1912
Creator: Crowell, Chester T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold. (open access)

Mold.

Patent for a form of mold that is constructed to expand and contract quickly to form sidewalks and curbs.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Forbis, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 15, 1846 (open access)

The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 15, 1846

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1846
Creator: Ford, John S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Don Gilliland to Truett Latimer, July 15, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Don Gilliland to Truett Latimer, July 15, 1961]

Letter from Mrs. Don Gilliland to Truett Latimer asking where his name 'Truett' came from. She also asks if he is related to the Truett who was attorney general of Alaska during 1938.
Date: July 15, 1961
Creator: Gilliland, Mrs. Don
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 196, Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1907 (open access)

The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 196, Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1907

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1907
Creator: Imboden, W. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 197, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1908 (open access)

The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 197, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1908

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1908
Creator: Imboden, W. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry C. Jones to Truett Latimer, July 15, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Harry C. Jones to Truett Latimer, July 15, 1959]

Letter from Harry C. Jones of the Texas Independent Owners Association to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer thanking him for voting against House Bill 18, which would have levied a one percent increase in tax on natural gas producers.
Date: July 15, 1959
Creator: Jones, Harry C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Legislature] captions transcript

[News Clip: Legislature]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 15, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Elmer G. Gunn, July 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Elmer G. Gunn, July 15, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Elmer G. Gunn informing that he has not heard back and wants to know if Elmer can ship the peaches.
Date: July 15, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Perry, July 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Perry, July 15, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Julia about the dues for the 800 members.
Date: July 15, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman and Tribune (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 2 Thursday, July 15, 1915 (open access)

The Austin Statesman and Tribune (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 2 Thursday, July 15, 1915

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1915
Creator: Lochridge, Lloyd P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 200, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1914 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 200, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1914

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1914
Creator: Lochridge, Lloyd P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 200, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1913 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 200, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1913

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Lochridge, Lloyd P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 193, Ed. 2 Saturday, July 15, 1916 (open access)

The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 193, Ed. 2 Saturday, July 15, 1916

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1916
Creator: Lochridge, Lloyd P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Trail of O. Henry (open access)

The Texas Trail of O. Henry

Newspaper article includes sketches and photos of O. Henry and friends. Describes O.Henry's life and his time in Austin.
Date: July 15, 1923
Creator: Minatra, Odie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Reformer (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 15, 1871 (open access)

The Reformer (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 15, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 15, 1871
Creator: Moore, William B. & Cassidy, James B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abel Ortega, July 15, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Abel Ortega, July 15, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Abel Ortega. Ortega was drafted into the Army in March, 1941 and was in the Philippines by November. Ortega was with a tank battalion on Luzon and recalls the retreat to and subsequent surrender on Bataan. Ortega also recalls how his Christian faith served him, and others around him, during captivity. He describes his experiences on the Bataan Death March. Ortega remained in the Philippines for over two years before being shipped to Japan to perform more slave labor. After the war, Ortega was repatriated and describes his return home to his parents.
Date: July 15, 2002
Creator: Ortega, Abel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History