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[Letter from Chas. C. Thompson to Truett Latimer, April 20, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Chas. C. Thompson to Truett Latimer, April 20, 1962]

Letter from Chas. C. Thompson to Truett Latimer inviting him to the Tumbleweed Festival.
Date: April 20, 1962
Creator: Thompson, Chas. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs. (open access)

Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs.

Patent for lubricator for axles of buggies, wagons, and other vehicles.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Fergusson, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Dallas kidnapping] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas kidnapping]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 20, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Notes by T. N. Carswell - January 20, 1941] (open access)

[Notes by T. N. Carswell - January 20, 1941]

A page of handwritten notes by T. N. Carswell on Selective Service System letterhead, dated January 20, 1941. Commanders named to select officers for County set up: J. E. Shewbert, J. J. Mueller and A. E. Travis.
Date: January 20, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. K. Sheffield, May 20, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. K. Sheffield, May 20, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with A K Sheffield. Sheffield joined the Navy in late 1943. He completed Armed Guard School in San Diego. He served with the Navy Armed Guard aboard a transport ship, and traveled to the Philippine Islands. In May of 1944, Sheffield was aboard the SS Henry Bergh when it ran aground on the Farallon Islands, and shares details of those events. He traveled through the Pacific Islands, to Japan and throughout the Atlantic. Sheffield does not speak of participating in any battles or combat. He returned home aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) after the war ended in late 1945.
Date: May 20, 2016
Creator: Sheffield, A. K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. K. Sheffield, May 20, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with A. K. Sheffield, May 20, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with A K Sheffield. Sheffield joined the Navy in late 1943. He completed Armed Guard School in San Diego. He served with the Navy Armed Guard aboard a transport ship, and traveled to the Philippine Islands. In May of 1944, Sheffield was aboard the SS Henry Bergh when it ran aground on the Farallon Islands, and shares details of those events. He traveled through the Pacific Islands, to Japan and throughout the Atlantic. Sheffield does not speak of participating in any battles or combat. He returned home aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) after the war ended in late 1945.
Date: May 20, 2016
Creator: Sheffield, A. K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Hub. (open access)

Wheel Hub.

Patent for a new and improved wheel-hub. This design "relates to wheel-hubs, and its objects are, first, to permit removal or renewal of the spokes without displacing the tire; second, to insure synchronous motion of the axle-box and the hub; and, third, to attain these ends with simplicity of structure" (lines 8-13).
Date: July 20, 1886
Creator: Miller, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History