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[Letter from Marie Lynott to Dr. William McKie - May 20, 1943]
Letter sent from Marie Lynott to Dr. William McKie thanking him for the message. Envelope addressed to Dr. W. L. McKie D.C., Sacramento, California from Lynott, Lake Grove, Oregon. Envelope is postmarked Oswego, Oregon.
Date:
May 20, 1943
Creator:
Lynott, Marie
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Marie Lynott - May 12, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Marie Lynott, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. George H. Lynott', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Mr. Lynott, recorded in the letter as 'George Deering Lynott (or Joyce Helen Lynott) (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to Marie from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date:
May 12, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. A. Shithick - May 14, 1943]
Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. A. Chittick, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Thomas Shithick' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee William Chittick, recorded in the letter as 'William Alfred Shithick'. Letter contains transcribed message to mother from internee broadcast on Radio Tokyo. Letter also contains note dated July 8, 1943 to Mrs. Larsen from Cecelia McKie that asks Mrs. Larsen to forward the message to the P.O.W.'s family, as the letter was returned in the mail. She asks Mrs. Larsen for Canadian maps, as she is now hearing messages broadcast from Canadian prisoners.
Date:
May 14, 1943
Creator:
McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Card from Mrs. A. Chittick to Cecelia McKie - July 19, 1943]
Postcard sent from Mrs. A. Chittick, Salem, Oregon to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her son and stating McKie's letter was sent to her from Mrs. Larsen. She states William Chittick's children are also prisoners and that Mrs. Larsen is Mrs. Chittick's mother.
Date:
July 19, 1943
Creator:
Chittick, Mrs. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Lottery 3]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 31, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Catherine Nimitz, Nancy Nimitz, and Chester W. Nimitz Sat Together on Family Trip]
Photograph of Catherine Nimitz, Nancy Nimitz, and Chester W. Nimitz seated on bench or picnic table. Catherine Nimitz sits on the left in a dark long-sleeved dress with her hands clasped together in her lap. Chester W. Nimitz sits on the right with his arm draped over his propped-up leg and wearing a white turtleneck sweater, dark shorts and long wool socks. Peaking between her parents' shoulders in Nancy Nimitz, her hair is cropped into a short bob.
Date:
1929?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Nimitz' Car and Tent in a Field on Family Trip]
Photograph of the Nimitz' car parked in a field next to a tent and camp set up. On the right Chester W. Nimitz can be seen behind a picnic table facing away from the camera.
Date:
1929?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William O. Holston, February 12, 1994
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with William Holston concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Holston worked at a camp in Powers, Oregon. Includes an appendix.
Date:
February 12, 1994
Creator:
Henley, Shelly & Holston, William O.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date:
March 29, 2011
Creator:
Wiseman, Al
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date:
September 21, 2008
Creator:
Jowdy, Al
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Dimminger, July 5, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Dimminger. Dimminger worked for Hammond Aircraft and Consolidated in 1939, building aircraft. He joined the Navy in March of 1942. Beginning in mid-June Dimminger served as Aviation Metalsmith Third Class aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8). From August through October they operated around the Solomon Islands. On 26 October, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the ship was struck and sank by a dive bomber and torpedo plane attack. He was transferred to the USS Bougainville (CVE-100), and they transported aircraft to the Marshall, Admiralty and Mariana islands. In February of 1944 he was stationed in Honolulu for shore duty and worked as First Class Petty Officer in charge of the supply depot for plane parts. He was discharged in 1945.
Date:
July 5, 2006
Creator:
Dimminger, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 A. J. Dunn, July 13, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with A J Dunn. Dunn joined the Navy in 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Oglala (CM-4) at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of 7 December 1941, he was returning from liberty when the attack began. Unable to find his ship, he jumped aboard the USS Mugford (DD-389) just as it was getting underway. After seven days of patrols, he returned to the harbor and was transferred to the USS New Orleans (CA-32). While on convoy duty to Brisbane, the ship received a warm welcome from Australian citizens. But one evening, the ship was nearly subject to friendly fire when a cruiser from New Zealand mistook the New Orleans for a Japanese ship. Dunn was transferred to the USS Indiana (BB-58) with Task Force 58, bombarding islands in the Gilberts and Marshalls. As a gunner’s mate, his duties included testing small arms ammunition in a surveillance oven to see whether it had expired. He was transferred to the USS Botetourt (APA-136), operating out of the Philippines until the end of the war. He sailed past the USS Missouri (BB-63) …
Date:
July 13, 2011
Creator:
Dunn, A. J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A. N. Wiseman, March 29, 2011
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Wiseman. Wiseman joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the USS Greene (AVD-13). He served as a deck seaman and stood lookout while on watch. Wiseman discusses traveling as an escort to Brazil and then travelling to the Mediterranean. He describes taking part in the invasion of Southern France. The Greene was then sent to the Pacific and performed escort duty near Okinawa. He describes seeing several Japanese air attacks on ships that were nearby. Wiseman traveled to Japan at the end of the war to pick up POWs. He also visited Nagasaki. Wiseman describes how his ship was critically damaged when it ran aground during a typhoon in October of 1945. He served on two more ships working in engineering before getting out of the Navy in 1948.
Date:
March 29, 2011
Creator:
Wiseman, Al
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initially and spent two weeks floating in a raft. Then he joined a rescue effort to aid the USS Wasp (CV-7), only to be torpedoed again, spending another four days in the water. Jowdy was then assigned to the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), patrolling the Bering Sea and participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands as a second loader on a 40-millimeter. After witnessing the Marianas Turkey Shoot and also seeing MacArthur film his famous return, Jowdy participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima, amidst kamikazes and suicide boats. After the war, he survived a typhoon and served occupation duty in Japan, later transporting troops as part of the demobilization effort before being discharged in January 1946.
Date:
September 21, 2008
Creator:
Jowdy, Al
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Dimminger, July 5, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Dimminger. Dimminger worked for Hammond Aircraft and Consolidated in 1939, building aircraft. He joined the Navy in March of 1942. Beginning in mid-June Dimminger served as Aviation Metalsmith Third Class aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8). From August through October they operated around the Solomon Islands. On 26 October, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the ship was struck and sank by a dive bomber and torpedo plane attack. He was transferred to the USS Bougainville (CVE-100), and they transported aircraft to the Marshall, Admiralty and Mariana islands. In February of 1944 he was stationed in Honolulu for shore duty and worked as First Class Petty Officer in charge of the supply depot for plane parts. He was discharged in 1945.
Date:
July 5, 2006
Creator:
Dimminger, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian pyramids, crossing Africa then to Brazil before getting back to the US, landing in Miami, his later deployments in North Africa and Europe, his work after the war and reunions the Raiders have had since the war.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Macia, James H. ""Herb""
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wanted Poster: Joe Dexter, Portland, Oregon, July 29, 1915]
Wanted Poster for Joe Dexter, issued in Portland, Oregon, July 29, 1915.
Date:
July 29, 1915
Creator:
Clark, John
Object Type:
Image
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Wendy Davis, October 7, 2022
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Wendy Davis, the executive director of Postpartum Support International from Portland, Oregon. Davis discusses her background in psychotherapy/psychology, becoming involved in the perinatal mental health field through her own experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, being helped by a doula, getting involved in maternal mental health groups, PSI and DAD, and the growth and development of PSI over time.
Date:
October 7, 2022
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Davis, Wendy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles R. Easley, September 39, 1989
Interview with Charles R. Easley, a United States Navy veteran from Newport, Oregon, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin.
Date:
September 30, 1989
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Easley, Charles Richard
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard: OHPG0346]
Postcard mailed to Arch Stoneman from Frank Petitt showing three men inside of Frank's shop in Prineville, Oregon. Text: "This is a portion of Frank's little shop, with Frank and Estus, and the other man is un-known to me."
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Petitt, Frank
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
OK, USA: A Musical Guide Book to the States: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"
The last of the U.S. Army Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published, "OK, USA" is a musical revue on the theme of U.S. soldiers returning to the United States and finding it finding it as foreign and exotic as any country overseas because they have been away and living under extreme circumstances for so long. Like the other "Blueprint Specials," this show includes a complete script (multiple copies this time); a conductor's score and complete set of instrumental parts; a sample program; set and costume designs; and detailed instructions for producing the show using whatever materials are at hand. Unlike the other "Blueprint Specials," it includes no information on the librettists, songwriters, and other staff who worked on the show.
Date:
1945
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harry and David, June 24, 1958]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harry and David informing that the nectarines and plums will be available in July.
Date:
June 24, 1958
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History