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[Oral history, Annie Ellison interview] transcript

[Oral history, Annie Ellison interview]

Audio recording of oral history with Annie Ellison. Interview conducted by Judith Eakin.
Date: March 11, 1977
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral history, Lula V. Byars interview, 2 of 3] transcript

[Oral history, Lula V. Byars interview, 2 of 3]

Audio recording of oral history with Lula V. Byars. Interview conducted by Judith Eakin.
Date: April 11, 1977
Creator: Azadian, Dee
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014

Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2014. It includes the budget resolution, summary, and charts, with segments on area agency on aging, sustainable communities, and homeland security.
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 11, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including multiple grass fires in town, quiet mornings with their pets, and a plan for a visit home over the weekend.
Date: August 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 11, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including reports in the newspapers on the bombings of Saipan and Iwo Jima, lunch with Mr. Davis and Charlie Gilmore, and visiting Lorraine and her baby at the hospital
Date: December 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - February 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - February 11, 1945]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing a party from the night before, plans to go to Gonzales with May, a phone call with Emma, and the house cleaning required after the party.
Date: February 11, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 11, 1945]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including lunch with Jenny, James receiving his orders to report to the Merchant Marines on January 15, and Elaine having a cold. Catherine also expresses her appreciation of Joe's anniversary gift.
Date: January 11, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 11, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including babysitting Jim Joe, plans to play golf, and Mammy being sick.
Date: July 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - August 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the items they have mailed each other, Joe's expectation that his squadron will move soon, and his trying and failing to contact Walter.
Date: August 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 11, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his appreciation of the valentine she sent, his plans to send her pictures of his crew, and his amusement at Catherine taking the bones from her dinner with Mr. Davis home to Teddy, their dog.
Date: February 11, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 11, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his joy at reaching their ten year wedding anniversary, seeing the movie "Maisie Goes to Reno," the mail service, and Holquin and Graves buying a radio and a record player.
Date: January 11, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - July 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing shooting at a ground range, eating a good supper, and finding it interesting to talk with a man who has served in the army for three years, with most of that time being spent in the infantry.
Date: July 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - June 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the laundry service, Graves getting music on the radio during their flight, expecting to start performing guard duty, and missing the chance to see Joe DiMaggio play baseball the day before.
Date: June 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - November 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his hope for the war to end soon, the good mail service, and an uneventful day spent chatting with his squadron.
Date: November 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 11, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 11, 1943]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing how much he hated to see her leave, passing his physical exam, writing a letter to Pat, and expecting to go on a nine mile hike the next day. A portion of text has been removed from the letter.
Date: October 11, 1943
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, sending Catherine extra money, his squadron having their picture taken, and receiving his beer ration.
Date: October 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing reading the Newsboy, eating a good supper, receiving his beer ration, and seeing the movie "Destroyer."
Date: September 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - September 11, 1944]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing Joe sending her money if she loses her job, how he and his squadron set up their tent, receiving packages of cigarettes, candy, gum, and soap, and seeing the movie "Wintertime."
Date: September 11, 1944
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of Board of Trustees of Coronal Institute (open access)

Report of Board of Trustees of Coronal Institute

Report to the West Texas annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South discussing the positive state of the San Marcos District School - Coronal Institute and its value to the church.
Date: October 11, 1880
Creator: Fisher, Orceneth Asbury, 1831-1884
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Neck-Yokes. (open access)

Improvement in Neck-Yokes.

Patent for an improvement on neck-yokes that have a "swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole" (line 18-19).
Date: September 11, 1877
Creator: Hannig, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index. (open access)

Index.

Patent for "an improved method of indexing books of reference, and more especially city and county records, and the means for carrying over from one line to another where several indexes are to be set opposite one name" (lines 9-14).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Heppenstall, James Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Extinguishers for Lint-Rooms. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Extinguishers for Lint-Rooms.

Patent for a fire-extinguisher for lint-rooms with design specifications and instructions on operating procedures and usage, including illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: Morrell, Zachariah N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings. (open access)

Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings.

Patent for a new and useful device for locking shafts in hubs or couplings. This design is to "avoid the use of a key-way in the shaft and o provide the tubular member with a removable and reversible key having a serrated face adapted to be forced into close contact" (line 12-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Rylander, Parrish H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tile. (open access)

Bale Tile.

Patent for a new and improved bale-tie. This design "consists, principally, of a bale-tie jaw stamped from sheet metal and formed with an open hook at one end standing in front of a curved edge, with an opening at the other for attachment to the bale-hoop, said opening being shaped to permit the jaw to have a pivotal side motion upon the hoop. The invention also consists of the combination of two of such jaws applied to the bale-hoop to form a complete tie" (lines 7-16).
Date: January 11, 1887
Creator: Rylander, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History