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Oral History Interview with Estel G. Burns, October 14, 2009

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Interview with Estel G. Burns, World War II veteran and B-17 pilot, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. The interview includes Burns' personal experiences of childhood and education in Missouri, farm life in the Great Depression, basic training, and training for aviation mechanics at Sheppard Field, Texas. Additionally, Burns talks about his family history, his 1942 enlistment in Army Air Corps, being accepted into pilot training, marriage to Dorothy Perrin, life at Deenethorpe Air Base, England, crew members and their respective duties on his plane, various missions bombing German targets, his feelings about missions against civilian targets, opinions of Luftwaffe pilots and of Germans, and his postwar Air Force career, including service in the Korean War. The interview includes an appendix of photographs.
Date: October 14, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Burns, Estel G.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Paul Schulz to Oliver Harms, October 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Schulz to Oliver Harms, October 20, 1948]

Letter from Paul Schulz to Oliver Harms, awarding money for the purchase of lockers and a fence.
Date: October 20, 1948
Creator: Schulz, Paul
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, December 6, 1996 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, December 6, 1996

Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, the great-great granddaughter of James Kerr, from Canyon Lake, Texas. Mrs. Ray discusses her ancestor's life and his history in the Hill Country, as well as the Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony at the Kerr County Courthouse.
Date: October 6, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Ray, Ruth Simons
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Campaign trial] (open access)

[News Script: Campaign trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a push in campaigning.
Date: October 23, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Agnew] (open access)

[News Script: Agnew]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Spiro Agnew campaigning in the farm belt.
Date: October 5, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner, October 3, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner, October 3, 1948]

Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner discussing Mehan's travel plans and the different available flights.
Date: October 3, 1948
Creator: Mehan, Ray I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library