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The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 15, 2015 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 15, 2015

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 15, 2015
Creator: McGathey, Liz
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fern LaVaune Ward, January 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Fern LaVaune Ward, January 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fern Ward. Ward was born in Wausa, Nebraska on 16 January 1923. She grew up during the Great Depression years. Soon after joining the Navy (WAVES) in 1944, she was sent to Hunter College, Bronx, New York for six weeks of basic training. She was then sent to Indiana University in Bloomington where she studied bookkeeping for six weeks. Upon graduating she was classified as a Storekeeper 3rd Class and sent to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, California. She tells of the work she did and comments on the living conditions there. Ward concludes the interview by telling of her life following her discharge in 1945.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Ward, Fern
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Luther Burnette, July 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Luther Burnette, July 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Luther Burnette. Burnette joined the Army in July 1946 and trained in Alabama. He went to Korea in 1946 and was made a typist in his company's office while there. Burnette was in a segregated unit in the Sixth Infantry Division and comments on the racial conditions in the Army during the time. He also served in the quartermaster section while on duty in occupied Japan. He returned and was discharged in 1949, but stayed in the reserves and attended college. When he graduated, he accepted a commission in 1953 and retired a colonel.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Burnette, Luther
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Havorka, July 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edward Havorka, July 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Havorka. Havorka was born 24 April 1923, graduated from high school in 1940, then joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed boot camp in San Diego. He completed Telephone School and learned how to work a switchboard. He served as an instructor in the school into 1944. He then completed Officer Candidate School at Oberlin College, Ohio. Havorka was then transferred to an infantry unit at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he remained until the end of the war and was discharged.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Havorka, Edward
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack Schaffer, September 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jack Schaffer, September 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Schaffer. Schaffer went into the Marine Corps at 17 in August, 1942 and trained at San Diego. When basic training ended, Schaffer trained with the Raiders and was assigned to the 4th Marine Raider Battalion. He went overseas to the New Hebrides, then Guadalcanal for more training prior to participating in the campaign for the Solomon Islands at New Georgia. After some combat experience, Schaffer was sent back to the US and attend university. When he finished school, he went for officer training at Parris Island after the war ended. He also attended flight school and earned his wings. He was assigned to Marine Fighter Squadron 122 (VMF-122) for a cruise in the Mediterranean. He also flew in Korea before resigning in 1953. Schaffer interacted with James Roosevelt during and after World War II.
Date: September 15, 2015
Creator: Schaffer, Jack
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Norman Martin, October 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Norman Martin, October 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Norman Martin. Martin was born in Chicago in January 1924. While in college he applied for and was granted conscientious objector status, however, he volunteered for the Army in 1943. Arriving in England he was assigned to the 44th Field Artillery Battalion where he joined a forward observation team, which landed on Utah Beach. He tells of capturing a group of ten German soldiers single-handedly. He describes being severely wounded and returning to the front after his recovery. He closes the narration by telling of his experiences following his discharge, which included working on the Titan and Minuteman missiles.
Date: October 15, 2015
Creator: Martin, Norman
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, November 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, November 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank J. Nemec. Nemec joined the Marine Corps in early 1942. He received light and medium tanks training, and served with Company B of the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He participated in the invasions at New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. Frank also served at Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Pavuvu, and the Goodenough Islands. He spent 28 months in the war zone, plus a 3-month occupational duty in China after the war. Nemec’s unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for the Guadalcanal and the Okinawa operations. He was honorably discharged on 3 July 1946.
Date: November 15, 2015
Creator: Nemec, Frank
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tommy Blake, May 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Tommy Blake, May 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tommy Blake. Blake joined the Army Air Forces in 1943. He completed gunnery, airplane mechanic and flight training. Blake served as P-38 pilot with the 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Air Force. Beginning in 1944, he flew missions in support of the Philippines Campaign. After the war ended, Blake completed aerial reconnaissance over Okinawa and Korea. He returned to the US and received his discharge in May of 1946.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Blake, Tommy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Antonio Marin, July 15, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Antonio Marin, July 15, 2015

Interview with Antonio Marin, from El Paso, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his childhood, education, civil rights activism, community involvemen, and experiences with racism in south Texas.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marin, Antonio
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carlos Marentes, July 15, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Carlos Marentes, July 15, 2015

Interview with Carlos Marentes, a farm labor organizer and farm worker advocate from the Juarez-El Paso border region. He founded the Border Agricultural Workers Project and participates in local, state, and national organizations dealing with inequality and climate change. In his interview, Marentes discusses his early life and activism.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marentes, Carlos
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ray Murray, April 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ray Murray, April 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Murray. Murray joined the Army Air Forces. Upon completing flight training at Lubbock, Texas, he graduated as a twin-engine pilot and spent the next year as an instructor. Next, he went overseas to transport supplies in the European Theater. Operating first out of Scotland, he carried anything and everything, from overcoats and tomatoes to gasoline and mail. In the whole of his career, he was only ever taken off one flight, and that was to be a trip to Paris in stormy weather. The pilot that replaced him perished, along with all 16 men aboard, after the engine caught fire. After the war, Murray remained in the service, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Murray, Ray
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

UNT Libraries Digital Infrastructure: Behind the Scenes

Presentation for the 2015 ARMA Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital infrastructure.
Date: September 15, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhancing Access to E-books (open access)

Enhancing Access to E-books

Article on a study of enhancing access to e-books.
Date: March 15, 2015
Creator: Harker, Karen & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Graduate students pose with Dean Dorothy Bland]

Photograph of graduate students posing with Mayborn School of Journalism Dean Dorothy Bland during the University of North Texas (UNT) 2015 spring commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dean Dorothy Bland onstage at commencement]

Photograph of Mayborn School of Journalism Dean Dorothy Bland onstage at the 2015 spring undergraduate commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Undergraduates at commencement, 4]

Photograph of Mayborn School of Journalism undergraduate students backstage at the 2015 spring commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Graduate student poses in cap and gown]

Photograph of a graduate student posing in her cap and gown during the University of North Texas (UNT) Mayborn School of Journalism 2015 spring commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

["Hire Me" graduation cap]

Photograph of a Mayborn School of Journalism undergraduate student's graduation cap that reads, "Hire Me" during the 2015 spring commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Undergraduates at commencement, 2]

Photograph of Mayborn School of Journalism students backstage at the spring 2015 commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dr. Shirley Hammond]

Photograph of Dr. Shirley Hammond, Education Director, at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum during the 2015 Young Spurs Writing Contest.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Undergraduates at commencement]

Photograph of Mayborn School of Journalism undergraduate students backstage at the 2015 spring commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Undergraduate student and his family at commencement, 2]

Photograph of Mayborn School of Journalism undergraduate student posing with his family during the 2015 spring commencement ceremony.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Warren Finch]

Photograph of Warren Finch, Director of the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum during the 2015 Young Spurs Writing Contest.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Undergraduates at commencement, 3]

Photograph of undergraduates backstage at the Mayborn School of Journalism 2015 spring commencement ceremony. An unidentified student (right) is a member of the Gamma Tau fraternity.
Date: May 15, 2015
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library