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Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Tanaguchi. Tanaguchi was a Japanese-American internee at the Gila River Camp in Arizona during World War II. At 19 years old, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tanaguchi became a part of the internment program of the War Relocation Authority. He provides detail of life growing up in Stockton, California before December 7, 1941 and after, and experiences of bigotry and racism among his peers. He provides detail of his father being in the Justice Department internment group. He served as the dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, and at Rice University in Houston. He designed an addition to the Nimitz Museum.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Tanaguchi, Alan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Urban Trails of Texas (open access)

Urban Trails of Texas

Text about city parks, nature centers, and preserves across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of an October 1998 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1998-10~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry, August 29, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry, August 29, 1996]

Letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry dated August 29, 1996 regarding a Texas Highways magazine article about city parks, nature centers, and preserves across Texas.
Date: August 29, 1996
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wild in the City, or Walk on the Wild Side, or Life in the Slow Lane (open access)

Wild in the City, or Walk on the Wild Side, or Life in the Slow Lane

Draft of an article about city parks, nature centers, and preserves across Texas that was published in the October 1998 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1998-10~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[WWH: Songwriter's Paradise] (open access)

[WWH: Songwriter's Paradise]

Text about house concerts and listening rooms across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a February 1998 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1998-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Songwriter's Paradise (open access)

Songwriter's Paradise

Text for an article about house concerts and listening rooms across Texas that was published in the February 1998 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1998-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non-Commercial House Concerts/Listening Rooms in Texas (listed alphabetically by city) (open access)

Non-Commercial House Concerts/Listening Rooms in Texas (listed alphabetically by city)

List of non-commercial house concerts and listening rooms across Texas used as research for an article that was published in the February 1998 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1998-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pig Stand: America's first drive-in restaurant (open access)

The Pig Stand: America's first drive-in restaurant

Draft of an article about the Pig Stand, a drive-in restaurant chain established in 1921, that was published in the September 1997 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: September 1997
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[WWH: Panaderias] (open access)

[WWH: Panaderias]

Text about traditional Mexican bakeries that was published in the "When..." section of a November 1994 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1994-11~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Panaderias: Traditional Mexican bakeries (open access)

Panaderias: Traditional Mexican bakeries

Text for an article about traditional Mexican bakeries that was published in the November 1994 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1994-11~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Panaderias resources] (open access)

[Panaderias resources]

Resource list for an article about traditional Mexican bakeries that was published in the November 1994 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1994-11~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Music Festivals research] (open access)

[Music Festivals research]

Research about music festivals in 2005 compiled for an article that was published in the December 2004 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2004-12~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Handiworks: Lone Star artisans use hands --as well as hearts and souls-- to meld craft into art., or Handmade Texas: Lone Star artisans use hands --as well as hearts and souls-- to meld craft into art. (open access)

Handiworks: Lone Star artisans use hands --as well as hearts and souls-- to meld craft into art., or Handmade Texas: Lone Star artisans use hands --as well as hearts and souls-- to meld craft into art.

Draft of an article about Texas artisans that was published in Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1999
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016

Transcript of an interview with Karen and Clark Klein. Karen attended Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School before completed a course at Durham Business College. She worked at Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Ingram before marrying Clark in 1962. Clark also attended Notre Dame School and Tivy where the couple met. He served in the Army for three years, worked briefly the postal services, and enlisted again in the National Guard. He served until 1982 and achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. The couple had three children and lived in San Antonio, Austin for ten years, before moving back to Kerrville. Several photos follow the transcript text.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Klein, Karen Margaret Herzog & Klein, Clark Dennis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - March 30, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - March 30, 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor for work in Tarrant County (Texas) dated March 30, 1943, for work performed from March 21-26, 1943.
Date: March 30, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - March 19, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - March 19, 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor for work in Bexar County from March 1-18, 1943. The itinerary is dated March 19, 1943.
Date: March 19, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Reunion Information] (open access)

[Reunion Information]

Page with information about lodging, transportation, cost, and tour information for the Bartlesville, Oklahoma WASP reunion, as well as other WASP regional news.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Biographical Sketches of Eleanor Brown] (open access)

[Two Biographical Sketches of Eleanor Brown]

Document containing two biographical sketches of Eleanor Brown, including details about her interest in aviation, service in the WASP organization, career, and personal life.
Date: 1999~
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Map Taken From a Mathematics Work Book] (open access)

[A Map Taken From a Mathematics Work Book]

A Mercator Projection of a map including Austin, San Antonio, Laredo, Victoria, and Corpus Christi on a grid with every line being 15 minutes.The magnetic variation is 10 degrees east, and the scale is 1:2,027,520.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Women Physicians (open access)

Texas Women Physicians

Computer printout of page 52 of a list of Texas Women Physicians, in alphabetical order, including: Minnie Carrie O'Brien, Florence Mae, Olmsted, May Owen, Minnie Ola Parrish, and Elizabeth Agnes Paterson. Includes information about the physicians' birth, death, education, and place of practice, as well as citations of the references from which the info was taken.
Date: September 9, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Third Annual Texas Women's Hall of Fame, July 28, 1986] (open access)

[News Release: Third Annual Texas Women's Hall of Fame, July 28, 1986]

News release from the office of Texas governor Mark White, announcing the selection of thirteen women for the Third Annual Texas Women's Hall of Fame. The women include: Mary Lavinia Griffith, Jody Conradt, Mary Kay Ash, Ada Simond, Caro Crawford Brown, Wilhelmina Ruth Fitzgerald Delco, Dr. May Owen, Hermine Dalkowitz Tobolowsky, Margaret Cousins, Anne Legendre Armstrong, Alicia R. Chacon, and Frances E. Goff. The release includes information about the induction ceremony, details about each of the inductees, and information about how to get tickets to the ceremony.
Date: July 28, 1986
Creator: Governor's Office
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999

Interview with Clyde Jones, former part-owner of Kerrville's first radio station, KERV, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Jones discusses how he came to the area and his involvement with radio station, as well as some of the challenges he and his crew encountered. He also talks about his work with the Mental Health and Retardation Center at the Kerrville State Hospital. Mr. Jones briefly discusses his band, The Poverty Playboys.
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Jones, Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010

Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, the descendant of a ranching family in Kimble County, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lutz discusses her ranching family, meeting her husband, Warren Wiggins, who was later killed in the Philippines during World War II, meeting her second husband who had been in Wiggins's company in the Philippines, and the Dodge dealership her second husband ran.
Date: March 23, 1918
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Heffington, Susan Wiggins & Lutz, Courtney Sieker Wiggins
System: The Portal to Texas History