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Texas Folklore Society Publications
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[Greenwood Plantation Accounts: 1844-1849]
Account journal documenting daily work, conditions, and other records for the Greenwood plantation in Montgomery County, Alabama, on Augusta Ferry Road.
Date:
1844/1849
Creator:
Wood, Green
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Civil War Diary of Dr. John Henry Bass]
Transcript of the diary of D. John Henry Bass documenting his time in the Confederate Army, including his observations, notes about the progress of the war and various skirmishes, and being wounded.
Date:
1864
Creator:
Bass, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Happy Hunting Ground
Collection of popular folklore from Central and South America, including Mexican ballads, primitive art, cowboy dances, reptile myths, superstitions, Indian pictographs, and other folktales. The index begins on page 127.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society & Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore
Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Boatright, Mody C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Straight Texas
Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date:
1966
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago
Volume of popular folklore of Western America, including ballads, cowboy stories, myths, folk songs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 201.
Date:
1966
Creator:
Hudson, Wilson M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Bouldin Family Scrapbook]
The first half of the scrapbook is composed of newspaper articles that have been pasted onto the pages and some that were inserted in between the book's pages. The articles are from Confederate states and contain news, poems, and stories centered around the Civil War and the time after. The second half of the book served as a ledger for the family to keep track of their expenses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dick J. Reavis 2019
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Interview with Dick J. Reavis, political activist, journalist and author. Reavis is a former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. He discusses childhood memories and early experiences of his father's newspaper publishing career in Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina; Experiences in Texas public schools during segregation era; Father's political views and development of his own political views; Experiences as college student at Texas Tech, Panhandle A&M, and University of Texas; Involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements with Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Students for a Democratic Society, and in various other left causes and organizations; Career in journalism; Personal life, political views and travels.
Date:
{2021-05-11,2021-06-22}
Creator:
Phillips, Michael; Wilkison, Kyle; Friauf, Betsy & Reavis, Dick J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971
Interview with Major William G. Adair, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Birmingham, Alabama. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Adair was captured, survived the Bataan Death March, and interned at Cabanatuan before going to Osaka and Zentsuji, Japan for the remainder of the war.
Date:
May 27, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Adair, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, April 7, 1972
Interview with Bryghte D. Godbold, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Coy, Alabama. A brigadier general at retirement after the war, Godbold discusses his time in the Marine Corps before the war, his duties on Wake Island shortly before December 7th, 1941, his experiences during the Battle of Wake, the Japanese landing and American surrender, his internment at Woosung and Kiang Wang in China, and his last internment at Ashibetsu (Hakodate #4) in Japan.
Date:
April 7, 1972
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Godbold, Bryghte D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry B. Stowers, May 25, 1973
Interview with Henry B. Stowers, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Searight, Alabama. Stowers discusses his deployments to China in the late-1930s; duties of the Marines in China before the war; the surrender of the North China Marines in December, 1941; his experiences in internment at Woosung; internment at Kiangwang and working on the "Mount Fuji" project; and internment as coal mining labor at Hakodate.
Date:
May 25, 1973
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Stowers, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Isaac Breedlove, April 26, 1986
Interview with Isaac Breedlove, a United States Army veteran from Sylacauga, Alabama, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Schofield Barracks as a member of Company I, 35th Infantry, 25th Division.
Date:
April 26, 1986
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Breedlove, Isaac D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1989]
Scrapbook documenting the travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1989, including color photographs, tickets, business cards, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel throughout the U.S. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date:
[1987..1989]
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Guin, February 8, 1989
Interview with Jack Guin, a United States Navy veteran from Guin, Alabama, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the hydrographic vessel USS Sumner, originally called the Bushnell.
Date:
February 8, 1989
Creator:
Randall, George & Guin, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
This biography discusses the life of Joshua Houston starting at around twelve years of age until his death in 1902. The text includes commentary on the historical context of his life and anecdotal accounts. Index starts on page 259.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943- & Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996
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Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John W. Evans, February 25, 1998
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Transcript of an interview with John W. Evans, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date:
February 25, 1998
Creator:
Chalkley, John & Evans, John W., 1922-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ernest Hubbard, March 5, 1998
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Interview with Ernest Hubbard, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Perdido, Alabama. Hubbard discusses his family background, the Depression and its effects on life, joining the CCC, assignment to a camp at Dothan, AL, the organizational structure of the CCC, the different projects worked, training and skills learned, description of the Dothan camp, routine, recreation and leave, the effects and benefits of being in the CCC, and uniforms and equipment. In appendix is an autobiographical sketch of Hubbard, and several documents from his CCC service.
Date:
March 5, 1998
Creator:
Rye, Anne & Hubbard, Ernest
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Autobiographical Narrative of Leonard A. Charpentier, June 18, 1999
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Narrative of Dr. Leonard A. Charpentier. The narrative includes a monologue of Charpentier's experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Charpentier talks about basic training, flight training, fighter pilot training, his assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, the P-47 Thunderbolt, various missions, his being shot down on a mission over southern France and being captured, the treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital, and his postwar medical career.
Date:
June 18, 1999
Creator:
Charpentier, Leonard A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 2000
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Interview with Army veteran Ralph L. Cerny. The interview includes Cerny's personal experiences about being a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, joining the Illinois National Guard, federalization of the Illinois National Guard, training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, shipping to Camp Darwin, Australia, and combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal. Additionally, Cerny talks about the formation of the American Division and landings at New Caledonia, transferring of the division to Guadalcanal, the fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war, evacuation to the Fiji islands for rest and recuperation, landings on Bougainville, patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville, his rotation back to the States, stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, and his postwar career.
Date:
September 18, 2000
Creator:
Lane, Peter B. & Cerny, Ralph L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Air Force Justification Book
Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, AL: One Pager USAF(Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
May 26, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Air Force Justification Book
Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, AL: Mil Value and Capacity Supporting Information USAF (Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
May 26, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Air Force Justification Book
Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, AL: COBRA Run USAF(Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
May 26, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Air Force Justification Book
Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, AL: Economic Impact (EIT Run) USAF(Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date:
May 26, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library