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Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 1997
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
6712 - AF38 - Base Visit Trip Report - Air Force - Little Rock Air Force Base - AR (open access)

6712 - AF38 - Base Visit Trip Report - Air Force - Little Rock Air Force Base - AR

If all the Air Force BRAC recommendations are implemented, the total number of primarily assigned aircraft (PAA) will be 1 16 C-130s. This is an increase of the current PAA by about 50 airplanes.
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Report for Ft Smith Air National Guard Station, Arkansas (open access)

Base Visit Report for Ft Smith Air National Guard Station, Arkansas

Base Visit Report- Trip report for Ft Smith Air National Guard Station, Arkansas. Information included: Attendees, Base present mission, DoD recommendation, justification, facilities reviewed, key issues identified, installation concerns raised, community concerns raised.
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Bouldin Family Scrapbook] (open access)

[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 Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012

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Interview with Ramon Ruiz, a civil servant of the Department of Education and advocate for Hispanic education from La Copita, Texas. Ruiz discusses his family history, growing up, school in Kingsville, local relations between Mexicans and white people, high school football, playing for North Texas State, becoming a coach for elementary school, joining the Job Corps, teaching inmates, working with school districts on desegregation in Texas, and work on various federal education programs in Washington with an emphasis on Hispanic communities and cooperation with Mexico. In appendix is a biography of Ruiz and his resumé.
Date: September 29, 2012
Creator: Juárez, Miguel & Ruiz, Ramon M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plow-Horse Cavalry (open access)

Plow-Horse Cavalry

Book discussing the Civil War as experienced by the Thirty-Fourth Texas Cavalry, in particular the soldiers from Caney Creek, Texas.
Date: 1974
Creator: Weddle, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011

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Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.
Date: March 30, 2011
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Barsanti, June 26, 2004

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Interview with accountant and Army veteran William Barsanti. The interview includes Barsanti's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, his youth in an Italian immigrant family, graduating from high school and enrolling in college, then in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, being inducted into the U.S. Army, basic training, being selected for the Army Specialized Training Program, transferring to the 106th Infantry Division, and his assignment to Cannon Company as a supply sergeant. Barsanti also talks about the living conditions at Stalag XII-A and Stalag II-D, Stargard, Germany, evacuating to Bremervorde, Germany, liberation, and his postwar business career in Europe.
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Barsanti, William
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Noah Brown, March 31, 1994

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Interview with Noah Brown. The interview includes Brown's personal experiences as an employee of the Red River Arsenal and the Lone Star Ordinance Plant. Brown also talks about union activities, safety procedures, women employees, and work schedules.
Date: March 31, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet & Brown, Noah
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994

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Interview with Geralene Young about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Young discusses hiring and promotion practices, relations between male and female workers, social activities, and the social and economic effects of the depot on Texarkana.
Date: January 18, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Young, Geralene Mahone
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harold L. Branch, July 7, 1993

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Interview with Harold Branch, a diamond expert, concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1920 to 1950.
Date: July 7, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Branch, Harold L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 1994

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Interview with Ildea Cutchall about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Cutchall discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, safety precautions, social activities, swing shifts, race relations, relationships between the male and female workers, and the social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a certificate from the Lone Star Ordnance Plant to Ildea S. Cutchall for 23 months of service at the plant during World War Two [1 leaf].
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Cutchall, Ildea
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast (open access)

From Hell to Breakfast

Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texian Stomping Grounds (open access)

Texian Stomping Grounds

Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago (open access)

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: 2017
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marshall E. Fields, February 13, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marshall E. Fields, February 13, 1972

Interview with Marshall Fields, a Marine WWII veteran from Arkansas. Fields discusses his deployment to Wake Island shortly before the war, the Battle of Wake Island, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, China, and Sapporo, Japan.
Date: February 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fields, Marshall E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Roberts, October 13, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Roberts, October 13, 1977

Interview with Charles Roberts regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 13, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Roberts, Charles H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Chester Dellinger, February 4, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Chester Dellinger, February 4, 1978

Interview with Chester Dellinger, a Navy WWII veteran from Locksburg, Arkansas. Dellinger discusses his experience aboard the USS Thornton during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including his entry into the service, assignment to the Thornton, life onboard and operations, the morning of the attack, and events during the following night.
Date: February 4, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dellinger, Chester
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Wainwright, AK) (open access)

BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Wainwright, AK)

(Disregard Restriction Headers and Footers)USA-0132v3 Supporting Information
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Wainwright, AK) (open access)

BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Wainwright, AK)

Capacity Data Chart (Disregard Restriction Headers and Footers)
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Wainwright, AK) (open access)

BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Wainwright, AK)

Economic Impact Report This report depicts the economic impact of the following Scenarios: USA-0132: Relocate Cold Region Test Center(Disregard Restriction Headers and Footers)
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library